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

 

TO:

Higher Education and Professional Practice Committee

FROM:

Johanna Duncan-Poitier

 

 

SUBJECT:

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

 

DATE:

November 15, 2006

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goal 3

AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Issue for Decision (Consent Agenda)

 

Should the Regents approve the proposed Appointments and Reappointments of Members to the State Boards for the Professions and the proposed Reappointment of an Extended Member 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 Higher Education and Professional Practice Committee at its December 2006 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken.  It will then come before the full Board at it December meeting for final action.

 

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 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 and Reappointments 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 Public Accountancy

(appointments)

 

David J. deSilva

Jamesville, NY  13078

 

 

 

Judicial District V

 

 

 

 

Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC

443 North Franklin Street

Syracuse, NY  13204

 

Judicial District V

 

 

 

 

 

December 1, 2006

To

November 30, 2011

 

 

 

 

Degree: B.S. (Accounting), LeMoyne College

Profession:  Certified Public Accountancy

Licensed in 1982

License #045571

 

 

 

Henry J. Krostich

Great Neck, NY  11023

 

 

 

 

 

Judicial District X

 

Krostich & Krostich LLP

125 Mineola Avenue

Suite 307

Roslyn Heights, NY  11577

 

Judicial District X

 

December 1, 2006

To

November 30, 2011

 

Degree: M.S. (Public Accounting), School of Professional Accountancy of LIU and B.S. (Business Administration), SUNY Albany

Profession:  Certified Public Accountancy

Licensed in 1978

License #038453

 

State  Board for Dietetics and Nutrition

(appointments)

 

Claude Marie Colimon

New York, NY  10001

 

 

 

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

 

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

Office of Minority Health

26 Federal Plaza

New York, NY 10278

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2007

To

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

Degree: M.S. (Nutrition & Public Health), Columbia University and B.S. (Dietetic & Food Service Management), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

Profession:  Dietetics/Nutrition

Licensed in 1995

License #001109

 

 

State  Board for Dietetics and Nutrition

(Appointments – cont)

 

Beverly Pauline Lyons

Fresh Meadows, NY  11365

 

 

 

 

Judicial District XI

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Island University

MPA Program

One University Plaza – H-700

Brooklyn, NY 11201

 

Judicial District II

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2007

To

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: Ph.D. (Policy and Program Planning; Gerontology), Fordham University; M.A. (Nutrition), New York University; and B.A. (Nutrition), Queens College

Profession:  Dietetics/Nutrition

Licensed in 1995

License #000061

 

 

State  Board for

social Work

(Appointments)

 

Jennifer Bull

Ballston Spa, NY  12020

 

 

 

 

Judicial District IV

 

 

 

 

 

 

WSWHE BOCES

1153 Burgoyne Street

Fort Edward, NY 12828

 

 

Judicial District IV

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2007

To

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

Degree:  C.A.S. (Educational Administration), SUNY Albany; M.S.W. (Social Work), SUNY Albany; and B.S.W. (Social Work), College of St. Rose

Profession:  Social Work

Licensed in 2001

License #063670

 

 

Stephanne Pleshette

Woodstock, NY  12498

 

 

 

 

Judicial District III

 

(Private Practice)

25 Whitney Drive

Woodstock, NY 12498

 

 

 

Judicial District III

 

 

January 1, 2007

To

December 31, 2011

 

Degree: M.S.W. (Clinical Casework), Hunter School of Social Work

Profession:  Social Work

Licensed in 2004

License #056288

 

State  Board for Mental Health Practitioners

(Appointments)

 

Faith Ball

Cazenovia, NY  13035

 

 

 

Judicial District VI

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2007

To

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

Degree:  M.A.T. (English/ Education), Harvard University and B.A. (English), Cornell University

Public Member

 

 

Elizabeth Gonzalez-Dolginko

Northport, NY  11768

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judicial District X

 

Huntington Hospital

270 Park Avenue

Huntington, NY  11743

 

CW Post – LIU

Clinical Art Therapy

720 Northern Blvd.

Brookville, NY  11548

 

Judicial District X

 

January 1, 2007

To

December 31, 2011

 

Degree:  Certificate (Expressive Psychoanalysis), Institute for Expressive Analysis; M.P.S. (Art  Therapy), Pratt Institute; and B.F.A. (Graphics & Photography), College of New Rochelle

Profession:  Creative Arts Therapy and Psychoanalysis

Licensed in 2006

License #000284 and 000180

 

 

Cari L. Sans

Long Beach, NY  11561

 

 

 

 

 

Judicial District X

 

(Self-employed)

Counseling Corner for Marriage & Family Therapy PC

9 Lakeville Lane

Plainview, NY 11803

 

Judicial District X

 

January 1, 2007

To

December 31, 2011

 

Degree:  M.A. (Marriage and Family Therapy), Hofstra University and B.A. (Psychology), University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Profession:  Marriage and Family Therapy

Licensed in 2006

License #000054

 

 

State  Board for Landscape Architecture

(Appointment)

 

Melissa R. Lassor

Averill Park, NY  12018

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judicial District III

 

 

 

 

 

 

Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering, PC

The Argus Building

412 Broadway

P.O. Box 617

Albany, NY  12201

 

Judicial District III

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2007

To

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

Degree:  B.A. (English), College of St. Rose

Public Member

 

 

State  Board for Engineering and Land Surveying

(Appointment)

 

Harvey J. Palmer

Lima, NY  14485

 

 

 

Judicial District VII

 

 

 

 

 

 

RIT

Kate Gleason College of Engineering

77 Lomb Memorial Dr.

Rochester, NY 14623

 

Judicial District VII

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2007

To

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

Degree:  Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering), University of Washington and B.S. (Chemical Engineering), University of Rochester

Profession: Engineering

Licensed in 1981

License #058799

 

 

State  Committee for Athletic Trainers

(Reappointments)

 

Martin Scott Erb

Hamilton, NY  13346

 

 

 

Judicial District VI

 

 

 

 

 

Colgate University

13 Oak Drive

Hamilton, NY  13346

 

 

Judicial District VI

 

 

 

 

 

February 1, 2007

To

January 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: M.S. (Physical Education), Indiana University and B.S. (Biology), Bucknell University

Profession:  Athletic Training

Licensed in 1998

License #000191

 

 

State  Committee for Athletic Trainers

(Reappointments - cont)

 

James Delafayette Gossett

Ardsley, NY  10502

 

 

 

 

Judicial District IX

 

 

 

 

 

Columbia University

3030 Broadway

New York, NY  10027

 

 

 

Judicial District I

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 1, 2007

To

January 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Degree: M.S. (Athletic Training/Physical Education), University of Arizona and B.S. (Physical Education), Indiana State University

Profession:  Athletic Training

Licensed in 1997

License #000016

 

 

Table 2 of 2

Proposed Reappointment of an Extended Member 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 Nursing (Reappointment of Extended Member)

 

Ursula Falk

Kenmore, NY  14223

 

 

judicial district  VIII

 

 

 

 

 

(Self-employed)

1197 Kenmore Ave.

Buffalo, NY 14223

 

Judicial District VIII

 

 

 

 

 

January 1, 2007

To

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

Degree:  Ed.D. (Social Work and Education), SUNY Buffalo; M.S.W. (Social Work), Bryn Mawr College; and B.A. (Psychology), Ohio University

Public Member