
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

Tamara Alsace, Ph.D.
Buffalo Public Schools, Retired

LaVonne Ansari, Ph.D.
Community Health Center of Buffalo

Thomas Beauford
Buffalo Urban League

Lana Benatovich
National Federation for Just Communities, Retired

Scott Bieler
West Herr Automotive

Angela Blue
AFL-CIO

Lisa M. Chimera
Erie County Executive's Office

Betsy Constantine
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

Peter DeJesus
WNY Area Labor Federation

Dottie Gallagher
Buffalo Niagara Partnership

Danis Gehl, Ph.D.
Norman Gehl Consulting

Owen Herne
Herne Law

Hon. Timothy Kennedy
Congressman

Eunice Lewin
SUNY Board of Trustees

Richard Lipsitz
WNY Area Labor Federation, Retired

Brenda McDuffie
Buffalo Urban League, Retired

Christina Orsi
The John R. Oishei Foundation

Hon. Crystal Peoples-Stokes
NYS Assembly District 141

Rene Petties-Jones
National Federation for Just Communities

Rev. Jonathan Staples
First Shiloh Baptist Church

Dr. Adiam Tsegai
SUNY Erie Community College

Paul Vukelic
Try-It Distributing

Maria Whyte
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

Tonja Williams Knight, Ph.D.
Buffalo Public Schools
Emeritus Members

Willow Brost
Buffalo Prep Board of Directors

Hon. Byron Brown
Former Mayor of the City of Buffalo

Richard Cummings
Black Chamber of Commerce of WNY

Clotilde Dedecker
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

John Flynn
Erie County District Attorney

The Right Reverend R. William Franklin
Episcopal Diocese of WNY

Gerard Mazurkiewicz
Dopkins & Company

Blythe Merrill
The John R. Oishei Foundation

Alphonso O'Neil-White
Racial Equity Roundtable Former Chair

Rev. Darius Pridgen
City of Buffalo Common Council

Hon. Jack Quinn
Barclay Damon, LLP

Bishop Sean Rowe
Episcopal Diocese of WNY

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.

Howard Zemsky
Empire State Development