Leadership & Staff
Clarke Gocker
Director of Policy and Strategy at PUSH Buffalo
Dawn Wells-Clyburn
Deputy Director of Administration at PUSH Buffalo
Rahwa Ghirmatzion
Executive Director of PUSH Buffalo
Aaron Bartley
Previous Executive Director and PUSH (People United for Sustainable Housing) co-founder
Harper Bishop
PUSH Buffalo Deputy Director of Movement Building
Eric Walker
Climate and Clean Energy Strategist for Open Buffalo
Board Members
Victoria Kuper
Public Accountability Initiative Interim Executive Director
Carl Nightingale
UB Professor, Secretary of the Rowboat foundation, and PUSH Buffalo Board member
Nicolalita Rodriguez
LMSW. Executive Director & Founder. Little People's Victory.
Jennifer Mecozzi
Member of the Buffalo Board of Education, representing West Sided
LISC Social Innovation Fund
Pass Through From Social Innovation Fund - Obama Administration
New York State Homes and Community Renewal
Housing agency for New York State
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD's mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD's vision is to improve lives and strengthen communities to deliver on America's dreams.
Kataly Foundation
Working toward a world in which Black and brown people have the resources, power, and agency to execute their own visions for justice, well-being, and shared prosperity within their communities.
The JPB Foundation
Successor organization to the Picower Foundation
John R. Oishei Foundation
WNY's largest foundation, endowed by Trico windshield wiper fortune
The Kresge Foundation
Private foundation headquartered in Troy, Michigan
Donations
NYC Environmental Justice Alliance
Membership network linking grassroots organizations from low-income neighborhoods and communities of color in their struggle for environmental justice
UPROSE Brooklyn
Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based organization.
Partnership for the Public Good
Community-based think tank for research and advocacy support to a broad range of partners
Child Organizations
Buffalo Neighborhood Stabilization Company
PUSH Buffalo’s development arm
Massachusetts Avenue Sustainable Homes Housing Development Fund Com
Low income Housing
417 Housing Development Fund Company, Inc.
Green Development Zone Project
PUSH Gro
Social Enterprise Arm
Memberships
National Association of Climate Resilience Planners
Multi-stakeholder, peer-learning, resource, and referral network that fosters effective, place-based climate resilience planning and implementation.
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Member
People's Action
U.S. progressive advocacy and political organization
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Member
Buffalo Niagara Community Reinvestment Coalition
Working to eliminate inequality and discriminatory practices within financial institutions of Western New York in order to create more economically stable and prosperous communities.
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Member
Crossroads Collective
Buffalo coalition to create jobs and self-sufficiency through investments in practical solutions like solar energy, weatherization, water management, and urban agriculture.
Barclay Damon
Buffalo law firm; formed from merger of Hiscock Barclay & Damon Morey
Jessica Keltz
Associate Attorney at The Law Office of Stephanie Adams, PLLC (LOSA)
Cannon Heyman & Weiss, LLP
Buffalo affordable housing law firm
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Council
Wendy Carter Development Consulting LLC
Provides real estate development, strategic planning, and capacity building services to nonprofit organizations.
Morten Group
National Consulting Group
Housing Visions
Developer, General Contractor, and Property Manager
Stephanie Cole Adams
Owner of the law office of Stephanie Adams PLLC.
