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Board of Directors


 

The Community Foundation's Board of Directors consists of active community leaders, who exemplify volunteerism, philanthropy, and community service. Many the decisions the Foundation Board makes have a direct impact on the good of the community.

 

Lyman Buck III LYMAN A. BUCK III
President

Banking Relationship Manager and Senior Vice-President with KeyBank, N.A.; earned bachelor's degree in economics from LeMoyne College; serves as a director and officer of CODI, Inc.; former Chair of the American Red Cross of Chautauqua County; Director and officer of New York-Pennsylvania Blood Region Board; Director of the Seneca Nation Mortgage Board; a member of Finance Committee of The Resource Center; and member of Blood Facilities, Chautauqa County Chapter Committee.

 

Paul Hedberg PAUL H. HEDBERG
Vice President

Assistant Dean of Administration at Jamestown Community College; earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics from SUNY Fredonia; Treasurer of the Chautauqua County Chapter of the American Red Cross; member and past president of the Chautauqua Leadership Network; member of the WCA Hospital Institutional Review Committee and the Achievement Center Advisory Council; past Treasurer of the United Way; past Chair of Research and Planning for Human Services in Chautauqua County.

 

Kristy Zabrodsky KRISTY B. ZABRODSKY
Treasurer

Shareholder and Certified Public Accountant with the accounting firm of Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro PC; graduate of Jamestown Community College and Miami University; JCC Foundation Board; Gebbie Foundation Board; and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. 

 

Cristie HerbstCRISTIE L. HERBST
Secretary

Editor of The Post-Journal, a member of the Lakewood Community Development Corp., the President's Media Advisory Council at SUNY Fredonia, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and the Girl Scouts of Western New York property committee. Former member of several United Way agency boards.

 

Daniel Black DANIEL A. BLACK

President and Founder of Blackstone Business Enterprises in Jamestown; native of Minneapolis, earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Minnesota; currently serves on the Board of Allegheny Highlands Boy Scouts, the Board of Appeals for the Town of Ellery and active in the Jamestown Rotary, CCYHA (Youth Hockey) and other civic organizations.

 

Stephen Cass Stephen J. Wright

Attorney at Law with Wright, Wright, and Hampton; graduate cum laude from Allegheny College with a law degree from Albany Law School; Director for the Sunset Hill Cemetery Association; active in the Jamestown Bar Association; YMCA; County Tennis League; Fenton History Center; Lakewood Rod & Gun Club; Sportsmen's Club and a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

 

Anna Jochum ANNA M. JOCHUM

NYS Court Interpreter (Spanish) for all courts - based at Chautauqua Family Court; Jamestown Community College adjunct faculty; SUNY College at Fredonia magna cum laude graduate; Masters Degree in Education from same institution; former board member on the YWCA of Jamestown and the Chautauqua Regional Youth Symphony.

 

Bridget Johnson BRIDGET B. JOHNSON

Community Relations Coordinator for Jamestown Community College; graduate of Wells College; former editor, The Westfield Republican; former board member, Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System and Chautauqua Area Girl Scout Council; member, St. Paul's Episcopal Church.

 

Michael Metzger MICHAEL D. METZGER

Chief Financial Officer for ACU-RITE Companies, Inc. in Jamestown; earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from St. Bonaventure University and a MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology; The Resource Center Board member and member of the M&T Bank Advisory Council; Past Chairman fo the Red Cross Board; past United Way Campaign Chairman and Board President; served 3 terms on the Bemus Point Central School Board.

 

 Melsetta McFadden 
JONATHAN P. TABER

Partner, Phillips Lytle LLP in Jamestown; Graduated from Oxford University in 1994; Graduated with a B.S. in Business Management from Cornell University in 1995; Received his J.D. from Cornell Law School in 1998; presently Board member and chairman of the Pearl City Lyceum; member of the Chautauqua Leadership Network; member of the American, New York State, and Jamestown Bar Associations; formerly a Board member for the Lucille Ball - Desi Arnaz Center.