CRCF Appoints New Members
CRCF Appoints New Members
Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation Adds New Board Members and a New Communications Manager
Brent Driscoll (L) and Shelley Jack (R) were newly appointed to the CRCF Board of Directors. Photos / CRCF
OLEAN – The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation board recently elected Shelley Jack and Brent Driscoll to its board of directors and named its slate of Foundation officers for 2024.
Jack is the owner of Shebe Marketing, a marketing consultancy agency focused on helping women-led businesses with their branding and marketing strategy.
Jack has more than 25 years of experience in the marketing field, aiding clients in the manufacturing industry, higher education, healthcare and consumer brands. Jack will serve on the Foundation’s marketing and donor development committee.
The board of directors also elected Brent Driscoll to a three-year term. Driscoll, a retired CFO of Cutco Corporation, will sit on the CRCF finance committee. Driscoll also serves on the board of Olean Business Development and the Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency.
The combined expertise of Jack and Driscoll will complement the existing board members’ strengths, enhancing CRCF’s mission to “grow good” in the community. Dennis Pezzimenti, Audra Stevens, Jim Stitt Jr., and Sandi Brundage, all currently serving board members, were re-elected for a three-year term starting on January 1, 2024.
“We are excited to welcome Shelley Jack and Brent Driscoll to the CRCF board of directors and to welcome back our re-elected board members” said Kirk Windus, CRCF executive director. “It is the leadership and guidance of our board that has positioned CRCF as the supportive, responsive and trusted leader in community philanthropy it is today.”
Tyler Veno named CRCF Communications and Fund Development Manager
The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation recently appointed Tyler Veno to the position of communications and fund development manager.
As communications and fund development manager, Veno develops and executes all Foundation social media content, sends out press releases to the media, and carries out all external marketing relating to funds and scholarships.
Veno, a Portville native and graduate of St. Bonaventure University, brings a wide range of experience to this role. For the last two years, he served as the sports and rentals coordinator at the YMCA of the Twin Tiers.
“We are excited to bring Tyler Veno on as the newest member of our team,” said Kirk Windus, CRCF executive director. “His background in the nonprofit work and philanthropy will aid him in this role, and we are happy to bring on and foster young, local talent that will help us in our mission to ‘grow good’ in the community.”
Veno currently resides in Portville. He can be contacted at tyler@cattfoundation.org.
The Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation is the area’s supportive, responsive, and trusted community foundation. Established in 1994, CRCF is growing good by connecting donors to the causes they care about most in the region. Grants from the foundation support many areas, including education, scholarships, health care, the arts, community development, human service, and youth development. To learn more, call 716-301-CRCF (2723), email foundation@cattfoundation.org, or visit online at www.cattfoundation.org. CRCF is also on Facebook (facebook.com/cattfoundation) and Twitter (@CattFoundation).