Western New York Investors Conference 2007 Announces Bloomberg's Executive Editor as Keynote Speaker

The Founding Committee of the Western New York Investors Conference (WNYIC) announced today that Rich Jaroslovsky, Executive Editor, Government & Economy, at Bloomberg News in New York will be the Keynote Speaker at this year’s conference. The WNYIC is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 6, through lunch on Wednesday, November 7, at The Rochester Marriott Airport Hotel in Rochester, N.Y. Mr. Jaroslovsky will be speaking at the closing lunch on Wednesday.

Mr. Jaroslovsky joined Bloomberg News in 2004, where he directs its coverage of politics, governments and economies on a worldwide basis. Before joining Bloomberg, he held a variety of positions at The Wall Street Journal, including White House correspondent and national political editor. In 1994, he helped create and launch The Wall Street Journal Online (WSJ.com) and became its first Managing Editor, with responsibility for organizing and managing its news operation, a post he held until 2001.

Mr. Jaroslovsky founded and was elected the first president of the Online News Association, an organization of journalists dedicated to promoting excellence in digital journalism. He has taught courses on the Internet and online news at Duke University's Sanford Institute of Public Policy and at the Columbia School of Journalism. A California native, Mr. Jaroslovsky received a bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford University, where he later chaired the board of directors of the Stanford Alumni Association.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The conference was organized in 2002 by the public companies in the region to help promote Western New York and the wide variety of highly successful public companies. The WNYIC Founding Committee, comprised of representatives from The Bullfinch Fund of WNY (BWNYX), Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ), Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK), Graham Corporation (AMEX: GHM), Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ: ROCK), Greatbatch, Inc. (NYSE: GB), Kei Advisors LLC, M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) and Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (NYSE: SSS), organizes and executes the conference.

The Western New York Investors Conference provides an excellent opportunity for investors and analysts to meet the managers of dynamic, growing public companies of the region and learn more about the success stories that continue to emerge.

Many companies from the area have grown at a faster pace than the regional economy through diversification, distinct competitive strategies, and strong management teams. These publicly traded companies have customers in national and international markets and span a broad range of industries, years in business, and market capitalizations.

At this year’s WNY Investors Conference, 20 companies from Upstate New York will present their strategies, financial performance, and future outlook to investors and analysts from throughout the area and the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Companies making presentations this year include the following:

Alliance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ALNC)
Astronics Corporation (NASDAQ: ATRO)
Columbus McKinnon Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCO)
Computer Task Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTGX)
Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ)
Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU)
Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK)
Evans Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBN)
First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ: FNFG)
Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ: ROCK)
Graham Corporation (AMEX: GHM)
Harris Interactive (NASDAQ: HPOL)
M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE: MTB)
MINRAD International, Inc. (AMEX: BUF)
MOD-PAC CORP. (NASDAQ: MPAC)
Rand Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: RAND)
Seneca Foods Corp. (NASDAQ: SENEA)
Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (NYSE: SSS)
Tompkins Financial Corp. (AMEX: TMP)
Ultralife Batteries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULBI)

The strong performance of the Bullfinch Fund of Western New York (ticker: BWNYX), which invests primarily in companies with an economic significance in the region, reflects the accomplishments of these businesses. The Fund was featured in Barron's as the top performer in the 2Q of 2007 and has been rated among the top 7% of multi-cap value funds by Lipper, a leading provider of mutual fund research.

Attendees can learn more about the compelling and diverse investment opportunities all in one place: meet senior management of the Western and Upstate New York companies; and be provided the time and attention to better understand their strategies, capabilities, and outlook.

Institutional investors, analysts and financial advisors who would like to attend the conference can register online at www.wnyinvest.org or contact Craig Mychajluk, Kei Advisors LLC at 716.843.3832. There is no attendance fee for the conference.

The site for the 2007 conference is the Rochester Marriott Airport Hotel, 1890 West Ridge Road, Rochester, NY 14615.

Sponsors for this year’s conference include: Bowne of Cleveland, Business Wire, Constellation Brands, Inc., Freed, Maxick & Battaglia, Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, Kei Advisors LLC, Bob Wright Creative, Chakra Communications Inc., ViaVid Communications, Weir Financial Resources LLC, Financial Edge Executive Resources, Western Reserve Partners LLC and Shareholder.com.

The Western New York Investors Conference was formed by the public companies in the Western New York region to broaden the exposure of the quality and potential of these businesses with headquarters or major operations in the area with an audience of institutional investors, analysts and financial advisors. These companies feature a variety of industries, represent a full range of market capitalization and have, in most cases, well exceeded the economic growth of the region through diversification, distinct competitive strategies and strong management teams.

For more information and conference registration please log on to www.wnyinvest.org.