Board Members
Board members offer trusted advice and counsel, enabling us to provide greater financial stability, flexibility and strategic support for the University at Buffalo.
OFFICERS
Jean C. Powers '79
Trustee (secretary)
Committees: Executive, Properties
Affiliate boards: UBF Corp.; FNUB, Inc.; University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator, Inc.; UBF Faculty-Student Housing Corp.
Term ending 6/30/25; serve until 6/30/28
MEMBERS
Teresa Bair '96
Trustee
Committees: Finance
Term ending 6/30/24; serve until 6/30/27
Randall I. Benderson '79
Trustee Emeritus
Committees: Under Review
Dianne Bennett '75
Trustee Emeritus
Committees: Gift Stewardship
Jason L. Bird '05
Trustee
Committees: Investment
Term ending 6/30/23; serve until 6/30/26
Helen M. Cappuccino '84 '88
Lawrence P. Castellani
Trustee Emeritus
Committees: Under Review
Gregg S. Fisher '92
Trustee
Committees: Executive, Investment (chair)
Term ending 6/30/24; serve until 6/30/24
Claudia D. Fosket '85
Trustee
Committees: Properties
Affiliate boards: UBF Corp.; FNUB, Inc.; University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator, Inc.; UBF Faculty-Student Housing Corp.
Term ending 6/30/23; serve until 6/30/23
Ellen E. Grant '72, '74, '79
Trustee Emeritus
Committees: Audit
Daniel M. Hamister
Trustee
Committees: Properties (vice chair)
Affiliate boards: UBF Corp.; FNUB, Inc.; University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator, Inc.; UBF Faculty-Student Housing Corp.
Term ending 6/30/24; serve until 6/30/24
Jeremy M. Jacobs '60
Louis M. Jacobs
Trustee
Committees: Gift Stewardship
Term ending 6/30/25; serve until 6/30/25
Ashok G. Kaveeshwar '69
Director
Committees: Audit, Gift Stewardship (vice chair)
Term ending 6/30/23
Kathie A. Keller
Trustee
Committees: Audit
Term ending 6/30/25; serve until 6/30/28
Anthony B. Martino '65
Director
Committees: Audit, Investment
Term ending 6/30/24
James J. Palmisciano ‘90
Trustee
Committees: Investment
Term ending 6/30/25; serve until 6/30/28
David R. Pfalzgraf, Jr. '97
Trustee
Committees: Finance
Affiliate boards: UB Foundation Activities, Inc.; UB Foundation Services, Inc.
Term ending 6/30/23; serve until 6/30/23
Thomas S. Quealy, Jr. '89
Trustee
Committees: Investment
Term ending 6/30/23; serve until 6/30/23
Nagendra Raina '05
Trustee
Committees: Finance
Term ending 6/30/25; serve until 6/30/25
Murray S. Rosenthal '63
Director
Committees: Gift Stewardship
Term ending 6/30/25
Steven H. Shepsman '75
Trustee
Committees: Executive, Finance, Properties (chair)
Affiliate boards: UBF Corp.; FNUB, Inc.; University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator, Inc.; UBF Faculty-Student Housing Corp.
Term ending 6/30/25; serve until 6/30/28
Eileen S. Silvers '70
Director
Committees: Executive, Finance (chair), Gift Stewardship
Affiliate boards: UB Foundation Activities, Inc.; UB Foundation Services, Inc.
Term ending 6/30/25
Daniel A. Sperrazza '88
Director
Committees: Investment (vice chair)
Term ending 6/30/25
Satish K. Tripathi
Trustee and University President
Committees: Executive
John N. Walsh III
Trustee Emeritus
Committees: Under Review
D. Scott N. Warman
Director
Committees: Investment
Term ending 6/30/24
Marjorie E. Winkler '75 '80
Director
Committees: Gift Stewardship
Term ending 6/30/25
Margaret W. Wong '76
Director
Committees: Gift Stewardship
Term ending 6/30/24
Sujata Yalamanchili '88 '89
Trustee
Committees: Properties
Affiliate boards: UBF Corp.; FNUB, Inc.; University at Buffalo Foundation Incubator, Inc.; UBF Faculty-Student Housing Corp.
Term ending 6/30/24; serve until 6/30/27
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Stacy Knapper
Chief Executive Officer, UB Foundation
NON-VOTING MEMBERS
Allison Brashear, M.D., MBA
Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of Jacobs School of Medicine
Jason Diffenderfer
Interim Vice President for University Advancement
Laura E. Hubbard
A. Scott Weber
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs