George Nicholas

Rev. George Nicholas is the CEO for the Buffalo Center for Health Equity and senior pastor of the Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church. Rev. Nicholas is known for his work to address health inequities based on race, geography, and economics across Buffalo and Western New York. He is a founding member of the African American Health Equity Task Force which became the catalyst for establishing three entities: Buffalo Center for Health Equity, University at Buffalo Community Health Equity Research Institute, and the Erie County Office for Health Equity. These groups work together to change the social and economic conditions that cause illness and shorten lives. From Buffalo and lives in Buffalo. He Studied Sociology at The Ohio State University, studied Applied Public Affairs and Public Policy Studies at University at Buffalo and studied Theology at Colgate Rochester Divinity School.