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Conversations with Canisius

A video series featuring Canisius High School alumni talking about their lives and careers and how CHS made an impact on them.

Our spotlight conversation:

Michael Henry ’84
Executive Director
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Denver, CO
www.lighthousewriters.org


 

Fr. Dennis Baker, S.J. ’98
President, Xavier High School of Micronesia
Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia


 

Frank Bernobich ’67
President and Chairman, Boltex Manufacturing Co.
Houston, TX
boltex.com


 

Renier Brentjens, Ph.D., MD ’85 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
(now Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo) 


 

Andrew Clark ’94 
Partner – Forensics & Integrity
Ernst & Young
Washington, DC


 

David Curtin ‘76 
International Lawyer, Retired
London, UK


 

James A. DiCarlo '55
Retired Research Scientist, NASA
Austin, TX


 

Ron DiGiore '91
Vice President, Piedmont Capital Distributors
Brooklyn, NY
rdigiore@gmail.com


 

Dennis Dougherty ’59
Retired VP of Human Resources - General Electric
Amesbury, MA


 

Frank Downing '82
President, Towne Automotive Group
Orchard Park, NY
towneauto.com


 

Dennis Dracup ‘71
Investor and corporate board member
Scottsdale, AZ


 

Lt. Cmdr. Scott Elwell ’03
Instructor, Naval Test Pilot School
F/A 18 Super Hornet Pilot
Patuxent, MD


 

Joe Enright, Jr. ’62
President, New York State Golf Association
retired science teacher, Depew school system
Depew, NY
Nysga.org


 

Cdr. Tom Flaherty ’96
Battalion Officer, United States Naval Academy
Submarine Commander, United States Navy
Annapolis, MD


 

Tom Fontana ’69
Emmy-winning Television Writer & Producer
New York, NY
tomfontana.com


 

Herb Glose '75
Partner, Barclay Damon LLP
Buffalo, NY
www.barclaydamon.com


 

Dr. William Greeley ’68
Adjunct Professor, Duke University School of Medicine
Former Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Durham, NC


 

Dick Griffin ’73
Attorney, Bredhoff & Kaiser
Washington, D.C.
bredhoff.com


 

Joe Hanna ’98
Partner, Goldberg Segalla LLP
Founder, Bunkers in Baghdad 
Buffalo, NY
goldbergsegalla.com
bunkersinbaghdad.com


 

Jack Herrmann '79
Retired Senior VP for Sales, Optum
Scottsdale, AZ


 

Jonathan Holland '95
Vice President for Digital Partnership, MasterCard 
New York, NY


 

Bill Holodnak '64
Founder & CEO, Occam Global
New York, NY
occam-global.com


 

Colin Huntley ’96
Attorney / Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Justice
Washington, DC


 

Robert Inderbitzen ’64
Founder of REI Safety Services 
Bradenton, FL


 

Zoltan Kerekes ’83
Co-Founder / Managing Partner, PIPV Capital 
Philadelphia, PA
phoenixipv.com


 

Ray Link ’72
CFO FEI Company - retired 
Corporate Board Member
Adjunct Professor, UC - Santa Barbara 
Montecito, CA


 

Brandon Littles, CPCU '02
Director of U.S. Digital Claims, Inshur
Buffalo, NY
inshur.com


 

Michael LoFaso ’06
Corporate Strategy and Finance, Rideback
Los Angeles, CA
rideback.com


 

Ryan Maher ’92
Vice President of National Accounts - Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Austin, TX
titosvodka.com


 

Bob Marcin ’63
Vietnam War Veteran
Retired Executive, Ford Motor Company
Scottsdale, AZ


 

Dennis McCleary '70
Director of Business Recruitment
Notre Dame Cristo Rey School
Methuen, MA


 

Mike Mineo '96
CMO, DeGraff/Millard Fillmore Suburban
Buffalo, NY


 

Tom Moriarty ’00
Co-owner, Moriarty Meats
Buffalo, NY
moriartymeats.com


 

Mike Mulroy ’84
Lawyer, Banker, Executive, Dad
Newport Beach, CA


 

John Murphy ’62
Attorney / Founding Partner - Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Newport Beach, CA
stradlinglaw.com


 

Christopher Neil '84
Senior VP of New Ventures, Maxim Integrated
San Francisco, CA


 

Evan Ortolani ’07
Vice President & Chief Creative Officer, Ted’s Hot Dogs
Buffalo, NY
tedshotdogs.com


 

Shawn Pearce ’94
Entrepreneur / Owner, FVP Wines
Mendoza, Argentina
fvpwines.com 


 

Dr. Rajeev Ramchand ’95
Senior Behavioral Scientist
Co-Director, Rand Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute
Washington, DC
rand.org


 

Brendan Rich ’98
Partner / Chair of the Corporate Department, Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP 
Buffalo, NY
lippes.com


 

Shawn Ries '00
Screenwriter
Los Angeles


 

Tim Rine ’88
Senior Wealth Advisor, White Oak Wealth Group
Atlanta, GA
tim.rine@lpl.com


 

Dr. Craig Rusin ’97
Chief Technology Officer, Medical Informatics Corporation
Associate Professor of Medicine in Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
michealthcare.com


 

Joe Sahlen '98
Executive VP, Sahlen Packing Co.
Buffalo, NY
sahlen.com


 

Tim Scanlon ’67
Retired Vice President of National Accounts, Genzyme Corp.
Venice, FL


 

Tom Scanlon  ’64
Retired Senior Vice President, M&T Bank
Venice, FL


 

Dr. Jeffrey Schratz ’75 
Surgeon, Great Lakes Surgical
Lockport, NY 
www.greatlakessurgery.com


 

Jim Shehan '78
Chair of FDA Regulatory Practice
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
New York, NY
lowenstein.com​​​​​​​

 


 

Bart Simonian ’81
Personal Injury Attorney, Altman & Altman LLP / Simonian Law LLC
Boston, MA
altmanllp.com


 

Brad ’87 and Brian Stamm ’90
Partners, Stamm Law Firm
Buffalo, NY
www.stammlaw.com


 

John Strauss ’57
John and Bonnie Strauss Foundation
Plano, TX


 

Dr. John Sutter ’88
Physicist, Research Scientist - Diamond Light Source Ltd.
Oxfordshire, England
Diamond.ac.uk


 

Scott Thrun ’82
Vice President for Real Estate Development, Silverstein Properties
New York, NY


 

George Tracy ‘81
Team Health
Colorado Springs, CO / Hilton Head, SC
teamhealth.com


 

Chris Turner ‘81
CAO and managing director, Warburg Pincus, LLC
warburgpincus.com


 

Andrew Valint '03
Director of Practice Administration, Roswell Park Comprehensive Care Center
Buffalo, NY


 

Roy Vongtama '92
Oncologist, Actor, Business Owner
Los Angeles, CA
mdroy.com


 

Fred Wolf ’85
Partner, Wolf Ackerman Design
Charlottesville, VA
www.wolfackerman.com


 

Jim Wolfe ’59
Retired CEO, Balance Bar
Santa Barbara, CA
balance.com


 

Jack Zahm '49
United States Air Force veteran
Retired Merrill Lynch executive and retired from USAF