FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 25, 2026
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Niagara Falls Bridge Commission
905-354-5641 or 716-285-6322
NIAGARA FALLS BRIDGE COMMISSION ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT
Lana T. Sgambelluri appointed by Premier Ford
LEWISTON, NEW YORK – The Commissioners of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission (NFBC) are pleased to announce the appointment of Lana Sgambelluri to the Board of Commissioners. She was appointed to the Commission by the Premier of the Province of Ontario, Doug Ford.
Called to the bar in 2011, Commissioner Sgambelluri is a Partner at Sullivan Mahoney LLP in Niagara Falls, ON. She holds a B.A. in Community Health from Brock University and a Juris Doctor of Law from the University of Windsor. She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, Welland County Law Association, current member and past director of the Lincoln County Law Association, in addition to serving on the Law Plus Advisory and Working Committee for Brock University. Commissioner Sgambelluri specializes in real estate, wills and estates, corporate and commercial law.
The present Board of Commissioners includes Chairperson Lindsay DiCosimo Meriani (ON), Vice Chairperson Frank Soda (NY), Secretary April Jeffs (ON), Treasurer Kathleen Neville (NY), Brad Sutherland (ON), and Dick Palladino (NY).
About the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission:
The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission is a unique, bi-national body. Canada and the U.S. are equally represented on the NFBC through the bi-national appointment of an eight-member Board of Commissioners. A Joint Resolution of the 1938 U.S. Congressional Third Session created the framework for the NFBC. In 1939, the Province of Ontario, Canada licensed the NFBC under The Extra Provincial Corporations Act and amended the Highway Improvement Act to authorize the appropriation of land in Ontario for transfer to the NFBC. Initially established to finance, construct and operate the Rainbow Bridge, the Commission proved efficient and effective at its mission. The NFBC’s powers and authority were thereafter expanded through amendments to the Joint Resolution in the U.S., and by the Rainbow Bridge Amendment Act of 1959 and the Queenston Bridge Act of 1959 in Canada. Together, these enactments empowered the NFBC to assume responsibilities for the Whirlpool Rapids (Lower) and Lewiston-Queenston Bridges. Today, in addition to owning and operating three international bridges, the NFBC builds and maintains facilities for Customs and Immigration functions on both sides of the international border. The NFBC is self-supportive, largely through user fees (tolls) and private-sector tenant leases. NFBC is authorized to conduct international commercial financial transactions and empowered to issue tax-exempt bonds in the United States.