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Executive Committee

Chair: Kathryn Carroll, Esq.

Vice-Chair: Chad Eldred

Secretary: Beata Karpinska-Prehn

Treasurer: Yaw Appiadu

Member-At-Large: Jan Lynch

Ex Officio DSE Member: Joe Tedesco, ACCES-VR

A Director of a Center for Independent Living (CILs) Chosen by the Directors of CILs Within the State

Isabelle Alexander-Klaboe
Executive Director
Living Independently Is For Everyone at RCIL, Inc.
131 Genesee Street, P.O. Box 210, Utica, NY 13503
315-738-2731

Members who are Representatives from CILs

Rasheta Bunting
Community Outreach/Advocate
Bronx Independent Living Services
4419 Third Ave # 2C, Bronx, NY 10457
347-337-4606

Sonam Ben Willow, LMSW, CRC
Advocate/Benefits Counselor
Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley, Inc.
15-17 Third Street
Troy, NY 12180
518-274-0701 (V)
518-274-7944 (Fax)

Advocates

Michael Gilberg, Esq.
https://www.michaelgilbergesq.com/
Somers, NY

Kathryn Carroll, Esq.
784 Washington Avenue, Apt. 4
Albany, NY 12203
(347) 455-1521

Beata Karpinska-Prehn
131 Butler Street 
Syracuse, NY 13210

Jan Lynch
Finger Lakes Independence Center/FLIC
215 Fifth Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 272-2433 Ext. 205

Cliff Perez
33 Rankin Ave
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 396-8347

Vacant

Maria Samuels
Westchester Disabled on the Move, Inc.
984 North Broadway, LL-10
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 968-4717 Ext. 112

John Zick
AIM Independent Living Center
271 East First Street
Corning, NY 14830
(607) 962-8225 Ext. 116

Organizations Serving Individuals with Disabilities

Lindsay A. Miller, MPH
Executive Director
New York Association on Independent Living
155 Washington Ave, Suite 208
Albany, NY  12210
Phone: 518-465-4650
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Brodie Enoch
Founder/Executive Director
The 145th Street Alliance
www.145alliance.org
212-234-5714

Chad Eldred
Southern Tier Independence Center
135 East Frederick St.
Binghamton, NY 13904 
(607) 724-2111 Ext. 352

Keith Gurgui
Systems Advocate
Resource Center for Accessible Living, Inc. (RCAL)
727 Ulster Avenue
Kingston, NY 12401

Marcus Johnson
New York, NY

Vacant

Parent/Guardian of an Individual with a Disability

Youth Representative

American Indian/Indigenous Person Representative

Jacqueline John, Manager
Seneca Nation Training Employment Resource Center- Vocational Rehabilitation Program
23 Thomas Indian School Drive
Irving NY 14081 

Other appropriate individuals

Cynthia Alcozer
PO Box 432
Kings Park, NY 11754

Yaw Appiadu, MPH
Westchester Disabled on the Move Inc.
984 North Broadway, Suite 400
Yonkers, NY 10701

Barbara Goldstein
Delmar, NY

Naomi Jones
NAN Disabilities Committee Chairwoman
NYC Chapter
106 W. 145th St.
Ny, Ny. 10039
(212) 690-4312

Lou Paniccioli
New York, NY

Yesenia Torres
New York, NY

Stephanie Woodward
110 Wembly Rd
Rochester, NY 14616

Business

DSU Members

Joseph Tedesco
NYS Education Department
Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES VR)
89 Washington Avenue
EBA 5th Floor
Albany, New York 12234