Daniel McCune, president and CEO of Allegheny Bradford Corp, has been elected chairman of the Upper Allegheny Health System board of directors. McCune was originally appointed to the Bradford Regional Medical Center board of directors in 1999.

McCune succeeds David Prince, founder and president of Databranch, Inc., an information technology solutions provider located in Olean, NY.   Prince joined the Olean General Hospital board in January 2003, and has served as chairman of the board of directors for Upper Allegheny Health System since its inception in 2009.

Other officers elected at the annual meeting of the UAHS board of directors include:

  *   Vice Chair, Brenda McGee; senior vice president, finance and administration, St. Bonaventure University
  *   Treasurer, Martin Digel; president and CEO, Hamlin Bank and Trust
  *   Secretary, Muhammed Javed, MD; physician, Bradford Regional Medical Center/Olean General Hospital
Re-elected to serve on the board of directors during the annual meeting were the following; Livingston Alexander, PhD, president, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford; Thomas Buffamante, partner, Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, PC; and Edward Sharkey, retired district attorney, Cattaraugus County. Jeannine Shoenecker, president and chief operating officer, American Refining Group, Inc., was elected to serve on the board for her first term.


Upper Allegheny Health System is the parent company of Bradford Regional Medical Center and Olean General Hospital. An integration of two prominent community hospitals in Southwestern New York State and Northwestern Pennsylvania; Upper Allegheny Health System's goal is the enhancement of each hospital's mission of care and service to their respective communities with the common goal of improving care, enhancing clinical programs and providing best-in-class service for various health needs.