Speakers for General Membership Meeting Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 3:30 pm

Anne Tarpinian Tom Ulbrich John Murphy How New Climate Legislation Adapting to Change Through Voice of the Buffalo Bills, Threatens Our Industry Entrepreneurial Culture Broadcasting Hall-of-Famer

Environmental policy expert Anne Tom Ulbrich is one of Western New John Murphy is synonymous with Tarpinian will provide in-depth York’s most passionate advocates for Buffalo sports. analysis of the Climate Leadership and small business. He is best known as the voice of the Community Protection Act passed by As Assistant Dean and Executive Buffalo Bills Radio Network and host the state Legislature in June. Director of the Center for of One Bills Live with Bills legend Steve Titled “New Entrepreneurial Tasker on WGR- York State Leadership AM and MSG Climate Policy Education at the Western New F o r e c a s t : University at York. Cloudy With a Buffalo School “Murph” has Good Chance of Management, been the play-by- Tom works to play announcer of Pain,” her advance the of the Buffalo presentation center's mission Bills since 2003. will outline of invigorating He has also the emission the Western New served as com- reduction goals, York economy and community through mentator for nearly every other team the process for deciding how to reach entrepreneurial development. in Western New York, including the them, the many unanswered questions, His presentation, "Is There a Better Buffalo Bisons, Canisius College Golden and what it all potentially could mean Way? Embracing an Entrepreneurial Griffins, UB’s Buffalo Bulls, and the for the petroleum industry and New Mindset in Today’s Rapidly Changing Niagara University Purple Eagles. York businesses in general. Business World," advocates using Previously, John served as sports The legislation sets an aggressive goal applied creativity and the skills of the director at WBEN radio and WKBW- for reducing greenhouse gas emissions entrepreneur to identify and solve TV, and worked at WIVB-TV. in New York in coming years without meaningful problems amid rapid Earlier this year, he was inducted into specifying how to achieve it. Instead, change. the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame. that task is delegated to a 22-member At no time before in history have we He played himself in the 2003 movie council of the state agency heads and been exposed to the speed of exponential Bruce Almighty. legislative appointees. technological change that we are living Murph serves on the board of Now Senior Vice President with in today. How will that impact our EPIC, a Buffalo-based not-for-profit the Albany government affairs firm businesses in the next five to 10 years, organization that was founded by a man Ostroff Associates, Anne was Senior and what can we do about it? One of whose wife was murdered in 1977 by a Counsel and Committee Director our best defenses is building a company 15-year-old underprivileged neighbor. for the state Senate Energy and with a culture of entrepreneurship. EPIC, which stands for Every Person Telecommunications Committee from Tom will provide actionable takeaways Influences Children, helps young people 2015 until earlier this year. Before that you can immediately apply to your make responsible decisions, understand that, she served as Assistant Secretary business that will enable it to be lean, and respect authority, develop positive for the Environment in Governor adaptable and comfortable with the self-esteem, plan for the future, and Cuomo’s Executive Chamber. rapid change that is on the horizon. succeed in life.