Edward Walsh is President and Chief Operating Officer of Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc., a private insurance agency headquartered in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. His passion for the family business is equaled only by his zeal for community issues, which includes quality healthcare for area residents. Walsh currently chairs the Kaleida Health System Board of Directors, and previously served on the boards of Buffalo General Hospital, the Community Mental Health Center and Episcopal General Homecare, Inc. A member of the Founders Board for the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, Walsh is active in the Children's Foundation of Erie County, the Diocese of Buffalo, Goodwill Industries, Josephine Goodyear Foundation, Nichols School and United Way of Buffalo & Erie County. The lifelong Buffalonian is a graduate of the Nichols School and Williams College.