Board of Governors

NYSARC Inc. and its 55 chapters are governed by a 130-member Board of Governors. Chapters decide their own membership to the board based on one governor for the first 300 members, a second for 1,000 members and additional governors for each 1,000 members up to six governors. The board meets at least three times a year. It sets NYSARC positions on key policy issues, charges NYSARC management and sets the organizational platform to be adopted by NYSARC’s Delegate Assembly.

President

John A. Schuppenhauer

 

The Board

Term Expires

Albany

 

N/A

 


 

 

 

Allegany

 

Linda Clayson

2013

Thomas Talbett

2012

 

 

Benevolent Society (Staten Island)

 

Jerome Isaacs

2012

Al Turk

2013

 

 

Bronx DC

 

Ida Rios

2012

 

 

Broome-Tioga

 

Lisa Lee 2013

 

 

Cattaraugus

 

Raphael Smith

2012

 

 

Chautauqua

 

Vacancy

 

Vacancy

 

Vacancy

 

Vacancy

 

 

 

Chemung

 

Maryann Bruner

2013

Betty Butz

2012

Sue Cunningham

2012

 

 

 

 

Chenango

 

Vacancy

 

 

 

Clinton

 

Gilbert Duken

2012

Jill Abdallah

2012

Dr. James Ashe

2013

Cynthia Lacki

2012

Marrilee Hamlin

2013

Mary Skillan

2012

 

 

Columbia

 

Jennifer Harvey

2012

Dorothy Wheeler

2013

 

 

Community League Wassaic DC

 

Rosemary Cella

2013

Donald Geer

2013

 

 

Delaware

 

Luella Rogers

2013

Ruth Vitale

2012

 

 

Dutchess

 

Dawn Desmond

2012

Mark Metzger, Esq.

2013

 

 

Erie

 

Donna L. Burden, Esq.

2012

Scott Gorski

2012

 

 

Essex

 

Shelley Winters

2013

Marla Rodriguez

2012

 

 

Franklin-Hamilton

 

Gail Corbin

2012

Robert Kleppang

2013

 

 

Fulton

 

Judy Schelle

2013

 

 

Genesee

 

Thelma Montreal

2012

Candie Pocock

2012

 

 

Herkimer

 

Ronald George

2013

Gary Ruff

2012

 

 

Jefferson

 

David Liscomb

2013

Deborah Vink

2012

 

 

Livingston-Wyoming

 

Cheryl Englert

2012

Marcy VanZandt

2012

 

 

Madison-Cortland

 

Randy Schaal

2013

Eric Stickels

2012

 

 

Monroe

 

Sarah Beisheim

2013

Mary Beth Wunsch

2012

 

 

Montgomery

 

Sally Romano

2012

Joel Kaplan

2013

 

 

Nassau

 

Rady Bruell

2012

Howard Jurist

2012

Paul Giordano

2013

Dorothy Lenowicz

2013

Saundra Gumerove

2012

Harriet Traversa

2012

 

 

New York City

 

Laura Kennedy

2012

Charles King

2013

Genevieve O'Neil

2012

Dr. Melvin Gertner

2013

Edith Niedert

2012

Marilyn Jaffe-Ruiz

2012

 

 

Niagara

 

Marie-Therese Frieri

2012

Donald Smith

2013

 

 

Oneida-Lewis

 

Dr. John Kowalczyk

2012

Ruth Ridgway

2012

 

 

Onondaga

 

James Cannon

2012

Joyce Carmen

2013

Gordon Eyer

2013

 

 

Ontario

 

Elizabeth Palmatier

2013

Joseph M. Bognanno

2012

 

 

Orange

 

Joanne Grant

2013



 

 

Orleans

 

Rev. Ken Degnan

2013

Marlene Hill

2013

 

 

Oswego

 

Richard Rima

2013

Mary Ann Barbarino

2012

 

 

Otsego

 

Walter Hogan

2012

 

 

Putnam

 

Laura Dodge

2013

Heather Strickland

2013

Susan Lucas

2013

 

 

Rensselaer

 

Edie Hall

2012

Henrietta Messier

2013

 

 

Rockland

 

Karen Feinstein

2012

Dr. Irving Caminsky

2013

Susan Conklin

2012

Sonia Crannage, Esq

2013

Audrey Tarantino

2012

Gisela Schmidt

2012

 

 

Rome D.C.

 

Vacancy

 

 

 

St. Lawrence

 

Barbara Roeser

2012

Patricia Campanella

2012

Caroyln Smith

2012

 

 

Saratoga

 

Dr. Lawrence Fein

2012

Patricia Poklemba

2012

Robert DeSio

2012

 

 

Schenectady

 

Patricia Ross

2012

Bella Stuart

2012

 

 

Schoharie

 

Roberta Brooks

2012

John DeSanto

2013

 

 

Schuyler

 

Harold Hoffmeier

2012

Gary Herzig

2013

 

 

Seneca-Cayuga

 

John Becker, II

2013

Rose Palmieri

2013

 

 

Steuben

 

Paul Greenfield

2012

Arthur Stilwell

2013

Mischelle Shattuck

2013

 

 

 

 

Suffolk

 

Joseph Del Broccolo

2013

Fred K. Salzberg

2012

James McEneaney

2013

Kenneth Walker

2012

 

 

Sullivan

 

Steven Drobysh

2012

Irene Kirtack

2012

 

 

Ulster-Greene

 

Robert Boening

2013

Thomas Hitchcock

2013

 

 

Warren-Washington

 

Anne Marie Lockhart

2013

Daniel Martindale

2012

 

 

Wayne

 

Carol Kenyon

2013

Joseph Van Haelst

2012

 

 

Welfare League (Letchworth Village D.C.)

 

Nelva Turek

2013

Dian Cifuni

2012

 

 

Westchester

 

Anne Masjak

2013

Sheryl Frishman

2013

Jerry Shenkman

2012

Anthony Assalone

2013

 

 

 

 

West Seneca D.C.

 

Ellen Owens

2012

Mary Ellen Murphy

2012

   

Yates

 

Greg Booth

2012

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