Honor Roll of Donors

Who the Honor Roll Includes:

This Honor roll lists gifts made in Villa Maria College’s fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2020 and ending on June 30, 2021. It includes contributions to the Villa Maria College Annual Fund and other fund-raising campaigns, as well as gifts for special purposes, such as scholarships, the endowment, and special projects.

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Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the names on this Honor Roll. If you notice an error or omission, please accept our sincere apologies and report the correction to Rachel Tabak, ’18, at rtabak@villa.edu or 716-961-1882.

Legacy Society ($5,000 and up)

Lorraine Blaszyk, '67 Judith Brummer: The Thomas Brummer Memorial Scholarship Fund Catherine Grantier Cooley The Children’s Guild of Buffalo Foundation Diocese of Buffalo: The John P. O’Rourke Endowment Fund Felician Services, Inc. Felician Sisters of North America The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation David Gelia Mr. & Mrs. Edward Gelia Jeanne Grantier The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation The John R. Oishei Foundation The Verizon Foundation The Vincent and Harriet Palisano Foundation Dr. Vilasini Shanbhag

HONOR ROLL of donors

The Honor Roll of Donors is one of our ways of saying “thank you” to the generous alumni, parents, and friends who partner with us to make Villa Maria College education available to today’s and tomorrow’s students.

Pine Ridge Club ($1,000 - $4,999)

Amherst Security Professionals, Inc. Thomas Bienias Rev. Angelo Caligiuri Ryan Caster California Closets Charles and Mary Crossed Foundation Del Denby, Inc. Wendie and Paul Emerson Felician Services, Inc. Ferguson Electric Foundation Fire Safety Systems, Inc. The Josephine Goodyear Foundation M&T Bank Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Gallick Sister Marcella Marie Garus, CSSF Dr. Matthew Giordano & Dr. Jennifer Desiderio Patricia Jackson Rev. Thomas Kobuszewski Kopczynski Family Foundation Eileen Martin Honorable Ann Mikoll Kenneth Myszka New York Central Mutual James Pappas Karen & Richard Penfold Pepsi Bottling Group LLC Mr. & Mrs. Richard Pinkowski Joane Priebe Timothy Rider Mary and Tom Robinson Carole Sedita Dominica Sortisio John Schiavone Lynda Stephens Sylvia F. Lissa Legacy Foundation

Viking Club ($250 - $999)

Eleanor Ash, '70 Rev. James Augustyn Catherine Beltz Copier Fax Business Technologies, Inc. Loretta & Victor Carbone Gloria Durka Brian Emerson Carmen Gullo The Hanover Insurance Group Dr. & Mrs. Ryan Hartnett Immaculate Heart of Mary Convent Kathleen Ives, '73 Lorraine Jarczyk Robert Klump Lehigh Construction Group, Inc. Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP Mollenberg-Betz, Inc. Murray Roofing Co., Inc. Mustachio’s Pizza Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Pyrak Maria Runfola James Tokarski, '76

Friend of Villa

($100 - $249)

Frank Antonucci, '74 Kenneth Balamut Jessica Bracco Christine Buczkowski Carolyn Calderon Alison Caputy, '76 Kevin Carter Robert Ciesielski CJ Irwin Company Cheryl Clifford, '83 Cornelius Cosgrove Suzanne Daddis, '10 Mary Lucy Drabczyk, '00 Nancy Giordano David Granville Thomas Greenwald Joseph & Shirley Halizak Amy Jamieson Michael Klimeczko, '75 Dr. Kim Kotz Cynthia Lamothe Gail Martinez, '98 Walter Matuszak Dawn Mencer, '77 Leah Merritt-Mervine David Miller, '72 Minute Print, Inc. Dr. Donald Monnin Christine Palczewski, '67 Ann Peruzzini, '83 Picone Construction Corp. Jasmine Price Charles Pyrak Queen of Martyrs Roseann Roberts Tracy Rozler SM Louis Rustowicz, CSSF Rose Schaefer Angela Scherer, '93 DJ Schier Patricia Schreiner, '68 Robert Shaw Short Street Photographers (Gary Nizinski, '81) Becky Strathearn Joan Sulewski Mary Ann Sullivan, '68 Mary Jean Syrek Edwin Tomaka Lucy Waite Eileen Watson Theresa Wendzikowski, '70 Edmund Wick Vivian Wick

Patron of Villa

($1 - $99)

Anne Marie Agostinelli, '67 Valery Amborski, '14 Michele Angelli, '90 Pamela Arent, '91 Fred Batchelor, '81 Marie Bates Lucie Anne Bellittiere, '88 Dorothy Bembenista Gloria Besch, '78 Sydney Bucholtz Marie Caputi, '97 Samuel Chellino, '01 Jeanne Childs, '68 Bonnie Clark Therese Clarke Collegiate Village Jennifer Cornacchio Patricia & John Countway Dorothea Crombie, '78 Patricia & John Dann Rebecca Detlef Mary Dettelis Josephine Feary, '82 Jacqueline Fluent Michele Gephart, '89 Arlene Giolando, '69 Joan Heffron, '69 Sharyl Hendel, '81 Janet Hender, '86 Robert Johnson Catherine Kaiser, '86 James Kelley Lynanne Kent, '87 Elizabeth Kerr Lisa Kloberdanz, '87 Peggy Koch, '79 Kathleen Kotowski, '00 Constance Kowalczyk, '69 Alissa Kowalski Frances Kozminski, '77 Michael Lasek, Jr., '94 Helen Leistner Linda Lempko, '70 Vanessa Lillard Stephen Mandy Lorraine Marciniak, '74 Margaret McCabe, '69 Meghan McMahon, '04 Dr. William Meyer Donna Minotti, '79 Rebecca Mitchell, '83 Kathryn Nardini, '90 Elizabeth Opoka Our Lady of Pompeii Convent Dolores Palczewski, '73 Michele Parker, '88 Clara Pautler, '71 Laura Pietak Joan Pillittere Irene Pleban, '83 Queen of Martyrs Convent Edward Reska Paula Richards, '72 Faustino Rosario, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Frank Sakowski Lucille Saladyga, '72 Linda San George, '86 Linda Schaefer, '71 Kristen Schober Mary Scioli, '72 Carole Smerka Linda Sroka, '71 Donna Stengel, '78 Chesterine Stevenson, '70 Rachel Tabak, '18 Lynn Tomczak, '03 Theresa Tucholski Raymond & Cheryl Vargo, '72 Jesse Walp Mary Weisenburger, '86 Jeffery Werner Meghan Wienke Joanne Willis, '83 Joe Ann Willson, '80 Michele Winkelsas, '84 Delphine, '71 & Gary Wnek Joyce Wozniak, '84 Julie Zack Mary Jane Zak James Ziemer, '78