They are: Marco Cercone, partner of the law firm Rupp Basse Pfalzgraf Cunningham; Jessica Croce, a Buffalo developer whose company owns the Curtiss Hotel, Buffalo Chophouse and downtown parking operations; Andrew Davis, chief operating officer of Erie County Medical Center; David Fabian, chartered accountant of the Bonadio group; Thomas Lang, lawyer at Magavern Magavern & Grimm; Yuki Numata Resnick, founder and executive director of Buffalo String Works; ECMC-affiliated internist Maryam Saleemi; and Donald Ware, former CFO of EduKids.

The directors were named at the annual board meeting on Saturday.

The board also announced that it would form a search committee to identify candidates to be Shea’s next president.

Earlier this month, the board fired Shea chairman Michael Murphy, who had led the historic cultural institution for six years. On Thursday, he sued Shea’s, alleging the nonprofit theater breached his contract, defamed him, retaliated and discriminated against him because of his age and sexual orientation.

Murphy had a contract that was to run until June 2026.

Since last April, some Shea employees have complained about Murphy’s handling of the organization. Over the summer, five of the 15 board members resigned. Four employees have left in the past two months, joining 11 other employees who left earlier this year, many due to Murphy’s treatment of employees and a demoralized work environment, according to several former employees.

The turmoil rocked Shea’s, a major cultural attraction in Western New York and a nationwide premier theater for touring Broadway productions.