James L. Ławicki II, President & National Director
Brian D. Rusk, 1st Vice President & National Director
Thaddeus Cwudzinski, 2nd Vice President
Edward Reska, Treasurer
Isabel Komornicki, Secretary
Hon. Deborah Chimes, Director
Bogdan Kotnis, PhD, Director
Rev. Dr. Czesław Krysa, Director & Chaplain
Richard Mazella, National Director
Michael Zachowicz, Director
Brian D. Rusk, 1st Vice President & National Director
Thaddeus Cwudzinski, 2nd Vice President
Edward Reska, Treasurer
Isabel Komornicki, Secretary
Hon. Deborah Chimes, Director
Bogdan Kotnis, PhD, Director
Rev. Dr. Czesław Krysa, Director & Chaplain
Richard Mazella, National Director
Michael Zachowicz, Director
Polish American Congress was founded in Buffalo, NY on Sunday, May 28, 1944. It was incorporated in Chicago IL on September 29, 1944.
The Western New York Division was formed in Buffalo NY on November 26, 1944.
Past Presidents of the Western New York Division:
1944 – Stanislaus Czaster
1945 – Hon. Joseph Kuszynski
1946-1960. Jan J. Nowak
1961 – Jan A. Faltyn
1962 – Casimer Szudzik
1963 – John J. Mikulski
1964 – 1968 – Joseph Wandel
1969 – 1973 – Christopher J. Wloch
1974. – Casimer Lotarski
1975 – 1976 – Henry Osinski
1977 – 1989 – Bronislaus Durewicz
1990 – 1991 – Peter Sloane
1992 – 1993 – Karol Tomaszewski
1994 – 2004 – Joseph J. Macielag
2005 – 2015 – Richard B. Solecki
2016 – Present – James L. Ławicki II