Edward F. Walsh, Jr.
President & Chief Operating Officer
Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc.


Ted Walsh is President and Chief Operating Officer of Walsh Duffield Companies, Inc., a fourth generation family insurance agency headquartered in Buffalo, New York. Its Buffalo location is within the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

Ted is the current Chair of the Kaleida Health System Board of Directors after many years of service to the hospital system serving on the Boards of the Buffalo General Hospital, the Community Mental Health Center, Episcopal General Homecare, Inc., and The Buffalo General Hospital Foundation. He is also a member of the Founders Board for the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care. Ted Walsh currently serves in many capacities for the Children’s Foundation of Erie County, the Diocese of Buffalo, Goodwill Industries, Josephine Goodyear Foundation, Rotary Club of Buffalo and is the current President of the Board of the Nichols School. Ted has also participated in leadership roles for the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County for over 23 years and various other community service organizations.

Ted Walsh is a graduate of The Nichols School and Williams College and currently lives in Buffalo with his wife Ginna