WNY SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS - Key Persons


Alexandra Holland

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
Alexandra holds a PhD from the University of Bristol, England, where she studied the impacts of climate change in the Arctic, with a particular focus on the melt rate of the Greenland Ice Sheet. After finishing her degree, Alex desired a more hands on approach to tackling climate change and recognized that businesses have a key role to play in forwarding innovation and solutions. Alexandra also co-leads Erie County's Community Climate Action Plan Nature Based Solutions working group.

Amanda Pike - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Director

Asa Guillamo

Job Titles:
  • Director / Head of Climate Strategy

Bea Goldthwait

Job Titles:
  • Program & Event Coordinator
Bea has a bachelor's degree in urban planning and environmental science from the University at Buffalo. She has a passion for creating more sustainable urban environments through community education and equitable planning. She believes that all communities have the right to be knowledgeable in sustainability topics that impact them and should have the opportunities to learn and ask questions about these topics.

Bobbie Thoman

Job Titles:
  • Director / Director of Sustainability and Innovation

Bonnie Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Director / Deputy Commissioner

Fenna Mandolang

Job Titles:
  • Director Operations
  • Manager

Jamie Hamann-Burney - Chief Strategy Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Strategy Officer
  • Secretary

Jennifer Brazill - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Director
  • Owner

Patrick Goraj

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Board Vice President / Director of Facilities and Engineering

Ryan McPherson - CSR

Job Titles:
  • Chief Sustainability Officer
  • Director

Sarah Herbst

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer of the Board of Directors

Whitney Skeans

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Board President / Lead Program Manager, Electric Vehicles - NY