Congratulations to Erica C. Surbone Sammarco ’00 who has been promoted to associate vice president at Canisius. Sammarco has served as assistant to President John J. Hurley since 2010.
Sammarco acts as chief support for the college’s Strategic Planning Committee, and serves as secretary to the college’s Board of Trustees. She played a critical role in the college’s decennial accreditation process last year. A member of the college’s senior leadership team, Sammarco also plays a key role in new initiatives and projects originating in the president’s office.
“Erica Sammarco is a highly-valued member of the college’s senior leadership,” said President Hurley. “Her promotion to associate vice president reflects the increasingly critical role she is playing in several important college initiatives, including accreditation, strategic planning and coordination of the college’s senior leadership team.”
Previously, Sammarco served as director of corporate and foundation relations at Canisius from 2005 – 2010. In this role, she implemented and managed local, regional, national corporate and foundation relations programs to support college-wide initiatives, with emphasis on the priorities of the college’s $90 million comprehensive campaign, A Legacy of Leadership. In addition, Sammarco secured more than $4 million in grants and commitments from foundation and corporate prospects.
Prior to working at Canisius, Sammarco served as the proposal coordinator at URS Corporation in Buffalo and held senior positions at Lucy Curley & Co., where she prepared state, federal, and private foundation grant proposals for clients.
Sammarco earned a bachelor’s degree in English and psychology, All-College Honors Program, from Canisius College in 2000 and a master’s degree in English from the University of Rochester in 2001.
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