(WNY News Now) – Amy Rohler, Executive Director of the United Way of Chautauqua County, will receive the prestigious Pam Lydic Coalition Builder Award at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting on December 13 for her efforts in merging and strengthening the region’s United Ways.
For her work in bringing together the two United Ways in Chautauqua County, Amy Rohler has been selected to receive the Pam Lydic Coalition Builder Award from the CHQ Chamber for 2024.
Ms. Rohler is Executive Director of the United Way of Chautauqua County, which formed as a merger of the United Way of Northern Chautauqua County and the United Way of Southern Chautauqua County this year after several years of successful partnership and shared services. She has been Executive Director of the United Way of Southern Chautauqua County for seven years and was previously the Executive Director of Community Helping Hands. She is passionate about problem-solving, collaboration and community change.
The award is named in memory of Pam Lydic who was the first President and CEO of the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce, having pulled together a variety of smaller community business organizations to strengthen the whole, financially and programmatically. Following her untimely passing in 2012, the Chamber launched this award in her memory to recognize an individual who has worked hard to bring groups of people together around a common goal or objective to move the region forward in a positive direction.
The award will be presented during the Chamber’s Annual Meeting December 13 at the White Inn in Fredonia.
During the Annual Meeting, the membership will vote on a slate of officers and board members for the coming year. Board leadership positions will remain the same as this year. Heather Brown of The Resource Center will serve as Board Chair. Continuing their duties in additional officer roles will be Vice Chair Emily Reynolds of Cornell Cooperative Extension Chautauqua County; Treasurer John Felton of Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union, and Secretary Courtney Curatolo of the Small Business Development Center.
Newly named to the board is John Davis of Ashville General Store; Dawn Espersen of Dave’s Outlet Store in Silver Creek representing the Hanover Committee; Kim Maras of Westfield Boatworks representing the Westfield Committee; and Monica Simpson of the Chautauqua County Partnership for Economic Growth representing the Dunkirk Committee. Continuing to serve in existing terms are Dr. Stephen Kolison of the State University of New York at Fredonia, Robert Mazza of Mazza Chautauqua Cellars, Arthur Pearson of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, and Kristofor Sellstrom of the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities. Additional community committee representatives are Larry Fiorella, HBKS Wealth Management, Fredonia; Vicki McGraw, Elegant Edibles Catering, Jamestown; and Brian Pender, Northlake Development, Mayville.
The CHQ Chamber Annual Meeting will be held at noon, Friday, December 13 at the newly re-opened White Inn in Fredonia. The keynote speaker will be Lesley Zemsky, Vice President of Larkin Development in Buffalo. The CHQ Chamber Annual Meeting is sponsored by Brooks-TLC Hospital System/Kaleida Health, County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency, Jamestown Community College, LaBella Associates, Media One Radio Group, Observer, and The Post-Journal. The cost is $35 for lunch. Registration is open now through the web calendar at www.chqchamber.org. We urge all Chamber members who are not able to attend to complete the proxy vote form available online at www.chqchamber.org/proxy-vote-form.
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