Executive Committee
Chair: Yaw Appiadu
Vice-Chair: Lindsay A. Miller, MPH
Secretary: Sonam Ben Willow
Treasurer: Stephanie Woodward
Member-At-Large: Michele Juda
Ex Officio DSE Member: Joe Tedesco, ACCES-VR
A Director of a Center for Independent Living (CIL) Chosen by the Directors of CILs Within the State
Yaw Appiadu, MPH
Members who are Representatives from CILs
Lisa Gesson
Director of Operations
Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled (BCID)
25 Elm Place, 5th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-998-3000, ext.309
Susan Ruff
Advocacy Director
Southern Tier Independence Center
135 East Frederick Street
Binghamton, NY 13904
(607) 724-2111 (Voice)
(607) 238-2694 (Video phone)
Jennifer Shippee
Director of Support Services
Southern Adirondack Independent Living Center
71 Glenwood Avenue
Queensbury, NY 12804
(518) 792-3537 ext. 1112
(518) 761-3355 (Fax)
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
Beata Karpinska-Prehn
Syracuse, NY
Vacant
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 JD, MSW
Founder
The 145th Street Alliance
www.145alliance.org
212-234-5714
Lisa Ackerman-Todt MPH, FLSE
Schenectady NY
Marcus Johnson
New York, NY
Mariah Sepulveda
NYC Transition Specialist Liaison
New York Association on Independent Living
Parent/Guardian of an Individual with a Disability
Michele Juda
Parent to Parent of NYS
PO Box 9212
Schenectady, NY 12309
(518) 381-4350 ext. 27
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
Isabelle Alexander-Klaboe
Richard Bedard
Jocelyn Blanchard
Rasheta Bunting
Barbara Goldstein
Delmar, NY
Keith Gurgui
José Hernandez
Bronx, NY
Leanna L LeRoy
Director of Seneca Nation Disability Services
Native American representative from the Seneca Nation
Lou Paniccioli
New York, NY
Stephanie Woodward
Rochester, NY
Business
DSE Members
Joseph Tedesco
NYS Education Department
Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES VR)
89 Washington Avenue
EBA 5th Floor
Albany, New York 12234