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 

• ECIDA/RDC Board Member Organizational Chart (PDF) 
• ECIDA/RDC Board of Directors Appointment Date & Authority (PDF) 
• ILDC Board Member Organizational Chart (PDF) 
• ILDC Board of Directors Appointment Date & Authority (PDF) 
• 2006 New York Code Enabling Legislation - ECIDA (PDF) 
• Board Meeting Minutes 
• Board Committees (PDF) 
• Board Meeting Schedule
• Annual Board of Directors Evaluation Form (PDF) 
• Officers of the ECIDA/RDC/ILDC (PDF)