Our board members
Brian George, President
Brian George has lived in Western New York all his life. He attended JCC, Elmira College, and Capella University, majoring in Business Administration. Brian has been employed at Cutco for 23 years, and is currently the Employee Development Manager. He is active with the Olean Food Pantry, the Workforce Development Board as Member-Vice-Chair, Southern Tier Leadership Summit Co-Chair, a volunteer for Rebuilding Together, and Chairman of the JAG Memorial Golf Tournament. Brian was a YEA Instructor, past Board President for the Salvation Army, Past Vice-President and Board Member for Leadership Cattaraugus, a volunteer for the Olean Chamber of Commerce, former Ward 7 Alderman on the Olean Common Council, and a Volunteer Youth coach for Soccer, Baseball, and Basketball in the Olean area. Brian is married to his wife Amy, a lieutenant and the Cattaraugus County Correctional Facility. He and his wife have five children, Blayre, Sierra, Halee, Brielle, and Brock.
Ward C. Wilday, Vice President
Ward (Skip) is Executive Director, Financial Advisor and Portfolio Management Director at Morgan Stanley.
Ashlie Flanigan, Treasurer
Ashlie has been active with the Olean Food Pantry board of directors since 2015. She and her family also volunteer in the food pantry gardens. Ashlie is a CPA who works for Buffamante, Whipple, Buttafaro, P.C. as their Tax Manager. Ashlie graduated from St. Bonaventure University and resides in Olean with her husband and two children.
Amy Maitland, Secretary
Amy Maitland has worked for Cattaraugus Community Action for 32 years, and she is the Chief Operating Officer of Services. She attended University of Pittsburgh at Bradford for two years and graduated from Houghton College with a Bachelor of Science degree. She is a Certified Financial Social Worker and currently serves on the Olean Food Pantry Board of Directors as well as the Healthy Families Advisory Council.
Fred Welch
Fred Welch previously served as the director of the Challenger Learning Center from June 2013 till June 2019. He attended Geneseo State University where he graduated with a BA degree in Mathematics in 1980 before earning a master’s degree in Education at St. Bonaventure University. He began his teaching career as a mathematics instructor at Cuba Central School before accepting a position at Olean Junior High/Olean Middle School where he taught computer literacy/programming and technology for 30 years. He also started the engineering curriculum known as Project Lead the Way (PLTW) at Olean High School.
Dave Potter
David Potter is retired from Potter Lumber Company in Allegany, NY. In addition to the Olean Food Pantry, he is also the Secretary of the YMCA of the Twin Tiers Association Board, a member of the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation Advisory Committee and a member of the NY Lumberman’s Insurance Trust Fund Advisory Board. Dave is a former Town Councilman for the Town of Allegany, past chairman of the Cattaraugus County Micro Development Loan Fund and past president of Northeastern Loggers Association, as well as other lumber industry trade associations. He is an alumnus of St. Bonaventure University. Dave enjoys skiing, spending time with family and friends, traveling and cooking. He is married to Eva and proud father of Eric and Sydney.
Linda Witte
As a registered nurse Linda worked at the Olean General Hospital for 20 years before becoming mayor of Olean N.Y. in 2010. Linda volunteers regularly at the pantry and is a valued asset.
Don Meyer
Don works at Dresser-Rand, a Siemens Business as a manager of Knowledge Based Engineering Solutions (internal software products). He holds two degrees (Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology) and has been employed by D-R for over 40 years in various roles. He graduated in the 2013 class of Leadership Cattaraugus. Don currently resides in Great Valley with his wife, Theresa, and two dogs.
Our Managers
Jerry Hustak, Operations Manager
Jerry recently retired from Dresser Rand after 34 years of service. Currently he sits on the YMCA facilities committee and SPRC for Christ United Methodist Church.
D B Busan, Warehouse Manager
DB Has lived in the Olean area, on and off, since 1977. She spent 5 years as the Youth Family Services Director at the Olean YMCA. She then worked at Cutco Corp holding a variety of positions, retiring in 2008. She has remained active with the Olean YMCA both as a fundraiser and program participant. She is also active in the Olean Theatre Workshop as an actor, singer, director and mentor to the youth program. She joined the Olean Food Pantry as Assistant Manager in 2013.
Jerry recently retired from Dresser Rand after 34 years of service. Currently he sits on the YMCA facilities committee and SPRC for Christ United Methodist Church.
D B Busan, Warehouse Manager
DB Has lived in the Olean area, on and off, since 1977. She spent 5 years as the Youth Family Services Director at the Olean YMCA. She then worked at Cutco Corp holding a variety of positions, retiring in 2008. She has remained active with the Olean YMCA both as a fundraiser and program participant. She is also active in the Olean Theatre Workshop as an actor, singer, director and mentor to the youth program. She joined the Olean Food Pantry as Assistant Manager in 2013.
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