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Patrick Casilio, Jr., chosen as Board Chair

BUFFALO, NEW YORK; February 1, 2008-The ECMC Lifeline Foundation Board recently elected Patrick Casilio, Jr., as Board Chair. Casilio previously served as the ECMC Lifeline Foundation Secretary and as a Foundation Board Member. Officers include Clifton M. Bergfeld, Vice-Chair; Penny J. Morgante, Vice-Chair; David R. DiMatteo, CPA, Treasurer; S. Virginia Parsons, Board Secretary; and Gia Alessandra Coone, Executive Director.

Foundation Chair Patrick Casilio, Jr., is Chief Executive Officer of Casilio Companies. Casilio also serves as Councilman in the Town of Clarence. He is a Member of the Clarence Rotary and Past Chief of the Clarence Volunteer Fire Company. Casilio lives and works in Clarence.

Foundation Vice-Chair Clifton M. Bergfeld (Cliff) recently graduated from University at Buffalo Law School with a Juris Doctorate degree. Before returning to UB and Buffalo, Cliff was a Financial Planner at UBS Financial Services in Chicago, Illinois. Cliff is a very active member of the Western New York Community. He is a Board Member of the University at Buffalo's Alumni Association and is active in the UB Blue and White Club, an Athletic Department booster organization. Bergfeld lives in the City of Buffalo.

Foundation Vice-Chair Penny J. Morgante is Vice President and Regional Manager of First Niagara Bank. She is a Board Member of Meals on Wheels for Western New York and Erie County. Morgante resides in Hamburg.

Foundation Treasurer David R. DiMatteo, CPA, is a Partner in the accounting firm Brock, Schecter & Polakoff, LLP and is a member of the Volunteer Boy Scouts of America. DiMatteo lives in Hamburg.

Foundation Secretary S. Virginia Parsons is a retired Administrator of Evans National Bank. Parsons resides in the City of Buffalo.

Other current ECMC Lifeline Foundation "Directors" (board members) include: Michael E. Cain, MD; James F. Dentinger; Nancy H. Frey; John R. Fudyma, MD; H. McCarthy Gipson; Sharon L. Hanson; Elenora M. Heffner; Joan F. Lillis, RN; Susan J. McCarthy; Edwin L. Meyer; Brian M. Murray, MD; James J. O'Neill; Wendy Ricigliano, RN, BSN; Richard Schneider; Johnny Van; Todd Voelkl; Michael A. Young; and Joseph A. Zizzi, Sr., MD.

The ECMC Lifeline Foundation Inc. is a not-for-profit, 501 (c) (3) corporation whose mission is to assist ECMC Corporation in procuring the resources needed to be the medical center of choice through excellence in patient care and customer service.
 

NEWS CONTACT:  Joe Cirillo at (716) 898-4300 or jcirillo@ecmc.ed