Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority

Authority in charge of operations and expansion of the Peace Bridge and Peace Bridge plaza.

The Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority (the “Authority”) is an international compact entity created pursuant to a compact entered into by the State of New York, with the consent of the United States Congress, and by the Government of Canada. The Authority is governed by a ten member Board consisting of five members from New York State and five members from Canada. The mission of the Authority is to be known as the premier Canada/U.S. international border crossing, providing excellence in customer service and an effective conduit for trade and tourism.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Maria Lehman

• NYS peace bridge project manager

John Baird MP for Ottawa West-Nepean, Canadian Minister of Transport

• Adviser to Governor General for Canadian appointments

Michaëlle Jean Governor General (Governor-in-Council) of Canada

• Head of Canadian appointments

Ron Reinas Public Bridge Authority General Manager

• General Manager ('03→?) [+1]

• Facilities Manager ('00→'03)

Marie Corrado Director for New York State Department of Transportation Major Projects Office

• Expansion Project Director

Lawlor F Quinlan III Attorney, Connors & Vilardo LLP

• design juror (past)

Mary L Fickel

• Canadian Board Member (past)

John Maggiore Policy Adviser to the New York State Attorney General's Office

• American Board Member (past)

Kenneth A Schoetz

• Chairman, American Board Member (past)

Board Members

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Michael J Russo Board member of Public Bridge Authority

• Board Member

Sam Hoyt Former Regional President, Empire State Development Corporation

• Chairman of the Board (Feb 24 '12→?)*

Sam Gurney Gurney, Becker & Bourne

• American Board Member

Valerie A Beattie Board member of Public Bridge Authority

• Board Member

Patrick J Whalen Chief Operating Officer Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

• American Board Member

Henry J Froese industrial consultant

• Canadian Board Member

Anthony M Annunziata

• Canadian Vice Chairman ('07→?)

Anna T Tartaglia

• Canadian Board Member ('07→?)

Philip J. Tantillo CPA

• American Board Member

James J Eagan Executive VP, Midwood Financial Services

• American Board Member

Members

New York State Department of Transportation It is the mission of the New York State Department of Transportation to ensure our customers - those who live, work and travel in New York State -- have a safe, efficient, balanced and environmentally

• Member

NFTA Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

• Member

Memberships

Buffalo Niagara Partnership Western New York's corporate lobby and chamber of commerce

• partnership circle member

Services & Transactions

Wendel Duchscherer Architects & Engineers PC

• contractor

Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. Program management, and construction management of transportation projects

• contractor

Greenman-Pedersen, Inc

• contractor ('12→?)

Bergmann Associates Rochester, NY construction and engineering firm

• contractor (past)

Mark Cerrone Inc

• contractor

Oakgrove Construction

• contractor

LPCiminelli Development Corporation

• contractor

Phillips Lytle LLP

• law firm

Kavinoky Cook LLP Law firm based in Buffalo, with areas of practice including cross-border business, immigration, government, health care, senior care, etc.

• U.S. general counsel

Lumsden & McCormick LLP Buffalo, NY accounting firm

• auditing firm