2022 Board Chair

Mark Gaulin, President & CEO, PCI
Mark Gaulin, President & CEO of PCI
As Board Chair, Mark will work with the Chamber’s leadership, membership, investors, staff and community partners to further its mission of nurturing a strong economic base, maintaining a high quality of life and promoting sound public policy for the Western New York region.
The largest suburb in upstate New York, the Town of Amherst was recently recognized as the best place to live in New York state by Money Magazine. Amherst was lauded as a hub for college students with a great education system and recreational spaces, as well as its proximity to the City of Buffalo and Canada.
2022 Executive Committee
Mark Gaulin
Board Chair
PCI
Mary Grace Welch
First Chair
National Grid
A.J. Baynes
President/CEO
Amherst Chamber of Commerce
Elena Mendel
Treasurer
National Fuel
Pete Petrella
Secretary
Aleron/Viaduct
Anne Constantino
The Horizon Corporations
David Flynn
Legal Counsel
Phillips Lytle LLP
Earl V. Wells III
e3communications
Laura Zaepfel
Uniland Development Corp.



2022 Board of Directors
Michael A. Anderson
BankOnBuffalo
Rich Argentieri
Independent Health
Dr. David Balkin
SUNY Erie
Chrystie Barker
Ellicott Development
Judy Baumgartner
Kaleida Health
A.J. Baynes
Amherst Chamber of Commerce
Steve Bertini
Wegmans Food Markets
Jody Briandi
Hurwitz & Fine
Rachael Brown
Employer Services Corporation
Elizabeth Carey
AAA Western & Central New York
Dr. Raja Cheruvu
Windsong Radiology
Kyle Ciminelli
Ciminelli Real Estate
Paul Coleman
KeyBank
Frank Comisso
West Herr Automotive
Anne Constantino
The Horizon Corporations
Andy Davis
ECMC
Laura Dolan
Bank of America
Laryssa Domagala*
Independent Health
Tricia Dwigun
GEICO
Dr. Michael Edbauer
Highmark of Western New York
Eric Ekman
McGuire Development
Scott Ernst
NOCO Energy Corporation
David Flynn*
Phillips Lytle LLP
Mark Gaulin
PCI
John Gavigan
Endeavor WNY
Holly Hubert
GlobalSecurityIQ
William P. Johnson
Nesper, Ferber, DiGiacomo, Johnson & Grimm
Brendan Little
Lippes Mathias LLP
Frank LoTempio III
LoTempio PC Law Group
Walter Ludwig
Catholic Health
Elena Mendel
National Fuel Gas Company
David Mingoia
Amherst IDA
Jeff Panza
LeCHASE Construction
Pamela Pawenski
Univera Healthcare
Ken Pawlak
Evans Bank
Pete Petrella
Aleron/Viaduct
Michael Pietkiewicz
Wendel
Luis Rodriguez
Rodriguez Construction
Annika Samuels*
National Fuel
Sal Sciandra
Frey Electric Construction
Mary Grace Welch
National Grid
Earl V Wells III
e3 communications
Luke Woeppel
M&T Bank
Laura Zaepfel
Uniland Development
[*Ex-Officio]