Members / Organization
1. Sherry Cleary, Co-Chair / NY Early Childhood Professional Development Institute
2. Patricia Persell, Co-Chair / NYS Council on Children &Families, NYS Head Start Collaboration Project
3. George Askew / NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
4. Evelyn Blanck / New York Center for Child Development
5. Kate Breslin / Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
6. Phil Cleary (Ellen Sullivan) / NYS United Teachers
7. Pedro Cordero / NY Head Start Technical Assistance Team
8. Rachel de Long / NYS Department of Health
9. Karla Digirolamo / NYS Community Action Agency Association
10. Denise Dowell / CSEA, Early Learning Care Programs
11. Andre Eaton / Parent Child Home Program
12. Maggie Evans / Agri-Business Child Development
13. Melanie Faby / NYS Education Department, Title I and Homeless Education
14. Bob Frawley / Early Childhood Consultant
15. Dana Friedman / Suffolk County Department of Social Services
16. Timothy Hathaway / Prevent Child Abuse New York
17. Victoria Hiffa / Office of Children and Family Services, Division of Child Welfare Services
18. Mark Jasinski / NYS Prekindergarten Administrators Association
19. Ira Katzenstein / NYS Head Start Association
20. Kristen Kerr / NYS Association for the Education of Young Children
21. Patti Lieberman / A.L. Mailman Family Foundation
22. Ralph Marino / School Superintendents
23. Barbara Ann Mattle / Child Care Council, Inc.
24. Jim McGuirk / Astor Services for Children and Families
25. Mary McHugh / NYS Office of Mental Health, Division of Children Families
26. Anne Mitchell / Early Childhood Policy Research
27. Janice Molnar / NYS Office of Children and Family Services, Division of Child Care Services
28. Donna Noyes / NYS Department of Health, Early Intervention Program
29. Jenn O’Connor / Prevent Child Abuse New York
30. Carol Saginaw / Child Advocate
31. Mary Shaheen / United Way of New York State
32. Patricia Uttaro / Rochester Public Library
33. Lorelei Vargas / New York City Administration for Children's Services, Child Care & Head Start
Pending Appointments
34. Melissa Alexander / Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
35. Meredith Chimento / Early Care and Learning Council
36. Jennifer Conway / Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce
37. Jeanne Galbraith / NYS Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators
38. Liz Isakson / Docs for Tots
39. Abbe Kovacik / Capital District Child Care Coordinating Council
40. Lisa Mars / Global Benefits CA Technologies
41. Tina Rose-Turriglio / NYC Department of Education - Office of Early Learning
42. Beth Starks / Chautauqua Lake School
43. Vanessa Threatte / SUNY- Charter Schools
44. Todd Tranum / Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce
45. Dixie Yonkers / Office for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
Rev 12/10/16 More information about the NYS ECAC Members can be found at: http://www.nysecac.org/