ZONE REPRESENTATIVES
Paige Hardison (Zone 1) Western New York
Zone1@nyssma.org
Brian Wilkins (Zone 2) Genesee Region
Zone2@nyssma.org
Dr. Jennifer L. R. Greene, (Zone 3) Central Tri-Cities Region
Zone3@nyssma.org
Kevin Upcraft (Zone 4) Oswego-Mohawk Valey Region
Zone4@nyssma.org
Ashley E. Trudell (Zone 5) St. Lawrence Region
Zone5@nyssma.org
Jeanette Woodruff (Zone 6) Northern New York
Zone6@nyssma.org
Gregory A. Verheyn (Zone 7) Capital District Region
Zone7@nyssma.org
Julie M. Smith (Zone 8) Upper Susquehanna Region
Zone8@nyssma.org
Timothy Hamblin (Zone 9) Catskill Region
Zone9@nyssma.org
Samantha McShane (Zone 10) Hudson Valley Region
Zone10@nyssma.org
Kimberly Dunkin (Zone 11) Westchester County
Zone11@nyssma.org
Kevin Heathwood (Zone 12) New York City
Zone12@nyssma.org
Michael Lee (Zone 13) Nassau County
Zone13@nyssma.org
James C. Uzzi (Zone 14) Suffolk County
Zone14@nyssma.org
Collin Smith (Zone 15) Southern Tier
Zone15@nyssma.org
NAME-NYSSMA Collegiate
ADVISOR- Dr. Keith Koster
kkoster8@naz.edu
PRESIDENT- Taylor Kelly
collpres@nyssma.org
Collegiate President Elect – Sophie Wood
Greta Hansen-Schwoebel – Secretary/ Treasurer
Eve Castonguay – Web Editor
NAfME: The National Assoc. for Music Education
PRESIDENT- Deborah A. Confredo
1806 Robert Fulton Dr., Reston, VA 20191
NAfME: Eastern Division
PRESIDENT- Michael Brownell
mbrownell.nafme@gmail.com
NYS Education Department
Office of Standards and Instruction
David Seligman, Association in Instructional Services, Arts
89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234
General Information; (518) 474-5922
STATE CHAIRPERSONS
Adjudication Festival, George H. Smith
afcchair@nyssma.org
Assignor of Adjudicators, Kathryn A. Struzik
assignor@nyssma.org
Awards and Recognition, Susan L. Weber
awards@nyssma.org
ALL-STATE CHAIRPERSONS
Band, Dr. Harold Goldstein
bc@nyssma.org
Band (Assistant), Scott Cannan
bca@nyssma.org
Chorus, Drew Benware
cc@nyssma.org
Chorus (Assistant), Dennis Creighton
cca@nyssma.org
Instrumental Jazz, Patricia Isenberg
jc@nyssma.org
Instrumental Jazz (Assistant), Dave Lobenstein
yjca@nyssma.org
Orchestra, Peter Guarino
oc@nyssma.org
Orchestra (Assistant), Lia Call
oca@nyssma.org
Vocal Jazz, Edward Reisert
vjc@nyssma.org
Vocal Jazz (Assistant), Dr. Morgan Jolley
vjca@nyssma.org
Band, Scott Dunn
bulldog88h@aol.com
Belonging, Equity, Diversity & Representation, Adele Bovard
adele.bovard@outlook.com
Brass, Richard Lundquist
rlundqui@yahoo.com
Certification, Dr. Keith A. Kaiser
kaiser@ithaca.edu
Choral, Michelle Shmuel
michellelshmuel@gmail.com
Classroom Music
Classroom Music, Kerry Mero
kmero@boquetvalleycsd.org
Early Childhood, Ashley Moss Fox
agmfox89@gmail.com
Elementary Summer Conference Chairperson
Donna Basile
donnabasile3@gmail.com
Elementary Winter Conference Chairperson,
Shana Davenport Kohler
sndavenport@gmail.com
Secondary Music Co-Chair, Anthony Femino
profmusic@gmail.com
Secondary Music Co-Chair, Walter Harris
walter.harris@hczpromise.org
Higher Education, Beatrice Olesko
bolesko@ithaca.edu
Community Music, Jeff Ball
jball3@schools.nyc.gov
Composition/Improvisation, Dr. Robert Deemer
comp@nyssma.org
Constitution, Susan L. Weber•
vinvia@aol.com
Curriculum, Frederic A. Weingarten
nyssmacurrcomm@gmail.com
Director of Adjudicators, Michael Robertson
dirofadi@nyssma.org
Emerging Ensembles, Lindsey Williams
Imcmahonwilliams@gmail.com
Finance, Richard P. Rabideau
richard.rabideau@charter.net
Advocacy/Government Relations, Michael Mastrangelo
grc@nyssma.org
Historian/Archivist, Thomas N. Gellert
SchoolMusicNews@nyssma.org
Manual, Andy Kittleson
manual@nyssma.org
Marching Band, Christopher Toomey
ctoomey@mineola.k12.ny.us
Marketing, Reta Ebbets Cerullo
(H) 631/698-8942
Membership, Kate Jarrard
membership@nyssma.org
MIOSM, Scott Andrews
sandrews731.60@gmail.com
Musical Theater, Ann L. Mosner
panno88@msn.com
Neurodiversity and Accessibility, Brian Wagner-Yeung
brianwagneryeung@gmail.com
Percussion, Genevieve Ruhland
genevievearuhland@gmail.com
Piano, Chris Hyde-Hall
piano@nyssma.org
Research, Dr. Mara E. Culp
mculp@esm.rochester.edu
Resolutions/Hotel Coordinator, James E. Orgar
orgar@frontiernet.net
Retired Persons, Charles Puricelli
charley2@optonline.net
Rural Schools, Joseph lanconi
jcianaconi@gmail.com
Social Media and Communications, Dr. John J. Gallagher
PR@nyssma.org
Strings, Mary Frances Scott
mscott@valleystream13.com
Technology in Music Education. Kristin Gilbert
kgilbert@wpcsd.org
Tri-M, Anissa Arnold
aarnold@herricks.org
Urban Schools, Jasmine Britt
jasminebritt@gmail.com
Voice, Matthew Stearns
mstearns@chittenangoschools.org
WINTER CONFERENCE
Chaperones,
Neil J. and Karen C. Bryson
chaperone@nyssma.org
On-Site Coordinator, Charles Heck
charlesheck@mac.com
Assistant On-Site Coordinator; Ashley E. Trudell
trudellashley@gmail.com
Woodwinds, Kathleen Freer
kathleen@silverwoodclarinet.com
PRESIDENTS OF AFFILIATED COUNTIES
County President information changes should be
submitted to Debby Super at dsuper@nyssma.org
ACAMT (Chenango) – Karen Clark-Snitchler
kclark@norwichcsd.org
Allegany – Alva Robbins
arobbins@gvcs.wnyric.org
Bronx – (See MEANYC)
Brooklyn – (See MEANYC)
Broome – Jackie Kovacs
jkovacs@me.stier.org
District Suburban Scholastic Council –
Nancy Lussier
nlussier@sgcsd.net
Cattaraugus – Lauren Kirschner
Ikirschner@portvillecsd.org
Cayuga – Alex Viega
aveiga@weedsport.org
Central Adirondack – Corey Cerullo
ccerullo@northwarrencsd.org
Chautauqua – Rachel Offenbach Smith
ccmtapresident@gmail.com
Clinton – Penny Wiese
pwiese24@hotmail.com
Columbia – Samantha McShane
mcshanes@chatham.k12.ny.us
Cortland – Amanda Steinhoff
asteinhoff@cc.cnyric.org
Delaware – Gary LiCalzi
glicalzi@skcs.org
Dutchess – Alicia Nace
president@dcmea.org
Erie – Todd Macon
tmacon@ecmea.org
Essex – Taylor Prosper
tprosper@lakeplacidcsd.net
Finger Lakes – Phillip Bariteau
pbariteau@naplescsd.org
Franklin – Jeffrey Soper
jsoper@maloneschools.org
Fulton – Michael Graves
gravesm@bpcsd.org
Genesee Valley – John P. Novak
jnovak@letchworth.k12.ny.us
Genesee-Wyoming – Stephanie Michalek
smichalek@atticacsd.org
Greene – Michelle Storrs-Ryan
mstorrs@catskillasd.org
Herkimer – Emily Rozonkiewiecz
eronzonkiewiecz@lfcsd.orgcon
Jefferson-Lewis – Sara D. Gleason
conductorintreble@gmail.com
Madison – Ryan Hobert
rhobart@madisoncentralny.org
Monroe – Scott Quinlan
mcsmapresident@gmail.com
Montgomery – Nicholas Anker
nicholas.anker@canjo.org
Music Educators of New York City – (MEANYC)
Dr. Tom Zlabinger
president@meanyc.org
Nassau – Mike LaSorsa
president@nassaumusic.org
Niagara – Amanda Burdick/ClaudiaHovey
aburdick@lew-port.com chovey@newfancentralschools.org
Oneida – Millicent (Millie) Ruggio
mruggio@wboro.org
Onondaga – Andrea Akins
akins@scsd.us
Orange County Music Educators (OCMEA)
Gregory Bennett
gregorybennet@ecsom.org
Orleans – Zachary Busch
zbusch@holleyosd.org
Oswego – Robert Dumas
presidentocmea@gmail.com
Otsego – Anne Monaco
amonaco@gmucsd.org
Putnam – Jocelyn Kraus
jocelynkraus@gmail.com
Queens – (See: MEANYO)
Rensselaer – Christopher Siegenthaler
csiegenthaler@brunswickcsd.org
Rockland – Tracy Dobelle
presidentrcmea@gmail.com
Saratoga-Warren – Alyssa Verheym
averheyn@queensburyschool.org
Schenectady – Michael Salamone
msalamone@mohonasen.org
Schoharie – Jared Slingerland
jared.slingeriand@bkwschools.org
Seneca-Tompkins – Richard Huyge
rhuyge1@dryden.k12.ny.us
St. Lawrence – Matthew Snyder
msnyder@mcs.K12.ny.us
Staten Island – (See: MEANYC)
Steuben – Spencer Blumenfeld
president@scmtamusic.org
Suffolk – Angelina Wasson
president@somea.org
Sullivan – Sarah Weber
sweber@libertyk12.org
Tioga – Melinda Smith
mesmith@svecsd.org
Ulster – Adam Kuliszewski
president@uomea.org
Warren – (See Saratoga)
Washington – Chad Shippee
cs427@boltoncsd.org
Wayne – Pamela Teelin
pamela.teelin@clydesavannah.org
Westchester – Jon Riss
rissj@hohschools.org