Robert (Butch) Kazeangin is a long –standing member of the Niagara Falls community. As well as serving on the Oakwood Board of Trustees, he serves on numerous boards throughout the area. He is a member of the Board of Directors for HANCI, The United Way of Greater Niagara as well as treasurer of the Niagara Falls Education Foundation Association. Robert, Butch as he is known by his family and friends, served for 15 years as a member of the Niagara Falls Board of Education and three (3) terms as President. He is a former Circulation Director for the Niagara Gazette and is retired from The Buffalo News. He previously served at the Niagara Falls Public Library as the Administrative Assistant to the Library Director.
John Mantell - Secretary
Mr. Mantell is a lifelong resident of the Town of Niagara and a 1985 graduate of Niagara Wheatfield. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Concordia College & University. He is a former volunteer firefighter and life member at Niagara Active Hose Fire Company and is working in the industrial and computer cooling field.
Christopher Brown, Esq.
Chris Brown
Mr. Brown, a founding partner of the law firm Roach, Lennon & Brown, PLLC, is a business and corporate attorney servicing the Buffalo-Niagara community for more than eight years. Chris was born and raised in Niagara Falls and is proud of his family’s tradition of active community involvement in the city he and his family call home. Chris is a graduate of Leadership Niagara, Class of 2020, and a recipient of the Legal Elite: Rising Star, Buffalo Law Journal. Chris and his wife, Camille, live in Niagara Falls with their daughter, Gabrielle.
“I’m eager and excited to contribute to Oakwood’s heritage through my tenure on the Board of Directors. Niagara Falls has always been my home, and it’s an honor to be part of such a dedicated and principled Board of Directors. Oakwood Cemetery is not only one of city’s best kept historical treasurers, but a comfort to our community, during some of life’s most difficult moments.”
Mike Hooper
Kim Krueger - Director
Doug Mooradian
Over the past 20 years, Mr. Mooradian has worked in the healthcare space and also come to be known as a determined community volunteer.
He has led fundraising efforts at both Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and the Niagara Falls Boys & Girls Club. As a result, he was presented the Emerging Leader Alumni Award by the Niagara Falls Education Foundation and also named to the prestigious Buffalo Business First 40 Under 40 list.
Doug was born and raised in Niagara Falls and he and his wife Jennifer now reside in Wheatfield with their two young sons.
“I am abundantly proud of my family’s legacy, both in the City and here at Oakwood Cemetery. The best is yet to come at Oakwood and it’s an honor to serve on the board.”
Nelson Thomas - Director
Chris Voccio - Director
Chris Voccio is a Rhode Island native who had a 30-year career in the newspaper business, taking him across the country, before he settled in Niagara Falls.
He moved to the Falls in 2014 to run the Niagara Gazette, and retired in 2017 when he ran for a seat in the Niagara Falls City Council, an election he won. In 2021 he was elected to the Niagara County Legislature.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bryant University in Rhode Island and a master’s degree in business administration from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Audrey Young-Zygand - Director
Audrey M. (Young) Zygand is the oldest child of Michael L. and Audrey M. Young and has two siblings. She is married to Keith C. Zygand, and enjoys spending time with her family and two grandsons.
Audrey attended LaSalle Senior High School, Sunstate Academy of Hair Design in Fort Myers, Florida and, along with her husband and son, owned and operated a Barbershop in Fort Myers from 1999-2008. Returning home to Niagara Falls, she attended NCCC 2011 for a Medical Billing degree.
Audrey is a lifetime member of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, was in the church choir as a youth, and is past church secretary and vestry member. In 1980 was she was installed as Beloved Queen of Niagara River Triangle #120 at the Masonic Lodge on South Avenue.
Audrey has four generations of the transportation business starting in the late 1800’s; her great, great, great grandfather started William Young Transportation in Niagara Falls. Her family members, which include William and his wife Emma, and a few other family members are in the Mausoleum and buried throughout Oakwood. Her husband’s family is also in Oakwood.
She resides in the Town of Niagara
