The NYS Women, Inc. Buffalo Niagara Chapter (BNC) is proud to showcase successful local women who have given back to the Western New York community. “Women In Leadership” honorees are established women business owners or professional/working women who have exhibited leadership, enterprise, and excellence in their business or profession and give back to the Western New York or greater community. The goal of the program is to recognize women who have succeeded both in the business and charitable arenas and help inspire others to follow in their path.

Throughout the year a woman business owner or working woman will be featured. Each June, BNC will recognize all our honorees at an annual event.

Criteria

Established woman business owner or working/professional woman who:

• Exhibits leadership, enterprise, and excellence in their business;
• Gives back to Western New York or greater community with volunteer service 

Women In Leadership Application

May 2025 Honoree

Becky Brubaker
General Manager, Bureau Veritas Group

Our COVID-era president, Cindy Valtin, unswervingly kept the Buffalo Niagara Chapter of NYS Women, Inc. together through two difficult years of Zoom meetings, masking protocols, and – if you recall – the endless worry about shortages, disappearing jobs for women, our children’s schooling, and health issues for our elderly.

When Becky stepped in as president immediately after Cindy, she helped revitalize and energize our chapter as we transitioned from Zoom fatigue into real life meetings. She led with professionalism and a firm, but cheerful nature, giving structure and meaning back to the group. Unlike many other local women’s organizations, BNC has bounced back with a growing membership and new focus on the meaningful impact we can have for women in our community. We have Becky to thank for creating the chapter you see today.

Becky is the general manager of Bureau Veritas Group, a French company which specializes in testing, inspection, and certification in a variety of industries, including agri-food and consumer products. She originally moved to Western New York in 2015 as general manager of Harlequin which is one of the world’s leading publishers of books for women. She had worked in the newspaper and printing industry for 20+ years.

She has an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and a BS in Printing from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

Becky is past president and a member of the Buffalo Niagara Chapter of NYS Women, Inc. She is a member of RIT’s President Advisory Council; served as a board member of PostCom & Parcel Shippers Association; the Southern Production Program Inc.; and International Newspaper Group. She was a program mentor with Women Unlimited and served as a board member and chairperson with Reading In Motion.