Buffalo-Niagara Region: People

	William Murdock: Director of the Urban Development Division of Ohio Dept. of Development. Overseeing the popular Clean Ohio Fund brownfield grant program and revolving loan fund from USEPA, Murdock looks to further the division’s mission to boost economic initiatives pertaining to sustainability, revitalization, and overall viability within communities.
	David Flynn: Partner, Phillips Lytle, LLP (New York City Office). The practice team leader for the Firm's Energy and Nanotechnology area, Flynn’s specializes in the areas of environmental law and energy. He also provides regulatory compliance consultations in the area of brownfield redevelopment and advises on energy regulation. He was involved in New York State’s first successful conversion of a former industrial brownfield into a modern manufacturing facility. (source: www.Phillipslytle.com)
	Mayor Ted Salci: Mayor of Niagara Falls, Ontario. First elected in 2003, Mayor Salci has made the development of a brownfield community improvement plan in the Niagara Falls region one of his many goals. Throughout his tenure, he has diligently worked to advance brownfield development. In 2006, Mayor Salci and the City of Niagara Falls, Ontario, won a Community Design Award for their Brownfield Community Improvement Plan, which provides a city-wide strategy that encourages the development of brownfields across the region (source: The Regional Municipality of Niagara).
	Mark Gregor: Manager, Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in Rochester, New York. Mark’s role focuses on the redevelopment of the Port of Rochester. Under Mark’s supervision, the DEQ has been responsible for numerous environmental site investigations, regulatory compliance and audits.
	Mayor Byron Brown: Mayor of Buffalo, New York. Under Mayor Brown, the City of Buffalo and its brownfield development program have grown tremendously. With the $4.6 million purchase of the “Steel-fields” (a former brownfield), which opened in January 2007, the city is growing tremendously. In a May 2008 press release posted on the city’s website, it is estimated that proposed project development activity under Mayor Brown will exceed $4.5 billion.
	Linda Shaw: Partner, Knauf Shaw, LLP. Since the New York Brownfield law passed in October 2003, Ms. Shaw has facilitated over $700 million worth of projects. During the last 12 years, she has been involved in New York’s legislative efforts to establish and amend the state’s brownfield law and related tax credit incentive programs. “New York’s July 2008 amendments to cap the tax credits to $35 million for non-manufacturing projects and $45 million for manufacturing projects, are still among the best financial incentives in the country to encourage developers and companies to locate on New York’s brownfields,” said Shaw when questioned by Brownfield News about the state’s recent amendments.

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