Francine Brooks
President
Our Team
Our Management Team
Education:
Francine holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sr. George Williams University in Montreal, Canada, and is a graduate and alumnus of the “Core” and “Advanced” programs offered through the School of Management’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) at the University at Buffalo.
Awards:
Francine has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the “Small Business of the Year Award” from the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, “Best Places to Work” in Western New York, the “Who’s Who among Executive Women” award, the University at Buffalo School of Management’s Alumni Achievement Award in Entrepreneurship, and she was installed into the BNSME Hall of Fame in 2016.
Personal:
Francine is an avid runner and golfer, and spends as much time as possible with her twin granddaughters in Brooklyn.
William Henecke
Operations
Q: What do you like to do for fun?
A : Play board games.
Q: What is your favorite vacation from your past?
A : I spent a month in Australia in high school.
Q: What is item #1 on your bucket list?
A : Travel to outer space.
Q: What is your favorite movie or TV show?
A : Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Firefly, respectively.
Q: How do you display your creative side?
A: I like to wear mismatched, but thematically paired fun socks.
Our Support Team
Lisa McNamarra
Accounting
Q: What do you like to do for fun?
A : I love walking my dog, Po, by the water and going out for ice cream. I enjoy good food at many local restaurants.
Q: What is your favorite vacation from your past?
A : Disney's Magical Kingdom and traveling through Florida.
Q: What is item #1 on your bucket list?
A : Traveling to Europe. I would also like to skydive!
Q: What is your favorite movie or TV show?
A : I have many favorite movies : "Shawshank Redemption", "The Goonies", "Drop Dead Fred".
Q: How do you display your creative side?
A: I like to paint, whether alone or with my nieces and nephews. I also enjoy trying our different crafts from Pinterest.
Nick Janson
Design
Q: What do you like to do for fun?
A : I enjoy playing Super Smash Brothers, both casually and competitively. I also DJ from time to time, just don’t ask me for requests.
Q: What is your favorite vacation from your past?
A : Every year my family stays at a little cottage resort up in Canada called Muskie Bay. We’ve made some great friends over the years and there is rarely a dull moment.
Q: What is item #1 on your bucket list?
A : I’d really like to create the visual identity for the olympics one year.
Q: What is your favorite movie or TV show?
A : I’m terrible at picking favorites so here is an unordered top 3 list for TV and Movies:
- TV: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Devs, Maniac
- Movies: Uncut Gems, Fargo, It’s Such a Beautiful Day
Q: How do you display your creative side?
A: Most currently, I’ve been working on a personal project called ruthtaylor.shop. It’s a multimedia expression of what makes me who I am. Right now I am focusing on creating graphics for clothing.
