Community Commitment

Building Communities Through Talent: Our Commitment to Service

At its core, our work is based on finding the best talent—for the best companies—at the best times. With a similar spirit, we donate our time, expertise, and dollars to non-profit organizations in the communities we love and serve. Why do we do it? To help build better life and career opportunities for individuals or create more jobs through economic development.

This commitment runs deeper than corporate responsibility—it’s woven into our identity as talent specialists. We believe everyone deserves access to meaningful work that enables them to thrive. Through strategic partnerships with local non-profits, we’re leveraging our industry expertise to address workforce gaps, mentor emerging professionals, and support economic initiatives that create sustainable employment opportunities.

By investing in the communities where we live and work, we’re building stronger talent ecosystems that benefit everyone—from job seekers to employers to local economies. This holistic approach reflects our belief that true professional success extends beyond the office and into the neighborhoods we call home.

Amherst Chamber of Commerce

Peter Petrella, President of TalentRise, is the 2025 Board Chair of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, providing services in professional development and education, economic development, public policy and advocacy, connectivity, and collaboration.

Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology

Scott Stenclik, CEO of Aleron sits on the board of BCAT which provides resilient learners in need of targeted support with education curriculums and career-centered opportunities in an environment of hope and discovery. The Center mentors and prepares adults to secure new career pathways, and its Youth Program motivates high school students to continue their educations, explore their creativity and identities, and plan for their futures through arts and technology after-school programming.

Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP)

Aleron and TalentRise are active members of the BNP, growing private investment and jobs in Buffalo Niagara through advocacy, business development, and convening. Lynne Marie Finn, CEO of Broadleaf Results sits on the board.

Burchfield Penney Art Center’s Under-Represented Artist Fund (URAF)

Aleron has pledged financial support to the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. To more closely reflect the breadth and depth of artistic practice in the western New York community, the Center has agreed to launch an Under-Represented Artist Fund (URAF) that will seed projects and exhibitions in support of women and minority artists in the Buffalo area. Lynne Marie Finn (CEO of Broadleaf Results, An Aleron Company) sits on the Burchfield board.

Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Foundation

Peter Petrella, President of TalentRise, serves on the board of the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Foundation.

Explore & More

Peter Petrella, President of TalentRise, serves on the board of Explore & More, an environment for creative play and learning that’s as one-of-a-kind as every child who walks through the doors. They do everything in their playful power to give children a chance to dream, imagine, invent and do, in childhood and far beyond.

FeedMore WNY

Since September 2022, volunteers from Aleron and TalentRise have been delivering meals to people in need in Buffalo. Every Thursday, two team members take an hour out of their days to pick up coolers and heated boxes from FeedMore and deliver meals to approximately 10 people in various neighborhoods.

Habitat for Humanity

Starting in September 2022, each Friday a team of Aleron and TalentRise volunteers reported to Habitat sites to assist with building homes. The first group demoed two homes that Habitat is renovating, and the remaining teams helped build a house in Cheektowaga, NY. We’re getting involved again in 2025.

Invest Buffalo Niagara

Peter Petrella, President of TalentRise, serves on the board of Invest Buffalo Niagara and also on the Be in Buffalo Committee, the region’s talent attraction organization introducing – or reintroducing – a new Buffalo to an entire generation of people with the skills needed to build an economy of the future.

The Little Match Girl Foundation

Sarah Garcia, Executive Recruiter at TalentRise serves as a board member of The Little Match Girl Foundation. Aleron and TalentRise are a sponsors of the foundation’s Buffalo Wishes initiative, helping provide gifts to families and children in need in our community.

People Inc.

Sarah Garcia, Executive Recruiter, is a Self-Determination Assistant for People Inc. and helps autistic youth develop independence. People Inc. is a non-profit organization in Western New York that provides a variety of services to seniors, families, and individuals with developmental disabilities.

TechBuffalo

Scott Stenclik, CEO of Aleron is a board member of TechBuffalo. Aleron’s focus as a member of TechBuffalo and in support of the Tech Academy is to create pipelines of woman, diverse, and veteran candidates for participation in their skills initiative and for placement at a regional employer, post-graduation.

UpwardlyGlobal.org

Carl Kutsmode, Senior Vice President, Business Development, serves on the Chicago Leadership Advisory Board for UpwardlyGlobal.org a leading U.S. non-profit supporting college-educated immigrants, refugees, and asylees in successfully transitioning their , skills, and previous professional experience to the U.S. workforce.

100 Women Who Care

Laura Barker, Director of Coaching and Leadership Development, is Co-Founder of 100 Women Who Care’s Toronto West Chapter. The group brings women together to learn about and select a local charity who will receive a substantial donation.

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