Canisius MBA

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Kate Kane is a new student in the MS in Communications program.  Kate began the MS program this spring and is currently taking two classes. She is an undergraduate from canisius college. Where she got her degree in Psychology with a minor in Industrial /Organizational psychology.  After a couple of years in the work force she decided to come back for her masters Kate currently works at M&T Bank as the Leadership Development Manager.  Kate manages M&T’s Management Development Program (MDP), a year-long training program for new undergraduates seeking to start a career in banking. Trainees are hired for various sales and analytical positions within the M&T footprint, including the Branch Network, Consumer Lending, Finance, and Mortgage. As the Program Manager, she plans the training curriculum, facilitate some classes, arrange for internal/external presenters to facilitate other classes/presentations, and provide personalized feedback and coaching to the trainees.

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Clark Banach is an economist who wants to run his company differently.  In lieu of earning a traditional CEO’s salary, he’d rather surround himself with people who he said want to deliver value and positively impact the business. Banach launched a not-for-profit agency in January with rugby teammate and fellow Canisius College graduate Dean Bourque. The pair has a little more than two dozen part-time and volunteer workers for them to support Creative Hope, which was designed to help the underserved explore and develop their art and music skills. Banach illustrated how his company is set up and supported by distinct, separate for-profit agencies he and Bourque also created by drawing a solar system-type model. Banach starts with Creative Hope, which is the sun in his universe. It was designed to provide art equipment and other resources to those who have just graduated college. Banach said the goal of Creative Hope is to eventually offer scholarships in music and fine art, and courses in financial literacy. He has been meeting with leadership in the Masten District to acquire an old school building at

, with the idea of using it as a headquarters for Creative Hope, an art gallery and learning center.  Next, Banach draws four planets that orbit Creative Hope: Northstar Media Studios, an Erie, Penn.-based recording studio; Art Genesis, an art production and merchandising company; Angelic Ink, a publishing company scheduled to release its first book in November; and Sparkable Inc., a Web content management company.

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