Board of Trustees
The Buffalo Seminary Board of Trustees is a dedicated group of individuals who care deeply about SEM, and their work reflects their commitment to the school and its students. Beyond its policy and fiduciary duties, the Board develops strategic plans to ensure the effective management of resources and the school’s continued success. United by a shared belief in the transformative power of an exceptional girls’ education, SEM trustees are inspired to empower every student to lead with confidence, honor, and courage.
Officers
Life Trustees
Joan Kostick Andrews '48*
Marjorie E. Barney
Suzanne F. Bradley '73
Margaret Brown '72
Robert Carr
Jane Hopkins Carey '75
Frederick B. Cohen, Esq.
Linda Cornelius '71
Jody Douglass
Shelley Cole Drake '66
Francis S. Faust, Esq.*
Janice Roberts Fretz '49
Joan Willard Gruen '51
Amy J. Habib
Mark E. Hamister*
L. Nelson Hopkins, Jr.*
Michael F. Hornung
Murray S. Howland, MD*
Barbara Cowan Hyde '43*
Alice Jacobs
Elaine F. James '42*
Ellie Harder Johnson ’57, PhD
Susan Lenahan Kimberly '68
David Knauss
Paul J. Koessler*
Charles F. Kreiner, Jr.
Madeline Ambrus Lillie '68, MD, PhD
Linda Robertson Magavern '73*
Robin Simon Magavern '52*
Rosemary Smith Marlette '41*
Hon. Amy Martoche '88, Esq.
Joseph H. Morey, Jr., Esq.*
M. Ruth Fowler Niswander '43*
Philip R. Niswander, MD
Melanie Franco Nussdorf '67, Esq.
Kevin O'Leary
Betty Lehman Oppenheimer '37*
Jean Reese Oshei '32*
William H. Pearce, Sr.*
William H. Pearce, Jr.
Michael Perley
Madeleine Breinig Reid '33*
Charles R. Rice
Mary Ross Rice '52
Amy Habib Rittling '86, Esq.
Susan Rubenstein Schapiro '48, PhD*
Harry B. Schooley
Thomas Stewart*
David G. Strachan*
Michal Wadsworth
Annette Stevens Wilton '52*
* deceased
Honorary Trustees
Beth Adamczyk
Ansie Silverman Baird '55
Katherine Crandell Bassett '50*
Mary Hanrahan Berlow '57
Mary Henrich Botsford '33, MD*
Betty Butzer Brown '44*
Janet Butsch '54
Melissa Reed Chudy '78*
Geraldine Walsh Clauss '47
Janie Urban Constantine '66
Richard Davis*
Virginia Deuel '33*
Alice Sullivan Dillon '51
Robert E. Dillon, Jr.*
Catherine McLean Eagleson '53 *
Ellen Goldstein '70
Marritje VanArsdale Greene '69*
Betty Duthie Kittinger '30*
James L. Magavern, Esq.*
William J. Magavern II
Jean Wende McCarthy '31*
Marion Osborn '40*
Mary E.B. Oshei '74
Betty Johnson Ott '40*
Carin Wyckoff Phillips '51
Dorothy Doane Scott '26*
Suzanne Marlette Sears '73
Gary R. Sutton*
Patricia Runk Sweeney '56*
Susan Hanrahan Turben '54*
Tara VanDerveer '71
James M. Wadsworth
Linda Kittinger Wadsworth '56*
June Seufert Walker '39*
Margaret L. Wendt 1903*
Rosemary Woodworth Whiting '40*