Board of Trustees

Daemen’s Board of Trustees has full authority to manage and direct the property, affairs and business of the college. These powers and duties include, but are not limited to, the granting of degrees, appointments to and removals from offices, and approval of the annual budget.

Chair

Caroline Hassett Buerk, '59, of Counsel at Phillips Lytle, LLP

Vice Chair

Thomas E. Brydges Partner, Labor & Employment Practice Group, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

Secretary/Treasurer

Dale B. Demyanick, '79, Partner, Lumsden & McCormick, LLP

President/Ex Officio

Gary A. Olson, President, Daemen College

Members

Audre Bunis

Catherine M. LePage-Campbell, '84, Senior VP, Government Programs, BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

Robert M. Chur, President & CEO, ElderWood Senior Care

Richard J. Day, Partner, Hiscock and Barclay, LLP

Jed E. Dietrich, Dietrich Funeral Homes, Inc.

Marie E. Hare, VP, Philanthropy & Civic Affairs, Key Bank

Hon. Barbara Howe, NYS Surrogate Judge for Erie County

Peter F. Hunt, Chairman and CEO, Hunt Real Estate Corporation

Donald B. Hutton, Director, New York New Jersey Rail, LLC

Roy Innis, National Chairman, Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.)

Hratch Karamanoukian, MD Surgeon

Kathryn D. Karlic, Group Vice President, M&T Bank

Seymour H. Knox, Knox International, LLC

Jeffrey Meilman, MD Surgeon             

Lynn S. Millane, Retired supervisor for the Town of Amherst

Dorothy Mueller, O.S.F., '66, Sisters of St. Francis

Gregory M. Oehler, COO, Hunt Commercial Real Estate

Thomas M. Reynolds, Nixon Peabody, LLP

Robert A. Savarino, President of RAS Development Company

Thomas P. Stewart, Ph.D., '74, Former President & CCO, Stryker Medical Group 

Connie Vari, DNP, Former Executive VP & Chief Operating Officer, Kaleida Health

D. Scott N. Warman, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of M&T Bank

Ellen White, Executive Director, Commercial Aftermarket, MOOG Aircraft Group

Wayne D. Wisbaum, Partner, Kavinoky Cook, LLP

Edith Wyss, O.S.F. Provincial Minister, Sisters of St. Francis

Brenda L. Young Ph.D., Professor & Director of Global/Local Sustainability, Daemen College

Trustee Emeriti

Martin J. Anisman, President Emeriti

Thomas W. Bowen*

Adrian F. Dedecker, Jr.  

Leonard Greenfield*

Edward P. Gueth, Jr.*   

Nedra J. Harrison

William W. Kimmins, Jr.*       

Charles L. Lumsden*       

Milton Milstein*

Henry J. Nowak

Jean R. Oshei*       

Joan Ellis Shatkin*

M. Angelice Vogt, OSF*

Paul A. Willax

* Deceased         

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Students outside Rosary Hall

That’s the best way to really get a feel for what Daemen is all about! Daemen is located in suburban Amherst, New York just minutes away from the city of Buffalo. To schedule a weekday individual interview and tour the campus, email us admissions@daemen.edu or call 800.462.7652.

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The Western New York Service Learning Coalition, located on Daemen’s campus serves as a conduit for community organizations seeking service-learning students.

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Sarah Rodman

Sarah - Political Science/Pre-Law

Political Science
Minors in Pre-Law, Spanish, Theater Arts

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Sarah has gained excellent real-world experience by completing internships at the American Bar Association in Washington D.C. and the Attorney General's Office in Buffalo. She was recently accepted into law school in New York!

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Founders Walkway
Paving the path to Rosary Hall, the walkway allows donors to permanently inscribe a brick memorializing a special loved one, occasion or dedication.