GGLDC Board of Directors

Don Cunningham is a resident and native of Bergen NY and a 1981 graduate of Byron-Bergen Central School.

He is currently employed by Liberty Pumps as Manufacturing Manager and is a member of the Executive Team. His previous roles with Liberty Pumps include Supervisor for the Machining, Powder Coating, and Assembly departments. Don carries over 33 years of manufacturing experience with various management roles and emphasis in machining, tooling, machine building, light-medium assembly, foundry operations, and fabrication.

Don was an elected member of the Bergen Town Board for 16 years carrying the position of Deputy Supervisor from 2007-2009, Bergen Town Supervisor from 2010-2017, and is currently the acting Deputy Supervisor. In addition he has served various positions with non-profit organizations and committees to include; Genesee Association of Municipalities (President 2014, 2015, Vice President 2012, 2013, Sales Tax Allocation Committee 2016-present), Leadership Genesee (Co-Chair LG Bowling Tournament Committee 2009-2013), United Way of Wyoming County (past member of the Board of Directors & Allocations Committee), The Bergen Business and Civic Association, and The Bergen Fire Department (current member).

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Jonathan Tretter, CPA is a Partner at Withum and leads their Batavia office and serves as the team leader of Withum’s Architect & Engineering Practice within Professional Services. With more than 15 years of public accounting experience, Jonathan advises closely held businesses, their owners, and high-net-worth individuals on tax strategy, business growth, succession planning, and wealth preservation. Jonathan works with clients across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, construction, real estate, professional services, hospitality, and family-owned businesses. His expertise includes federal and multi-state taxation, transaction planning, accounting methods, tax credits and incentives, cost recovery strategies, business succession planning, and owner-operated business advisory services. He is known for helping clients navigate complex tax and business challenges while identifying opportunities to enhance growth and long-term value.

Beyond client service, Jonathan is actively engaged in economic development and community leadership throughout Genesee County. He serves as Treasurer of the St. Joseph Regional School Board as well as SJRS Batavia Foundation and has played a key role in the organization's successful capital and endowment fundraising initiatives. He is a board member of the Kiwanis Club of Batavia as well as the Rochester Estate Planning Council.

Jonathan graduated Magna Cum Laude from Canisius University with Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and Finance. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA). A lifelong resident of Genesee County, Jonathan lives in Batavia with his wife, Kristi, and their three sons.

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Mark Brooks is currently a Vice President at Tompkins Community Bank servicing a multi-million dollar portfolio as a commercial lender. Mark resides in LeRoy with his wife Cherie. He is a graduate of Niagara University, earning a B.S. Degree in Commerce (Economics/Finance concentration). Mark received his MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology concentrating in Finance.

Mark currently serves the community as the Vice President of the Pavilion Central School Hall of Fame Board. He is also a volunteer with the Special Olympics.

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Gregg is a 1994 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Batavia, NY, a graduate of Canisius College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, as well as a MBA in Finance.

Torrey currently works as a commercial real estate agent and licensed real estate appraiser across New York State and is the is the managing partner of Springbrooke Properties, LLC.

Torrey supports the community as a member of the Board of Directors for Genesee County Soil & Water Conservation District,  Genesee Cancer Assistance and Tonawanda Valley Federal Credit Union.  Torrey is the past president of the Batavia Development Corporation and past member of the City of Batavia Planning and Development Committee.  He currently serves in the Genesee County Legislature for the towns of Alexander, Bethany, and Pavilion.  He resides in Bethany with his wife Jessica and their daughter Rhowen.

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Battaglia, of Batavia, NY, is the managing director of the Batavia Practice Unit of Freed Maxick CPAs, P.C. He has been responsible for firm engagements that involve governmental entities, manufacturing companies, agricultural enterprises, commercial enterprises and non-profit organizations. Mr. Battaglia has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, negotiations, design and implementation of financing plans, estate planning and business succession planning. In addition, he has the responsibility to ensure that the missions, goals and objectives of the Firm are attained.

Mr. Battaglia’s leadership qualities and skills have been recognized in the community through his involvement and recognitions in several community and non-profit organizations. He has served on many boards including United Memorial Medical Center, Catholic Health System, Batavia Rotary Club, United Way, Private Industry Council, Business Education Alliance, Genesee Chamber of Commerce, Genesee Wyoming BOCES and the YMCA. He has also received many service awards for his community activities.

Mr. Battaglia graduated from St. Bonaventure University. After graduation he accepted a position with the Buffalo office of the international accounting firm of Price Waterhouse & Company, where he held the position of audit manager. During his career there, Mr. Battaglia had extensive experience with and was responsible for audit engagements of many clients in areas of manufacturing, local government, retailing, food processing and distribution, transportation, and non-profit organizations.  Mr. Battaglia left Price Waterhouse & Company in 1980 to start his own firm, which became known as Battaglia, Andrews & Moag, P.C. He was Managing Director of Battaglia, Andrews & Moag, P.C. when the Firm merged with Freed Maxick Sachs & Murphy to become what was formerly known as Freed Maxick & Battaglia, P.C.

Mr. Battaglia is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Management Accountants and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.

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Tom Klapper is a 1977 graduate of Pavilion Central School with a career spanning agriculture, equipment industry leadership, and public service throughout the GLOW region.

He began his career at Noblehurst Farms before managing Linwood Turf Equipment, expanding its retail business to municipalities and golf courses across 33 counties in New York. Following the sale of the business in 2005, he held management positions with several John Deere dealerships, most recently managing LandPro Equipment’s Batavia location and overseeing construction of the Saile Drive facility.

Tom served 12 years on the Pavilion Town Board, contributing to the town’s Comprehensive Plan, water system consolidation with the Monroe County Water Authority, and development of two water districts. He also participated in Cornell’s Class V Leadership New York program.

He currently serves as Vice President of Noblehurst Farms and works part time as an equipment appraiser for LandPro Equipment. His combined experience in agriculture, business management, and local government provides a practical, regional perspective that he brings to his Board service.

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Kathleen Manne is assistant vice president for business operations and unit business officer for the University at Buffalo Division of University Communications. Manne previously served as the division’s director of resource management, and began her tenure at UB as finance manager in 2005. 

Prior to joining UB, Manne served as an accountant at Freed Maxick and Battaglia CPAs, PC. Manne is a certified public accountant and serves as a councilperson for the Town of Pembroke. She is a former board member of the Batavia Business and Professional Women’s Club, and also held terms as the club’s vice president and treasurer.

Manne attended Genesee Community College before transferring to the University at Buffalo, where she earned a dual bachelor of science and master of business administration with a concentration in accounting from the UB School of Management. A lifelong Genesee County resident, she currently resides in Pembroke with her husband, Kevin, and son, Logan.

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Craig Yunker is a managing partner of CY Farms headquartered in Elba, New York.  CY Farms is one of the largest crop farms in Western New York growing turf, corn, wheat, soybeans, alfalfa, onions, and green peas.  The farm encompasses more than 6,000 acres in Genesee County.  Yunker is also owner of Batavia Turf, a turf farming operation in Batavia, and CY Heifers, a 4000 head replacement heifer business that raises calf’s for local dairy farms.  CY Farms employ over 50 people locally and has been in operation since 1963.

In addition to running CY Farms Yunker is active within the community.  He is the past Genesee County legislature chairman serving from 1984-1991, a former Trustee of Genesee County Community College, a current Director of Tomkins Financial Corporation/ Bank of Castile, and a current Trustee of Cornell University. 

Yunker holds a BS degree in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University and a MS degree in Resource Economics from the University of New Hampshire.  He currently resides in Elba with his wife Kimberly and is a proud father of three children and grandfather to two grandchildren.  

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Peter H. Zeliff is the Senior Executive Vice President and COO of EIF Renewable Energy Holdings, LLC which wholly owns Innovative Energy Systems of Oakfield, New York, an independent developer and energy provider specializing in the recovery and utilization of landfill gas. In addition to founding Innovative Energy Systems, he also developed a proprietary gas pretreatment system which is utilized at all his projects. With over twenty years of experience in the landfill gas industry, he is responsible for the management and financial operations of the company as well as oversight of the engineering, design, permitting, and construction of the company’s landfill gas energy recovery projects. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Zeliff is active in a variety of civic and cultural organizations, and he is the Chairman of the 2012 WNY Aviation Adventure Camp. He also volunteers for Wings Flights of Hope, Veterans Airlift Command and the Special Olympics Airlift.

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GGLDC CommitteeS 

GGLDC Audit & Finance Committee

Established: June 14, 2006

Mark Brooks - Chair

Don Cunningham

Paul Battaglia

Kathleen Manne

Jonathan Tretter

GGLDC Governance & Nominating Committee

Established: June 14, 2006

Don Cunningham

Tom Klapper

Gregg Torrey

Craig Yunker