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Fredonia College Foundation
2025 Board of Directors


Officers

Diane Burkholder, '76

Chair, Diane Burkholder, '76; Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase IMA Operations (Ret.), Eden, N.Y.

Prudence Bradley, '68

Vice Chair, Prudence Bradley, Ph.D., '68; Cranford, N.J.

Louann Bahgat

Treasurer, Louann Laurito-Bahgat, '88; Vice President, Bahgat, Laurito-Bahgat, CPAs, Fredonia, N.Y.

Rachel Martinez-Finn, ’82

Secretary, Rachel Martinez-Finn, ’82; Cleveland Heights, Ohio

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Immediate Past Chair, Jeffrey L. Fancher, '82;Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor, RBC Wealth Management, Williamsville, N.Y.

 


Directors

Phillip Belena

Phillip Belena, '92; New York, N.Y.

Gopal Burgher

Gopal Burgher, J.D., '94; Partner, BurgherGray, New York, N.Y.

Julia Butchko

Julia Butchko, Ph.D., '93; Chief Development and Technology Officer, Immunovant Inc.

Christa Cook

Christa Cook, '97, ; Bond Attorney, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, NY

Joseph Falcone

Joseph Falcone, '74; Owner, Falcone Farms, Silver Creek, N.Y.

James Foley, '79

James B. Foley, '79; U.S. Ambassador (Ret.), Falls Church, Va.

Joseph Gugino, ‘91

Joseph Gugino, ‘91; CFP, Gugino & Ryel Financial, Fredonia, N.Y.

Kim D. Harrington

Kim D. Harrington, Ph.D. '89; Interim Associate Vice President for Arts, Belonging and Community. Student Engagement & Well-Being, Georgia Institute of Technology, Douglasville, GA

Dr. Dennis Hefner

Dennis L. Hefner, Ph.D.; Former President, State University of New York at Fredonia

Karl Holz

Karl Holz, '73; President, Disney Cruise Line (Ret.), Windermere, Fla.

Kyle Leikam, ‘10

Kyle Leikam, ‘10; AVP Senior Portfolio Advisor, Merrill Lynch, Fredonia, N.Y.

Barbara Mallette

Barbara Mallette, Ph.D.; Professor Emeritus

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Michael A. Marletta, Ph.D., '73; Class of 1936 Chair Departments of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Kurt Maytum

Kurt Maytum; President/CTO, DFT Communications, Fredonia, NY

Christopher Mirabelli

Christopher Mirabelli, Ph.D. '77; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Leap Therapeutics, Inc. and Managing Director, HealthCare Ventures, L.L.C., Cambridge, MA

Notaro

Charles Notaro, ’68; Associate Vice President and FSA Director (Ret.), Fredonia, N.Y.

Alberto Rey

Alberto Rey; Emeritus Distinguished Professor, SUNY Fredonia, Artist and Writer, Fredonia, NY

Debra Horn Stachura, '75

Debra Horn Stachura, '75; Owner, Buffalo Advertising, Buffalo, N.Y.

Michael C. Steele

Michael C. Steele; President, Markey & Sons. Inc., New York, N.Y.

Honorable Leslie Stroth

Honorable Leslie Stroth, J.D. '81; Justice - NY State Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District, New York, N.Y.

Clifton C. Turner, '84

Clifton C. Turner, '84; General Manager, Staples, New York, N.Y.

Susan Uszacki-Rak, '81

Susan Uszacki-Rak, '81; Business Manager, Double A Vineyards, Fredonia, N.Y.

Sydney Hawkins

Sydney Hawkins; student representative

 


Ex-Officio

Dr. Kolison

Stephen H. Kolison Jr., Ph.D.; President, State University of New York at Fredonia

Karen Rohr

Karen Rohr; Executive Director, Fredonia College Foundation

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Greg Gibbs, Ph.D., '71; Fredonia Alumni Association Representative

Honorary Members

  • Gileen W. French
  • Richard A. Gilman, Ph.D.
  • Amos Goodwine Jr., '72
  • Walter J. Gotowka, '81
  • Stan Lundine
  • Jean Malinoski, '68, '81
  • Robert A. Maytum
  • James H. Mintun Jr.
  • J. Brien Murphy, Ed.D., '53, '56
  • Jeffrey J. Wallace Sr., Ph.D., '68
  • Henry K. (Mike) Williams, '95
  • Nancy L. Yocum, CPA, '90

 

Fredonia College Foundation

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