NYS Conference Leadership

 

 

The Administrative Committee (AC) consists of the President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary, all of which are elected officer positions.

The Executive Council (EC) consists of the officers of the Conference, four at-large members, the national Council members elected from the district that includes New York State, the At-Large Council members who are members of the NYS Conference, and the elected National AAUP Officers who are members of the NYS Conference. (Article III.2, Oct. 2014).

The Steering Committee (SC) consists of the EC and the chairs of standing NYS Conference committees and councils. (Article III.3, October 2014)

OFFICERS (Administrative Committee)

PRESIDENT 

Mary Rose Kubal
(2020-2024)

Political Science
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778

(716) 375-2271

mrkubalaaup@gmail.com

 

VICE PRESIDENT 

Leah Akins
(2020-2024)

Engineering and Technology
Dutchess Community College
53 Pendell Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

TREASURER

Matthew Murray
(2022-2024)

History, Government, and Economics
Dutchess Community College
53 Pendell Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

SECRETARY 

John Shekitka
(2022-2024)

Social Studies
Manhattanville College
2900 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577

(914) 323-3207

shekitka@gmail.com 

MEMBERS ELECTED AT LARGE (who, along with the members of the AC, comprise the Executive Council/EC)

Kimberley Reiser
(2022-2024)

Biology 
Nassau Community College
One Education Dr.
Garden City, NY 11530

(516) 572-7575, Ext. 26511

Kimberley.Reiser@ncc.edu

Anne Friedman
(2022-2024)

 

Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY (Retired)
199 Chambers Street
New York City, NY 10007

(646) 670-7991

anniepal1215@gmail.com

Hollis Glaser
(2020-2024)

Speech, Communications,  Theater Arts
Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY
199 Chambers Street
New York City, NY 10007

(212) 220-8000, Ext. 5592

hollisglaser@yahoo.com

James Davis
(2020-2024)

English
Brooklyn College, CUNY
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889

Nivedita Majumdar 
(2020-2024)

English
John Jay College, CUNY
524 West 59th Street
NY, NY 10019

(212) 237-8589

nmajum_10038@yahoo.com

 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sally Dear-Healey

341 Shafer Road
Harpursville, NY 13787

(607) 656-9477 (office)
(607) 727-3130 (cell)

sdearhealeyaaup@gmail.com

CUNY COUNCIL

Cecelia McCall, CHAIR
(2020-2023)

Professional Staff Congress (PSC) (Retired)
61 Broadway, 15th floor
New York, NY 10006

(917) 696-5785 

liann.mccall@gmail.com

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COUNCIL

Adam Pack, CHAIR
(2022-2025)

 

Biology
Utica University
1600 Burrstone Road
Utica, NY 13502

(315) 792-3129

apack@utica.edu 

 

STEERING COMMITTEE – STANDING COMMITTEES 

COMMITTEE A: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE

Irwin Yellowitz, CHAIR
(2020-2023)

History (Retired)
City College/CUNY
New York, NY 10031

Please contact Committee A via the following email or
contact Sally Dear-Healey, Executive Director 

iyellowitz@aol.com

COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS

Vasiliki (Valerie) Lagakis, CHAIR
(2020-2023)

Critical Reading/Academic Advancement
Nassau Community College
One Education Dr.
Garden City, NY 11530

(516) 572-7464, Ext. 25357

Vasiliki.Lagakis@ncc.edu

COMMITTEE ON COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE

Kimberley Reiser, CHAIR
(2020-2023)

 

Biology
Nassau Community College
One Education Dr.
Garden City, NY 11530

(516) 572-7575, Ext. 26511

Kimberley.Reiser@ncc.edu

COMMITTEE ON CHAPTERS, MEMBERS, & DUES

Katherine Cho, CHAIR
(2021-2024)

 

Criminal Justice
Nassau Community College
One Education Dr.
Garden City, NY 11530

(917) 622-0382

chokatherine7@gmail.com 

COMMITTEE ON THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE PROFESSION

Thomas X. Carroll, CHAIR
(2020-2023)

 

Chemistry and Physics
Keuka College
141 Central Avenue
Keuka Park, NY  14478

(315) 279-5644

txcarroll98@gmail.com

 

COMMITTEE ON FACULTY HOLDING CONTINGENT APPOINTMENT

Ángel L. Martínez, CHAIR
(2020-2023)

Social Sciences 
Bronx Community College/CUNY
2155 University Avenue, Bronx, New York 10453

(347) 534-5715

amjournal@gmail.com

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

Fred Floss, CHAIR  
(2020-2023)

Economics and Finance 
Classroom Building B333
SUNY at Buffalo, NY 14222

COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

Accepting Applications for Chair and Members

 

COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT

Accepting applications for Chair and Members

COMMITTEE ON GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN THE ACADEMIC PROFESSION

Margeaux Lippman, CHAIR
(2021-2024)

Speech
Dutchess Community College
53 Pendell Rd.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

ACADEME NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Jeffrey Kraus

Political Science 
Wagner College
1 Campus Road
Staten Island, NY 10331

(718) 390-3254

jfkraus1@aol.com

COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR

Tanya Loughead

Philosophy
Canisius College
2001 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14208

REGIONAL COUNCILS

THE LONG ISLAND COUNCIL 

Sophie Christman, CHAIR (2022-2025)

Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Northern Blvd.
Old Westbury, NY 11568

NYC-WESTCHESTER COUNCIL 

Ira Gerhardt (CO-CHAIR) (2022-2025)

Jacob M. Appel (CO-CHAIR) (2022-2025)

 

Mathematics and Computer Science
Manhattan College
4513 Manhattan College Parkway
Riverdale, NY 10471

Psychiatry
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
1 Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029

(718) 862-7732

iragerhardt.aaup@gmail.com

(212) 663-3643

 

LOWER CENTRAL COUNCIL 

CAPITAL AREA-MID HUDSON COUNCIL 

WESTERN-MIDWESTERN COUNCIL 

Rachel O’Donnell, CHAIR (2021-2024)

Writing, Speaking, and Argument
University of Rochester
1425 Portland Avenue
Rochester, NY 14621