On the Record / December 4, 2008
Hires/Promotions/ Honors
The Car Coach, Lauren Fix of Lancaster was honored by Car Care Council Women’s Board with the Aftermarket Woman of the Year award at the annual Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo in Las Vegas. Additionally, her book,“Lauren Fix’s The Essential Guide To Loving Your Car: Everything You Need to Know to Take Charge of Your Car and Get On With Your Life” was selected as a winner in the Business-to-Consumer category at the the 2008 Automotive Communication Awards. Also, Fox received a Finalist Certificate for Women in Business from the Stevie Awards competition, which honors women executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run worldwide. Fix is the host and automotive expert for Talk 2 DIY Automotive, a show on the Do-It-Yourself Network, and in addition, contributes to automotive and women’s magazines and has authored three books.
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Chiampou Travis Besaw and Kershner, an Amherst accounting firm, promoted Brian Long to director of Information Technology. Long joined the firm in 1999 as IT manager.
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Buffalo State College assistant professor of communications Deborah Anders Silverman was elected a director at large of the Public Relations Society of America’s national board of directors.
Company items
The Canisius College Women’s Business Center recently launched a new online Women’s Business Directory. The Directory provides a primary or secondary Web presence for individual members or businesses and organizations where members can post their profiles, resumes and contact information. Information on becoming an affiliate member is available at: www.canisius.edu/wbc.
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The law firm Phillips Lytle has 34 attorneys in the Buffalo office who are named in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and a total of 43 firm-wide. Selection to this guide to the legal profession is based on a peer review survey by top national attorneys. Also, 31 of the firm’s Buffalo partners, 42 firm-wide, were named by New York State Super Lawyers magazine as among the top attorneys in New York State for 2008. This selection was made by Law and Politics, a division of Key Professional Media of Minneapolis. Phillips Lytle has offices in Buffalo, Albany, Chautauqua, Garden City, New York City and Rochester.
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Electronic Recycling Technologies has begun a new program to accept all computer and electronic equipment from commercial accounts at no charge for recycling, including monitors, TV’s, printers, copiers, keyboards and all other peripheral equipment. ERT will also continue to pay for computers, lap-tops and mainframe equipment. Also included at no charge is pick up and onsite packing services throughout Western NY and Northwestern until the end of 2008. Additional information is available by calling Cassie Gruber, 447-0720 or (877)-447 0381.
Contributing
The Philanthropic Committee of Harold C. Brown and Co., a financial planning and investment advisory services firm located in the Buffalo area since 1932, is seeking grant proposals for consideration in the funding areas of art and culture, community reinvestment, education, health and human services. Organizations may send a written request for an application along with the guidelines of the philanthropic program to: Philanthropic Committee Chairperson, Harold C. Brown & Co., One HSBC Center, Suite 3800, Buffalo, NY 14203-2898 or visit: www.hcb.com. Deadline is February 13, 2009.
Patents
Title: “Radiation switch” No.: 7,450,796 Inventors: DeNies, Steven (East Aurora); Campini, Edoardo (Mesa, Ariz.); Handley, William (Chandler, AZ); Guthrie, Lawson (Portland, Ore.)
Assignee: Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.) Date issued: Nov. 11, 2008
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