Dean's Advisory Council

The Dean’s Advisory Council is made up of a distinguished group of alumni and community leaders who help guide and support the school. Chaired by Jerry Jacobs, Jr., and Cindy Abbott Letro, the council meets several times each year to advise Dean Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, and the school’s leadership team.

Council members serve three-year terms. 

Co-Chairs

Jerry Jacobs Jr.

Jerry Jacobs, Jr.

Delaware North
Co-CEO

Cindy Abbott Letro.

Cindy Abbott Letro

Letro Law
Marketing Specialist

Members

Helen Cappuccino, MD.

Helen Cappuccino, MD ’88

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Institute
Surgeon

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker.

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
President and CEO, Retired

Eric Feldstein.

Eric Feldstein

M&T Bank
Senior Vice President Head of Retail and Business Banking Divisions

Brian Higgins.

Brian Higgins

Shea’s Performing Arts Center
President and CEO

Margaret McGlynn.

Margaret McGlynn

HCU Network America
President and Board Chair

Kenneth Roth, MD.

Kenneth Roth, MD ’83

Sharp Community Medical Group
President

John Walsh III.

John Walsh III

Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc.
Chairman

Mary Wilson.

Mary Wilson

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Life Trustee