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Statutory Composition & Current Membership

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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

• Carol Anastasio - 03/03/23
• Danett Cymon Bean - 11/30/24
• Houman Danesh - 09/30/25
• Kevin Ergil - 06/30/24
• Annette Franchini - 09/30/25
• Charles Kim - 02/28/22
• Russel John Kordas - 3/31/25
• James Shinol - 11/30/24

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Applied Behavior Analysis

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Architecture

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

Member - Expiration of Term

• Carol R. Bentel - 06/30/26
• Nicole Dosso - 03/31/27
• Latoya Kamdang - 01/31/26
• Anik Pearson - 12/31/26
• Michael Samuelian - 04/30/24
• Marcella C. Stanley - 10/31/25
• John Tobin - 12/31/24
• Jitendra Vaidya - 11/30/24

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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

• Trevor Richard Cramer - 5/16/27
• Courtney Gray - 4/11/27
• Robert O'Malley - 2/14/27
• Michael Powers - 10/17/26
• Douglas Straley - 2/14/27

Medical Board Liaison (non-voting), Ramanathan Raju

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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

• Kathleen Burdzy - 6/30/26
• Sharon Cherny - 6/30/26
• Linda Fisher - 06/30/22
• Brian Krist, Public Member - 03/31/26
• Rivka Teich - 6/20/26

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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

• Mark R. Craft - 04/30/24
• Gary DiBenedetto- 12/31/22
• Fiona Jarrett-Thelwell - 05/31/25
• Caroline Maher, Public Member - 4/30/25
• Anthony V. Morgante - 12/31/25
• Elaina Pirro-Lombardi - 05/31/24
• Bruce P. Steinberg, Jr. - 09/16/25
• Michael Zumpano - 4/30/25

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Clinical Laboratory Technology

• Article 165, §8604
• Minimum Total Membership: 12
• Minimum Public Members: 2
• Specific Requirements:
  • 4 licensed clinical laboratory technologists
  • 2 licensed cytotechnologists
  • 1 certified clinical laboratory technician
  • 1 certified histological technician
  • 1 representative of the diagnostic/manufacturing industry
  • 1 director of a clinical laboratory who shall be a physician

Member - Expiration of Term

• Mary Ellen Clerkin, Public Member - 04/18/26
• Kathleen M. Crowley - 11/14/25
• Kelly Cwikla - 04/13/25
• Maria Friedlander - 12/13/25
• Angela Miczek - 11/17/24
• Nader Okby - 10/17/26
• Michael Reiner, Industry Representative - 01/14/23
• Alyson Rutigliano - 3/12/23
• Adam Tegnander - 1/22/23
• Jeninne Wright - 12/13/25

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Dentistry

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

Member - Expiration of Term

• Lorraine Carhart - 7/17/27
• Suzanne Cassata - 7/17/27
• Paul Chu- 05/31/23
• Eleanor Coney, Public Member - 9/30/27
• Payam Goudarzi - 3/31/27
• Charles Grannum - 3/31/27
• Patricia A. Haberman - 3/31/25
• Gabriele Hamm - 4/30/23
• Tera Jenkins - 4/30/26
• Ronald Kosinski - 12/31/24
• Wayne Kye - 12/31/23
• Kerry McEntee- 4/30/26
• Karen Palleschi- 4/30/26
• Salim Rayman - 12/31/23
• Ernest A. Robertson - 12/31/23
• Evelyn Salgado - 12/31/22
• Bruce Seidberg – 12/31/22
• Stanley Smith - 8/31/26

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Dietetics and Nutrition

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

Member - Expiration of Term

• Farhad Bassiri-Tehrani - 10/17/21
• Jerrilynn Burrowes - 05/07/23
• Carolyn Cramoy - 04/20/25
• Dorothy Wrase Hares - 9/9/24
• Peter Horvath - 03/31/22
• Erika Laurion - 06/30/23
• Candi Possinger - 04/30/22
• Dana Reed - 02/28/22
• Lenore Shapiro, Public Member - 03/31/25
• Edward H. Weiss - 03/31/22

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Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology

• Article 145, §7205
• Minimum Total Membership: 12
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed professional engineers
  • 2 licensed land surveyors
  • 2 licensed professional geologists

Member - Expiration of Term

• Daniel D'Angelo - 4/6/25
• Rosanne Frandina - 2/9/26
• David A. Franzi - 3/16/25
• April Friedman, Public Member - 9/9/24
• William E. Kelly - 3/16/25
• John J. Martin - 12/10/23
• Jean M. Patota - 3/16/25
• Matthew A. Noviello - 1/12/25
• Thomas C. Mitchell – 12/10/23
• Brian R. Holbritter – 9/17/23
• Leonard W. Woods – 3/13/23

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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

• Pamela Durante - 10/15/23
• Hans Galutera - 11/15/26
• Daria Mallin - 9/12/27
• Rose Novak - 11/30/26
• Anne Randazzo - 11/17/25

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Landscape Architecture

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

Member - Expiration of Term

• Valerie Aymer - 7/31/25
• Christine Colley - 6/30/24
• Nathaniel Harris - 11/30/25
• Andrew Lavallee - 1/31/26
• Kimberly Lorenz - 2/28/26
• Christopher Nolan – 10/31/27
• Stacy Paetzel - 3/31/23
• Adrianne Weremchuk - 6/30/24

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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

• Kiersten Fisher - 11/6/24
• Kyle Hierholzer - 03/31/26
• Dale Montelione-Grust - 05/19/25
• Michele Naumann Carlstrom - 5/9/27
• Paul A. Pipia - 12/10/22
• Linda Toomey - 11/6/24
• Amy E. Warcup - 06/15/25

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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

• Sughosh Dhakal, MD - Radiation Oncology - 12/15/24
• Joseph M. Greco - Medical Health Physics - 09/14/25
• Klaus A. Hamacher - Medical Nuclear Physics - 11/17/24
• David Leung, MD - Nuclear Medicine - 12/15/24
• Thomas Petrone, PhD - Diagnostic Radiological Physics - 09/12/27
• Michael C. Schell - Therapeutic Radiological Physics - 10/17/26
• Randy Yeh, MD - Diagnostic Radiology - 4/6/25

Medical Board Liaison (non-voting), George Autz, MD

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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
    • Minimum of 1 physician expert on reducing health disparities among demographic groups
    • 1 physician expert on women's health
      
      

Member - Expiration of Term

• George Autz - 11/16/24
• Roseanne C. Berger - 07/21/25
• Roosevelt Boursiquot - 4/11/27
• Lawrence J. Epstein - 12/15/24
• Marian Goldstein, Public Member - 12/15/24
• Martha Grayson - 11/05/27
• Elisabeth Benson Guthrie - 09/18/23
• Sumathi Kasinathan - 05/15/26
• JoAnn Marino, Public Member - 2/13/27
• Lynn Gladys Mark, DO - 11/16/24
• Louis J. Papa - 09/12/26
• Maria Plummer - 09/12/26
• Ramanathan Raju, expert on reducing health disparities - 12/11/27
• Najeeb Rehman - 10/18/26
• Sumir Sahgal, expert on reducing health disparities - 1/11/26
• Arash Salemi - 07/21/25
• Nancy Sapio - 12/11/27
• Neeta Minal Shah, expert on women's health - 09/18/23
• Rahul Sharma - 09/18/23
• Amit M. Shelat - 09/12/26
• Greg Shutts, PA – 8/31/27
• Robert R. Walther - 1/11/26
• David Wlody - 4/11/27

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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

• Thomas Biglin, LCAT - 12/31/26
• Helena Boersma, LMHC - 6/3/24
• Ann Canastra - 4/30/26
• Sargam Jain, MD - 7/15/24
• Rene Jones, LMFT - 12/31/21
• Susan L Boxer, Kappel, LCAT - 11/4/24
• Timothy Mooney, Public Member - 11/4/24
• Angela Musolino - 9/9/24
• Michele Landers Meyer - 11/4/24
• Natalie Z. Riccio, LP - 01/31/24
• Jill R. Weldum, LMFT - 01/31/24

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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

• Melissa Creighton - 07/31/24
• Diane Folk - 06/30/26
• Elizabeth Hornak - 02/28/27
• Jacqueline Nasso - 09/30/22
• Nicole Rouhana - 11/30/23
• Denise Wharton - 03/31/26

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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

• Kenya Beard - 05/31/23
• Diane Ceravolo - 08/31/24
• Edonn Ball - 2/28/23
• Samantha De Los Santos, Public Member - 02/28/25
• Ralph Derrico - 10/31/25
• David Hedman - 9/30/24
• Frances E. Iacobellis - 03/31/25
• Sherley John - 2/28/23
• Gwendolyn Lewis - 02/28/27
• Heidi Mix - 12/31/25
• Jamesetta Newland - 09/31/27
• Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo - 09/13/26
• Maria Vezina - 1/31/25
• Wayne Chan - 10/31/26

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Occupational Therapy

• Article 156, §7903
• Minimum Total Membership: 10
• Minimum Public Members: 2
• Specific Requirements:
  • 7 licensed occupational therapists
  • 1 licensed physician

Member - Expiration of Term

• Kelly Van Auken - 10/21/2026
• Rebecka Cox - 05/31/26
• Jaime Edelmann - 5/31/2026
• Patricia Mahan - 10/31/25
• Janet F. Falk-Kessler - 06/30/26
• Kim Ann Mahoney - 05/31/26
• Karen M. Newman - 12/31/23
• Richard Sabel - 3/31/23
• Sharon Sedlak - 5/31/2026
• Hsin-I Wen - 9/30/22

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Ophthalmic Dispensing

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

Member - Expiration of Term

• Stephanie Cushman - 08/31/24
• Anne Jordan - 03/31/26
• Ken Krol - 04/30/27
• Matthew Riordan - 03/31/26
• Barry Santini - 08/31/24
• Robert Wallner - 08/31/24

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Optometry

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

Member - Expiration of Term

• Obinna Akano - 4/30/27
• Jeffrey Calhoun - 12/31/26
• James R. Coney, Pulic Member - 9/30/27
• Michele Lagana - 1/31/26
• Alison Risko - 4/30/26
• Daniella Rutner - 10/31/26
• Dana Salgado - 4/30/23
• Richard Soden - 04/30/27

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Pathologists' Assistants, Committee for (to assist Medical Board)

• Article 68, §8854
• Minimum Total Membership: 5
• Minimum Public Members: 1
• Specific Requirements
  • one licensed physician who practices pathology
  • three licensed pathologists' assistants

Member - Expiration of Term

• Charles Fernandez-Perez - 04/30/27
• Nancy H. Halleck, Public Member - 04/30/27
• Mohammad Zuber Nakadar - 04/30/27
• Bernard Ng, MD - 04/30/27
• Adam Tegnander - 09/12/27

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Perfusion, Committee for (to assist Medical Board)

• Article 134, §6634
• Minimum Total Membership: 8
• Minimum Public Members: 2
• Specific Requirements
  • 4 Licensed Perfusionists
  • 2 Licensed Physicians

Member - Expiration of Term

• James Beck - 07/21/24
• Karl Bocchieri - 07/21/23
• Richard Chan, Public Member - 10/26/25
• William DeBois - 07/21/25
• Julia Ann Luczak - 07/21/23
• G. Randall Green - 01/14/2023
• Frank Manetta - 04/08/24
• Kathleen Rezler - 07/21/24
• Bruce Searles - 07/21/25
• Keith S. Senko, Public Member - 12/14/24

Medical Board Liaison (non-voting), Arash Salemi, MD

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Pharmacy

• Article 137, §6804
• Minimum Total Membership: 13
• Minimum Public Members: 2
• Specific Requirements:
  • 9 licensed pharmacists
  • 2 registered pharmacy technicians

Member - Expiration of Term

• Leon Cosler – 10/31/27
• Karen Divens - 06/30/27
• Steven Earle, Public Member - 09/30/26
• Renee Hofman - 04/13/25
• Mark Klang - 04/30/27
• Michelle Lewis - 02/28/26
• Nasir Mahmood - 04/30/24
• Mark Soffing - 03/31/26
• Christopher Wallen - 06/30/26
• Miller Young - 02/28/2027

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Physical Therapy

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

Member - Expiration of Term

• Aimee Alexander - 03/31/23
• Mindy Kaplan - 01/31/24
• Matthew Lawney - 09/30/26
• Catherine Leonard - 08/31/24
• Jennifer McDonald - 08/31/24
• Nathaniel Mosher - 08/31/24
• Andrew John Opett - 08/31/26

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Podiatry

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

Member - Expiration of Term

• Joseph Anain Jr. - 02/28/25
• Stanley Chen - 02/28/25
• Michael Loshigian - 10/31/26
• Ricardo Lundi - 07/31/26
• David Simon - 10/31/26
• Mary Smith, Public Member - 11/30/26

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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

• Claire Bradley - 9/9/24
• Auffermann, Diana - 12/10/23
• Barra, Edward - 6/15/25
• Bazata, Jacqueline - 7/31/24
• Bowar-Ferres, Susan - 11/8/23
• Boyd, Jill - 9/16/25
• Costello,Bartley J. III - 3/30/26
• Eble, Stephen T. - 12/31/23
• Epstein, Edward - 05/31/24
• Eschenauer, Robert - 7/31/24
• Fashouer, Thomas F. - 6/15/25
• Feinberg, Debra B. - 8/31/22
• Furlong, Bonnie - 8/31/26
• Goliber, Richard F. - 6/15/25
• Herzog, Robert J. - 1/14/23
• Lee, Wayne - Public Member - 6/15/25
• Liao, Jocelyn - 7/31/24
• Marnell, Sandra - 6/15/25
• Moss, Katherine - 8/31/21
• Mullen, John - Public Member - 10/31/22
• Persaud, Vanessa - 7/31/24
• Rago, MaryAnn - 7/31/24
• Smith-Wilson, Angelia - 6/15/25
• Thelander, Burton - 3/30/23
• Tuttle, Elizabeth - 4/30/23
• Whitfield, Laurice - 12/31/23

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Psychology

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

Member - Expiration of Term

• Angela M. Adger-Antonikowski – 09/12/27
• Eloise M. Archibald - 10/17/22
• Kerry L. Brand – 09/12/27
• Angelo R. Canedo - 12/10/22
• Caroline Clauss-Ehlers - 04/18/26
• Lauren DeCaporale-Ryan - 02/14/27
• Thelma Dye-Holmes - 12/10/22
• Julia Peacock - 04/18/26
• Anu Raj - 02/14/27

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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

• Carney AuYeung - 08/31/24
• Anthony Basile - 6/30/23
• Anthony M. Bracco - 01/31/25
• Alexander Buchholz - 10/31/24
• Elizabeth Bush - 07/31/26
• Scott Cheslowitz - 05/31/26
• Ann Burstein Cohen - 04/30/23
• Mark A. Ferm - 08/31/23
• Cynthia A. Foy, Public Member - 03/31/24
• Crisy Geerholt, Public Member - 6/30/24
• William M. Kahn - 08/31/23
• Brian Krist, Public Member - 6/30/24
• Stephen F. Langowski - 02/28/24
• John Lauchert - 9/30/2027
• Joseph Maffia - 03/31/26
• Maria Moran - 04/30/24
• Heather Mowat - 09/30/25
• Kevin S. Richards - 04/30/25
• James Schnell - 09/30/26
• Thomas Sciametta - 1/31/25
• Shelly Taleporos - 05/31/24

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Respiratory Therapy (includes Polysomnographic Technology)

• 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

• Rebecca Albright - 1/31/25
• Kathleen Beney - 07/31/25
• Kevin Brinson - 09/30/23
• Barbara DeLuca - 10/31/22
• Cynthia J. Gottlieb - 09/30/23
• Stanley John - 04/23/22
• Thomas K. McManus - 12/31/24
• Peter J. Papadakos - 12/31/23
• Russell Rozensky - 04/31/24
• Edward Schrager - 08/31/25

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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

• Susan Amy Nayowith, LCSW- 01/14/2024
• Liz Espinoza, LCSW - 4/30/23
• Tracyavon Ford, LCSW - 4/30/23
• Lola H. Greene, Public Member - 01/31/24
• Denise Janine Krause, LCSW - 10/31/24
• Michelle Manley Belge, LMSW - 10/31/2023
• Mohni Mishra, LMSW- 6/3/24
• Sujata Pai, LMSW- 12/31/24
• Daryl Nicholson-Sansani - 9/14/25
• Frances Septimo, Public Member - 4/30/23
• Celisia Hope Street, LMSW - 03/21/26

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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

• Stefan Fosco - 08/31/23
• Karen Bailey-Jones - 07/31/22
• Dawn Cotter-Jenkins - 03/31/23
• Denise Cruz - 9/30/22
• Ianthe Dunn-Murad - 06/30/22
• Richard Goliber - 09/30/22
• Kathleen A. Grosvenor - 09/10/22
• Joseph Pellegrino - 3/31/25
• Heather Pyke - 06/30/22
• Susan Roberts - 08/31/23
• Melissa Fenice - 10/31/26

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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

• Douglas G. Aspros - 11/16/24
• David M. Chico - 09/15/24
• Mark S. Chmielewicz - 11/16/24
• Howard Gittleman - 01/14/2024
• Alexandria Kanes, LVT – 01/9/27
• Erica Lynne McKee, LVT- 11/16/24
• Samantha Segal, Public Member – 5/31/27
• Margret Thompson - 1/11/26
• Alexandria Van der Woerdt – 02/13/27
• Paul Zoyhofski - 06/30/26

Stephen J. Boese, Executive Secretary Email: vetmedbd@nysed.gov, Phone: 518-474-3817, ext. 210, Fax: 518-486-4846

Last Updated: November 30, 2022