Education Reform Testimony

Panel 1: School Structure and Funding

• Tom Nespeca, Webster Central, NYSSBA Board of Director President
• Allen Wiiliams
• Jeff Crane, West Irondequoit Central School District
• Michael Glover, The Genesee Valley Partnership
• Michael Sherry, Director of Operations, Rochester Prep Middle School
• Lovely Warren, Rochester City Council President

Panel 2: STEM

• Annemarie Lehne, Rochester School District IT Officer
• Jeremiah Okal-Frink, Monroe 1's Director of School Improvement
• Jason Rees, Rochester First Robotics
• Robert Thorne, Professor of Physics, Cornell University
• Sara Silverstone

Student Achievement

• Dr. Anne M. Kress, President, Monroe Community College
• Carl Hayden, Chancellor Emeritus, State University of New York
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• Jody Seigel, Executive Director, Monroe County School Boards Association
• Gerri Pierce, Vice President for Human Resources, Wegmans Food Markets
• Dennis Richardson, President & CEO, Hillside Family of Agencies

Parent and Student Engagement/Teacher and Principal Quality

• Santosha Kuykendall, Parent
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• Mary Adams, Rochester School Board Commissioner
• Adam Urbanski, Rochester Teacher’s Association
• Dr. Pamela Kissel, President of the Monroe County Council of School Superintendents
• Ernest Flagler-Mitchell, Parent

PUBLIC COMMENT

• Michael Wendt
• Rosemary Rivera
• Kathryn Cappella
• Howard J. Eagle
• Felix Fernandez-Penny
• Mairéad Hartmann
• George H. Moses
• Marlene Blocker
• Joe Klein
• Sophia Shi
• Jacque Cady
• Michael Joseph Iuliucci Jr
• Marsha Dumka
• Ronald Deutsch
• Janelle Crespo
• David Banister
• Carolyn Lee-Davis
• Dan Drmacich
• Jason Carter
• Brian Backstrom
• Kevin McGowan
• Denise Dzikowski
• Tom Gillet

Panel 1: School System Structure

• Michael Mulgrew, UFT
• Chancellor Dennis Walcott, NYCDOE
• Eloise Messineo, Executive Director of the Executive Leadership Institute of CSA
• Katherine Eckstein, The Children's Aid Society

Panel 2: Teachers & Leaders

• Shael Suransky, NYCDOE
• Jon Snyder, Bank Street College of Education
• William Gaudelli, Columbia Teacher's College
• Edwin Meléndez, Director, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College | Attachment

Panel 3: Early Education and Student Support

• Putnam Sheriff Don Smith, New York State Sheriffs' Association
• Nancy Kolben, Executive Director, Center for Children's Initiatives
• Kim Jasmin, JP Morgan Chase
• Donald Hernandez, Department of Sociology, Hunter College and The Graduate Center
• Lucy Friedman, TASC

Panel 4: Student Achievement and Technology in the Classroom

• Anthony Lombardi, Queens PS 49
• Mark Schneiderman, SIIA
• Stan Litow, IBM Foundation
• Elizabeth Lee, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families

Panel 5: School System Structure II

• David Sciarra, Executive Director, Education Law Center
• Oscar Cohen, NAACP
• Jude Ali Steffers Wilson, Student
• Juan Osorio, BHSEC Class of 2003
• Matthew Resnick, Student, Eleanor Roosevelt High School

PUBLIC COMMENT

• Ann Cook, Director
• Nancy Villarreal de Adler | Attachment 1 | Attachment 2
• Erin Boyle Acosta
• Mary Conway-Spiegel
• Kim Sykes
• Marian Bott
• Susan Crawford
• Peter McNally
• Cindy Menz-Erb
• Paola Jordan
• Kati Koerner
• Gayle Hutcher

Panel 1: School System Structure

• Scott Burman, Association for a Better Long Island
• Matt Cohen, Long Island Association researcher/expert
• John Stype, Parent
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  • Exhibit Overview
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• Darcy L. Hirsh, UJA-Federation of New York
• Dick Ianuzzi, NYSUT

Panel 2: Early Education

• Robert Kratzke, President of GlobeNet
• Nancy Rauch Douzinas, President of the Rauch Foundation
• Dana Friedman, Ed.D, President, Early Years Institute
• Danielle Asher, Lead Organizer and Statewide Early Childhood Education Campaign CoordinatorNY

Panel 3: STEM

• Dr. Lydia Begley, Associate Superintendent for Educational Services from Nassau BOCES
• Michael Nagler, Ed.D., Superintendent, Mineola UFSD
• Brian Vorwald, President of the Science Teachers Association of NY State
• Jay Breakstone, Bellmore School Board

Panel 4: Student Achievement

• Christina Grant, NYCAN, Executive Director
• Anna Krauss, Student | Attachment
• Carol Burris, Principal of South Side High School
• Dr. Anael Alston, Principal, Great Neck North Middle School
• Maria Neira, NYSUT

PUBLIC COMMENT (in order of RSVP date)

• Gary Bixhorn
• Phil Vallone
• Nikhil Goyal
• Marc E. Greene
• Jacqueline Grennon Brooks
• John Whiteley
• Michael J. Mensch, Ed.D.
• Leslie Rubenstein
• Steve Harr
• Steve Levy
• Gioia Shebar
• Denny Taylor
• Anna F. Hunderfund, Ed.D
• Frank J. Russo, Jr.
• Fred Gorman
• Anita MacDougall
• Andrea Vecchio
• Peter Mannella
• Sean K. Fallon
• David Gamberg
• Helene Fallon; M.Ed.
• Lynn Burke; M.Ed.
• Beata Moon
• Robert Aloise, Ed.D.
• Kevin Verbesey

Panel 1: College and Career Readiness

• Edward Shafer, Director, CTE Technical Assistance Center of NY
• Mary Margaret Small, Empire STEM Learning Network, North Country Regional Coordinator
• David Ziskin, Amsterdam High School
• Randi VanWagoner, President of Mohawk Hudson CC

Panel 2: School System Structure I

• John Orzel, Retired Teacher
• Michael Borges, New York State Association of School Business Officials
• Pat Michel, Superintendent of the Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES
• Billy Easton, Alliance for Quality Education

Panel 3: STEM and Technology in the Classroom

• Meg Benke, Acting President, SUNY Empire State College
• Ken Ford, Oneida BOCES
• Carol Vallone CEO of Educate Online
• Julie Nucci, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Director of the CNS Institute for Physics Teachers, Cornell University

Panel 4: School System Structure II

• William Lynch, Fulton City School District
• Bob Mackey, Unadilla Valley Central School
• Shelly McCarthy, Mohawk Teachers' Association
• Bill Wolff, Executive Director of the LaSalle School in Albany and President of the 853 Schools Coalition

Panel 5: Student Achievement

• Chief Timothy Currier, Massena Police Department
• Russell Stewart, Waterville Central School Board
• Bill McDonald, NYSSBA
• Jack Marcellus, Learning Disabilities Association
• Patty Palladino, Parent
• Gianni DiSano Student
• Martha Oldfield, Frankfort-Schuyler Teacher's Union

Panel 1: School System Structure

• Thomas Rogers, Chair, District Superintendents of New York State
• Georgia Asciutto, Conference of Big 5 City Schools
• Thomas Hatch, Co-Director, National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, & Teaching (NCREST), Associate Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
• Assemblywoman Sandy Galef

Panel 2: Student Achievement

• Bernard Pierorazio, Superintendent, Yonkers Public Schools
• Joseph Bracchitta, Chief Academic Officer, Yonkers
• Ernest Logan, Council of School Administrators
• Sheila Appel, Manager, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs for NYS from IBM

Panel 3: College and Career Readiness

• Sally R. Porush, VP, Employee Experience, SEFCU
• Ken Engel, Domino
• Ken Mitchell, Ed.D., Superintendent, South Orangetown Central School District
• Kelly Lappan, Arlington Central School Boards

Panel 4: Teacher and Principal Quality

• Harry Leonardatos, Principal, Clarkstown High School North
• Karen Bronson, Former Principal, NYSED Network Trainer
• Bill Phillips, NY Charter Schools Association
• Steven Jensen, Director of Technology at the Newburgh Enlarged School District

Panel 5: Parent and Community Engagement

• Jennie Q. Colabella, Taxpayers for a Better Highland
• Jen Marraccino, Steering Committee Member of REF, Restore Education Funding
• Judith Johnson, Interim Superintendent, Mount Vernon Central Schools
• Kelly Chiarella, Westchester-EastPutnam PTA, Region Director

Panel 1: STEM and College Readiness

• Victoria Dell, Career and Technical Student Organizations of NY
• Joe Pete Wilson, Principal, Adirondack Early College High School
• Anthony G. Collins, President, Clarkson University
• William P. Murray, Executive Director, CITEC, Inc

Panel 2: School System Structure and Finance

• Viola Schmid-Doyle, National Board Certified Teacher, Canton Central School
• Garry Douglas, President of the North Country Chamber of Commerce
• Paul Grasso, President and CEO, North Country Workforce Investment Board
• Thomas Burns, Superintendent, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES
• Daniel W. Mannix, Management Advocates for School Labor Affairs

Panel 3: Teacher Quality and District Leadership

• John Jablonski, President, Clinton Community College
• Mike Morgan, Dean of the School of Education
• Dana Smith, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES, NYSSBA

Panel 4: Community and Family Engagement

• Linda Wallace, Parent, Community Alliance for Responsible Excellence in Eduation (CAREE)
• Clark "Skip" Hults, Superintendent, Newcomb Central School District (Attachment)
• Bryton Chikukwa, Student, Newcomb Central School
• Rebecca Del Rossi, Student, Canton Central School

Panel 1: School System Structure

• Joanie Mahoney, County Executive
• John Yinger, Maxwell School, School Finance researcher/expert
• Laura Black, Syracuse 20/20

Panel 2: College and Career Readiness

• Matthew Williams, Principal, Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central High School
• Donna DeSiato, East Syracuse Superintendent, Chair of CNY STEM Hub, Technology Council
• Sheila Cooley, SUNY Oswego Co-Op
• Randy Wolken, head of Manufacturers Association of Central NY

Panel 3: Teacher Quality and District Leadership

• Jim Cultrara, Catholic Conference and Co-Chair NYS Coalition for Independent and Religious Schools
• Douglas Ann Land, Trumansburg School District School Board Member
• Sharon Contreras, Syracuse School District Superintendent
• Laura Kelley, Syracuse School District, Chief Accountability Officer

Panel 4: Student Achievement and Family Engagement

• Peggy Liuzzi, Executive Director, Child Care Solutions
• Virginia B. Carmody, Executive Director, Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County
• Jami-Beth Knapp, Family Engagement Coordinator, NYS PTA
• Katherine Gross, President, Central New York Council for the Social Studies

PUBLIC COMMENT (in order of RSVP date)

• Talina Jones, Parent, AQE
• Jackie Derouchie, President, Lyncourt Teachers Association
• Nancy K. McCarty
• Barry E. Lentz
• Kathy Spitzer, Teacher, North Syracuse Central School District
• Laurie Penney McGee, Executive Director at Booker T. Washington Community Center
• Susan Fahey, President, Parents for Public Schools of Syracuse
• Margrit Diehl

Panel 1: College & Career Readiness

• Dr. Mark Vaughn, Technical Talent Pipelining Manager, Corning, Inc.
• Randy Kerr, Newark Valley School District, School Board Member
• Donna Lupardo, Assemblymember, Binghamton
• James Zieno, Student - SUNY Albany (incoming freshman); Graduate, Norwich High School

Panel 2: School System Structure

• Stacy Duncan, Binghamton Chamber of Commerce
• Jennifer Curley, AQE
• Pat Podrazil, Citizens For A Better Broome
• Mary Beth Fiore, Superintendent of Elmira Heights

Panel 3: Student Achievement

• Dr. Kevin Drumm, President of Broome Community College
• Alan Hertel, United Way Broome
• Shelley Lester, New York State After School Network

Panel 1: The Structure of New York’s Public Education System

Panelists:

• Dr. Bruce Fraser: Executive Director, Rural Schools Association
• David Albert: Director of Government Relations, NYS School Boards Association
• John Reilley: Board chair of KIPP Tech Valley Charter School; former board member of the Albany Chamber of Commerce; and president of Dynamic Applications, Inc.

Panel 2: Teacher and Principal Quality and District Leadership

Panelists:

• Bob Reidy: Executive Director, NYS Council of School Superintendents
• Jim Viola: Director of Government Relations, School Administrators Association of NYS
• Martin Messner: President, Schoharie Teachers Association

Panel 3: Student Achievement and Family Engagement

Panelists:

• Kate Breslin: President and CEO, Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
• Karen Scharff: Executive Director, Citizen Action New York
• Drew Matonak: President, Hudson Valley Community College

Panel 1:

• Yvonne Minor Ragan, Director, Buffalo Promise Neighborhood
• Sam Radford, President, District Parent Coordinating Council
• Helene Kramer, Chair, United Partners for Public Education in Buffalo
• Lynn Bass, Principal, Tapestry Charter School

Panel 2:

• Efrain Martinez, Superintendent, Charter School for Applied Technologies
• Peter Ciarelli, Assistant Superintendent for Technology Services, Williamsville School District
• Daniel Marimon, Chief Technology Officer, Buffalo Public Schools

Panel 3:

• Hannya Boulos, Executive Director, Buffalo Reform ED
• Alfred J. Wright, Government Affairs Manager, Buffalo Niagara Partnership
• Jim Anderson, Member of the Alliance for Quality Education
• Clotilde Dedecker, President, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

Panel 4:

• Don Ogilve, District Superintendent, Erie 1 BOCES
• Tamara Alsace, Director of the Buffalo Public School’s Multilingual Education Department
• Regent Robert Bennett, NYS Board of Regents
• Rhonda Frederick, President, Developmental Disability Alliance of Western New York

Panel 1: Teacher Quality

• Campbell Brown, CNN news anchor
• Jemina Bernard, Executive Director for TFA New York
• Lesley Guggenheim, The New Teacher Project
• Evan Stone, Educators for Excellence

Panel 2: Improved Student Achievement Through Wrap Around Services

• Leo Casey, UFT
• Calvin Butts President at SUNY Old Westbury
• Jennifer Jones Austin, Senior VP United Way of NYC
• Maria Fernandez, Urban Youth Collaborative/Annenberg Institute for School Reform

Panel 3: School System Structure and Management

• Betsy Lynam, Citizens Budget Commission
• Amy Ellen Schwartz NYU. Professor
• James Merriman, Charter Center for Excellence
• Alan Cheng, Principal City-As-School (technology)

Panel 4: Community Engagement

• Julius Martinez, Students for Education Reform
• Zak Malamed, Student Voice
• Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters | Slides
• Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari, AQE Director of Advocacy
• Jen Hensley, ED of ABNY