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CEL names advisory board members
Twenty-six individuals have been named to the 2007-08 advisory board of the School of Management's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL).
They are Stuart Angert; Tom Ayers, CEO, We Care Transportation; Joseph Basil Jr., principal, Next Point LLC; David Berghash, CEO, Shield Mfg. Inc.; Robin R. Boyd, vice president and business manager, B&L Medical; Francine Brooks, president, FB Displays & Designs Inc.; James A. Cardone, president, Moneyplex Group Inc.; David A. Cervi, vice president, Personal Touch Food Service Inc.; Mary Lee Collins-Sanborn, president, Collins Advisors LLC; Debbie DiMatteo, vice president, M&T Bank.
Also, Andrew Dorn, president and CEO, Greater Buffalo Savings Bank; Chuck Koller, partner, Clark and Koller CPAs; Jeff D. Kryszak, president and CEO, K-TECHnologies Inc.; Sharon Lochocki, senior vice president, Key Bank; Althea Luehrsen, executive director, UB Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership; Thomas X. Mahoney, president, Budget Rent a Car of Buffalo; Gerald Mazurkiewicz, tax director, Dopkins & Co.; Paul Neidzialowski, president, Elite Recovery Services Inc.
Also, Thomas A. Palmer, partner, Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel LLP; Mel E. Passarelli, vice president, Worldwide Sales, Vistagy Inc.; Frederick B. Saia, president, Oneida Sales and Services; Ashok Subramanian, co-founder, LifePoint Solutions; John M. Thomas, dean, UB School of Management; Tom Ulbrich, president, Mow More Supplies; Courtney Walsh, assistant dean, UB Center for Executive Development; and Geoff Williams, regional controller, New York region, Allstate Insurance Company.
Established in 1987, the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership is tailored for established business owners and business leaders. CEL alumni employ more than 20,000 Western New Yorkers and are worth nearly $3 billion to the local economy.
For more information about the CEL, contact Althea Luehrsen, executive director, at 645-3000 or click here.
Dream Theater to perform in CFA
The progressive metal band Dream Theater, with special guests Redemption and Into Eternity, will perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 20 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
The New York-based band is touring to promote its new album, "Systematic Chaos."
Mike Portnoy (drums) and John Petrucci (guitars) have led Dream Theater since its inception, having met during their freshmen year at Boston's Berklee School of Music in 1985. By 1989, Dream Theater released its debut album, "When Dream and Day Unite," now considered a progressive-metal landmark.
James LaBrie (vocals) joined the band in 1991, and the band recorded "Images and Words," which yielded "Pull Me Under," an MTV hit in the age of grunge and an increasing anti-chops ideology in music.
After that brief dalliance with the mainstream, the band focused on crafting six ever-more-complex, uncompromising studio records from 1994 to 2005, including the 1999 concept album "Scenes from a Memory" and 2003's dark, ultra-heavy "Train of Thought."
But nothing is more crucial to the Dream Theater experience than the band's dogged touring schedule, one that has seen it perform throughout the U.S., Europe, South America and Japan, cementing a devoted worldwide fan base. Every show features a completely different set list, ensuring no two shows are the same.
Tickets for Dream Theater are $38 and are available at the CFA box Office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Ticketmaster.com.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.