People in the News

DIRECTOR - Christina Hartke of Williamsville was appointed to director of development at O'Keefe Shaw & Co., Inc.. In this position, Hartke's responsibilities include identifying new talent for the firm, developing business prospects, and marketing. She worked as a financial consultant for three years at O'Keefe Shaw before her promotion. Prior to joining the firm, she spent 10 years in sales and development in the financial services industry. TOP ADVISOR - Senior Financial Advisor Mark C. Massaro of Ameriprise Financial Inc. in Williamsville received high marks from his clients in the Ameriprise Financial annual client satisfaction survey. Massaro was ranked as one of the top advisors in his field who scored 90 or higher (of a possible 100) based on two key ratings: clients' overall satisfaction with the advisor and the amount of proactive contact the client receives from the advisor. ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY - Kevin A. Peinkofer of Snyder joined the law firm of Wilder & Linneball, LLP as an associate attorney practicing in the areas of civil litigation, product liability and health care law. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2001. Peinkofer is a member of the Western New York Trial Lawyers Association, and Erie County, New York State, and American Bar Associations. He formerly worked for Phillips Lytle, LLP. ASSISTANT MANAGER - Magdalena Jaworska has been named assistant portfolio manager by Arbor Capital Management of Amherst. Her duties will include economic research as well as assisting in portfolio management duties alongside Arbor Capital Management's Chief Investment Officer Gerald T. Cole. Arbor Capital provides investment management services to retirement funds, foundations, endowments and not-for-profit organizations. CIVIL ENGINEER - Julie Marwin of Amherst was recently hired by Lauer-Manguso Associates & Architects, a full service architectural and engineering firm. She joins the firm as a civil engineer with academic preparation from Syracuse University and the University at Buffalo. Previous to joining Lauer-Manguso, Marwin was associated with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Wo r k s . OUTSTANDING MEMBER - Christina Schweitzer of Amherst received the Buffalo Niagara Human Resource Association's Outstanding Chapter Member Award for demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to the human resource profession. She is an account executive for TripleTrack, and chairs BNHRA's Strategic Partnership Committee and sits on its New Membership Committee. Born in Belgium, Schweitzer grew up in Frankfurt, Germany and came to Buffalo in 1976. RESEARCHER - Daniel C. Oppenheimer of Amherst has joined Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Inc. as a research intern to gain experience in molecular biology and protein biochemistry techniques. He is working in Dr. Vivian Cody's lab, which focuses on AIDS and cancer-related enzyme targets. He will be involved in the expression and purification of proteins for crystallization studies. Oppenheimer plans to attend medical school in the fall. VICE PRESIDENT - John Kane of Williamsville has been named Vice President for Quality and Care Management by the Catholic Health System. In this expanded role, Kane will continue to lead the System's Performance Improvement Department, with the additional responsibility over the System's Care Management Department. He joined the company in 2002, as System Director for Performance Improvement. He led the start of the System's Quality Incentive Program. PARTNER - Shari Jo Reich of Williamsville has been named a partner at Kenney, Shelton, Liptak, Nowak LLP. She began her legal career in 1987 and has been an adjunct faculty member at Hilbert College. She's taught several "bridge" courses on solo practice at the University at Buffalo School of Law. With her appointment the firm will expand to include matrimonial and family law, real estate, adoptions, collections, wills and estates. CHAIRWOMAN - Penny M. Muschauer of Williamsville was recently elected chair of The Children's Guild Foundation Inc., a philanthropic organization that funds health care, education, recreation, and research programs and services for the benefit of special-needs children and their families. She was also elected to a three-year term as a director.