Buffalo Urban Development Corporation

BUDC is the City of Buffalo's not-for-profit development agency, reclaiming distressed land for future development.

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Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park

Board of Directors

Name

Title/Company

Role

Hon. Byron W. Brown 

Mayor - City of Buffalo 

Chairman (Ex-Officio) 

Dennis Penman 

Vice President - MJ Peterson 

Vice Chairman

Richard A. Fontana

Council President, City of Buffalo 

(Ex-Officio)

Catherine M. Braniecki 

CRA Compliance Manager, KeyBank NA

Citizen Member

James Comerford, Jr.

Commissioner, COB - ED Permit & Inspection Services 

(Ex-Officio) 

Thomas Dee 

President, Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. 

(Ex-Officio) 

Dennis Elsenbeck

Vice President Niagara Region, National Grid 

Citizen Member 


 

 

      

 

      

Thomas Kucharski 

Executive Director, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise 

(Ex-Officio) 

Woodrow Maggard

Associate Vice Provost, STORE 

Citizen Member

Kimberley A. Minkel 

Executive Director, NFTA

(Ex-Officio)

Brendan Mehaffy  

Executive Director, COB Office of Strategic Planning 

(Ex-Officio) 

Benjamin Obletz 

President, First Amherst Development Group, LLC 

Citizen Member

Christina Orsi 

Regional Director, Empire State Development Corp.

(Ex-Officio) 

Dr. Andrew Rudnick 

President & CEO, Buffalo Niagara Partnership 

(Ex-Officio)


 

 

Craig Slater

Partner, Harter Secrest & Emery, LLP

Citizen Member