Leadership and Boards

Roswell Park Alliance Foundation Staff Leadership and Boards

The Roswell Park Alliance Foundation is led by an incredible team of dedicated professionals who each bring their unique backgrounds and abilities to help propel our mission to end cancer.

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Leadership Team

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Shawn Kleitz

Senior Vice President
Chief Development Officer

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Tammy Lightcap
Vice President, Finance & Operations
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Andrea Gregory

Director, Special Event Fundraising

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Jennifer Hickok

Senior Executive Director, Transformational & Research Partnerships, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Director of Corporate and Sports Partnerships, Roswell Park Alliance Foundation

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Michelle Ostrander

Director, Development Marketing & Communications

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Jennifer Seth-Cimini

Director, Individual Gifts & Donor Stewardship

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Shawn Kleitz
Senior Vice President
Chief Development Officer
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Cindy Eller
Vice President for Development and Executive Director
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Tammy Lightcap
Vice President, Finance & Operations
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Michelle Ostrander
Director, Development Marketing & Communications
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Chris Wesley
Director, Volunteer Services
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Judith Epstein
Director, Grants & Foundation

Individual Gifts Team

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Jacob DeForrest

Strategic Gifts Officer

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Gretchen LaRock

Planned Giving Program Manager

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Allison Lockwood

Grateful Patient Program Officer

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Katheryn
Ross-Winnie
Katheryn Ross-Winnie

Major Gifts Officer

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Erin Zack

Major Gifts Officer

Foundation Board of Directors

Nancy Boulden
Terry Bourgeois
Larry Castellani, Jr.
Ross J. Eckert, Chair
Frank H. Ewing
Michael T. Gacioch
Anne D. Gioia
Donna M. Gioia, Secretary
Michael Huntress
William Inman

Luke Jacobs
Pamela R. Jacobs Vogt
Michael Lawley
Patrick P. Lee
Judith Lipsey, Chair Elect
Bill Loecher
James D. Newman, Chair Emeritus
David Pietrowski
Kyle Roche

Luis Rodriguez, Jr.
Christine Standish
Dennis Szefel, Treasurer
Lorrie Turner-Benigni
Julie Varden
Tracy Woodrow 
Lee C. Wortham, Chair Emeritus
Leecia Eve

President’s Advisory Cabinet

Gwen Arcara
Scott Bieler
Lawrence Castellani, Sr.
Ann Celani
Russell D’Alba
Eric Feldstein
Scott Friedman, Esq.
Steve Finch

William Gacioch
Dan Gernatt
Katie Hamister
Philip Hubbell
Gerald Lippes
Patrick Marrano
Daniel Misko
Trudy Mollenberg

Nancy Naples O’Neill
Thomas H. O’Neill, Jr.
Bruce Popko
Jerry Saxe
Buford Sears
Robert Weber

Alliance Community Board

Julie Alford
RoseAnn Berardi
Molly Beecher Bohen
Terry Bourgeois, Chairman
Chris Burns
Carole Ann Collard
Chuck Collard
Tyrone Crawford
Brian Duffett
Chris Eberle
Mitch Flynn
Lynn Gates
Erin Geiger
Anne D. Gioia, Chair Emeritus
Donna M. Gioia, Chair Emeritus

Amy Gold
John Hannon
Julia Hilliker
Fran Hornung
Dillon Joseph
Linda Kahn
Kiersten Lawley
Cyndi Leonard
Mike Lesakowski
Bill Loecher
Chris Lorenz
Courtney Mailhot
Mark Manders
Steve Mars

Shane Moore
Jonathan Olsen
Kathleen O’Neil
Annie O’Neil White
Scott Philbin
Kelly Rehak
Susan Roney
Sally Russell
Emily Smaldino
Leanne Stepien
Shannon Tedesco
Anne Virag
Mary Kate Vivacqua
Earl V. Wells III

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Thank you for your interest in supporting world-class cancer research and patient care at Roswell Park. Your outreach helps move our mission forward.

Meet the leadership team