By Donna Collins – Editor, Buffalo Business First
Mar 15, 2023
Earlier this year we counted down through our 11th annual list of Western New York's most powerful people. Missed a day? Here they are, all in one place.
No. 1: Ron Raccuia, Buffalo Bills, AdPro Sports
No. 2: René Jones, M&T Bank Corp.
No. 3: Douglas Jemal, Douglas Development Corp.
No. 4: John Persons, Tops Markets LLC
No. 5: Terry Pegula, Pegula Sports and Entertainment
No. 6: Satish Tripathi, University at Buffalo
No. 7: Mary Wilson, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation
No. 8: Don Boyd, Kaleida Health
No. 9: William Maggio, Lorraine Capital
No. 10: Scott Bieler, West Herr Automotive Group
No. 11: Candace Johnson, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
No. 12: Jerry Jacobs Jr., Delaware North
No. 13: Thomas Quatroche Jr., Erie County Medical Center
No. 14: Michael Edbauer, Highmark Western and Northeastern New York
No. 15: Richard Ferranti, Rich Products Corp.
No. 16: Mark Sullivan, Catholic Health
No. 17: David Bauer, National Fuel Gas Co.
No. 18: Kimberley Minkel, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
No. 19: Michael Cropp, Independent Health
No. 20: Kevin Nephew, Seneca Gaming Corp.
No. 21: Peter Hunt, Hunt Real Estate Corp.
No. 22: Patty Kaminski, Wegmans Food Markets
No. 23: Adnan Siddiqui, UBNS, Jacobs Institute
No. 24: Janne Sirén, Buffalo AKG Art Museum
No. 25: Luis Cervantes, General Motors Tonawanda Engine Plant
No. 26: Michael Montante, Uniland Development Co.
No. 27: Robert Denning, Perry's Ice Cream Co. Inc.
No. 28: David Nasca, Evans Bank
No. 29: Chuck Scothon, Fisher-Price & Mattel Inc.
No. 30: Elad Levy, UBNS, Gates Vascular Institute
No. 31: Paul Ciminelli, Ciminelli Real Estate Corp.
No. 32: Jeremy Jacobs, Delaware North
No. 33: Michael McMahon, KeyBank N.A.
No. 34: Raymond Ganoe, Evergreen Health
No. 35: Ken Kujawa, National Grid
No. 36: Nagendra Raina, Buffalo Games Inc.
No. 37: Darren King, M&T Bank
No. 38: Tom Wiley, The Buffalo News
No. 39: Brandye Merriweather, Buffalo Urban Development Corp.
No. 40: Pat Roche, Moog Inc.
No. 41: Thomas Beauford Jr., Buffalo Urban League
No. 42: Chris Koch, New Era Cap Co. Inc.
No. 43: Michael Wisler, M&T Bank, 43North
No. 44: John Yurtchuk, Calspan Corp.
No. 45: Dottie Gallagher, Buffalo Niagara Partnership
No. 46: Benjamin Zuffranieri Jr., Hodgson Russ LLP
No. 47: Michael Hughes, Kaleida Health, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
No. 48: William Lawley Jr., Lawley Insurance
No. 49: Kevin Quinn, Five Star Bank
No. 50: Patrick Marrano, Marrano/Marc Equity Corp.
No. 51: Stephen Turkovich, John R. Oishei Children's Hospital
No. 52: Peter Wilson, Sonwil Logistics
No. 53: Kevin Hogan, Phillips Lytle LLP
No. 54: Gary Olson, Daemen College
No. 55: A.J. Baynes, Amherst Chamber of Commerce
No. 56: Christopher Kerr, Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo
No. 57: Howard Zemsky, Larkin Development Group
No. 58: Tara Ellis, FeedMore WNY
No. 59: Cynthia Hoover, Linde Engineering Americas
No. 60: JoAnn Falletta, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
No. 61: Kent Frey, Frey Electric Construction Co.
No. 62: Kevin Cross, Lippes Mathias LLP
No. 63: Greg Daniel, Luthuli Group
No. 64: Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills, The Patricia Allen Fund
No. 65: Elizabeth Woike-Ganga, BestSelf Behavioral Health
No. 66: Rick Hamister, Northwest Bank
No. 67: Frank Curci, Northeast Grocery Inc. (Tops)
No. 68: Michael Fisher, Catholic Diocese of Buffalo
No. 69: Lorrie Clemo, D'Youville College
No. 70: L. Nelson Hopkins, Jacobs Institute
No. 71: Tracy Woodrow, M&T Bank
No. 72: Irfan Khan, Circuit Clinical
No. 73: Thomas Kucharski, Invest Buffalo Niagara
No. 74: Christina Orsi, John R. Oishei Foundation
No. 75: Gregory Duval, HSBC Bank USA N.A.
No. 76: Anne McCaffrey, People Inc.
No. 77: James Newman, Noco
No. 78: Donna DeCarolis, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.
No. 79: Joseph Saffire, Life Storage Inc.
No. 80: Steve Stoute, Canisius College
No. 81: Anthony Vazquez, Citi
No. 82: John Cappellino, Erie County Industrial Development Agency
No. 83: Anne Constantino, Horizon Health Services
No. 84: Matthew Whitehead, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
No. 85: Katherine Conway-Turner, SUNY Buffalo State
No. 86: Betsy Constantine, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
No. 87: Wesley Alves, Armor-IIMAK
No. 88: Arthur Wingerter, Univera Healthcare
No. 89: Rickey Armstrong Sr., Seneca Nation of Indians
No. 90: Carl Montante, Uniland Development Co.
No. 91: Trina Burruss, United Way of Buffalo & Erie County
No. 92: Anne Curtis, UBMD Internal Medicine
No. 93: Herbert Bellamy, Bellamy Enterprises, Buffalo Black Achievers Inc.
No. 94: William Paladino, Ellicott Development Co.
No. 95: William Pryor, Catholic Health
No. 96: Eric Feldstein, M&T Bank
No. 97: Martin Griffith, CNB Bank
No. 98: Laszlo Mechtler, Dent Neurologic Institute
No. 99: Ted Janicki, Bank of America
No. 100: Lisa Greisler, Visiting Nursing Association of WNY Inc.
No. 101: Andrew Davis, Erie County Medical Center
No. 102: Hans Cassagnol, Catholic Health
No. 103: David Pfalzgraf Jr., Rupp Pfalzgraf LLC
No. 104: Jon Williams, Viridi Parente Inc.
No. 105: Judy Baumgartner, Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, DeGraff Medical Park
No. 106: Kevyn Adams, Buffalo Sabres
No. 107: Cindy Lee, OLV Human Services
No. 108: Peter Gundermann, Astronics Corp.
No. 109: Michael Noah, BankonBuffalo
No. 110: LaVonne Ansari, Community Health Center of Buffalo Inc.
No. 111: James Maher, Niagara University
No. 112: Dave Beaton, Kelton Enterprises LLC
No. 113: William Murabito, Niagara County Community College
No. 114: Michael Joseph, Clover Management Inc.
No. 115: Kevin Ellis, Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.
No. 116: Renier Brentjens, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
No. 117: Beth Hughes, Buffalo General Medical Center
No. 118: Daniel Reininga, Lake Shore Savings Bank
No. 119: Brenda McDuffie, Erie County Industrial Development Agency
No. 120: Jeff Meyer, Ballie Lumber Co.
No. 121: Denise Jones, The Resource Center
No. 122: Therese Ferullo, Ingram Micro Inc.
No. 123: Susan Langdon, Niagara County Industrial Development Agency
No. 124: Anthony Baynes, A.J. Baynes Group
No. 125: Allison Brashear, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
No. 126: Mindy Seibold, Geico
No. 127: Jordan Levy, SBNY
No. 128: Tim Sprunger, Sumitomo Rubber USA
No. 129: Brandon Beane, Buffalo Bills
No. 130: Piotr Jurjewicz, FIFCO USA, Labatt
No. 131: Robert Rich III, Roar Logistics
No. 132: Russell Salvatore, Russell's Steaks, Chops & More
No. 133: Matthew Wagner, Sodexo Live!
No. 134: Margaret Paroski, Catholic Medical Partners
No. 135: Richard Warzala, Allied Motion Technologies Inc.
No. 136: Kevin Gibbons, UBMD Physicans Group
No. 137: Stephen Tucker, Northland Workforce Training Center
No. 138: Steven Hyde, Genesee County Economic Development Center
No. 139: Frank Ciminelli II, Arc Building Partners
No. 140: Nick Sinatra, Sinatra & Co.
No. 141: JC Seneca, Native Pride Travel Plaza
No. 142: Boris Kuvshinoff II, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
No. 143: Mark Blue, NAACP Buffalo
No. 144: Christopher Ross, Lawley Insurance
No. 145: Jonathan Swiatkowski, Erie County Medical Center
No. 146: Raul Vazquez, Cinq-Care of NY
No. 147: Daniel Scully, Buffalo Medical Group
No. 148: George Chamoun, ACV Auctions
No. 149: Ken Johnson, General Motors Lockport Operations
No. 150: Dwayne Jones, Mt. Aaron Baptist Church
No. 151: Peter Krog, The Krog Group
No. 152: Michael Mineo, Kaleida Health
No. 153: Colleen Heidinger, 43North
No. 154: John Koelmel, New York Power Authority
No. 155: Lou Jacobs, Delaware North
No. 156: Samuel Cloud, Erie County Medical Center
No. 157: Paul Kolkmeyer, Priam Enterprises LLC
No. 158: David Uba, Excelsior Orthopaedics
No. 159: James Dentinger, Noco Enterprises LLC
No. 160: Edward Walsh Jr., Walsh Duffield Cos. Inc.
No. 161: Duane Paddock, Paddock Chevrolet Inc.
No. 162: Jeff Gingerich, St. Bonaventure University
No. 163: John Eagleton, Community Bank
No. 164: Michael McInerney, Modern Disposal Services Inc.
No. 165: John Somers, Harmac Medical Products Inc.
No. 166: Gary Bichler, RP Oak Hill Building Co. Inc.
No. 167: Tom Quinn, WNY Impact Investment Fund
No. 168: Thurman Thomas, 34 Group
No. 169: Terry Galanis Jr., Sealing Devices Inc.
No. 170: Bassam Deeb, Trocaire College
No. 171: Eric Reich, Western New York Regional Economic Development Council
No. 172: Dan Hamister, Hamister Group LLC
No. 173: Paul Iskalo, Iskalo Development Corp.
No. 174: Marnie LaVigne, Launch NY
No. 175: Charlene Ludlow, Erie County Medical Center
No. 176: Tom Garigen, CannonDesign
No. 177: Joe Sahlen, Sahlen Packing Co.
No. 178: Corey Auerbach, Barclay Damon LLP
No. 179: William Gisel Jr., Rich Products Corp.
No. 180: Mari Howard, Intandem
No. 181: William Huntress, Acquest Development
No. 182: Jake Schneider, Schneider Architectural Services
No. 183: John Cleary, Gilbane Building Co.
No. 184: James Basil, Joe Basil Chevrolet
No. 185: Charles Makey III, Merchants Insurance Group
No. 186: Scott Stenclik, Aleron Group
No. 187: Nicholas Kosinski, Odoo
No. 188: Cindy Voelker, Spectrum Health & Human Services
No. 189: Russ D'Alba, Paramax Corp.
No. 190: James Stitt Jr., Cutco Corp.
No. 191: Michael Swartz, VA Western New York Healthcare System
No. 192: Michael Chapman, St. John Baptist Church, St. John Fruit Belt Community Development Corp.
No. 193: Richard Charles, General Physician PC
No. 194: David Colligan, Colligan Law LLP
No. 195: Russ & Frank Corigliano, Rosina Food Products Inc.
No. 196: Martin Boryszak, Catholic Health, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
No. 197: Steve Finch, Viridi Parente Inc.
No. 198: Patrick Lee, Patrick P. Lee Foundation
No. 199: Joseph Dash, Dash's Market Inc.
No. 200: Anna Dibble, Cummins Inc. Jamestown Engine Plant
No. 201: Frank Downing Jr., Towne Auto Group
No. 202: Matthew Drake, Kaleida Health
No. 203: Gregory Edwards, Gebbie Foundation
No. 204: Alan Elia Jr., Sevenson Environmental Services Inc.
No. 205: Thomas Montante, Montante Group
No. 206: Craig Schreiber, Northtown Automotive Cos.
No. 207: Aaron Chang, Sisters of Charity Hospital
No. 208: Christopher Koenig, Niagara Lutheran Health Care System
No. 209: Edward Snell, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
No. 210: Joseph Ruffolo, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
No. 211: John Horn, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
No. 212: Dave Schutte, Schutte Hospitality Group
No. 213: Eric Hepkins, Cornerstone Community Federal Credit Union
No. 214: Samuel Savarino, Savarino Cos. LLC
No. 215: Dennis Eshbaugh, Holiday Valley Resort
No. 216: Paul Cambria Jr., Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP
No. 217: Frank Ewing, AML RightSource
No. 218: John Lomeo, Niagara Hospice
No. 219: James Garvey, Catholic Health
No. 220: Scott Weinstein, Safetec of America Inc.
No. 221: Tom Calderone, Buffalo Toronto Public Media
No. 222: Patricia Farrell, Wilmington Trust N.A.
No. 223: Renee Filip, Aspire of WNY
No. 224: Mark Mistretta, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
No. 225: Patrick Kaler, Visit Buffalo Niagara
No. 226: Eric Recoon, Benderson Development Co.
No. 227: Steve Perrigo, Turner Construction Co.
No. 228: Robert Beck, John W. Danforth Co.
No. 229: Tod Martin, The Martin Group
No. 230: Althea Luehrsen, Leadership Buffalo
No. 231: Gerry Buchheit Jr., Accent Stripe Inc., Quaker Crossing
No. 232: James Campbell, Chapin International Inc.
No. 233: Tom Emmerling, Dopkins & Co.
No. 234: Jack Greco, Angel investor
No. 235: Joyce Markiewicz, Catholic Health
No. 236: John Percy, Destination Niagara USA
No. 237: Rocco Termini, Signature Development Buffalo LLC
No. 238: Sharon Randaccio, Performance Management Partners Inc.
No. 239: David Mingoia, Amherst Industrial Development Agency
No. 240: Elizabeth McPartland, Child and Family Services
No. 241: Henry Gorino, Local Boys LLC
No. 242: Charles Urlaub, Mount St. Mary's Hospital; Catholic Health
No. 243: Richard Suchan, Catholic Diocese of Buffalo
No. 244: Walter Ludwig, Kenmore Mercy Hospital
No. 245: Earl Ketry, Pearl Street Properties
No. 246: Lou Panzica, PDI Power Drives
No. 247: Lisa Haglund, Heritage Ministries
No. 248: John Polka III, Buffalo Bills
No. 249: Christopher Tryjankowski, PCS Plumbing & Heating Inc.. NYS Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors Association
No. 250: Laura Quebral, UB Regional Institute