Leadership Buffalo 2010-2011 Sponsors
Presenting:
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York's goal is to improve individual and community health, strength and well-being by:
- Delivering high quality, affordable health benefits products and services
- Developing innovative solutions and services that support health, create transparency, increase efficiencies and improve every facet of our service
- Providing exceptional customer care
- Participating in initiatives and supporting organizations that seek to improve health and empower people throughout our community
Platinum:
Business First
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/
The online version of Business First of Buffalo, where you'll find the latest breaking business news, updated throughout the day, some of this week's top stories from Business First of Buffalo and other popular features from the print edition. You can also sign up to receive any of our email products including daily business news updates, latest news of 17 industries, dozens of popular topics from around the nation and the latest networking and marketing alerts.
County of Erie
Erie County is a metropolitan center located on the western border of the State covering 1,058 square miles. The County is bounded by Lake Erie to the west, Niagara County and Canada to the north, Genesee County and Wyoming County to the east, and Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties to the south. More than half the population in both countries (160,000,000 people), as well as 52 percent of the personal income ($5 trillion) created by the United States and Canada, are within 500 miles of Erie County. In addition, three-quarters of Canada's manufacturing activity and 55 percent of the United States' manufacturing activity fall within that radius. Located within the County are three cities and 25 towns, including the City of Buffalo, the second largest city in the State, which serves as the County seat.
Greatbatch Inc. 
For 40 years, Greatbatch has maintained a reputation for exceptional innovation, performance and reliability by designing and manufacturing life-saving and life-enabling critical technologies. As the Company continues to grow, it will kepp on proactively addressing the unmet needs of the medical and other critical industrial markets, developin advancing technologies for medical devices, customized battery solutions and comprehensive wireless sensing systems.
The Company employs nearly 700 Associates in WNY between its three facilities, which includes the Global Heaquarters and Holmes R&D Center, and its Alden manufacturing facility - named as an IndustryWeek Top 10 Best Plants in North America in 2008.
Independent Health
Independent Health began operations in 1980. As one of Western New York's first HMOs, they served 2,785 members. Independent Health products have been rated as among the best in the nation by Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Consumer Reports, First for Women and Managed Healthcare. The reputation Independent Health has earned as a top-rated health solutions company is the result of more than two decades of hard work and a relentless devotion to excellence.
Time Warner Cable
http://www.timewarnercable.com/northeast/
Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with technologically advanced, well-clustered systems located in five geographic areas - New York State (including New York City), the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas. Time Warner Cable serves more than 14 million customers (residential and business) who subscribe to one or more of irs video, high-speed data and voice services.
Corinne & Victor Rice Foundation
Diamond:
Beaver Hollow Conference Center 
Beaver Hollow New York Conference Center is nestled in the hills of Upstate New York between Buffalo and Rochester. We are within a two hour drive from Canada and Erie, PA. Beaver Hollow is an accredited member of the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC). With numerous amenities and recreational activities, our tranquil setting is an ideal destination for your next meeting, seminar, team building event, party or corporate retreat.
D.V. Brown & Associates, Inc. (DVB) is a full service mechanical contractor operating in Buffalo and the Western NY region.
Company founders Donald V. Brown, Donald V. Brown, Jr. (LB '04) and Robert J. Harber collectively have more than 90 years of experience in the mechanical contracting industry.
"We Built Our Name on Quality, Value and Integrity."
Keybank
https://www.key.com/index.html
KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $90 billion. Key companies provide investment management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses, internationally. The company's businesses deliver their products and services through branches and offices; a network of 1,547 ATMs; telephone banking centers and a website, Key.com®, that provides account access and financial products 24 hours a day.
Lawley Insurance 
Our vision and progressive way of doing business for more than 50 years is why we have been consistently recognized as one of the Top 100 Brokers in the U.S. We will continue to serve our clients with innovative ideas to minimize risk, so they can enjoy a little assurance in an unsure world. You'll find that when you partner with Lawley - whether in your business or personal life - you can rest insured.
Moog Inc.
http://www.moog.com/
Moog Inc. is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision motion control products and systems. Moog's high-performance systems control military and commercial aircraft, satellites and space vehicles, launch vehicles, missiles, industrial machinery, wind energy, marine applications, and medical equipment.
Performance Management Partners, Inc. 
At Performance Management Partners, we provide the fuel to support your people decisions. For over a decade, our clients have benefited from our:
- Personality and other psychometric tools to guide hiring, development and succession planning decisions,
• Our world-class training programs to build high performing teams.
- Employee surveys to measure engagement and identify opportunities for improvement, and
Building and sustaining best people practices isn't easy. It's a constant process. We know. We work at it every single day in our own company. That's why our company has been voted one of Western New York's Best Places to Work. We practice what we preach while working with companies who want to become high performing organizations.
The Buffalo News
The mission of The Buffalo News is to provide news and information to the community we serve, and to report it honestly, accurately and fairly. But our service to the community doesn't end there. We believe that being a good newspaper also requires being a good citizen. For that reason, we either initiate or are asked to help support many causes throughout Western New York each year. We respond with cash contributions, promotional support, printed materials, equipment and volunteers — using our resources to make Western New York an even better place to live.
Wegmans 
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a 75-store supermarket chain with srores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland. The family-owned company, founded in 1916, is recognized as an industry leader and innovator. Wegmans has been named one of the '100 Best Companies to Work For' by FORTUNE magazine for thirteen consecutive years. In 2010, Wegmans ranked #3 on the list.
GOLD:
Anthony Baldi, CFP
First Niagara Bank
Flynn & Friends
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
M&T Bank
My Executive Coach
National Fuel Gas Company
People, Inc.
Reeds Jewelers
Waterline Café
SILVER:
Buffalo Bills, Inc.
Colucci & Gallaher, P.C.
DDM Company, Inc.
Hodgson Russ LLP
Illuminare Group
Invisionit LLC
National Grid
Phillips Lytle, LLP
Rich Products
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
RV Rhodes Inc.
Try-It Distributing
Turner Construction Company
UB Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Verizon
The Zenger Group
LB SUPPORTER:
Anthony Conte
AP Professionals
Dr. Khalid Qazi
Ellicott Development Company
Erie County Medical Center
Eric Mower & Associates
Evans Bank
Food Bank of Western New York
Gelia Wells & Mohr Inc.
Holy Cross Head Start
Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP
Larkin Development Group
Murak & Associates LLC
PCA Group, Inc
Ride for Roswell
RW Miller Jr. & Associates
Shea's Performing Arts Center
Tapecon, Inc.
The Baird Foundation
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
Travers Collins & Company
University at Buffalo
