Buffalo Niagara Convention & Vistors Bureau Inc
Revenue
$9.6m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$8.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$3.2m
$942k liabilities
Net assets
$2.3m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
7.1 years on average
Staff
34
25 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Cindy Abbott-Letro
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Buffalo Niagara Convention & Vistors Bureau Inc's network
11 people10 organisationsi11 people and 10 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (21) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy Abbott-Letro Chair | Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Mary F Roberts Chair | Immediate Past Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Donald Spasiano | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Gail Wells | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Huseyin Taran | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kimberley Minkel | Vice Chair | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Matthew Chiazza | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Patrick Kaler | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Steven Ranalli | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Thomas Beauford JR | Company secretary | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Thomas M Long (also filed as Thomas Long) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| David Marzo | CFO | since 2018 |
| Edward Healy | Vice President Marketing | since 2018 |
| Michael Even | Vice President Sales | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Kaler | President | 40 | $298k | $17k | |
| Karen Fashana | Vice President Marketing | 40 | $153k | $4k | |
| David Marzo | CFO | 35 | $139k | $13k | |
| Leah Mueller | Vice President Sales | 40 | $138k | $3k | |
| Temekia Powers | National Sales Director | 40 | $112k | $14k | |
| Renata Toney | Vice President Destination Experience | 40 | $107k | $14k | |
| Cindy Abbott-Letro | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mary F Roberts | Immediate Past Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kimberley Minkel | Vice Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Long | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Beauford Jr | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Terry Alford | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mark Alnutt | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Melissa Brown | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Daniel Castle | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Anthony Chase | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Matthew Chiazza | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dorothy Gallagher | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Mark Glasgow | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brian Gould | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bob Karmazyn | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| William Paladino | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Shannon Patch | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Steven Ranalli | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Schutte | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michelle Urbanczyk | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Buffalo Niagara Convention & Vistors Bureau Inc
- EIN
- 161298671
- Address
- 403 Main St Ste 630, Buffalo, NY, 14203-2107
- State
- New York
- Mission
- To market and promote the region's assets and attractions to visitors outside the buffalo niagara region as a convention, tourism and leisure destination for the economic benefit of the community. (as filed on the Form 990)
- IRS classification
- 501(c)06 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1987
- Principal officer
- Patrick Kaler (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 1987
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
RelatedEDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE BUFFALO-NIAGARA REGIONBuffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau FoundationRelatedFOSTER LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS COMPETITIONBuffalo Niagara Sports Development Company IncRelatedPROVIDE SUPPORTING SERVICES TO THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIESBuffalo Niagara Convention Center Management Corp
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsCindy Abbott-Letro
≥8years on the filingsMary F Roberts
≥8years on the filingsDonald Spasiano
≥8years on the filingsHuseyin Taran
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $3.2m
- Total liabilities
- $942k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $9.2m
- Program service revenue
- $319k
- Employees
- 34
- Volunteers
- 25