Members of the Canisius community were named to Business First’s annual Power 250 list for 2019. The list identifies the most influential leaders throughout Western New York.
This year’s list includes 34 Canisius alumni and 10 honorary degree recipients. President John J. Hurley ’78 ranks #48 on the list.
The following Canisius community members were honored:
Alumni
14. Mark Sullivan ’92, MPA ’96 – CEO/COO, Catholic Health
20. Carl Montante ’64, HON ’04 – president/managing director, Uniland Development Company
27. Allegra Jaros ’93, MBA ’96 - president, John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital; vice president, Kaleida Health
30. Rhonda Frederick MPA ’03 – president/CEO, People Inc.
31. David Nasca ’79 – president/CEO, Evans Bancorp Inc.
32. Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker ’82 – president/CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
33. Kimberly Minkel ’96 – executive director, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
41. Angelo Fatta ’66 – chairman, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
44. Michael Montante ’91 – vice president, Uniland Development Company
48. John Hurley ’78 – president, Canisius University
51. Lawrence Vilardo ’77 – U.S. district judge, Western District of New York, U.S. District Court
57. Patrick Gallivan ’82 – 59th Senate District, New York State Senate; chair, Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee
72. William Maggio ’85, MBA ’92 – CEO, Jacobs Institute
79. Rocco Termini ’72 – President, Signature Development Buffalo LLC
82. Matthew Enstice MBA ’05 – president/CEO, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
83. Dennis Walczyk ’74 – CEO, Catholic Charities of Buffalo
86. Susan O’Sullivan ’04 – Vice president and Buffalo campus executive, Ingram Micro Inc.
95. Terrence Connors ’68 – founding partner, Connors LLP
97. James Dentinger ’84, MBA ’94 – president, McGuire Development Co. LLC
123. Richard Ferranti ’86 – president/COO, Rich Products Corp.
135. Robin Schimminger ’69, HON ’07 – 140th Assembly, District, New York State Assembly; chair, Assembly Standing Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry
140. Paul Kolkmeyer ’75 – CEO, Priam Enterprises LLC
142. Richard Hamister MBA ’91 – New York region president, Northwest Bank
149. Ron Raccuia ’90 – executive vice president, Pegula Sports and Entertainment
158. James Basil ’85 – president, Joe Basil Chevrolet
165. William Kresse MSED ’98 – principal, City Honors School
179. Hon. Gerald Whalen ’79 – presiding justice, Supreme Court Appellate Division, 4th Dept.
188. Ken Kujawa MBA ’00 – regional director, National Grid
206. Daniel Scully ’83 – CEO, Buffalo Medical Group
218. Thomas Montante ’65 – CEO, Montante Group LLC
220. Dennis DePerro ’81, MS ’88 – president, St. Bonaventure University
222. Joseph Emminger ’82 – supervisor, Town of Tonawanda
228. David Rivera ’76 – majority leader, Buffalo Common Council
235. David Rogers ’74, MBA ’91 – CEO/director, Life Storage
Honorary Degrees
2. Jeremy Jacobs HON ’82 – chairman, Delaware North
34. Richard Malone HON ’13 – bishop, Catholic Diocese of Buffalo
49. JoAnn Falletta HON ’00 – music director, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
53. L. Nelson Hopkins III, MD, HON ’17 – founder and chief scientific officer, The Jacobs Institute
65. Robert Rich Jr., HON ’15 – chair, Rich Products; president and CEO, Buffalo Bison Baseball Inc.; chairman, Cleveland Clinic
76. Donald Boswell HON ’12 – president/CEO, Western New York Public Broadcasting Association
119. Thomas Beecher Jr. HON ’10 – chair emeritus, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
125. Denise Roche HON ’92 – chair, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority; retired president, D’Youville College
129. Robert Bennett HON ’09 – former chancellor, New York State Board of Regents
178. Paul Snyder HON ’71 – chair, Snyder Corp.
*Please note: Some members of the Canisius community appear in more than one of our categories but are counted only once for the purpose of our statistics.
