Who We Are

The Chautauqua County Land Bank Corporation is made up of a Board of eleven (11) Directors who serve 3-year terms. Representation includes a member of the Legislature, a representative of the county Planning Board, local representatives from the financial and real estate industries, community development organizations and the general public. We endeavor to be geographically & demographically representative across the county.  Our meetings are generally held the second (2nd) Wednesday of each month at 9AM in Mayville, Room 331 of the Gerace Office Building. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please contact gparadis@CHQlandbank.org.

Chautauqua County Land Bank Members

 Board of Directors

Deputy County Executive for Economic Development and Chief Executive Officer, CCIDA

Mark Geise, CHAIR (Fredonia)

Chautauqua County Legislator, District 3

Bonnie Rae Strickland, Vice Chair (Westfield)

Retired, Code Enforcement Officer and Assessor

Diane Hannum, Treasurer (Dunkirk)

Retired Branch Manager, Corry Federal Credit Union

Bob Scudder, Secretary (Fredonia)

Organizational Development Consultant

Hugh Butler, Assistant Secretary (Chautauqua)

     Retired County Legislator, District 17

John Hemmer (Westfield)

   Financial Advisor, UBS  

Louis S. Drago, Jr.  (Lakewood) 

     Executive Director, Fredonia State Center for Excellence

Charles F. Cornell (Bemus Point)

Resident

Rebecca Meeder (Ripley)

Executive Director,  Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation

Shelley Lincoln (Cherry Creek)

Office Manager,  General Partitions  

Todd Hnatyszyn (Jamestown)

Qualifications, manner of appointment, and term of office of members of the Board

Members of the Board of Directors must be residents of, or be employed in, the County of Chautauqua. Appointments shall be made by the County Executive, subject to confirmation by the County Legislature. The term of office of members of the Board shall be two (2) years.

The Land Bank endeavors to have board membership be representative of geographic, and demographic interests in the county, as well as represent desired skill sets pertinent to land bank business. 

Officers

     Mark Geise                          Chair

     Bonnie Rae Strickland          Vice-Chair

     Bob Scudder                       Secretary

     Diane Hannum                    Treasurer

     Hugh Butler                      Assistant Secretary

     Vacant                              Assistant Treasurer

Audit Committee

     Lou S. Drago Jr., John Hemmer, Bob Scudder

Finance Committee

     Diane Hannum, Rebecca Meeder, Todd Hnatyszyn

Governance Committee

     Hugh Butler, Dianne Hannum, Charles F. Cornell

Property Acquisition/Disposition Committee

     Mark Geise, Bonnie Rae Strickland, Bob Scudder, Crystal Surdyk, Vince DeJoy

Staff

     

Gina Paradis Executive Director

  Reuben Hernandez        Program Coordinator

  Jennifer Cameron       Finance Manager (P/T)

Legal Counsel

     Alec Emley,  Lundberg & Price, PC

     Dana Lundberg, Lundberg & Price, PC