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
VICE PRESIDENT
Leah Akins
(2020-2024)
Engineering and Technology
Dutchess Community College
53 Pendell Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 431-8421
akins@sunydutchess.edu
TREASURER
History, Government, and Economics
Dutchess Community College
53 Pendell Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 431-8514
matthew.murray@sunydutchess.edu
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
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
(718) 951-5197
Nivedita Majumdar
(2020-2024)
English
John Jay College, CUNY
524 West 59th Street
NY, NY 10019
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sally Dear-Healey
341 Shafer Road
Harpursville, NY 13787
(607) 656-9477 (office)
(607) 727-3130 (cell)
CUNY COUNCIL
Cecelia McCall, CHAIR
(2020-2023)
Professional Staff Congress (PSC) (Retired)
61 Broadway, 15th floor
New York, NY 10006
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COUNCIL
Adam Pack, CHAIR
(2022-2025)
Biology
Utica University
1600 Burrstone Road
Utica, NY 13502
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
COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS
Vasiliki (Valerie) Lagakis, CHAIR
(2020-2023)
Critical Reading/Academic Advancement
Nassau Community College
One Education Dr.
Garden City, NY 11530
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
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
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
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
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Fred Floss, CHAIR
(2020-2023)
Economics and Finance
Classroom Building B333
SUNY at Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 878-3374
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
(845) 431-8591
ACADEME NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Jeffrey Kraus
Political Science
Wagner College
1 Campus Road
Staten Island, NY 10331
(718) 390-3254
COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR
Tanya Loughead
Philosophy
Canisius College
2001 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14208
Please email
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
(516) 686-7769
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
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