Brandy Vandermark-Murray is the President of Horizon Corporations in Buffalo, NY. She previously served as Senior Vice President of Operations at Horizon Corporations, where she had executive oversight of operations for all behavioral health programs. She has 20 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) and has been instrumental in implementing integrated care throughout the organization.

Over the past 10 years, she has held various operational leadership roles within Horizon and played a critical role in expanding substance abuse services across Western New York. Her successes include the restructuring and expanding the only community-based detox program in Erie County, as well as developing and opening young adult and women’s intensive residential programs that were both the first residential programs in NYS to enter the new 820 regulations, allowing for more intensive clinical services to be offered in residential substance use programs. Brandy is committed to her work and passionate about providing quality behavioral health treatment to all community members in conjunction with providing a quality and supportive work environment for those in the field.

Outside of Horizon, Brandy has served as an adjunct professor at Canisius University in Buffalo, NY. She teaches in the Graduate School of Mental Health Counseling, focusing on areas of substance use and the impact the opioid epidemic has had on communities and the behavioral health field. Brandy is an alumna of Canisius College with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling.

In recognition of her outstanding contribution to the field of substance use, Brandy has been awarded the ASAP Eileen Pencer Women’s Leadership Award. She has been instrumental in developing women’s specific programming for Horizon, including the expansion of training in perinatal mental health treatment and collaboration with location medical providers for early intervention.

She is a strong advocate for the behavioral health workforce and for patient quality of care. Brandy is the Region 2 Board member for the National Council for Wellbeing and on the Executive Board for InUnity (formerly ASAP and the Coalition for Behavioral Health). She is an active member of the Therapeutic Community Association of NYS.
Brandy is actively involved in her community in Western New York. She is a graduate of Leadership Buffalo Class of 2022 and currently serves on various community boards.
Brandy lives in Snyder, NY, with her husband, two children and golden retriever, Lilly.

Anne D. Constantino has held her current position since 1994. In this role, she leads the development and implementation of strategic and annual operating plans for Horizon Health Services, Horizon Village, and Horizon Health Alliance.

Anne has led Horizon Corporations in expanding services and implementing best practices, growing revenues and market share. Through this development period, Horizon’s staff grew to more than 700 individuals. Anne is also the founding member and current President of Value Network, IPA, a membership organization of WNY behavioral and healthcare providers working on transforming the healthcare system to improve patient outcomes and decrease costs.

An undergraduate of Buffalo State College and a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo—where she received her M.S. in Educational Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling—Anne is an active member of several industry organizations and boards:

• Amherst Chamber of Commerce: Board Member; since December 2018
• Executive Board 2021
• Led development of Strategic Plan 2019
• Member, Buffalo State Foundation Board; since 2016
• Member, Executive Committee for NYS Addiction Services Providers; since 2011
• Member, Executive Committee Coalition for Community Services; since 2010
• Participant in numerous NYS committees for the leadership, advocacy, and transformation of the NYS behavioral health system
• Member of Governor’s Advisory Task Force on Opiate Addiction

Erin DiGirolamo joined Horizon Corporations in 2006 and serves as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer. She came to Horizon after 16 years in Ernst & Young’s Healthcare Consulting Division where she conducted turnaround projects. Her experience serves her well, as Erin’s responsibilities at Horizon include both optimizing operational efficiencies and ensuring financial stability. In her role, Erin is responsible for the strategic and operational aspects of the organization’s financial planning, management, and development. She leads many operational change initiatives across all service lines and especially loves leading the marketing team.

As a “status quo” challenger, she is frequently asked to participate in statewide committees related to major change initiatives, including:

• Medicaid Rate Reform
• NYS Value Based Payment Reform
• DSRIP financial committees.

Erin was a 2007 recipient of Business First’s “Forty Under 40″ award and the 2008 “CFO of the Year” awardee. She was a proud member of the Leadership Buffalo class of 2008. Erin received a B.S. Degree in Accounting from St. Bonaventure University, and a secondary concentration in Pharmacy from West Virginia University. She is a resident of Orchard Park and mom to two busy children. Erin is currently a board member of Hospice & Palliative Care of Buffalo.