2025

ECIDA/RDC Board of Directors - 2025

Brenda McDuffie, ECIDA/RDC Chair - Retired
Richard Lipsitz, ECIDA/RDC Vice Chair - President Emeritus, Western New York Area Labor Federation
Denise Abbott - President, Buffalo AFL-CIO Labor Council
Dr. Lavonne Ansari - Interim Chair, NFTA
Rev. Mark Blue - President, NAACP Buffalo Chapter
Partick Boyle - President, Erie County Association of School Boards
James Doherty
Thomas Emmerling - Chair of Buffalo Niagara Partnership & Managing Partner Dopkins & Company
Hon. Joseph Emminger - Supervisor, Town of Tonawanda
Dottie Gallagher - President & CEO, Buffalo Niagara Partnership
Tyra Johnson -WNY Director of Operations, LISC
Hon. Brian Kulpa - Supervisor, Town of Amherst
Glenn Nellis - Retired
Hon. Brian Nowak - Supervisor, Town of Cheektowaga
Hon. Mark Poloncarz - Erie County Executive
Hon. Christopher P. Scanlon - Mayor, City of Buffalo
Kenneth Schoetz - VP, Healthcare Association of Western & Central New York
Taisha St. Jean Tard- Chairman, Economic Development Committee Erie County Legislature
Vacant - President, Buffalo Common Council

ILDC Board of Directors - 2025

Hon. Mark Poloncarz, ILDC Chair - Erie County Executive
Denise Abbott - President, Buffalo AFL-CIO Labor Council
Daniel Castle - Commissioner, Erie County Dept. of Environment & Planning
Richard Lipsitz - President Emeritus, Western New York Area Labor Federation
Hon. Timothy Meyers - Chair Eire County Legislature
Hon. Christopher Scanlon - Mayor, City of Buffalo
Taisha St. Jean Tard- Chairman, Economic Development Committee Erie County Legislature

Misc. Board Related Documents