STATE OF NEW YORK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
August 9, 2007
ELIOT SPITZER, GOVERNOR

GOVERNOR MAKES APPOINTMENTS TO BUFFALO FINANCIAL, HEALTH AND TRANSPORTATION BOARDS

Governor Eliot Spitzer and Lieutenant Governor David Paterson today announced two appointments to the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority (BFSA); one appointment to the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority (ECFSA); two appointments to the Board of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute; one nomination to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA); and one appointment to the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority. Click here to read the complete release.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation

Michael L. Joseph is appointed to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation. Mr. Joseph is currently a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Joseph serves as President of Clover Construction Management, Inc., a construction company that specializes in multi-family construction. Before entering into the real estate business, he was a Special Limited Partner and Director of Real Estate Finance at Mabon Nugent and Co. Currently, Mr. Joseph sits on the governing boards of the Jewish Federation of Western New York, Elmwood Franklin School, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, University at Buffalo Foundation, and the Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies. Mr. Joseph received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton and his M.B.A from Boston University.

R. Buford Sears is appointed to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Roswell Cancer Institute Corporation. Mr. Sears has served as Senior Vice President of Health Care and Non-profit Banking for Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company since 2003. Previously, he served as Vice President of Health Care Banking and National Banking for M & T. He is a former Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee for the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Foundation and a former Trustee of the Niagara Health Quality Coalition. He currently serves as Chair and Trustee for the Nichols School and is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care. Mr. Sears earned his Bachelors of International Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his Masters of International Economics and Studies from Johns Hopkins University.

The corporation is governed by fifteen directors, seven of whom, including the Chairman of the Board, are appointed by the Governor.

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