James L. Ławicki II
President, Chairman of the Board
National Director (ex officio)

Brian D. Rusk
First Vice-President
National Director

Thaddeus Cwudzinski
Second Vice-President

Edward Reska
Treasurer

Isabel Komornicki, RN, NP
Secretary

Hon. Deborah Chimes, Esq.
Director

Bogdan Kotnis, PhD
Director
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