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Meeting of the Board of Regents | July 2008

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 11:20pm

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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234


 

TO:

The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents

 

FROM:

Frank Muñoz

                           

SUBJECT:

Appointments and Reappointment of Members to the State Boards for the Professions; and Appointments and Reappointment of Extended Members to the State Boards for the Professions for Service on Licensure Disciplinary and/or Licensure Restoration and Moral Character Panels

 

DATE:

July 9, 2008

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goal 3

AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Issue for Decision (Consent Agenda)

 

Should the Regents approve the proposed Appointments and Reappointment of Members to the State Boards for the Professions; and Appointments and Reappointment of Extended Members to the State Boards for the Professions for Service on Licensure Disciplinary and/or Licensure Restoration and Moral Character Panels?

 

Proposed Handling

 

The question will come before the full Board at its July 2008 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken. 

 

Procedural History

 

Approval of board members by the Board of Regents is required by Section 6508(4) of the Education Law.

 

Background Information

 

              Information on the proposed (re)appointees is noted on the attachment.


Recommendation

 

              The Regents should approve the proposed appointments.

 

Timetable for Implementation

 

              If the Regents approve these appointments, members’ terms will go into effect as noted on the attachment.

 


Table 1 of 2

Proposed Appointments of Members to the State Boards for the Professions

 

Board Name, Type of Proposed Action, Candidate's Name, Residential Address,

and Judicial District

 



Candidate's Current Employer, Address and Judicial District



Proposed

Term

 

Highest and/or Professional

Degree(s) Earned,

Member Type, and

Licensure Specifics

State Board for Mental Health Practitioners

(Appointment)

 

Anthony Rabasca

Rome, NY 13440

 

 

Judicial District V

 

 

 

 

(Self-Employed)

2014 Tamarack St.

Rome, NY 13440

 

Judicial District V

 

 

 

 

July 1, 2008

to

June 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

Degree: M.A. (Marriage & Family Therapy), Syracuse Univ.; M.A. (Human Relations), Oklahoma Univ.; B.A. (Philosophy), Univ. of Kentucky

Profession: Marriage & Family Therapy

Licensed in 2006

License #000039

State Board of Pharmacy

(Appointment)

 

Leigh Briscoe-Dwyer

Laurens, NY 13796

 

 

 

 

Judicial District VI

 

 

 

 

North Shore – LIJ Health System

300 Community Dr.

Manhassett, NY 11030

 

Judicial District X

 

 

 

 

August 1, 2008

to

July 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

Degree: Pharm.D. (Pharmacy), St. John’s Univ.; B.S. (Pharmacy), Albany College of Pharmacy

Profession: Pharmacy

Licensed in 1987

License #038015

State Board for Social Work

(Appointments)

 

Wendy Renee Benson

Jamaica, NY 110028

 

 

 

Judicial District XI

 

 

 

 

NYC Human Resources Admin.

309 East 94th Street

New York, NY 10028

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

 

August 1, 2008

to

July 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

Degree: M.S.W. (Social Work), Fordham Univ.; B.S. (Law, Criminal Justice), John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Profession: Social Work

Licensed in 2005

License #072275

Marlienne Carrie Christian

Brooklyn, NY 11213

 

 

 

 

Judicial District II

Kings Cty. Hosp. Ctr.

Behavior Health

451 Clarkson Ave.

N. Bldg., Rm. 102

Brooklyn, NY 11203

 

Judicial District II

August 1, 2008

to

July 31, 2013

Degree: Post Masters Cert. (Palliative and End-of-Life Care), New York Univ.; M.S. (Social Work), Adelphi Univ.; M.S. (Public Health), Univ. of Minnesota

Profession: Social Work

Licensed in 1994

License #050023

Kathleen Ferdinand

Valley Stream, NY 11580

 

 

Judicial District X

Brooklyn Dev. Ctr.

888 Fountain Ave.

Brooklyn, NY 11208

 

Judicial District II

August 1, 2008

to

July 31, 2013

Degree: M.S.W. (Casework), Hunter College; B.A. (Music), Long Island Univ.

Profession: Social Work

Licensed in 1974

License #015216

(Reappointment)

 

Henry Jacob Epstein

Suffern, NY 10901

 

 

 

Judicial District IX

Rockland Psychiatric Center

140 Old Orangeburg Rd.

Orangeburg, NY 10962

 

Judicial District IX

August 1, 2008

to

July 31, 2013

Degree: M.S.S.S. (Social Work), Boston Univ.; B.A. (Psychology), Boston Univ.

Profession: Social Work

Licensed in 2005

License #072770


Table 2 of 2


Proposed Appointments of Extended Members to the

State Boards for the Professions for Service on Licensure Disciplinary and/or

Licensure Restoration and Moral Character Panels

 

Board Name, Type of Proposed Action, Candidate's Name, Residential Address,

and Judicial District

 

 

Candidate's Current Employer, Address and Judicial District

 

Proposed

Term

 

Highest and/or Professional

Degree(s) Earned,

Member Type, and

Licensure Specifics

State Board for Mental Health Practitioners

(Appointments of Extended Members)

 

Catherine V. Collins

New York, NY 10013

 

 

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

 

 

(Self-Employed)

150 Franklin St.

3rd Floor

New York, NY 10013

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

 

 

July 1, 2008

to

June 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: B.F.A. (Acting), Emerson College

Public Member

Anne Gosling

Syracuse, NY 13244

 

 

Judicial District V

Syracuse University

426 Ostrom Ave.

Syracuse, NY 13244

 

Judicial District V

July 1, 2008

to

June 30, 2013

Degree: Ph.D. (Marriage & Family Studies), Virginia Tech.; M.A. (Theology Pastoral Counseling), Episcopal Divinity School

Profession: Marriage & Family Therapy

Licensed in 2006

License #000109

Lee Jenkins

New York, NY 10025

 

 

Judicial District I

Blanton-Peale Inst.

3 West 29th St.

New York, NY 10001

 

Judicial District I

July 1, 2008

to

June 30, 2013

Degree: Ph.D. (English and Comparative Literature), Columbia University

Profession: Psychoanalysis Licensed in 2005

License #000007

Signe M. Kastberg

Rochester, NY 14620

 

 

 

Judicial District V

St. John Fisher College

3690 East Ave.

Rochester, NY 14618

 

Judicial District V

July 1, 2008

to

June 30, 2013

Degree: Ph.D. (Human Dev. in Educ. Contexts), Univ. of Rochester; Ed.M. (Education), Harvard Univ.; B.A. (English Literature), Skidmore College; A.A.S. (Applied Science), SUNY Cobleskill)

Profession: Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Licensed in 2006

License #001918

Joan Wittig

Brooklyn, NY 11231

 

 

Judicial District II

Pratt Institute

200 Willoughby

Brooklyn, NY 11205

 

Judicial District II

July 1, 2008

to

June 30, 2013

Degree: M.S. (Dance Therapy), Hunter College, CUNY; B.S. (Dance Therapy), Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison

Profession: Creative Arts Therapy

Licensed in 2005

License #000032

State Board for Respiratory Therapy

(Appointments of Extended Members)

 

Hugh W. Bonner

Jamesville, NY 13078

 

 

 

 

 

Judicial District V

 

 

 

 

 

SUNY Upstate Medical University

Dept. of Cardio-respiratory Sciences

750 East Adams St.

Syracuse, NY 13210

 

Judicial District V

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 1, 2008

to

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: Ph.D. (Exercise Physiology Curr. & Instruction Exercise Science), Univ. of California at Berkeley; M.S. (English & Secondary Educ.), California State Univ.; B.S. (English & Secondary Educ.), Univ. of Minnesota

Public Member

Estela Sanchez-Domenech

Brooklyn, NY 11228

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judicial District II

Brooklyn Hosp. Ctr.

121 DeKalb Ave.

Brooklyn, NY 11201

 

Woodhull Med. & Mental Health Ctr.

760 Broadway

Brooklyn, NY 11207

 

Judicial District II

October 1, 2008

to

September 30, 2013

Degree: B.S. (Biology), Pace Univ.; Two-year Therapist Program (Respiratory Therapy), New York Univ. Med. Ctr., Bellevue Hosp.

Profession: Respiratory Therapy

Licensed in 1995

License #004117

State Board for Social Work

(Appointments of Extended Members)

 

Sylvia “Penny” Clark

Cambria Heights, NY 11411

 

 

 

Judicial District XI

 

 

 

 

 

NYC Dept. of Educ.

143-10 Springfield Blvd.

Springfield Gardens, NY 11413

 

Judicial District XI

 

 

 

 

 

August 1, 2008

to

July 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: L.C.S.W., M.S.W. (Social Work), Hunter College, School of Social Work

Profession: Social Work

Licensed in 2004

License #382551

Mary Pender Greene

Brooklyn, NY 11210

 

 

 

 

Judicial District II

Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services

120 W. 57th Street

New York, NY 10019

 

Judicial District I

August 1, 2008

to

July 31, 2013

Degree: M.S.W. (Social Work), New York Univ., School of Social Work

Profession: Social Work

Licensed in 2004

License #015335

Stuart Kaufer

Bronx, NY 10463

 

 

Judicial District XII

CIDNY

841 Broadway #307

New York, NY 10003

 

Judicial District I

August 1, 2008

to

July 31, 2013

Degree: M.S.W. (Social Work), Hunter College, CUNY

Profession: Social Work

Licensed in 2004

License #042977

State Board for Veterinary Medicine

(Reappointment of Extended Member)

 

Sandra Brown Wiltshire

Walden, NY 12586

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judicial District IX

 

 

 

 

 

Otterkill Animal Hospital

258 Maybrook Road

Campbell Hall, NY 10916

 

Sundown Vet. Mgmt. Consultants

20 Sundown Drive

Walden, NY 12582

 

Judicial District IX

 

 

 

 

 

August 1, 2008

to

July 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: B.S. (Animal Science), Cornell Univ.; A.A.S. (Vet Tech – Lab Animals), SUNY Delhi

Profession: Veterinary Tech.

Licensed in 1978

License #000139