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UB proudly sponsors a year of events

The 14th Dalai Lama at the University at Buffalo

Promoting peace across borders through education

Planning Committee

Committee Chairs

Stephen C. Dunnett
Chair; Vice Provost for International Education

William J. Regan
Cochair; Director, Conferences and Special Events

Beau Willis
Cochair; Chief of Staff, Office of the President

Committee Members

Bruce Acker
Executive Director, Buffalo/Niagara WorldConnect

Bill Barba
Chair, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

Thomas W. Burkman
Director, Asian Studies Program

Thomas Burrows
Director, Center for the Arts

Frank Carnevale
Director, Health Services

Donna De Yot
Member of the local community involved in Tibetan Buddhism

David Engel
Director of International Programs, Law School

Rebecca French
Professor, Law School

Jay Friedman
Assistant Director, Office of Special Events

David Gerber
Professor, Department of History

Mitch Green
Executive Director, Campus Dining and Shops

John Grela
Director, Department of Public Safety

Dennis Hohman
Member of the local community involved in Tibetan Buddhism

Rev. Msgr. J. Patrick Keleher
Director, Catholic Campus Ministries

Peter Killian
Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Creative Services

Richard V. Lee
Professor, Department of Medicine

Eunice Ashman Lewin
Board of Commissioners, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

Richard Linde
Assistant Director, University Police

Jeannette Ludwig
Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures

Martin McGee
Member of the local community involved in Tibetan Buddhism

Deborah McKinzie-Bristol
Senior Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences

Ryan McPherson
Assistant Vice President for Government and Community Affairs

Sandra Olsen
Director, UB Art Galleries

Arthur Page
Assistant Vice President for News Services and Periodicals

Carole Smith Petro
Associate Vice President and General Manager, WBFO

Barbara Ricotta
Dean of Students and Associate Vice President for Student Affairs

Maria Wallace
Director, Parking and Transportation Services

John J. Wood
Associate Vice Provost for International Education