About STANYS
Our Leaders (2011-2012)
Board of Directors
The STANYS Board of Directors meets twice a year. The business of the Association is conducted in the Fall just prior to the Annual Conference and General Meeting, and again in the Spring.
| Title | Name | Section | Phone | |
| President | Fred Pidgeon | Eastern | 518-598-8236 | caste5@aol.com |
| President Elect | Brian Vorwald | Suffolk | 631-689-9833 | bvorw@aol.com |
| Vice President | Michael Jabot, Ph.D. | Southwestern | 716-673-3639 | Michael.Jabot@fredonia.edu |
| Treasurer | Harvey Wiener | Nassau | 516-319-6573 | hw1674@aol.com |
| Past-President | James Overhiser | Southern | 607-423-7429 | joverhis@gmail.com |
| Secretary | Michael Hanophy, Ph.D. | Nassau | 516-248-7716 | mjhanophy@verizon.net |
| Bulletin Editor / Special Director | Kari Murad, Ph.D. | Eastern | 518-454-5184 | muradk@strose.edu |
| Newsletter / Special Director | Alice Veyvoda | Suffolk | 631-265-9173 | alveyvoda@optonline.net |
| Finance Committee Chair / Special Director | Harry Kranepool | New York City | 718-358-2252 | lfahak@aol.com |
| Policy Committee Chair / Special Director | Jason Horowitz | Nassau | 516-659-9080 | jhorowitz@levittownschools.com |
| DAL Biology | Kathy Hoppe | Central Western | 585-637-2453 | khoppe@monroe2boces.org |
| DAL Chemistry | Michelle Hinchliffe | Northwestern | hinchlim@lew-port.com | |
| DAL Colleges | Tom O'Brien, Ph.D. | Southern | 607-786-0464 | tobrien@binghamton.edu |
| DAL Earth Science | Rebecca Remis | Eastern | 518-384-0250 | rremis@aol.com |
| DAL Elementary | Mary Thomas | Central Western | 585-538-4546 | mthomas@monroe2boces.org |
| DAL Environmental Science | Rick Beal, Ph.D. | Central | 315-636-8109 | rebeal@esf.edu |
| DAL Intermediate | Steve Fielman | Eastern | 518-475-1244 | sfielman@verizon.net |
| DAL Physics | Gene Gordon | Central Western | 585-624-4906 | physics@rochester.rr.com |
| DAL Retirees | Robert Dayton | Central Western | 585-671-4613 | rdayton1@rochester.rr.com |
| DAL Sections | Polly T. Peterson | Southern | 607-786-7760 | pollytpeterson@aol.com |
| DAL Professional Development | Tom Shiland | Eastern | 518-584-9564 | tshi@nycap.rr.com |
| Director | Alan Seidman | Catskill-Leatherstocking | 845-676-3388 | a_seidman@yahoo.com |
| Director | Jim Kuhl | Central | 315-471-3770 | jkuhl@cssd.org |
| Director / Chair | Sheila Brady Root | Central Western | 585-218-9642 | sroot@sjfc.edu |
| Director | Joseph Zuniga | Central Western | 585-262-8728 | Joseph.Zuniga@rcsdk12.org |
| Director | Rebecca Dudak Scott | Central Western | 586-978-0645 | rebecca.scott@greece.k12.ny.us |
| Director | Colette McCarthy | Eastern | 518-281-6991 | stanys.mccarthyc@gmail.com |
| Director | Maria Russo | Eastern | 518-383-0793 | chemlady302@yahoo.com |
| Director | Lee Kowalsky | Mohawk Valley | 315-735-0477 | lkowalsky@roadrunner.com |
| Director / Chair | Jason Horowitz | Nassau | 516-659-9080 | jhorowitz@levittownschools.org |
| Director / Vice-Chair | Sr. Mary Ita O'Donnell | New York City | 718-238-3121 | maryitao@aol.com |
| Director / Chair | Maria Mesires | North Central | 315-782-2172 | mmesires@watertowncsd.org |
| Director / Chair | Joseph Zawicki | Northwestern | 716-560-0237 | jzawicki@rochester.rr.com |
| Director / Chair | Gilles Reimer | Southeastern | 845-496-4825 | greimer@hvc.rr.com |
| Director | Larry Rand | Southeastern | 845-255-5435 | Laurence77@aol.com |
| Director | Mary Joggerst | Southern | 607-754-2365 | maejog@stny.rr.com |
| Director | Connie Duff | Southwestern | 585-413-4390 | cduff@rochester.rr.com |
| Director | Gary Vorwald | Suffolk | 631-732-6735 | glaciergary@aol.com |
| Director / Chair | Gene Cohrane | Suffolk | 631-689-8027 | GBlink.com |
| Director | Angela Lukaszewski | Suffolk | 631-427-6428 | angluke@aol.com |
| Director / Chair | Joseph Sciame | Westchester | 914-316-8566 | jsciame@sfponline.org |
| Director / Vice-Chair | Dr. Helen Pashley | Westchester | 914-739-5225 | drpashley@optonline.net |
| Director | Jeff Arnold | Western | 716-689-0142 | jarnold@daemen.edu |
| Director | David Henry | Western | 716-877-0416 | henryd@buffalostate.edu |