Samantha Bonano
Advisor
Samantha Bonano (Sam) was President and Chief Executive Officer of Buffalo Filter, a leading surgical smoke evacuation and surgical safety devices company, from 2010 – 2019. Under her leadership, Buffalo filter increased its investment in R&D and new product commercialization, resulting in an acceleration of top-line growth and the sale to Madison Industries / Filtration Group in 2013. Following the sale, Sam remained CEO of Buffalo Filter and also assumed the role of President of the Medical Device division of the Filtration Group from 2013 – 2019. After leading the sale of Buffalo Filter to ConMed Corporation in 2019, she subsequently served as a Strategic Advisor to the CEO until 2020.
Sam is an active Board Member on several pre and post-commercialization medical device organizations. She is also an active venture capital and private equity investor through Moon Capital, which she founded in 2021. She has served as a strategy, leadership and innovation consultant since 2019.
Sam is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo and holds a Certificate of Management Excellence from Harvard Business School. She currently serves on the University at Buffalo Foundation.