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 W. 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
Phone: (716) 697-0950 or mlauerman@continental1.org
Faith Carberry, Executive Assistant
Phone: (716) 392-3069 (cell) or fcarberry@continental1.org
Muna Mohamud, Research Trainee
mmohamud@continental1.org
