EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President
Anthony Spinelli, MS, CRC
U. S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights
646-428-3789
Anthony.Spinelli@ed.gov

President-Elect
Valerie Lyons, MSEd, CRC, LMHC
Hunter College
valeriejlyonsenterprises@gmail.com
www.valeriejlyonsenterprises.com
917-991-8702

Immediate Past President
Anthony LaGattuta, MBA, MA
U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration (ret.)
718-357-3928
alagattuta@aol.com

Treasurer
Paula Lee, MS, CRC
NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development
paula.lee@nyu.edu
  
Secretary
Janice Plumer, MS
U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration (ret.)
Twoplums2@aol.com

MEMBERS AT LARGE

NERA Representative on the National Board  - Metro Chapter Membership Chair
Christopher Kempski, MS, CRC, LMHC
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
christopher.kempski@dol.state.nj.us

Dayra Bernal-Lederer, MS, CRC, LMHC - 2012 NYRCA Representative
Dayranc@aol.com

Cheryl Bourne, MEd, CRC, LMHC
Administration of Veterans' Affairs
cheryl.bourne@va.gov

Patricia Enriquez, MA, CRC
NYC Expert Disability Associates, LLC
penriquez@nyceda.org 

Deni V. Fraser, M.S. Ed., CRC
Lavelle School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
dfraser@lavelleschool.org

Wendy Hersh, MA, CRC, LMHC
NYS Department of Education, ACCES VR
whersh@mail.nysed.gov

Patricia Livingston, PhD, CRC  - Chair Legislative Committee
NYS Rehabilitation Counseling Licensure Committee
p6@nyu.edu

Iris Markewich, PhD, CRC
bobm175rsd@earthlink.net

Victoria Maxwell, MS Ed, LPN, CRC, CASAC-T
Create, Inc.
vmaxwell@createinc.org

Iris Nelson-Schwartz, EdM, CRC, NCC 
NYC Dept of Education, Special Education, District 75, PS186 Bx

Obie Nichols, Phd, LMHC, CRC, CASAC, ICADC - AVRASA Representative
Palladio Inc.
obie.nichols@palladioinc.org 
 
Andy Pasternak, MA, CRC  
Hunter College
apasgw344@hotmail.com

Patricia Ryan-Canedo, MA, CRC  
NYU Upward Bound
par3@nyu.edu

Andrew Vaughn, MSEd, CRC
Hunter College
avaugh@hunter.cuny.edu

FRIENDS OF THE BOARD
Ana Capek , MA, CRC
NYC Human Resources Administration
anacapek@gmail.com