Advisory Board
The Emerging Business Leaders' Advisory Board meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Amherst Chamber of Commerce office. Board members come from diverse range of industries including communications, law, human resources, health care, marketing, new media, sales, and finance.
- Emily Ciraolo, National Fuel
- Will Charland, Finger Lake Technologies Group
- Allison Conte, Eric Mower & Associates
- Allen Dembski, Waddell & Reed- Co-Chair
- Michael Gallo, The Buffalo News
- Shawn Gingerich, Gaines Kriner Elliott LLP
- Jonathan Hager, The Home Depot
- Erin Johnson, Ingram Mico
- Jessica Lilienthal, Independent Health
- Joseph Loschiavo, HSBC
- Daniel Keating, National Grid
- Steve Kimmel-Hurt, Superior Technical Resources
- Amity Lippes Mann, UNYTS
- Sean Macaluso, The Macaluso Groups
- Peter Obersheimer, Phillips Lytle, LLP
- Matthew Pelkey, Anspach Meeks Ellenberger
- Matthew Smyczynski, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Mark Walter, BlueCross BlueShield of WNY- Co-Chair
- Mark Wolbert, Bobalew Management
The board's co-chairs serve a two-year term and board members serve a five-year term.

