State Boards for the Professions

Statutory Composition & Current Membership

Acupuncture

• Article 160, §8213
• Minimum Total Membership: 11
• Minimum Public Members: 3
• Specific Requirements:
  • 4 licensed acupuncturists
  • 4 licensed physicians certified to use acupuncture

Member - Expiration of Term

• Marion E. Bergen - 01/31/13
• Yemeng Chen - 02/28/10
• Peizhu Cheng - 01/31/13
• Peter Dubitsky - 02/28/10
• Irene H. Grant - 10/09/13
• Susan F. Groberg, Public Member - 09/30/12
• Deborah Cromarty Hallahan, Public Member - 09/30/12
• Marietta Lehmann, Public Member - 01/31/13
• Michael Wayne - 01/31/13

Architecture

• Article 147, §7303
• Minimum Total Membership: 8
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed architects

Member - Expiration of Term

• William E. Davis, Jr. - 12/31/10
• Daniel V. Garbowit - 12/31/13
• Lisa Gould - 01/31/13
• William G. McNeil - 01/31/13
• Susan B. McClymonds - 11/30/10
• Harriet Rifkin, Public Member - 11/30/10
• John R. Sorrenti - 11/30/10
• Kyu-Jung Whang - 03/31/12

Athletic Trainers, Committee for (to assist Medical Board)

• Article 162, §8354
• Minimum Total Membership: 5
• Minimum Public Members: n/a
• Specific Requirements:
  • 5 certified athletic trainers

Member - Expiration of Term

• Karen P. Balter - 06/30/14
• Martin S. Erb - 01/31/12
• James D. Gossett - 01/31/12
• Tim Kelly - 01/31/11

Certified Shorthand Reporting

• Article 151, §7503
• Minimum Total Membership: 6
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 5 licensed certified shorthand reporters

Member - Expiration of Term

• Michael J. DeVito - 11/30/09
• Anthony D. Frisolone - 04/30/13
• Patricia A. Harding - 09/30/13
• Jeremiah F. Manning, Public Member - 12/31/09
• Angela M. Spinelli - 11/30/09
• Lori L. Strong - 09/30/13
• Ramona A. Walch - 05/31/13

Chiropractic

• Article 132, §6553
• Minimum Total Membership: 8
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 4 licensed chiropractors
  • 1 licensed physician who holds M.D.
  • 1 licensed physician who holds D.O.
  • 1 educator who holds a doctorate or equivalent degree in either anatomy, physiology, pathology, chemistry, or microbiology

Member - Expiration of Term

• Ellen M. Coyne - 03/31/11
• Stephen T. Eble - 03/31/14
• Scott E. Kilmer - 10/31/11
• Michelle J. Lester - 04/30/10
• Lee T. Masterson - 11/30/09
• Jay A. Okin - 03/31/14
• Todd R. Olson - 03/31/14
• Anne B. D. Reid, Public Member - 09/30/14
• Jo L. VanderKloot, Public Member - 09/30/09

Clinical Laboratory Technology

• Article 165, §8604
• Minimum Total Membership: 11
• Minimum Public Members: 2
• Specific Requirements:
  • 4 licensed clinical laboratory technologists
  • 2 licensed cytotechnologists
  • 1 certified clinical laboratory technician
  • 1 representative of the diagnostic/manufacturing industry
  • 1 director of a clinical laboratory who shall be a physician

Member - Expiration of Term

• Paul A. Elgert - 11/14/10
• Martin R. Evans - 11/14/09
• Todd M. Failing - 11/14/09
• Martha Fairbairn - 11/14/13
• Deborah K. Fawdry - 11/14/09
• Shepard Goldberg, Public Member - 11/14/13
• Debora L. Hunte - 11/14/10
• Mary Anne Kowalski, Public Member - 11/14/09
• Bernard T. Ng - 06/30/11
• Julia E. Peacock - 11/14/10
• Vivian Y. Stuart - 11/14/09

Dentistry

• Article 133, §6603
• Minimum Total Membership: 18
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 13 licensed dentists
  • 3 licensed dental hygienists
  • 1 licensed certified dental assistant

Member - Expiration of Term

• Alban C. Burke - 07/31/14
• Steven H. Cho - 10/31/12
• Peter H. Collins - 07/31/14
• Veronica Cruz, Public Member - 12/31/10
• Robert K. DeLuke - 09/30/11
• Joycelyn A. Dillon - 11/30/11
• Ralph H. Epstein - 07/31/14
• Luis J. Fujimoto - 07/31/14
• Jean G. Furuyama - 07/31/14
• Christine M. Matis - 07/31/14
• William J. Molak - 09/30/11
• Ronnie Myers - 07/31/14
• James R. Orcutt - 02/28/13
• Eugene A. Pantera, Jr. - 07/31/14
• Nancy L. Robinson - 06/30/10
• Julie Ann Ruggiero - 09/30/12
• Donald T. Sheridan - 12/31/13

Dietetics and Nutrition

• Article 157, §8003
• Minimum Total Membership: 13
• Minimum Public Members: 3
• Specific Requirements:
  • 10 certified dietitians/nutritionists

Member - Expiration of Term

• Claude Marie Colimon - 12/31/11
• Joan A. Friedrich - 01/31/11
• Carl M. Germano - 04/30/12
• Melvyn Grovit - 09/30/10
• Renee S. Harker - 09/30/13
• Jane R. Levine - 01/31/11
• Beverly Pauline Lyons - 12/31/11
• Susan R. Paredez - 4/30/12
• Mary E. Platek - 4/30/12
• Alex W. Torrelli, Public Member - 11/30/09

Engineering and Land Surveying

• Article 145, §7205
• Minimum Total Membership: 10
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed professional engineers
  • 2 licensed land surveyors

Member - Expiration of Term

• Joseph P. Berger - 01/31/10
• Allen Casey - 02/28/11
• Roman H. Figler, III - 05/21/12
• Edwin Haas - 02/28/11
• Alfred Klein - 03/06/10
• Alfonso R. Lopez - 12/13/12
• Daniel Lopez-Rendon - 06/16/13
• Dennis L. Mowers - 12/13/12
• Harvey J. Palmer - 12/31/11
• Joseph A. Pasaturo -09/30/11
• Om P. Popli - 09/30/11
• Paul M. Wegman - 09/30/11

Interior Design

• Article 161, §8304
• Minimum Total Membership: 9
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 4 certified interior designers
  • 2 licensed architects who practice primarily interior design
  • 1 licensed professional engineer with expertise in interior design
  • 1 full-time interior design educator

Member - Expiration of Term

• Gary J. Constantino - 01/31/12
• Sharlene Gibson-Ionescu - 04/30/12
• Theodore L. Lownie - 09/30/10
• Maria R. Mendoza - 09/30/11
• Michael Wiener - 04/30/12
• Arlene A. Wright - 09/30/11

Landscape Architecture

• Article 148, §7323
• Minimum Total Membership: 8
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed landscape architects

Member - Expiration of Term

• Nancy O. Alexander - 11/30/10
• Douglas R. Brackett - 06/30/10
• Melissa R. Lassor, Public Member - 12/31/11
• J. Scott Lewendon - 01/31/11
• James F. Rathmann - 10/31/12
• Robert J. Southerland - 10/31/13
• Ronald C. Tetelman - 06/30/10

Massage Therapy

• Article 155, §7803
• Minimum Total Membership: 8
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 4 persons who have been engaged in the teaching, research, or practice of massage therapy for at least three years
  • 3 licensed physicians

Member - Expiration of Term

• Paula J. Christ - 02/28/14
• Mary C. Galipeau - 09/09/12
• Dale S. Hahn, Public Member - 01/15/13
• Heidi S. Liberatore - 06/30/14
• Vincent Metzo - 12/31/10
• Jacqueline A. Mitchell - 07/31/12
• Michael Evan Sanft - 11/30/09

Medicine

• Article 131, §6523
• Minimum Total Membership: 24
• Minimum Public Members: 2
• Specific Requirements:
  • 20 licensed physicians including:
    • 2 licensed physicians who hold D.O.
    • 2 licensed physician assistants

Member - Expiration of Term

• Richard H. Alfred - 09/12/12
• David A. Anthone - 11/30/09
• Jerry Ray Balentine - 10/31/12
• Brenda J. Connolly - 11/30/10
• Dominique Delma - 11/30/10
• Constance Diamond, Public Member - 01/31/11
• Monica Michele Dweck - 10/31/12
• Alfred T. Frontera - 09/12/12
• A. Neal Gregory - 11/30/10
• Kristin E. Harkin - 04/30/13
• Sanjay K. Jain - 09/30/13
• Surinder P. Jindal - 12/31/09
• Lynn M. Keil - 04/30/12
• Luis R. Marcos - 12/31/09
• Dawn Morton-Rias - 04/30/12
• David Mark Nierman - 12/31/12
• James E.C. Norris - 11/30/09
• Roger M. Oskvig - 09/30/10
• Bekoe Ohene-Agyei - 05/31/12
• Barry M. Rosenthal - 09/30/10
• Dhiren K. Shah - 09/12/12
• Myra B. Shayevitz - 07/31/14
• Eric Scott Sills - 04/30/13
• Ronald V. Uva - 10/31/12

Medical Physics, Committee for (to assist Medical Board)

• Article 166, §8704
• Minimum Total Membership: 8
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 4 licensed medical physicists represented by each of the following specialties:
    • diagnostic radiological physics,
    • therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology physics,
    • medical nuclear physics, and
    • medical health physics;
  • 3 licensed physicians represented by each of the following specialties:
    • diagnostic radiology,
    • radiation therapy or radiation oncology, and
    • nuclear medicine

Member - Expiration of Term

• Jay S. Bosworth - 06/30/11
• Rosemary T. Gallagher - 06/30/12
• Brian M. Methe - 06/30/14
• Yakov Pipman - 11/30/10
• Ellen H. Propp, Public Member - 06/30/12
• Caroline P. Schwartz - 06/30/10
• Alan H. Schoenfeld - 06/30/12

Mental Health Practitioners

• Article 163, §8406
• Minimum Total Membership: 16
• Minimum Public Members: 3
• Specific Requirements:
  • at least 3 licensed professionals representing each of the following professions:
    • mental health counselor,
    • marriage and family therapist,
    • creative arts therapist, and
    • psychoanalyst;
  • 1 licensed physician who shall be a psychiatrist

Member - Expiration of Term

• Faith Ball, Public Member - 12/31/11
• Edward P. Barra, Public Member - 03/31/10
• Barbara Berger - 06/30/12
• Robert P. Borsody, Public Member - 10/31/13
• Raul Garcia - 06/30/13
• Elizabeth Gonzalez-Dolginko - 12/31/11
• Kristen Harrington - 06/30/12
• Rossi A. Hassad - 06/30/13
• Bryan C. Hunter - 06/30/12
• Kathleen Joyce - 06/30/11
• Paul Mosher - 06/30/14
• Anthony Rabasca - 06/30/13
• Sandra L. Ramos - 10/31/13
• Cari L. Sans - 12/31/11
• Richard L. Schnell - 06/30/11
• Robert Wishnoff - 06/30/12

Midwifery

• Article 140, §6954
• Minimum Total Membership: 13
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed midwives
  • 1 educator of midwifery
  • 2 licensed physicians who are also certified as obstetrician/gynecologist by a national certifying body
  • 1 licensed physician who practices family medicine including obstetrics
  • 1 licensed physician who practices pediatrics

Member - Expiration of Term

• William Bruce Clark - 10/31/10
• Elizabeth Cooper - 10/31/10
• Melissa Creighton, Public Member - 07/31/14
• Kathleen Dermady McMahon - 07/31/14
• Karen Johnson Feltham - 04/30/10
• Flannery Hysjulien, Public Member - 07/31/14
• Julia Lange Kessler - 07/31/11
• Sandra C. Maliszewski - 10/03/12
• Donald S. Matheson - 07/31/14
• Christopher J. Murphy - 07/31/14
• Cecilia Stearns - 07/31/14

Nursing

• Article 139, §6904
• Minimum Total Membership: 17
• Minimum Public Members: 2
• Specific Requirements:
  • 11 licensed registered professional nurses
  • 4 licensed practical nurses

Member - Expiration of Term

• Prissana Alston - 03/31/14
• Lisa Balas - 12/31/12
• Harriet Feldman - 11/30/09
• Kathleen J. Guido - 11/30/14
• Liesl S. Hall - 10/31/10
• Yolanda Liggons - 08/01/13
• Gina Martorana, Public Member - 03/31/10
• George J. Pastor, Public Member - 10/31/10
• Paul Philippe - 06/30/12
• Anne Marie Puentespina - 08/01/13
• Victoria L. Record - 12/31/12
• Lorraine Sanders - 03/31/10
• Alexandra Schneider - 03/31/10
• Angela P. Sheehan - 06/30/12
• Toni C. Smith - 06/30/12
• Gloria J. Strong - 06/30/12
• James VanMeenen, Public Member - 09/30/12
• Margaret B. Walker - 03/01/12
• Ernest Wheeler - 12/31/12
• Anthony R. Wohlgemuth - 12/31/11
• Dorothy L. Zeh - 06/30/12

Occupational Therapy

• Article 156, §7903
• Minimum Total Membership: 10
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed occupational therapists
  • 1 licensed physician
  • 1 person who is primarily and actively engaged in hospital administration

Member - Expiration of Term

• Gary Cassidy - 11/30/09
• Vera-Jean Clark-Brown - 02/28/10
• George W. Delamar, Public Member - 03/31/13
• Mary V. Donohue - 03/31/13
• Alexander Lopez - 03/31/13
• Eleanor Q. Thiel Murray - 11/30/09
• Carl A. Petitto - 03/31/13
• Eva L. Rodriguez - 03/31/13
• Hector Sepulveda, Public Member - 10/09/13

Ophthalmic Dispensing

• Article 144, §7123
• Minimum Total Membership: 8
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed ophthalmic dispensers

Member - Expiration of Term

• Marie R. Coluccio - 02/28/10
• Anthony Englezos - 06/30/13
• Michael P. Kather - 06/30/11
• Linda Greaves Miller - 03/31/12
• Allan M. Kieswetter - 02/28/10
• Michael A. Nasca - 06/30/11
• Jayne H. Weinberger - 03/31/12

Optometry

• Article 143, §7103
• Minimum Total Membership: 8
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed optometrists

Member - Expiration of Term

• Grace Y. Burke - 09/30/10
• David Alan Burstein - 06/30/12
• Harriette Canellos - 05/31/12
• Jack Fried - 09/30/10
• Albert M. Morier - 06/30/12
• Frank J. Pirozzolo - 09/30/12
• Janet Sand, Public Member - 02/28/11
• Marcie D. Welch - 02/28/11

Pharmacy

• Article 137, §6804
• Minimum Total Membership: 11
• Minimum Public Members: 2
• Specific Requirements:
  • 9 licensed pharmacists

Member - Expiration of Term

• Mark B. Arrington - 03/31/10
• Leigh Briscoe-Dwyer - 07/31/13
• John B. Carlo - 03/31/10
• John L. Croce - 01/31/12
• Madelyne Di Maria - 07/31/09
• Denise Dubois, Public Member - 09/30/13
• Michael D. Duteau - 10/31/10
• Fernando A. Gonzalez - 01/31/12
• Daniel Molino - 10/31/10
• John P. Navarra - 09/30/11
• Hao (Jimmy) Tran - 09/30/11
• Daniel J. Villa - 09/30/11
• Richard Zeitoun - 09/30/11

Physical Therapy

• Article 136, §6733
• Minimum Total Membership: 9
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 8 licensed physical therapists

Member - Expiration of Term

• Jill W. Bloss - 10/31/13
• Clarke D. Brown - 05/31/14
• Diana Dymond-Burns - 09/30/13
• Debora A. France - 02/28/12
• John W. Krupa III - 01/31/12
• Stella Enjema Matike - 09/30/13
• Susan D. Miller - 06/30/12
• Susan A. Naso - 09/30/10
• Ann Parillo, Public Member - 06/30/11
• James G. Rauh - 06/30/10
• Suzanne M. Rinere O'Brien - 12/31/09
• Hsienhua Tan - 02/29/13
• Beverly Venable - 02/28/12
• Carol Wilson-Smith - 12/31/09
• Patricia A. Wright - 10/31/11

Podiatry

• Article 141, §7003
• Minimum Total Membership: 8
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed podiatrists

Member - Expiration of Term

• Donald Feldman - 11/30/10
• Michael Giordano - 07/31/10
• Mark Lentini - 12/31/12
• Loretta Logan - 10/31/11
• Harry M. Nevers - 12/31/09
• Stacey Sarmiento - 10/31/11
• Scott M. Schonfeld - 05/31/14
• Robert G. Simon, Public Member - 04/30/10

Professional Assistance, Committee for

• Article 130, §6510-b
• Minimum Total Membership: varies
• All Committee members serve as public representatives
• Specific Requirements:
  • Most Committee members have expertise in problems of drug and/or alcohol abuse

Member - Expiration of Term

• Maureen Amberger - 10/31/11
• K. Balasubramanian - 03/22/14
• David W. Bowie - 12/13/13
• Arnita D. Branch - 02/13/11
• Susan Corbett - 07/31/12
• Bartley J. Costello, III - 04/30/13
• Veronica Cruz - 02/28/10
• Janet Deixler - 06/30/11
• George W. Delamar - 10/31/12
• Stephen T. Eble - 12/31/12
• Edward A. Epstein - 05/17/14
• Thomas Fashouer - 02/28/10
• Richard F. Goliber - 11/30/09
• Edward R. Hammock - 04/30/13
• Robert J. Herzog - 04/30/13
• Judith Johnson - 07/21/14
• Thomas W. King, Jr. - 09/13/11
• Wayne Lee - 07/21/14
• Sandra Marnell - 05/17/14
• Mary E. May - 05/17/09
• Margaret M. McEnaney - 07/31/12
• Katherine Moss - 09/13/11
• John W. Mullen - 10/31/12
• Carmen Rodrigues - 10/31/11
• Michele A. Schultz - 06/30/11
• John Scullin - 02/28/10
• Rita E. Shawn - 10/31/11
• Suzanne Stanton - 12/13/13
• Gladys Vidor - 07/31/12
• Laurice Whitfield - 12/31/12
• Gail Ann Williams - 09/13/11
• Marilyn A. Wurzburger - 04/30/13
• Richard T. Young - 03/22/14

Psychology

• Article 153, §7602
• Minimum Total Membership: 12
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 11 licensed psychologists

Member - Expiration of Term

• David R. Bower, Public Member - 09/30/11
• June F. Chisholm - 09/30/12
• Marilyn I. Geller - 09/30/11
• Pamela Gramet - 09/09/12
• Maureen M. Kaley - 09/30/12
• Marilyn A. Lambe, Public Member - 09/09/12
• Rachel Mann-Rosan - 11/30/10
• Fred A. Millan - 09/30/12
• Brian J. Minasian - 09/30/11
• Paul M. Ramirez - 11/30/10
• Gloria S. Rothenberg - 04/30/11
• Luz Towns-Miranda - 03/31/10

Public Accountancy

• Article 149, §7403
• Minimum Total Membership: 22
• Minimum Public Members: 2
• Specific Requirements:
  • 20 licensed accountants, a minimum of 15 must be licensed certified public accountants

Member - Expiration of Term

• Brook L. Anderson-Tompkins, Public Member - 09/30/11
• Suzette B. Baker - 03/31/14
• Rona Cherno - 06/30/14
• Michelle A. Cohen - 12/31/12
• Patricia A. Crecco - 06/30/14
• Daniel J. Cristofano, Public Member - 06/30/14
• David J. deSilva - 11/30/11
• Katharine K. Doran - 07/31/12
• William H. Dresnack - 02/28/11
• Robert L. Gray - 04/22/12
• Samuel P. Gunther - 11/30/09
• Richard Isserman - 02/28/12
• Valerie Fabregas Kilbridge - 07/31/12
• Henry J. Krostich - 11/30/11
• Suzanne M. Jensen - 06/30/11
• John P. Laschenski - 02/28/11
• Lydia M. Washington - 11/30/11
• Dena G. Williams - 11/30/09
• Marc D. Zand - 09/30/11

Respiratory Therapy

• Article 164, §8503
• Minimum Total Membership: 11
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 5 licensed respiratory therapists
  • 2 licensed respiratory therapy technicians
  • 1 licensed physician

Member - Expiration of Term

• John Brittelli - 12/31/12
• Paul L. Goldiner - 03/31/14
• Patricia G. Hyland - 10/31/13
• Kathleen M. Marsch, Public Member - 12/31/12
• Alphonso A. Quinones - 10/31/13
• Stephen G. Smith - 02/28/12
• Lorraine Treadwell - 10/31/13

Social Work

• Article 154, §7703
• Minimum Total Membership: 12
• Minimum Public Members: 2
• Specific Requirements:
  • 5 licensed master social workers
  • 5 licensed clinical social workers

Member - Expiration of Term

• Donald F. Arnold, Sr., Public Member - 03/31/11
• Wendy Renee Bensen - 07/31/13
• Patricia W. Blau - 10/31/13
• Christopher John Callahan - 10/31/13
• Michele Catone-Maitino - 07/31/14
• Marlienne Carrie Christian - 07/31/13
• Whitney S. Crossman - 03/31/11
• Henry Epstein - 07/31/13
• Kathleen Ferdinand - 07/31/13
• Janice Houston-Little - 07/31/14
• Lisa Marie Schneider - 07/31/14
• Pamela A. Viggiani - 07/31/14
• Virginia Lee Whitford - 10/31/13

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

• Article 159, §8205
• Minimum Total Membership: 8
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 3 licensed audiologists
  • 4 licensed speech-language pathologists

Member - Expiration of Term

• K. Balasubraminian, Public Member - 01/31/13
• Donna K. Cooperman - 02/28/10
• Catherine J. Crowley - 09/12/12
• Larry E. Dalzell - 02/28/10
• Lewis H. Goldstein, Public Member - 09/12/12
• Thomas D. Miller - 10/09/13
• Joseph J. Montano - 02/28/10
• Monica S. Moshenko, Public Member - 10/09/08
• Mark Stephen Orlando - 01/31/13
• Luis F. Riquelme - 04/14/13
• Jason A. Rosas - 01/31/13
• Jaclyn B. Spitzer - 09/12/12

Veterinary Medicine

• Article 135, §6703
• Minimum Total Membership: 10
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed veterinarians
  • 2 licensed veterinary technicians

Member - Expiration of Term

• Kimberly Baldwin - 05/31/14
• Amy Denise Charpentier - 06/30/12
• James C. Franzek - 02/28/14
• Diane M. Levitan - 04/30/13
• Barry A. Lissman - 05/31/11
• Brian P. McKenna - 05/31/11
• Pamela A. Mobius, Public Member - 05/31/11
• Thomas Frank Nytch - 03/31/13
• Charlotte R. Reed, Public Member - 11/30/09
• Joseph E. Savarese - 11/30/10
• Laura R. Shafer - 12/31/13
• Helen Tuzio - 03/31/13