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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

• Kevin Ergil - 06/23/19
• Elizabeth Healy - 06/30/21
• Charles Kim - 02/28/22
• Kamau Kokayi - 02/28/22
• Alex Moroz - 08/31/21
• Florence Patricia Roth - 03/31/20
• Steven Schram - 03/31/20

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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

• Nicole Dosso - 3/31/22
• Lisa Gould - 01/31/18
• George H. Miller - 06/30/22
• Anik Pearson - 12/31/21
• Michael Samuelian - 04/30/19
• Marcella C. Stanley - 10/31/20
• John P. Sullivan - 01/31/21
• John Tobin - 12/31/19
• Jitendra Vaidya - 11/30/19

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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

• Thomas F. Fashouer – 2/28/22
• Kathryn A. Koshansky - 02/27/22
• Michael Powers - 10/17/21
• Frederick Zappala - 02/28/22

Medical Board Liaison (non-voting), Alexander Schwartzman

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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

• Francesca Cioffi - 06/30/21
• Linda Fisher - 06/30/22
• Anthony D. Frisolone - 04/30/18
• Lori A. Henderson - 06/30/18
• Brian Krist - 03/31/21
• Patricia A. Nelk - 06/30/18
• George Trovato - 06/30/21

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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 - 04/31/19
• Gary DiBenedetto - 12/21/23
• Sherry A. Downie, Educator - 11/30/22
• Fiona Jarrett-Thelwell - 05/31/20
• Anthony V. Morgante - 12/31/21
• Elaina Pirro-Lombardi - 05/31/19
• Anne B. D. Reid, Public Member - 09/30/19
• Bruce P. Steinberg, Jr. - 09/16/20

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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

• Susan Alperstein - 11/17/19
• Mary Ellen Clerkin - 04/18/21
• Kathleen M. Crowley - 11/14/20
• Kelly Cwikla - 04/13/20
• Angela Miczek - 11/17/19
• Nader Okby - 10/17/21
• Michael Reiner, Public Member - 01/14/18
• Angela Tomei Robinson - 12/14/20
• Kathleen Ryan-Murray - 11/16/20

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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 licensed certified dental assistant

Member - Expiration of Term

• Lorraine Carhart- 06/17/22
• Suzanne Cassata- 06/17/22
• James R. Coney, Public Member - 09/30/22
• Marlene De Feo - 06/30/21
• Patricia A. Haberman - 03/31/20
• Audra E. Haynes - 06/30/21
• Ronald Kosinski - 12/31/19
• Wayne Kye - 12/31/18
• Rawle Philbert - 05/12/22
• Salim Rayman - 12/31/19
• Richard Reisman - 10/31/21
• Ernest A. Robertson - 12/31/19
• Evelyn Salgado - 12/31/23
• Bruce Seidberg - 12/31/18
• John K. Sementilli - 02/28/19
• Joseph J. Speicher, Jr. - 12/31/19

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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
• Carolyn Cramoy - 04/30/20
• Peter Horvath - 03/31/22
• Erika Laurion - 06/30/18
• Sandra McNeil - 09/15/19
• Candi Possinger - 04/30/22
• Dana Reed - 02/28/22
• Lenore Shapiro, Public Member - 03/31/20
• Edward H. Weiss - 03/31/22
• Sally Wong - 10/31/21

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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

• Leonard J. Campolieta - 11/15/20
• Robert K. Goldman - 04/22/18
• Roman H. Figler, III - 05/21/17
• David A. Franzi, Public Member - 03/16/20
• Keith E. Giles - 05/31/21
• William M. Kelly, Public Member - 03/16/20
• Alfonso R. Lopez - 12/13/17
• Dennis L. Mowers - 12/13/17
• Jean M. Patota, Public Member - 03/16/20
• Matthew A. Noviello - 01/12/20
• Ennala Ramabhushanam - 11/16/19

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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

• Scott M. Ageloff - 01/31/17
• Rose Novak - 11/30/21
• Dorian Rossi - 01/31/21
• Staci Romano - 9/30/16
• Andrew L. Seifer - 09/10/17
• Francine Smith - 06/17/18
• Robert Stelianou - 02/28/21
• Anne Randazzo - 11/17/20

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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

• Richard Alomar - 11/30/19
• Vella Chan - 05/31/20
• Christine Colley - 06/30/19
• Dean W. Gowen - 01/31/21
• Mark R. Johns - 09/30/22
• Andrew Lavallee - 01/31/21
• Peter J. Trowbridge - 11/30/20

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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

• Mary Elizabeth Clancy-Halayko - 03/31/20
• Vincent Metzo - 12/31/21
• Dale Montelione-Grust - 05/19/20
• Michele Naumann Carlstrom - 5/9/22
• Paul A. Pipia - 12/10/22
• Laetitia Rhatigan - 04/22/18
• Amy E. Warcup - 06/15/20

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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 - 12/15/19
• Klaus A. Hamacher - Medical Nuclear Physics - 11/17/19
• David Leung, MD - Nuclear Medicine - 12/15/19
• Robert J. Pizzutiello, Jr. - Medical Health Physics - 06/30/20
• Lawrence N. Rothenberg - Diagnostic Radiological Physics - 06/30/22
• Michael C. Schell - Therapeutic Radiological Physics - 10/17/21

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
      
      

Member - Expiration of Term

• George Autz - 11/17/19
• Roseanne C. Berger - 07/21/20
• Lawrence J. Epstein - 12/15/19
• Marian Goldstein, Public Member - 12/15/19
• Martha Grayson - 11/05/22
• Kristin E. Harkin - 04/30/18
• Sumathi Kasinathan - 05/15/21
• Robert G. Lerner - 09/30/22
• Kathleen S. Lill, PA - 05/31/22
• JoAnn Marino, Public Member - 2/13/22
• Lynn Gladys Mark, DO - 11/17/19
• Louis J. Papa - 09/12/21
• Maria Plummer - 09/12/21
• Swaminathan Rajan - 09/30/22
• Ramanathan Raju - 12/11/22
• Sumir Sahgal - 12/11/20
• Arash Salemi - 07/21/20
• Nancy Sapio - 12/11/22
• Alexander Schwartzman - 10/17/21
• Mushtaq A. Sheikh - 08/31/21
• Amit M. Shelat - 09/12/21
• Greg Shutts, PA – 8/31/22
• Robert R. Walther - 12/11/20

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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 - 12/31/21
• Robert P. Borsody, Public Member - 10/31/18
• Raul Garcia, LP- 06/30/18
• Rossi A. Hassad, LMHC - 06/30/18
• Rene Jones, LMFT - 12/31/21
• Sara Lin Friedman McMullian, LCAT - 09/30/22
• Rodney Means, LMHC - 06/30/21
• Timothy Mooney, Public Member - 10/31/19
• Paul Mosher, MD - 06/30/19
• Sandra L. Ramos-Watt, LCAT - 10/31/18
• Natalie Z. Riccio, LP - 01/31/19
• Holly Vollink-Lent, LP - 1/31/21
• Jill R. Weldum, LMFT - 01/31/19
• Susan Wheeler Weeks, LMHC - 09/30/17

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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 - 07/31/19
• Kathleen Dermady - 07/31/19
• Donald S. Matheson - 07/31/19
• KrisEmily McCrory - 02/28/21
• Jacqueline Nasso - 09/30/22
• Nicole Rouhana - 11/30/18
• Kelly C. Walker - 07/31/20

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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

• Valerie G. Aarne - 02/28/22
• Edonn Ball - 2/28/23
• Kenya Beard - 05/31/18
• Susan L. Bowar-Ferres - 03/31/20
• Diane Ceravolo - 08/31/19
• Margaret A. Chase - 06/30/20
• Cecelia Clark - 10/31/20
• Anne L. Coonrad - 08/31/22
• Samantha De Los Santos, Public Member - 02/28/20
• Ralph Derrico - 10/31/20
• Robert J. Gordon, Public Member - 01/31/21
• Frances E. Iacobellis - 03/21/20
• Sherley John - 2/28/23
• Margaret B. Leonard - 05/31/20
• Gwendolyn Lewis - 02/28/22
• Yolanda Liggons - 07/31/18
• Jamesetta Newland - 09/31/22
• Sara Nicolette - 10/31/20
• Edmund J.Y. Pajarillo - 09/12/21
• Anne Marie Puentespina - 07/31/18
• Bridget L. Scott - 11/01/20
• Janice Smolowitz - 02/28/20

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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

• Rebecka Blanchette - 05/31/21
• Donna Covello - 11/15/20
• Patricia Mahan Crescimanno - 10/31/20
• Janet F. Falk-Kessler - 06/30/21
• Florence Hannes - 10/31/20
• Kim Ann Mahoney - 05/31/21
• Karen M. Newman - 12/31/18
• Eva L. Rodriguez - 03/31/18
• Jeanine M. Stancanelli - 06/30/20

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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

• Charles Brein - 6/30/22
• Carol Draper Marx - 12/31/21
• Anthony Englezos - 6/30/18
• Phillip Jones - 9/30/20
• Ken Krol - 5/1/17 - 4/30/22
• Rhody Spooner - 9/30/21

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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

• Margaret Adubor - 07/31/21
• Wayne Gabel - 03/31/21
• Thomas Kaminska - 03/31/21
• Gabriele K. Libbey, Public Member - 03/31/21
• Eugene J. McDonough - 05/31/22
• Daniella Rutner - 10/31/21
• Richard Soden - 04/30/22

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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

• Kathleen Bykowicz - 04/30/2022
• Charles Fernandez-Perez - 04/30/2022
• Nancy H. Halleck, Public Member - 04/30/2022
• Mohammad Zuber Nakadar - 04/30/2022
• Bernard Ng, MD - 04/30/2022
• Lysette Nicole Seegobin - 04/30/2022

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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 - 07/21/19
• Karl Bocchieri - 07/21/19
• Richard Chan, Public Member - 10/26/20
• William DeBois - 07/21/19
• Michael Graver, MD - 07/21/19
• Julia Ann Luczak Bell-Thompson - 07/21/19
• Kathleen Rezler - 07/21/19
• Bruce Searles - 07/21/19
• Keith S. Senko, Public Member - 12/14/19

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

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Pharmacy

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

Member - Expiration of Term

• Claudia Alexander, Public Member - 03/31/17
• Debra B. Feinberg - 02/28/22
• Renee Hofman - 04/15/20
• Jathiyah Lewis - 10/31/22
• Heather King - 10/31/17
• Mark Klang - 04/30/22
• Nasir Mahmood - 04/30/19
• John M. Marraffa Jr. - 9/15/19
• Maria Marzella Mantione - 05/31/20
• Anneliese B. Schumacher, Public Member - 06/30/22
• Frank P. Sosnowski - 05/31/20
• John Westerman, Jr. - 06/30/21

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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 - 3/31/18
• Clarke Brown - 5/31/19
• Mindy Kaplan - 12/31/19
• John Krupa III - 1/31/17
• Gina Lawney - 09/30/20
• Margaret Lazzaro - 01/31/2022
• Andrew John Opett - 09/30/21

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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

• Gregory Alergant - 2/28/20
• Joseph Anain Jr. - 2/28/20
• Victor Chen - 12/31/19
• Robert Eckles - 12/31/21
• Joan Gavrilik, Public Member - 2/29/21
• Pamela Karman - 10/31/21
• Michael Loshigian - 10/31/21
• David Simon - 10/31/21

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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

• Maureen Amberger - 10/31/16
• K. Balasubramanian, Public Member - 06/15/20
• Edward P. Barra - 06/15/20
• David Bowie, Public Member - 06/15/20
• Jill V. Boyd - 09/16/20
• Brian Dean - 09/16/20
• Barbara DeVorin-Nahmias - 09/12/21
• George W. Delamar - 10/31/17
• Edward A. Epstein - 05/17/19
• Thomas Fashouer - 02/28/20
• Richard F. Goliber - 06/15/20
• Edmund M. Hayes - 06/15/20
• Wayne Lee, Public Member - 06/15/20
• Sandra Marnell - 06/15/20
• Katherine Moss - 09/13/16
• John Mullen - 10/31/17
• Julianne F. Rey - 01/31/17
• Carmen Rodrigues - 10/31/16
• Nancy Rogers - 9/30/18
• Rita E. Shawn - 10/31/16
• Angelia L. Smith Wilson - 06/15/20
• Burton Thelander - 9/30/18
• Carole E. Torok - 06/15/20
• Margaret B. Walker - 06/15/20
• Richard T. Young - 06/15/20

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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

• Eloise M. Archibald - 10/17/22
• Amanda L. Baden - 03/20/22
• Angelo R. Canedo - 12/10/22
• Kathryn Castle - 11/18/18
• Caroline Clauss-Ehlers - 04/18/21
• Thelma Dye-Holmes - 12/10/22
• William A. Haas - 03/20/22
• John McGinley - 03/20/22
• Julia Peacock - 04/18/21

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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

• Catherine R. Allen - 05/31/21
• Carney AuYeung - 08/31/19
• Suzette B. Baker - 03/31/19
• Kevin D. Bandoian - 10/31/19
• Anthony M. Bracco - 03/31/20
• Andrew M. Cohen - 09/30/20
• Michelle A. Cohen - 12/31/17
• Mark A. Ferm - 08/31/18
• Cynthia A. Foy, Public Member - 03/31/19
• Robert L. Goldfarb - 10/31/21
• Peter Hughes, Public Member - 05/31/19
• William M. Kahn - 08/31/18
• Robert Kawa - 07/31/20
• John J. Kearney - 10/31/21
• Stephen F. Langowski - 02/28/19
• Benjamin R. Lasher - 08/31/19
• Milton L. Lawney, Public Member - 12/31/19
• Donald Edward Martin - 03/31/21
• Kevin S. Richards - 04/30/20
• Ernest Smith - 09/30/21
• Priscilla Z. Wightman - 10/31/19

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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

• Kathleen Beney - 07/31/20
• Kevin Brinson - 09/30/18
• Barbara DeLuca - 10/31/22
• Cynthia J. Gottlieb - 09/30/18
• Stanley John - 04/23/22
• Thomas K. McManus - 12/31/19
• Peter J. Papadakos - 12/31/18
• Russell Rozensky - 04/30/19
• Edward Schrager - 08/31/20

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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

• Wendy Renee Benson, LMSW - 07/31/18
• Patricia W. Blau, LCSW - 10/31/18
• Marlienne Carrie Christian, LCSW - 07/31/18
• Carmen Collado, LCSW - 07/31/20
• Kathleen Ferdinand, LCSW - 07/31/18
• Holly Fox, LMSW - 7/31/22
• Lola H. Greene, Public Member - 01/31/19
• Janice Houston-Little, LCSW - 07/31/19
• Denise Krause, LCSW - 10/31/19
• Sujata Pai, LCSW- 12/31/19
• Celisia Hope Street, LMSW - 03/21/21
• Virginia Lee Whitford, LMSW - 10/31/18

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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

• Karen Bailey-Jones - 07/31/22
• K. Balasubraminian, Public Member - 01/31/18
• Dawn Cotter-Jenkins - 03/31/18
• Stefan Fosco - 08/31/18
• Kathleen A. Grosvenor - 09/10/17
• Matthew S. MacDonald - 05/15/21
• Mark Stephen Orlando - 01/31/18
• Keturah Perkins-Trembley - 06/30/21
• Luis F. Riquelme - 04/14/18
• Susan Roberts - 08/31/18
• Jason A. Rosas - 01/31/18

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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 - 11/17/19
• David M. Chico - 09/15/19
• Mark S. Chmielewicz - 11/17/19
• Alexandria Kanes, LVT – 01/9/22
• Diane M. Levitan - 04/30/18
• Erica Lynne McKee, LVT- 11/17/19
• Samantha Segal, Public Member – 5/31/22
• Dean Snyder – 6/30/22
• Alexandria Van der Woerdt – 02/13/22
• Paul Zoyhofski - 06/30/21

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

Last Updated: April 10, 2018