Members
Current Members
Hon. Rose Sconiers
Racial Equity Roundtable Chair
New York State Supreme Court, Retired
Steve Finch
Racial Equity Roundtable Vice-Chair
GM Plant Manager, Retired
Denise Abbott
Western New York Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
Tamara Alsace, Ph.D.
Buffalo Public Schools, Retired
Hon. April N.M. Baskin
63rd Senate District
Thomas Beauford
Buffalo Urban League
Lana Benatovich
National Federation for Just Communities, Retired
Scott Bieler
West Herr Automotive
Lisa M. Chimera
Erie County Executive's Office
Betsy Constantine
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Hon. Susan Eagan
County Court Judge
Dottie Gallagher
Buffalo Niagara Partnership
Danis Gehl, Ph.D.
Norman Gehl Consulting
Owen Herne
Herne Law
John Horn
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Michael J. Keane
Erie County District Attorney
Hon. Timothy Kennedy
Congressman
Pastor Steve Lane
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Eunice Lewin
SUNY Board of Trustees
Richard Lipsitz
WNY Area Labor Federation, Retired
Brenda McDuffie
Buffalo Urban League, Retired
Dr. Pascal Mubenga
Buffalo Public Schools
Christina Orsi
The John R. Oishei Foundation
Hon. Crystal Peoples-Stokes
NYS Assembly District 141
Rene Petties-Jones
National Federation for Just Communities
Hon. Sean Ryan
Mayor of the City of Buffalo
Rev. Jonathan Staples
First Shiloh Baptist Church
Dr. Adiam Tsegai
SUNY Erie Community College
Paul Vukelic
Try-It Distributing
Emeritus Members
LaVonne Ansari, Ph.D.
Community Health Center of Buffalo
Willow Brost
Fmr. Buffalo Prep Board of Directors
Hon. Byron Brown
Fmr. Mayor of the City of Buffalo
Richard Cummings
Black Chamber of Commerce of WNY
Clotilde Dedecker
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Retired
John Flynn
Fmr. Erie County District Attorney
The Right Reverend R. William Franklin
Episcopal Diocese of WNY, Retired
Gerard Mazurkiewicz
Dopkins & Company
Blythe Merrill
The John R. Oishei Foundation, Retired
Alphonso O'Neil-White
Racial Equity Roundtable Former Chair
Rev. Darius Pridgen
Fmr. City of Buffalo Common Council
Hon. Jack Quinn
Barclay Damon, LLP, Retired
Bishop Sean Rowe
Episcopal Diocese
The Late Hon. Hugh Scott
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Marsha Sullivan
Nardin Academy, Retired
Francisco Vasquez, Ph.D.
Child and Family Services, Retired
Edward Watts, Jr.
Watts Architecture & Engineering, P.C.
Maria Whyte
Deputy Mayor
Howard Zemsky
Empire State Development
