Kol Ha Kavod: Well Done!

Kudos and Mazel Tov to the following individuals who are making a difference both inside and outside of Western New York!

Leon and Michael Komm

In December, Leon Komm & Son Monument Company was a winner of the Buffalo Business First Family Business Awards. Leon Komm & Son Monument Co. is one of several multigenerational and family businesses honored this year

Richard Fink

On September 18, 2022, Amherst native Richard Fink was inducted into his fourth baseball hall of fame. As a member of the Amherst town team, Fink won 8 championships between

Corey Auerbach

A member of Buffalo Jewish Federation’s Executive Committee and Chair of the Jewish Community Relations Committee Racial Justice Task Force, Corey Auerbach recently was made managing director of Barclay Damon’s Buffalo and Toronto offices and is a member of the law firm’s Management Committee. Auerbach, who chairs the land use and zoning practice of the firm, was the pro bono partner and hiring partner and made partner with the firm in 2017. Auerbach is from the Catskills region and graduated from Albany Law School in 2007. He moved to Buffalo to take a role at Damon Morey in 2010, and after five years, the firm merged with Hiscock & Barclay to form Barclay Damon.

for overall excellence, innovation, ethics, philanthropy, and contribution to the strength of Western New York. During the Depression in 1930, Leon Komm & Son Monument Co. started with a single monument display and a oneroom studio in Buffalo. Today that studio is the office inside a state-ofthe-art memorial facility. Through four generations of leadership and nearly a century, the company has continued to help families and communities memorialize their loved ones. The founder’s grandson, Leon

Komm, and his great-grandson, Michael Komm, now co-own the company, which regularly gives back to the community, whether that means repairing damaged monuments or assisting the families of victims of the May 14 Tops attack. And

Cindy Komm, Leon’s wife, is the office manager. Most of the company’s work can be found in local cemeteries, but they also have completed dozens of public art projects at cultural sites such as the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park and the Buffalo Zoo, the Western New York Veterans’ Cemetery, municipal parks and schools.

Holly Baum

Holly Baum was recently honored by the WNY Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) upon her receipt of the M. Delores Denman Lady Justice Award. In her introduction of Holly at the Award ceremony, Shari Jo Reich said: “Holly and I have known each other for over 25 years...Holly has a very wry and dry sense of humor, which, coupled with her ever- present downstate New York accent, makes for great conversation. Holly’s infectious laugh puts you at ease from the moment you hear it.”

She generously shares her knowledge and experience through lecturing for the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York; New York State and Erie County Bar Associations; NBI programs on QDRO/divorce and retirement benefits; and serving as adjunct faculty at the UB Law School teaching a bridge course on retirement benefits and divorce. Holly graduated from UB Law School in 1988 and became a member of the Western New York Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York.

1987 and 1996. In 2007, Fink was inducted individually into the Western New York Baseball Hall of Fame, being one of the first 200 players to be included. Growing up in North Buffalo, Fink first played at Hertel North Park (HNP) and was inducted into the HNP Hall of Fame in 1977. He then went on to play high school baseball at Bennett High and was All High in 1972 and 1973. Fink was inducted into Bennett’s Hall of Fame in 2010. “I had many great teammates who were very instrumental in my success over a 30-year period,” said Fink. “Staying healthy and working hard were also extremely important. However, my love for the game was always a priority!”