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Fatta confirmed as SUNY Trustee
Angelo M. Fatta, outgoing chair of the University at Buffalo Foundation and founder and chief executive officer of Anesco Group in Buffalo, has been appointed to the SUNY Board of Trustees for a seven-year term beginning July 1.
Fatta’s appointment, along with those of new trustees Henrik Normann Dullea and Richard Socarides, was confirmed June 21 by the New York State Senate. Meanwhile, Marshall A. Lichtman, professor of medicine and of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has been reappointed a SUNY Trustee.
“Dr. Fatta’s leadership, contributions and expertise will continue to serve our university and community well as he leaves the UB Foundation to commence service as a trustee of the State University of New York,” President Satish K. Tripathi said in an email message to campus colleagues on June 22. “Ange is a steadfast champion of the University at Buffalo who has long demonstrated his dedication to advancing our university’s vision of excellence. As a member of the UB Foundation Board since 2004, and as chairman of the board since 2008, Ange has provided exemplary leadership and counsel to the university. Under his leadership as chair, the UB Foundation has achieved significant growth in assets and revenues; a sharpened focus on sound operating principles, stewardship and accountability; and the completion of major capital projects that are creating the climate for excellence in research and education.”
In 2009, Fatta founded ANSECO Group, a consumer products testing laboratory specializing in toys, children’s products and simple hardlines. He now oversees the company’s Buffalo laboratory, provides strategic direction to the company, and is a vital resource to clients seeking regulatory guidance and expertise in toy, premium and consumer product safety. He was co-founder of ACTS Testing Labs, a global consumer products testing company specializing in toy safety. He led ACTS from a small startup operation in 1973 to an organization of more than 700 employees in 10 locations and six countries in 1998, when he sold the company.
In addition, Tripathi noted, Fatta’s contributions to Western New York through both professional and volunteer endeavors “have had a profound impact on the quality of life in our region through the strengthening of our cultural organizations, advocacy and support for the well-being of our children and families, and development of a thriving life sciences economy in the Buffalo Niagara area.”
“Each of the individuals appointed today brings different but equally critical backgrounds and expertise to our board of trustees,” SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher said in a statement. “Their nomination by the governor and subsequent confirmation by the senate will help to ensure that SUNY continues to fulfill its mission of providing affordable and accessible higher education of the highest quality to college students in New York and around the globe.”
Dullea is an experienced higher education and government administrator who has a long history with SUNY, as associate vice chancellor for employee relations and personnel in 1982; senior fellow at SUNY’s Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government from 1981-82; acting president of Purchase College from 1980-81; deputy to the SUNY chancellor from 1970-76; and executive assistant to the UB president from 1968-70.
Socarides is a New York attorney who has held senior positions in the media and entertainment sector, and government and law, as a media relations and communications executive, presidential adviser at the White House and partner in a New York City law firm.
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