Greiner reorganizes office staff

Alan Carrel, vice dean for administration in the School of Law, has assumed the role of deputy to the president.

Carrel succeeds Molly McKeown, who has been named the new SUNY associate vice chancellor for governmental relations.

The president also announced in a memorandum the appointment of Eileen Cain, director of public relations at Canisius College, as assistant to the president, effective March 2.

"Alan's extensive experience and knowledge of UB and our Western New York community are great assets to the university," Greiner said in naming Carrel.

He said Carrel will serve as deputy to the president for the spring semester, during which time the process of selecting a permanent appointee will go forward.

A 1967 graduate of the UB law school, Carrel joined the law school staff in 1978 as associate dean for external affairs. He previously had been a partner in the law firm of Rosen, Yasinow, Roberts, Rich and Carrel.

Cain, director of public relations at Canisius since 1992, will serve as director of communications for the office. She also will work with the Western New York legislative delegation.

Cain succeeds Beverly Sanford, who left the president's office in September to become associate director of UB's Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth.

A graduate of Buffalo State College with a degree in public communication, Cain will receive a master's degree in organizational communication from Canisius this spring.

Greiner announced that the search for a new director of state relations has been put "on hold" pending a review of assignment of responsibilities within the office. Upon completion of that review process, he added, "we will either reopen the search for a state relations person, or do more with what we have and handle governmental relations through reassignment of duties and priorities within the president's office."