People

Executive Committee

Christopher G. Hauser, President
McDowell, Wick, Daly, Gallup & Hauser

Thomas George, Vice President
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

Glenn Miller, Assistant Vice President
VCS Group, Inc.

Jack Ampuja, Treasurer
Supply Chain Optimizers

Martin M. Glesk, Secretary
Bradford Area Alliance

Board of Directors

Ron Aldom, Executive Director
Somerset County Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Livingston Alexander, President
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Jack Ampuja, President Supply Chain Optimizers and Executive Director Niagara University Center for Supply Chain Excellence

Gregory W. Booth, President and CEO
Zippo Manufacturing Company

Eric M. Bridges, Executive Director
North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission

G. Henry Cook, President
Somerset Trust Company

Dennis Eshbaugh, President and General Manager,
Holiday Valley, Ellicottville, NY, and President, Route 219 Association

Larry Fontaine Jr., President
Fontaine Transport Inc.

Thomas George, Director of Surface Transportation
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

Martin M. Glesk, Executive Director
Bradford Area Alliance

Christopher G. Hauser, President
McDowell, Wick, Daly, Gallup & Hauser

Glenn Miller
VCS Group, Inc.

Jim Phillips, President and CEO
Canadian/American Border Trade Alliance

Edward M. Silvetti, Executive Director
Southern Alleghenies Planning & Development Commission

Wally Smith, Vice President
AAA of Western and Central New York

Craig Turner,  Vice President

Buffalo Niagara Partnership

John Vatavuk, Somerset County Commissioner

Pat Whalen, Chief Operating Officer
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

Richard Zink, Executive Director
Southern Tier West Regional Planning & Development Board

Advisory Committee

Michael Flaherty, Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner
Consulate General of Canada

Amy Kessler, Director of Community Development & Regional Planning
North Central PA Regional Planning & Development Commission

Phil Lacombe, President & COO
Secure Mission Solutions

Nancy J. Micks, President/CEO
Greater Dubois Chamber of Commerce

Peter Nixon, Landscape Architect

Rob Swales, Executive Director
Clearfield County Economic Development Corporation

Andrew Wartell, Wartell Consulting LLC
Security Analysis, Technology and Operations

Frank Williams, Planner
Ministry of Transportation, Ontario, Canada

Staff

Meg Lauerman, Project Manager
mlauerman@continental1.org

Faith Carberry, Executive Assistant
fcarberry@continental1.org

Muna Mohamud, Research Trainee
mmohamud@continental1.org