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Todd

Buzard

SVP, BUSINESS SUPPORT

Email | 585-643-3289 | LinkedIn

Todd leads reporting and project management on the Finance team.

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Todd’s mission is to serve as a leader for the finance team and provide expertise in the areas of regulatory reporting and project management. He enjoys the wide variety of things he works on every day and appreciates working with his colleagues. 

He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and is the Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP) Foundation. In 2012, he was honored with Operations Person of the Year, is a 3-time Chairman’s Award Finalist at First American, and in 2016 he was the Cindy Spurdle Award Winner from the CLFP Foundation. 

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Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Utica College
  • Master's degree in Finance/Accounting from St. Bonaventure University

Outside of Work:

He resides in Henrietta, NY with his wife, Kimberly, and their two children. Each year, he and his family participate in the Tour De Cure to raise funds for the American Diabetes Assocation. He is also an aspiring Adirondack 46er, with a goal to climb all of the 46 high peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. 

Todd Buzard

SVP, BUSINESS SUPPORT

Email | 585-643-3289 | LinkedIn

Todd leads reporting and project management on the Finance team.

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Todd Buzard's professional portrait

Todd’s mission is to serve as a leader for the finance team and provide expertise in the areas of regulatory reporting and project management. He enjoys the wide variety of things he works on every day and appreciates working with his colleagues. 

 

He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and is the Treasurer on the Board of Directors for the Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP) Foundation. In 2012, he was honored with Operations Person of the Year, is a 3-time Chairman’s Award Finalist at First American, and in 2016 he was the Cindy Spurdle Award Winner from the CLFP Foundation. 

WHAT CLIENTS SAY...

MORE ABOUT TODD

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Utica College
  • Master's degree in Finance/Accounting from St. Bonaventure University

Outside of Work:

He resides in Henrietta, NY with his wife, Kimberly, and their two children. Each year, he and his family participate in the Tour De Cure to raise funds for the American Diabetes Assocation. He is also an aspiring Adirondack 46er, with a goal to climb all of the 46 high peaks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.