Kaleida Health

12/17/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/17/2024 14:00

Little Named a 2025 IDEA Award Recipient

Released: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 2:46 PM

Little Named a 2025 IDEA Award Recipient

Congratulations to Briandi Little, manager of inclusion and engagement for Kaleida Health, who is one of the 2025 Business First IDEA Award winners.

The winners of the sixth annual IDEA Awards stand out as champions of diversity and inclusion in their workplaces and in the community.

This year, 20 individuals will be celebrated for that vital work in Western New York. They were chosen from about 60 nominations and will be honored at a dinner in February.

The 2025 IDEA Awards winners

  • Brielynn Bell, diversity specialist, Goldberg Segalla
  • Rhonda Benton, executive plant manager, U.S. Postal Service
  • Peter Burakowski, senior associate director of Startup Ventures, University at Buffalo
  • Efrain Burgos, owner, Efrain Burgos Hair Salon
  • Marcus Deveso, assistant director and chief program officer, Buffalo Prep
  • Fatai Gbadamosi, chief medical officer, Evergreen Health
  • Rhonda Howard, director of human resources, the Resource Center
  • Briandi Little, manager of inclusion and engagement, Kaleida Health
  • Ashley Goodwin Lowe, lead advisor, DEI Ingram Micro
  • Andrew Lyle, superintendent, Charter School for Applied Technologies
  • Fenna Mandolang, operations manager- materials recovery facility, Modern Corp.
  • Holly Nidell, EEO administrative professional, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
  • Molli Oldenburg, program director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program; global initiatives coordinator, University at Buffalo School of Nursing
  • Franchelle Parker, founding executive director, Open Buffalo
  • Stephanie Pennington, director of DEI and supplier diversity, LeChase
  • Talia Rodriguez, program manager, PATH (People Against Trafficking of Humans)
  • Crystal Rodriguez-Dabney, senior vice president and chief diversity officer, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Brandon Schulz-Koller, director documentation cycle integrity and improvement, Catholic Health
  • Adriane Williams, assistant director of academic advisement, Daemen University
  • Shaun Wilson, workout specialist I - business banking collections and commercial workout, M&T Bank

Meet the 2025 winners of the IDEA (Inclusion Diversity Equity Awareness) Awards - Buffalo Business First