Brian Seifert, Chairman
Hometown: Orchard Park, NY
Business Info: Founder and CEO of Chematrix and Chemasters
Education: Bishop Timon St. Jude High School, BS Chemistry St. Bonaventure University
Other Board Affiliations: Former Chairman of The Franciscan Center Board, current member of the Board at Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School.
Personal: Married to wife Dana and have five children together. Founded Chematrix and Chemasters over 25 years ago. After the closing of the Franciscan Center, was one of the founding members of the newly created Franciscan Heritage Foundation along with other members.
Deacon Tim Maloney, Vice Chair
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Business Info: Ordained a Deacon in the Diocese of Buffalo, 1986. Current assignment, Our Lady of Charity, Buffalo, NY. Retired 2017 as a Catholic chaplain from New York State Department of Corrections.
Education: St. Monica's, Bishop Timon, Erie Community College, Deacon Formation program at Christ the King Seminary
Other Board Affiliations: President and Executive Director of WNY Softball Hall of Fame, Member of Ilio DiPaolo Scholarship Committee
Personal: Married: wife Barbara (50 years), 5 children, 3 grandchildren, one great-grand child
Kevin P. McLaughlin, Secretary
Hometown: Kevin grew up in West Seneca and currently resides in Orchard Park with his wife, Dianna. They have two adult daughters who attended Catholic elementary and high schools before pursuing their undergraduate degrees.
Professional Experience: Kevin has served as a Major Gift Officer and Director of Annual Giving & Leadership Giving at OLV Charities, since 2019. Prior to OLV Charities, Kevin has been actively involved in fund development for local Catholic ministries for over 25 years, including: Mercy Hospital Foundation, Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School, and Grace Guest House.
Education: Kevin earned a BA in Philosophy (Wadhams Hall College-Seminary), M. Div. (Christ the King Seminary) and the CFRE (Certified Fund-Raising Executive) credential.
Other Board Affiliations: Kevin has served on a variety of boards in the WNY Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Hispanics Organized for Progress & Education, the Hispanic Network of WNY, as well as Parish Counsel and the parish school’s Parent Guild.
Personal: Kevin and his wife, Dianna, have two daughters, Keanna and Makayla. Kevin enjoys expressing his creativity through writing, graphic arts, and music. High on Kevin’s “Bucket List” is to write a screenplay (or two) that his daughter, Keanna, would produce and direct and perhaps operate a catering service with Dianna and Makayla.
Mark Kasperczyk, Treasurer
Hometown: Hamburg, NY
Business Info: Mark is a President of Calmar Consulting, LLC a Financial Services Company consisting of Leasing, Credit Card and Gift Card processing and manages a portfolio of $ 100 Million Dollars in annual transactions. Prior to that, Mark served as Vice President of Branch Administration and Marketing for Evans Bank, a billion-dollar financial institution.
Education: Bishop Timon High School, Buffalo, New York
BS Business Management, Canisius College, Buffalo New York
Other Board Affiliations: Former Board Member The Franciscan Center, Buffalo, NY. Past Member of the Canisius College Alumni Board of Directors. Former Board Member Young Audiences of Western New York, Treasurer JP’s Foundation
Personal: Married to Robin, 4 Daughters, 8 Grandchildren
Matty Burke
Hometown: Derby, NY
Business Info: Owner of Doc Sullivan’s, South End Florist and Burkey’s Sportswear
Education: Bishop Timon High School
Other Board Affiliations: Kid’s Escaping Drugs
Personal: Married to wife Judy. Together they have five children and 11 grandchildren.
Evan Maloney
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Business Info: Evans Bank; Business Banking Relationship Manager, Vice President
Education: Nazareth College, B.S. Business Administration; Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School
Other Board Affiliations: Hamburg Development Corporation – Board Member
Personal: Married to Kelly (Gawronski) Maloney, resides in Lake View, NY with 2 children, daughter Isabella and son Declan.
Evan attended Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School from 1996-2000 where the foundation for the Franciscan tradition was born. Upon graduation, Evan attended Nazareth College in Rochester, NY from 2000-2004. Evan was a part of the men’s basketball team in his four years at Nazareth College and graduated with a degree in Business Administration.
After graduating from Nazareth, Evan decided and felt that his place was back home in Buffalo, NY, where he followed his father’s footsteps in banking and took a job with Greater Buffalo Savings Bank. Evan quickly moved up the ranks with Greater Buffalo Savings Bank and also in his time with Key Bank, before landing at his current employer Evans Bank. Evan has been with Evans Bank since 2009 in various roles and continued his growth in this industry to his current role of Vice President – Business Banking Relationship Manager.
Outside of work and other community involvement, Evan enjoys time with his daughter, Isabella and travel and scholastic volleyball schedule and with his son, Declan on the golf course. He and his wife, Kelly also stay very busy with an eventful social schedule that includes, family, friends and neighbors.
Mike Rizzo
Hometown: Amherst, NY
Business Info: Amherst, NY
Education: Owner of MPR Restaurants, Inc.
Other Board Affiliations: Cardinal O’Hara, Brighton Place Library
Personal: Michael and the Rizzo family of restaurants has proudly served Western New York for nearly 35 years. MPR Restaurant holdings include Banchetti by Rizzo’s, Schnitzel and Company, Rizotto , Rizzo’s Casa di Italia, Bari Italian Street Food and Rothland’s Golf Course. Within these facilities you will find multiple catering and banquet options with several distinctive rooms accommodating anywhere from 30 to 250 guests and customizable for any event. In addition to his business holdings and community activities, Mike is also an avid golfer.
Mark Tramont
Hometown: Buffalo, NY
Business Info: VP, St. Mary’s High School
Education: BA, Suny Buffalo
Personal: Married to Eileen, we have 2 adult children and 4 grandchildren. Prior to St Mary’s High School, I worked from 1980-2020 in wine and spirit importing, sales and marketing. My wife and I also own AuNaturel Boutique which is WNY only full-service mastectomy boutique. AuNaturel provides specialty garments and prosthetics for women who have had surgery due to breast cancer.
Tom Zugger
Hometown: Buffalo, NY / Lauderdale by the Sea, FL
Business Info: Self Employed: McDermid Financial Group
Education: Canisius High School, St. Bonaventure University, American College
Personal:
• Owns an established Life Insurance practice. MassMutual - 38 yrs.
• Head Coach Girls Varsity Soccer – Hamburg High School – 10 yrs.
• Head Coach Hamburg Monarchs U19 Girls Soccer – 15 yrs.
• Married to Colleen – 29 yrs.
• Daughters: Mollie, 28 – Marina Del Rey, CA; Kellie, 26 – Manhattan, NY
• Enjoys running, working out, boating and spending family time in Lauderdale by the Sea, FL