Buffalo & Erie County Regional Development Corp
Donations deductibleBuffalo & Erie County Regional Development Corp's network
21 people23 organisationsi21 people and 23 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (21). Violet dotted lines (28) 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
21 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 18 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 21 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda McDuffie Chair | Chairwoman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Brian Kulpa | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Brian Nowak | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Christopher Scanlon | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Denise Abbott | Vice Chair (Eff 6/2025) | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Dorothy Gallagher (also filed as Dottie Gallagher) | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Glenn Nellis | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Grace Bogdanove | Director (Eff 12/2025) | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Gregory Inglut | Director (Eff 6/2025) | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Jonathan Dandes | Director (Eff 6/2025) | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Joseph Emminger | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kenneth Schoetz | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Lavonne Ansari | Director (Eff 3/2025) | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Lorry Goldhawk | Director (Eff 7/2025) | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Mark Blue | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Mark Poloncarz | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Patrick Boyle | Director (Thru 6/2025) | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Richard Lipsitz JR (also filed as Richard Lipsitz) | Vice Chair (Thru 5/2025) | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Taisha St Jean-Tard | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Thomas Emmerling | Director (Thru 5/2025) | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Tyra Johnson | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Federick | Director of Property Development | 2025 |
| Brian Krygier | Director of Information Technology | 2025 |
| Elizabeth O'Keefe | Vice President and Secretary | since 2021 |
| Gerald Manhard | Chief Lending Officer | 2025 |
| Grant Lesswing | Director of Business Development | since 2022 |
| John Cappellino | President/CEO | since 2018 |
| Karen Fiala | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| Mollie Profic | Treasurer | since 2018 |
| Robert Murray | Company secretary | 2018 |
| Steven Weathers | CEO/President | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda McDuffie | Chairwoman | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Richard Lipsitz | Vice Chair (Thru 5/2025) | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Denise Abbott | Vice Chair (Eff 6/2025) | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Lavonne Ansari | Director (Eff 3/2025) | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Mark Blue | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Grace Bogdanove | Director (Eff 12/2025) | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Patrick Boyle | Director (Thru 6/2025) | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Jonathan Dandes | Director (Eff 6/2025) | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Emmerling | Director (Thru 5/2025) | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Joseph Emminger | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Dorothy Gallagher | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Lorry Goldhawk | Director (Eff 7/2025) | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Gregory Inglut | Director (Eff 6/2025) | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Tyra Johnson | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Brian Kulpa | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Glenn Nellis | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Brian Nowak | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Mark Poloncarz | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Christopher Scanlon | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Kenneth Schoetz | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Taisha St Jean-Tard | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| John Cappellino | President/CEO | 0.5 | $0 | $210k | $45k |
| Elizabeth O'keefe | Vice President and Secretary | 0 | $0 | $131k | $26k |
| Mollie Profic | Treasurer | 0.5 | $0 | $127k | $42k |
| Grant Lesswing | Director of Business Development | 0.5 | $0 | $125k | $24k |
| Gerald Manhard | Chief Lending Officer | 35.5 | $0 | $108k | $23k |
| Andrew Federick | Director of Property Development | 0 | $0 | $105k | $23k |
| Brian Krygier | Director of Information Technology | 0.25 | $0 | $101k | $41k |
About
- Legal name
- Buffalo & Erie County Regional Development Corp
- EIN
- 222255223
- Address
- 95 Perry St Ste 403, Buffalo, NY, 14203-3030
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Buffalo and erie county regional development corporation was incorporated for the purpose of encouraging the expansion of existing companies in target areas of erie county by establishing a revolving loan fund from which the corporation makes loans to individual companies. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- S400 Community improvement and capacity building
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1979
- Principal officer
- John Cappellino (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 1979
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsBrenda McDuffie
≥8years on the filingsBrian Kulpa
≥8years on the filingsDorothy Gallagher
≥8years on the filingsGlenn Nellis
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
- $23.7m
- Total liabilities
- $338k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $23.3m
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $585k
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 18
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Buffalo And Erie County Regional Development Corporation likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 9 March 1979
- Registered agent
- Not stated