Board Committees

BUDC has established several committees to assist the Board in fulfilling their various fiduciary and administrative responsibilities. Please click here to view the minutes of recent Committee meetings.

 

BUDC Real Estate Committee - 2019-2020

Name	Title/Company	Role
Craig Slater, Chair	Principal, The Slater Law Firm, PLLC	Chair
Janique Curry
Thomas Kucharski	Executive Director, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise
Brendan Mehaffy	Executive Director, COB Office of Strategic Planning
Kimberley Minkel	Executive Director, NFTA
Maria Whyte	Deputy County Executive
Dennis Penman	E.V.P./Principal, Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation

The Real Estate Committee was established to oversee the Corporation's various real estate holdings and development projects. The Committee is responsible for oversight of real estate management activities, identifying future development projects, reviewing environmental conditions, advising on sale prospects and other related development matters. 

 

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BUDC Finance & Audit Committee - 2098-2020

Name	Title/Company	Role
Dennis M. Penman, Chair	E.V.P./Principal, Ciminelli Real Estate Corp.	Chair
James Comerford	Commissioner, COB - Permit & Inspection Services
David Nasca	President & Chief Executive Officer
Trina Burruss	Northwest Savings Bank
Janique Curry

The Audit & Finance Committee was established to provide assistance to the BUDC Board members in fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities relating to accounting, reporting and regulatory practices. Each member of the Audit & Finance Committee must be an independent member as defined by the Public Authorities Accountability Act.

• Audit & Finance Committee Charter (PDF) 

 

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BUDC Governance Committee 2019-2020

Name	Title/Company	Role
Hon. Byron Brown	Mayor, City of Buffalo
Thomas Halligan	Local No. 6
Thomas Kucharski, Chair	Executive Director, Buffalo Niagara Enterprise	Chair
Dennis Elsenbeck	Regional Director
Brendan Mehaffy	Executive Director, COB - Office of Strategic Planning
Dennis Penman	E.V.P./Principal, Ciminelli Real Estate Corp.
Amanda Mays	Regional Director, Empire State Development

The Governance committee was established in 2004 as the "Nominating & By-Laws Committee". It was re-established in 2006 as the Governance Committee in response to Public Authorities Accountability Act guidance. The Governance Committee is responsible for keeping the Board informed of current best governance practices, reviewing corporate governance trends, updating BUDC's corporate governance principles and advising those responsible for appointing Board members of the skills and experience required of potential Board members and to nominate candidates for the citizen member positions and various offices including Chair and Vice-Chair. The Committee also nominates candidates to serve on BUDC's various committees. Each member of the Governance Committee must be an independent member as defined by the Public Authorities Accountability Act.

• Governance Committee Charter (PDF) 

 

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BUDC Downtown Committee 2019-2020

Name	Title/Company	Role
Brendan Mehaffy, Chair	Executive Director, COB - Office of Strategic Planning	Chair
James Comerford, Jr.	Commissioner, COB - Permit & Inspection Services
Darby Fishkin	CEO, CBRE
Hon. Darius Pridgen	Common Council President, City of Buffalo
Dottie Gallagher	President & CEO, Buffalo-Niagara Partnership
Thomas Hersey	Commissioner- Erie County DEP
Mike Finn	City of Buffalo Department of Public Works
Kimberely Mikel	NFTA
Trina Burres	Northwest Savings Bank

 

The Downtown Committee was established in February of 2012 to serve as the initial BUDC Board of Directors oversight of staff, in connection to the initiatives outlined in the Buffalo Building Reuse Project (BBRP) Report. The BBRP was undertaken in response to a request from Mayor Byron W. Brown to the Buffalo-Niagara Partnership for the development of recommendations to improve the competitiveness of Downtown Buffalo in capturing new jobs and investment.