Name Lynn Marinelli | ||
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Lynn M. Marinelli is an American Democratic politician from Tonawanda, New York. After 17 years in the county legislature of Erie County, New York, she is now the Director of Intergovernmental Relations at the Empire State Development Corporation (ESD) in the Western New York office.
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Life and career
Marinelli began her career writing for United Press International and coordinating public relations for the Buffalo Bisons.
She represented the 11th District of the Erie County Legislature from 1997-2011, and the 3rd District from 2012-2014. As a legislator, Marinelli chaired the Community Enrichment Committee, which has oversight of Erie Community College, and was a member of the Economic Development, Finance and Management and Health and Human Services committees.
In 2006, she was elected as the Democratic Chairwoman of the Erie County Legislature, after serving two years as Majority Leader. She was succeeded as Legislature Chair by Barbara Miller-Williams.
In 2014, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo appointed Marinelli as the Director of Intergovernmental Relations at the Empire State Development Corporation (ESD) in the Western New York office.