Leadership & Staff
Jennifer L Hibit
Chief of Staff, Mark Poloncarz
Jonathan Rivera
NYS Assembly member, District 149
James J Eagan
Executive VP, Midwood Financial Services
Board Memberships
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
Consortium of regional health care and medical research providers
Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation
Public authority charged with redeveloping Buffalo waterfront
Erie County IDA
Erie County's industrial development agency
Jerry Weiss
of counsel at Hiscock & Barclay
Hiscock & Barclay LLP
Buffalo-based law firm
Robert Rich Jr
Nondairy creamer heir, billionaire
Francis M Letro
personal injury lawyer
Barclay Damon
Buffalo law firm; formed from merger of Hiscock Barclay & Damon Morey
James J Eagan
Executive VP, Midwood Financial Services
Howard A Zemsky
Managing Partner at Larkin Development Group
John J Flynn
Erie County (NY) District Attorney
Eliot Spitzer
Former Governor of New York
Mark Poloncarz
county executive, Erie County
Working Families Party
Progressive grassroots U.S. party
Andrew Cuomo
former governor of New York State
Sam Hoyt
Former Regional President, Empire State Development Corporation
Grassroots Inc.
Buffalo political organization
Byron Brown
Mayor of Buffalo, NY
Federal Election Campaign Contributions
Hillary Clinton
US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate
John Kerry
68th US Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts
Kathy Hochul
New York State Governor, former Congresswoman; bank lobbyist
Alice J Kryzan
Congressional candidate from Buffalo, NY
Democratic National Committee
Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party
Brian Higgins
US Representative from New York (2005-present)
Jason Kander
Former Missouri Secretary of State; 2016 US Senate Candidate (D)
Maggie Hassan
US Senator from New Hampshire (2026-current); former Governor of New Hampshire