Executive Committee

Chair: Douglas J. Usiak

Vice-Chair: Zach Garafalo

Secretary: Ann L. Scherff

Treasurer: Roger Benn

Member-At-Large: Robert W. Meek

Ex Officio DSE Member: Raymond Pierce, ACCES-VR

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

Joe Bravo
Westchester ILC
10 County Center Road
Suite 203
White Plains, NY 10607
914-682-3926 ext. 2103
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Members who are Representatives from CILs

Aileen Martin
Northern Regional Center for Independence (NRICL)
210 Court Street, Suite 107
Watertown, NY 13601-2711
(315) 785-8703
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Douglas J. Usiak
Western New York Independent Living, Inc. (WNYIL)
3108 Main St.
Buffalo, NY 14214
(716) 836-0822 x117
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Advocates

Clifton Perez
33 Rankin Avenue
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 396-8347
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Jan Lynch
Finger Lakes Independence Center/FLIC
215 Fifth Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 272-2433 Ext. 205
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Kathryn Carroll, Esq.
784 Washington Avenue, Apt. 4
Albany, NY 12203
(347) 455-1521
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Carla Lewis-Irizarry M.P.A, M.A
147 5th Avenue, Apt.# 4A
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(917) 346-7611
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Crystal Rivera
Bronx Independent Living Services
4419 3rd Avenue Suite C
Bronx, NY 10457
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Maria Samuels
Westchester Disabled on the Move, Inc.
984 North Broadway, LL-10
Yonkers, NY 10701
(914) 968-4717 Ext. 112
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John Zick
AIM Independent Living Center
271 East First Street
Corning, NY 14830
(607) 962-8225 Ext. 116
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Organizations Serving Individuals with Disabilities

Vernon Bonse
305 Windsor Hwy Apt 2
New Windsor, NY 12553
(845) 764-8382
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Lindsay Miller
New York Association on Independent Living (NYAIL)
155 Washington Avenue, Suite 208
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 465-4650
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Aaron Baier
Access to Independence of Cortland, Inc.
26 North Main St.
Cortland, NY 13045
(607) 753-7363
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Denise DiNoto
Consumer Directed Choices, Inc.
7 Washington Square, Albany, NY  12205
(518) 694-6744
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Daniel Fuster
15 Spring Pond Drive
Ossining, NY 10652
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Chad Eldred
Southern Tier Independence Center
135 East Frederick St.
Binghamton, NY 13904 
(607) 724-2111 Ext. 352
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Parent/Guardian of an Individual with a Disability

Ann L. Scherff
8319 East Main Road
LeRoy, NY 14482-9721
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Lynn Drucker
Assistant Vice President 
NYU Winthrop Hospital 
516-663-3382
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Youth Representative

Marc Rosen
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Other/Native American Representative

Robin E. Jones
Seneca Nation Disability Services
12837 Rt. 438
Irving, NY 14081
(716) 532-4900 Ext. 5152
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Other appropriate individuals

Zach Garafalo
MFP Peer Outreach and Referral Program Director
155 Washington Avenue, Suite 2018
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 465-4650
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Henry E. Nixon, Jr.
PO Box 520463
Bronx, NY 10452
(347) 751-2642
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Edith M Prentiss
739 W 186 St, 4E
New York, NY 10033-8527
(917) 733-3794
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Robert W. Meek
7980 Co. Rd. 153
Interlaken, NY 14847
(607) 532-8559
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Business

Roger Benn
55 Farnham Street
Cazenovia, NY 13035
(315)569-3654
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DSU Members

Raymond Pierce
Programs Operations Specialist
NYS Education Department
Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES VR)
89 Washington Avenue
EBA 5th Floor
Albany, New York 12234
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