President, Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY

Casimiro was born and raised in WNY. He has lived a lifetime of advocacy for Buffalo’s Latino Community in different areas of education, health, social and economic equality.  He earned a BA in American Government from University at Buffalo and also studied management from the General Motors Institute. After 34 years of dutiful service he retired from GM.

He is passionate for community progress and envisions what can be accomplished in the future of Buffalo’s community built on the strengths of everyone working together for the benefit of all.

Casimiro is driven by social justice where you can find the core of his dedication to today’s community and tomorrow’s leaders. He is a catalyst for revival and progress bringing people of different faiths and races together for a common goal. Bio courtesy of Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY

Susan graduated from Alfred University in 1983 with a degree in Elementary Education. She got her Masters in Elementary Ed from Boston College and taught second grade and fourth grade at Nardin Academy Elementary School for three years. She and her husband Paul married in 1986 and Susan stayed home to raise their five children.

She is very active in volunteering at her parish, SS. Peter and Paul in Hamburg as well as being a member of their school board. She also serves on the school board of St. Francis High School in Athol Springs. A member of various Diocese of Buffalo committees and after school tutor at Nativity Miguel Middle School, she also enjoys reading, painting, running, bicycling, skiing and traveling. Susan is a past board member of the Character Council of WNY and enjoys remaining connected by now serving as Race Director for the Character Chase 5K as well as a member of the Ambassadors for Character.

Town of Hamburg Police Department

Kevin Trask began his public service career at the Erie County Department of Social Services in 1994 as a Welfare Examiner and a Child Protection Worker.  As a child of the 70’s, he was deeply motivated to serve and protect society’s most vulnerable.  In 1998 he became a Holding Center Deputy with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office and a Patrol Deputy in 1999.  In 2000, he was hired by the Hamburg Police as a patrolman.  He was promoted to the position of Patrol Lieutenant in 2005 and subsequently to the position of Detective Lieutenant where he founded the Department’s Narcotics Unit and developed and implemented the first law enforcement social media initiatives. In 2010 he became Chief of Detectives where he oversaw all investigations.  Kevin was made Chief of Police for the Town of Hamburg Police in January of 2020.       

Although he attributes much of his success to the education he received at the school of hard knocks, Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree from Buffalo State College and a master’s degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Hilbert College, where he received the St. Catherine’s medal, which is awarded to the most outstanding graduate student that year. He is an Erie County Law Enforcement Officer of the Year awardee for his work in solving the Megan Sorbera fatal ‘hit and run’ and has been honored for his work on the nationally reported ‘Toys R Us’ homicide.

He initiated the Department’s yearly ‘beards for bucks’ fundraiser which has raised nearly $10,000 for various charities and encourages members to establish their own charitable activities.

Throughout his career, Kevin has valued empathy, dignity and respect for all and is instilling an atmosphere of accountability throughout the Department that reflects those values. He lives in Hamburg with his wife, Julia and their children, Owen (John Carroll University) and Eva (Frontier High School).