Friends under Appointment to New York Yearly Meeting

Corporate office, 15 Rutherford Place
New York, NY 10003 Telephone 212-673-5750
For Officers, see Section on General Services

Appointments to committees and other agencies will be found in the Yearly Meeting on Ministry and Counsel and the Sections on General Services, Nurture, and Witness. Appointments to Spring and Fall Sessions are here.

The following symbols are used in this section:

AC—Assistant Clerk
AM—Alumni Manager
AL—At-Large Member
C—Clerk, Convener
D—Director
P—President
R—Recorder, Recording Clerk
S—Secretary
T—Treasurer, Financial Secretary
TR—Trustee
*—by permission of Yearly Meeting

Liaison Committee
Clerk, Ernestine Buscemi
Assistant Clerk, Lee Haring
Clerk, Ministry Coordinating Committee, Deborah B. Wood
Clerk, General Services Coordinating Committee, Paula McClure
Clerk, Nurture Coordinating Committee, Melanie-Claire Mallison
Clerk, Witness Coordinating Committee, Frederick Dettmer

YEARLY MEETING ON MINISTRY AND COUNSEL

This section includes members appointed by each monthly meeting, members at large appointed by the Yearly Meeting, all members of constituent committees, representatives from regional meetings, and recorded ministers, pastors, and meeting secretaries.

Editor’s Note: In 2008 the Yearly Meeting on Ministry and Counsel will be suspended and replaced by twice-yearly Meetings for Discernment. Monthly meetings have been asked to name representatives. We will post the names of these representatives on the NYYM Web site as soon as they are made available to the NYYM office.

Representatives from Monthly Meetings
to Yearly Meeting on Ministry & Counsel

All Friends
Chatham-Summit, Heather Cook
Dover-Randolph, Kathryn Munch
Montclair, Claire Simon
Ridgewood
Rockland, Sylke Jackson

Butternuts
Binghamton
Butternuts, Margaret Obermayer
Hamilton
Mohawk Valley
Unadilla, Cora Mighty

Farmington-Scipio
Alfred, Suzanne Blackburn
Buffalo, Roberta Bothwell
Central Finger Lakes
Collins
Elmira
Farmington
Fredonia, Ithaca, Orchard Park
Perry City
Poplar Ridge, Ruth Bradley
Rochester, Syracuse,

Long Island
Bethpage
Conscience Bay, Elaine Learnard
Jericho
Manhasset
Matinecock
Peconic Bay
Shelter Island
Westbury , Noel Palmer

New York
Brooklyn, Joseph Garren
Fifteenth Street
Flushing, Naomi Paz Greenberg
Manhattan, Margaret Mulindi
Morningside, Ernestine Buscemi
Staten Island

Nine Partners
Bulls Head-Oswego, Julia Giordano
Catskill, Leaza Hrechka
Cornwall, Curtis Roberts
New Paltz
Nine Partners, Richard Hathaway
Poughkeepsie

Northeastern
Adirondack, Regina Haag
Albany, Elizabeth Voss
Easton
Hudson
Old Chatham, Nathaniel Corwin
Quaker Street, Miriam McGiver
Saranac Lake
Saratoga, Patricia Arno
Schenectady, Anita Paul

Purchase
Amawalk
Chappaqua
Croton Valley
Housatonic
Purchase
Scarsdale, Anne Wright
Stamford-Greenwich
Wilton, Martha Gurvich

Shrewsbury & Plainfield
Manasquan
New Brunswick
Rahway-Plainfield, Roger Dreisbach-Williams
Shrewsbury, Sandra Clark
Somerset Hills

Recorded Ministers and Pastors:James Atwell, George Badgley, Sunday Blackmon, Ruth Bradley, Linda Chidsey, George Clarkson, Robert Conway, Maria Crosman, Ann Davidson, Bainbridge Davis, Karl Esmark, William Fairhurst, Regina Haag, Soo Ho Han, David Herendeen, Herbert Kimball, Ruth Kinsey, Janice Ninan, Noel Palmer, Frances F. Sokol.

Ministry Coordinating Committee

Representatives from Regional Meetings:
All Friends, Claire Simon
Butternuts, Amy Willauer-Obermayer
Farmington-Scipio
Long Island, Elaine Learnard
New York, AC-Joseph Garren
Nine Partners, Vonn New
Northeastern, David Herendeen
Purchase, C-Deborah B. Wood
Shrewsbury & Plainfield, Steven Ross

Representatives from Committees:
Advancement, Herbert Lape
Conflict Transformation, Thomas Rothschild
Faith & Practice
Sufferings, Ann Geiger

Representatives at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting

2008
Ann Davidson (’02), Farmington
R-Rachel Ruth (’02), Poughkeepsie

2009
Bowen Alpern (’03), Scarsdale
AC-Heather Cook (’03), Chatham-Summit
Kathleen Gale(’06), Elmira
Margaret Mulindi (’06), Manhattan
Steven Taylor-Roth (’03), Albany

2010
Julia Giordano (’07), Bulls Head-Oswego
Naomi Paz Greenberg (’07), Flushing
Paul Hamell (’07), Ridgewood
Janet Hough (’07), Chappaqua

Traveling Friends Advisory Group
Ann Davidson

Task Group onRacism in NYYM
Bowen Alpern

Advancement Committee

2008
C-Herbert Lape (’05),Westbury
John Edminster (’07), Fifteenth Street
Margaret Obermayer (’05), Binghamton

2009
Richard Accetta-Evans (’06), Fifteenth Street
Nadine Hoover (’06), Alfred
Finbar Lismore (’06), Westbury

2010
Suzanne Blackburn (’07), Alfred
Claire Cafaro (’07), Saratoga
Kathleen Lawson (’07), New Brunswick

Committee on Conflict Transformation

2008
Miguel Davis-Dacío (’06), Morningside
R-Steven Ross (’06), Shrewsbury

2009
AC-Cheshire Frager (’03), Flushing
C-Thomas Rothschild (’03), Brooklyn

2010
Nathaniel Corwin (’05), Old Chatham
Sanford Segal (’04), Rochester

Committee to Revise Faith & Practice

2008
C-Lee Haring (’01), Bulls Head-Oswego
Joan Oltman (’05), Purchase

2009
Donald Badgley (’03),Poughkeepsie
Elizabeth Pozo (’06), Cornwall
Kathie Scanlon (’06), Purchase

2010
Boyce Benge(’07), Brooklyn

Committee on Sufferings

2008
Catharine Thomas (’05), Chatham-Summit
C-Mary Williams (’03), Bulls Head-Oswego

2009
Carol Coulthurst (’03),Somerset Hills

2010
Ann Geiger(’04), Butternuts

GENERAL SERVICES SECTION
(includes all members of all constituent committees
representatives to agencies)

General Services Coordinating Committee

Representatives of committees, agencies in the section:
Audit, Edward Doty
Communications, Robert Baldridge
Financial Services
Mosher Fund, Viola Hathaway, Catharine Thomas
Nominating, Timothy Johnson
Personnel
Records, Bridget Bower
Sessions, Jeffrey Aaron
Trustees, Lindley Murray Fund, Linda Houser
Trustees, Yearly Meeting, Linda Houser
Officers of Yearly Meeting—ex officio
Clerk, Ernestine Buscemi
Assistant Clerk, Lee Haring
Treasurer, Yearly Meeting, Harold Risler (until 12/31/07)
  Susan Bingham (term begins January 2008)

Members at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting:

2008
R-Viola Hathaway (’02), Poughkeepsie
C-Paula McClure (’05), Montclair
Ron Peterson (‘06), Fredonia

2009
AC-Harold Risler (’07), Buffalo
James Wood (’03), Croton Valley

2010
Jeffrey Aaron (’07), New Brunswick
Heloise Rathbone (’07),Brooklyn
Arlene Reduto (’07), Easton

General Secretary’s Supervisory Task Group

2008
Edward Doty (’07), Purchase
Herbert Lape (’07), Westbury

2009
Naomi Paz Greenberg (’07),Flushing
Janet Hough (’07), Chappaqua

2010
Donald Badgley (’07),Poughkeepsie
C-Elaine Learnard (’07), Bethpage

Audit Committee

2008
C-Edward Doty (’02),Purchase

2009
Lisa Gasstrom (’06), Westbury
Robin Gowin (’04), New Brunswick

2010
James Wood (’02), Croton Valley

Communications Committee

2008
Robert Baldridge (’02), Fifteenth Street
Tracey Lee Maxwell (’02), Shrewsbury

2009
C-Eleanor Novek (’06), Manasquan

2010
Diana LeRoi-Schmidt (’04), Housatonic
Lenore Ridgway (’04), Bulls Head-Oswego

Financial Services Committee

2008
Ted First (’07), Fredonia
Sandra Beer (’07), Old Chatham
Mary Williams (’07), Bulls Head-Oswego

2009
C-Steve Mohlke (’07), Ithaca
James Oltman, Purchase
Peter Phillips, Cornwall

2010
Laura Cisar (’07), New Brunswick
Ann Geiger (’07), Butternuts

Ex-Officio
NYYM Treasurer: Harold Risler
Assistant Treasurer: John Maynard
Assistant Treasurer: Susan Bingham

Quarterly Meeting Treasurers

All Friends Regional Meeting, Hans-Jürgen Lehmann
Butternuts Quarterly Meeting, Isabel Chiquoine
Farmington-Scipio Regional Meeting, Daniel Haynes
Long Island Quarterly Meeting, Donald Smith
New York Quarterly Meeting, Carol Jackson
Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting, Richard Hathaway
Northeastern Regional Meeting, Timothy Johnson
Purchase Quarterly Meeting, Margaret Lechner
Shrewsbury & Plainfield Half-Yearly Meeting, Carol Coulthurst

Committee on the Expenditure of the H.H. Mosher Fund

2008
Mary Anne Edwards (’04), Poughkeepsie
T-Richard Hathaway (’96), Poughkeepsie

2009
Deborah Hilliard (’04),Alfred
Roseann Press (’04), Housatonic

2010
Mary Louise Baum (’00), Albany
Norma Ellis (’00), Scarsdale

2011
James Darragh (’05), Westbury
C-Catharine Thomas (’06), Chatham-Summit

2012
Emma Fleck (’05), Quaker Street
R-Viola Hathaway (’07), Poughkeepsie

Nominating Committee
Appointed by Quarterly, Half-Yearly, or Regional Meetings:

All Friends (2)

Butternuts (1)
Deborah Dickinson, Butternuts

Farmington-Scipio (5)
John Cooley, Central Finger Lakes
Jill McLellan, Central Finger Lakes

Long Island (3)
James Darragh, Westbury
Daisy Palmer, Westbury
Stella Schultz, Conscience Bay

New York (3)

Nine Partners (2)
Lois Pomeroy ,New Paltz

Northeastern (2)
Claire Cafaro, Saratoga
C-Timothy Johnson, Schenectady

Purchase (3)
Roseann Press, Housatonic

Shrewsbury-Plainfield (2)
Barbara Andrews, Rahway-Plainfield
Carol Coulthurst, Somerset Hills

Officers of New York Yearly Meeting, for one year
Clerk, Ernestine Buscemi (’06), (Morningside)
Assistant Clerk, Lee Haring (’06), (Bulls Head-Oswego)
Recording Clerks, Elaine Learnard (’06) (Bethpage), Melanie-Claire Mallison (’02) (Ithaca), Karen Reixach (’07) (Rochester)
Reading Clerks, Norma Ellis (’07) (Scarsdale), Jeffrey Aaron (’07) (New Brunswick)
Treasurer, until 12/31/07 Harold Risler (’01) Buffalo
Susan Bingham (’07) (Montclair) as of 1/1/08
Assistant Treasurers, John Maynard (’03) (Fifteenth Street)

Personnel Committee

2008
Jeffrey Aaron (co-opted)

2009
Edward Doty (’03), Purchase
Lawrence J. Coulthurst (’02), Somerset Hills

2010
Heloise Rathbone (’07), Brooklyn

Records Committee

2008
Grace Perez de la Garza (’02), Fredonia

2009
C-Bridget Bower (’05), Perry City

2010
Jane Simkin (’07),Poplar Ridge

Sessions Committee

NYYM Clerk, Ernestine Buscemi
NYYM Assistant Clerk, Lee Haring
NYYM Recording Clerks, Karen Reixach, Elaine Learnard, Melanie-Claire Mallison
NYYM Reading Clerks, Jeffrey Aaron, Normal Ellis
JYM Coordinators, Jennifer Lindop, Roseann Press
Nominating Committee Representative, Timothy Johnson
Disability Concerns Representative, High School Representatives
Young Adult Concerns Representative

Section Representatives:
General Services, Jeffrey Aaron
Ministry, Deborah Wood
Nurture, Melanie-Claire Mallison
Witness, Jens Braun, Frederick Dettmer

Members at large:

2008
Karen Snare (’07), Bulls Head-Oswego

2009
Vincent Buscemi (’03), Morningside
John Cooley, Central Finger Lakes
Martha Gurvich (’06), Wilton
Debra Henning(’06), Rockland

2010
Charley Flint (’07), Rahway-Plainfield
Dawn Pozzi (’07), Rochester
Roseann Press (’07), Danbury
Carol Rice (’07), Clinton Corners

Yearly Meeting Staff
15 Rutherford Pl., New York NY 10003
Telephone: 212-673-5750

Paul Busby (Fifteenth Street), Communications Director
Judith Inskeep (Purchase), Office Assistant
Walter Naegle, Administrative Assistant
Christopher Sammond (Bulls Head-Oswego), General Secretary
Helen Garay Toppins (Morningside), Associate Secretary

Trustees of Lindley Murray Fund

2008
Richard Goodman (’98), Westbury
C-Linda Houser (’98),Purchase

2009
R-Judith Inskeep (’04), Purchase

2010
Elaine Learnard (’05),Bethpage
Todd Tilton (’05), Matinecock

2011
Renalda Walker (’06),Poughkeepsie

2012
John Cooley (’07), Central Finger Lakes

New York Yearly Meeting Board of Trustees

2008
T-Paula McClure (’98), Montclair
John Slater (’98), Morningside

2009
George McClure (’00), Montclair

2010
Linda Houser (’06), Purchase
C-Todd Tilton (’05), Matinecock

2011
R-Mary Williams (’02), Bulls Head-Oswego

2012
James Whitely (’07), Chatham-Summit

Clerk of Investment Committee
John Slater

NURTURE SECTION
(includes all members of all constituent committees,
representatives to agencies)

Nurture Coordinating Committee

Representatives from committees, agencies within the section:

Earthcare Working Group, Liseli Haines, Janet Soderberg
Epistle, Nancy Britton
Friends General Conference, Barbara Andrews, Carol Coulthurst, Rick Townsend
Friends United Meeting, Carol Holmes
FUM Task Group, Carol Holmes
Friends World Committee for Consultation, Lawrence Coulthurst
Junior Yearly Meeting, Roseann Press
New Jersey Council of Churches, Elizabeth Savory
New York State Council of Churches, Ernestine Buscemi, Linda Chidsey
Oakwood Board, Carol Rice
Powell House, Joseph Condon
PoGo Working Group, Judy Meikle
Quaker Earthcare Witness, Kristina Perry
Resource Library, Florence McAllister
Task Group on Youth, Mary Rothschild
AC-Kathie Scanlon
Young Adult Concerns, Amy Savage
Working Group on Aging, Anita Paul

Members at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting

2008
Linda Hill Brainard (’05), Fifteenth Street
Margaret Keiser (’02), Poughkeepsie

2009
Chad Dell (’07), Manasquan
C-Melanie-Claire Mallison (’03), Ithaca
Mary Rothschild (’07), Brooklyn

2010
Cheshire Frager (’07), Flushing
Anola Gowin (’07), Syracuse
Florence McAllister (’04), New Paltz

Working Group on Aging
[NOTE: As of Spring Sessions 2008, this is the Committee on Aging Concerns.]
Glen Bibler, Brooklyn
Carol Coulthurst, Montclair
Anita Paul, Schenectady
Barbara Spring, Albany

Earthcare Working Group
2009
Patricia Beetle (’06), Albany
Glen Bibler (’06), Brooklyn
Bobbi Sue Bowers (’06), Manasquan
Kathleen Connelly (’06), Poplar Ridge
Nathaniel Corwin (’06), Old Chatham
Mary Gleason (’06), Rochester (attender),
Tom Goodridge (’06), Morningside
Anola Gowin (’06), Syracuse
C-Liseli Haines (’06), Mohawk Valley
Angela Manno (’06), Fifteenth Street (attender),
Dorothy Richards (’06), Albany
C-Janet Soderberg (’06), Fifteenth Street

PoGo Working Group
Jacqueline Burns-Polzer, Chatham-Summit
C-Chris DeRoller, Old Chatham
Alexander Haines-Stephan, Mohawk Valley
Judy Meikle, Wilton
Margaret Obermayer, Binghamton
Virginia Prenot, Bulls Head-Oswego
MaeEllen Broderick Scarpa, Old Chatham (attender) (youth)
Amy Willauer-Obermayer, Binghamton

Task Group on Youth
Peter Close, Purchase
Debra Henning, Rockland
AC-Mark LaRiviere, Fifteenth Street
Nichole Byrne Lau, Brooklyn
Margaret Lew, Fifteenth Street
Kelli Meland-Lewis, New Paltz
Carol Rice, Purchase
C-Mary Rothschild, Brooklyn
Kathie Scanlon, Purchase
Amy Willauer-Obermayer, Binghamton

Epistle Committee

2008
C-Nancy Britton (’04), Morningside
Norma Ellis (’04), Scarsdale
Ron Peterson (‘07), Fredonia
C-Patricia Sears (’04), Housatonic

2009
Noel Palmer (’07), Westbury

2010
Boyce Benge (’07), Brooklyn

Friends General Conference Representatives
1215 Arch St. #2B, Philadelphia PA 19107
Telephone 215-561-1700

Members of Central Committee
Ex-officio: Ernestine Buscemi, Clerk
Lee Haring, Assistant Clerk

2008
Bowen Alpern (’02), Scarsdale
Sandra Beer (’07), Old Chatham
Jane Berger (’02), Chappaqua
Mahesh Thomas (’04), Scarsdale

2009
Steven Haynes (’06), Central Finger Lakes (attender),
Violet Goncarovs (’04), Ithaca
Margaret Obermeyer (’06), Binghamton
Helen Staab (’06), Purchase

2010
Carol Coulthurst (’04), Somerset Hills
C-Sally Lawson (’04), Fredonia
Valerie Matthews (’04), Shelter Island
Virginia Prenot (’04), Bulls Head-Oswego
Karen Snare (’04), Bulls Head-Oswego

Friends United Meeting
101 Quaker Hill Dr., Richmond IN 47374
Telephone 765-962-7573

General Board
2008
Richard Goodman (’05), Westbury
C-Carol Holmes (’05), Brooklyn
Christopher Sammond(’05), Bulls Head-Oswego

2011
Beatrice Beguin, Saranac Lake
Steven Ross, Shrewsbury
Christopher Sammond, Bulls Head-Oswego
Alternate: Regina Haag, Adirondack

Triennial Committee
2008
Beatrice Beguin, Saranac Lake
Jens Braun, Old Chatham
Ann Davidson, Farmington
Richard Goodman, Westbury
Regina Haag, Adirondack
Carol Holmes, Brooklyn
Ruth Kinsey, Farmington
Christopher Sammond, Bulls Head-Oswego
Steven Ross, Shrewsbury

Friends World Committee for Consultation
1506 Race St., Philadelphia PA 19102
Telephone 215-241-7250

2008
Radh Achuthan (’05), Peconic Bay
C-Lawrence Coulthurst (’05), Somerset Hills

2009
R-Judith Inskeep (’04), Purchase
AC-Valerie Matthews Shelter Island
George Rubin (’03), Manhasset

2010
Grace Perez de la Garza (’07), Fredonia
Jaime Contois (’07), Easton

Representatives to the Section of the Americas
Note: Terms are January 1–December 31
of the year following appointment.

2008
Lawrence Coulthurst (’05), Somerset Hills

2009
Valerie Matthews (’07), Shelter Island
George Rubin (’03), Manhasset

2010
Radh Achuthan (’07), Peconic Bay

Junior Yearly Meeting Committee

2008
Kathleen Lawson (’02), New Brunswick
Rose Lynn (’02), New Brunswick
AC-Roseann Press (co-opted), Housatonic
Rick Townsend (’05), Fredonia

2009
Peter Close (’06), Purchase
C-Martha Gurvich Wilton
Leaza Hrechka (’03), Catskill

2010
Charley Flint (’07), Rahway-Plainfield
Mary Eagleson (’07), Scarsdale
Rima Segal (’07), Rochester

Representatives:
   from Sessions Committee, Rose Lynn
   from Ministry, Rick Townsend
   from Young Adult Concerns
   from Nurture, Melanie-Claire Mallison
Ex-Officio: Coordinators for Junior Yearly Meeting
Jennifer Lindop, Amy White
High School Representative
High School Clerks
McCutchen Friends Foundation for the Aging
Board of Trustees
Friends Foundation for the Aging
77 Central Avenue, Clark NJ 07066
Telephone 732-382-3099
Warren Witte, interim executive director

2008
Barbara Andrews, Rahway-Plainfield
Eric Andrews, Summit
Carol Coulthurst, Somerset Hills

2009
Lawrence Coulthurst, Somerset Hills
Howard Freund, Summit
Paula McClure, Montclair
*Frances Rhoads, PYM
*George Rhoads, PYM

2010

P-James Whitely Summit
Beth Yingling Ridgewood

Honorary Trustee: Dr. Charles McCutchen

New Jersey Council of Churches
176 W. State St., Trenton NJ 08608-1190
Telephone 609-396-9546

Representatives to Governing Board

2009
Elizabeth Savory (’01), Dover-Randolph

New York State Council of Churches
18 Computer Dr. W, Ste. 107, Albany NY 12205
Telephone 518-436-9319

Representative to the Collegium
2009
Ernestine Buscemi (’07), Morningside

Alternate
2009
Linda Chidsey (’07), Housatonic

Representative to Chaplaincy
Vacant

Oakwood Friends School Board
22 Spackenkill Rd., Poughkeepsie NY 12603
Telephone 845-462-4200

Board of Managers:

2008
*Betsy Eschallier, Doylestown (PYM)
Julia Giordano (’05), Bulls Head-Oswego
S-Lara Holliday (’02), Brooklyn
Janet Hough (’05), Chappaqua
Ellen Oltman-Kellner (’05), Purchase
Carol Rice (’03), Purchase
T-Mary Williams (’02), Bulls Head-Oswego

2009
Liza Donnelly (’00), Bulls Head-Oswego

2010
Joseph Rutledge (’05), Chappaqua

2011
Deborah B. Wood (’04), Purchase

2012
*Rachel Kitzinger (’04), Baltimore YM
*William Nichols (’07, Ohio YM

Trustees
William Bogle, Jr., Liza Donnelly, Joseph Gosler, Lara Holliday, Janet Hough, Rachel Kitzinger, Ellen Oltman-Kellner, Carol Rice, Mary Williams, Deborah B. Wood

Elsie K. Powell House Inc.
524 Pitt Hall Rd., Old Chatham NY 12136
Telephone 518-794-8811

Director: Ann Davidson (Farmington)

Members of the Corporation:

2008
Peter Close (’03), Purchase
Joseph Condon (’03), Rahway-Plainfield
Michael Downey(’03), Chappaqua
Carol Kitchen (’02), Rochester

2009
Alyce Branum (’04), Albany
R-Dee Duckworth (’04), Old Chatham
Robert Houghton (’04), Rockland
C-Melanie-Claire Mallison (’99), Ithaca
Sarah Miller (’04), Old Chatham
T-Arlene Reduto (’04), Easton

2010
Aldona Januszkiewicz (’05), Fifteenth Street
AC-Thomas Rothschild (’00), Brooklyn
Amy Savage (’05), Syracuse

2011
Angela Crane (’06), Dover-Randolph
Andrew Heimer (’06), Ridgewood
Leaza Hrechka (’06), Catskill
Virginia Prenot (’06), Bulls Head-Oswego
Mary Beth Tierney (’06), Ithaca

2012
Pierre Douyon (’07), Albany
Bob Elmendorf (’02), Old Chatham
Laura Higgins (’07), Wilton
Yvette Weaver-Lyons (’07), Montclair

Quaker Earthcare Witness

2010
Kristina Perry(’07), Rochester

Young Adult Concerns Committee

2008
Alexander Haines-Stephan(’05), Mohawk Valley
Sara Lindop(’05), Saratoga (attender)
C-Amy Savage (’06), Syracuse

2009
Helen Staab(’06), Purchase

2010
Natalie Braun(’07), Old Chatham
Lincoln Callid Keefe(’07), Rochester
Jillian Smith(’07), Saratoga (attender)
Nikolas Tsocanos(’07), Wilton
Rebecca White(’07), Quaker Street

WITNESS SECTION
(includes all members of all constituent committees
representatives to agencies)

Witness Coordinating Committee

Liaisons from committees, agencies

Alternatives to Violence Project, Claire Cafaro
AFSC , Joan Cope Savage
Barrington Dunbar Fund, Marvea Thompson
Black Concerns, Jeffrey Hitchcock
Committee on Conscientious Objection to Paying for War, Jens Braun
Friends Committee on National Legislation, Ronald Inskeep
Friends Peace Teams, Nadine Hoover
Indian Affairs, Sybil Perry
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund, Jeffrey Bird
National Religious Campaign against Torture, Mara Komoska
NYS Council of Churches Public Policy, Anita Paul
Peace Concerns, Greta Mickey
Prisons , Jolene Festa
Rural and Migrant Ministry, James O’Barr
William Penn House, Ronald Inskeep
World Ministries, Regina Haag

Members at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting

2008
Linda Chidsey(’07), Housatonic
Judith Fetterley (’05), Albany
Richard Goodman(’07), Westbury
Kenneth Komoski (’02), Peconic Bay

2009
Radh Achuthan (’06), Peconic Bay
R-Justin Bishop (’06), Schenectady
C-Frederick Dettmer (’06), Purchase
Nancy Sorel (’03), Bulls Head-Oswego

2010
Bobbi Sue Bowers(’07), Manasquan
Shirley Way(’07), Central Finger Lakes

Torture Awareness Working Group
C-Patricia Chernoff, Morningside
Frederick Dettmer, Purchase
Mara Komoska, Brooklyn
Anita Paul, Schenectady

Resource people
Death Penalty, Frederick Dettmer
Latin American Concerns, Paul Busby
Right Sharing of World Resources, Bobbi Sue Bowers

Alternatives to Violence Project, Inc. Committee
Box 353, King Ferry NY 13081
Telephone 800-909-8920

2008
James O’Barr (’05), Cornwall
James Darragh (’06), Westbury
C-Judy Meikle (’06), Wilton

2009
Claire Cafaro (’06), Saratoga
Thomas Martin (’03), Wilton

2010
Jill McLellan(’07), Central Finger Lakes
Anthony Nocella(’07), Syracuse

American Friends Service Committee
1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia PA 19102
Telephone 215-241-7000

Members of the Corporation

2008
C-Joan Cope Savage (’02), Syracuse

2009
Jaime Contois (’06), Easton
Richard Goodman (’07), Westbury

2010
Frederick Dettmer (’04), Purchase
Anna Staab (’07), Purchase

Middle Atlantic Region Executive Committee
4806 York Rd., Baltimore MD 21212—Telephone 410-323-7200

2008
Irma Guthrie (’05), Perry City

New York Metropolitan Regional Committee
15 Rutherford Place, New York NY 10003
Telephone 212-598-0950

2008
Benjamin Frisch (’04), Brooklyn

UpperNew YorkState Area Program Committee
420 1/2 Gifford St., Syracuse NY 13204
Telephone 315-475-4822

Committee for the Barrington Dunbar Fund for
Black Development

2009
Charley Flint (’05), Rahway-Plainfield
Benjamin Frisch (’06), Brooklyn

2010
Lydia Isigi (’06), Manhattan
Robert Martin (’07), Poughkeepsie
Jane Simkin(’07), Poplar Ridge
C-Marvea Thompson (’03), Brooklyn
Helen Garay Toppins (’07), Morningside

Friends Committee for Black Concerns

2008
Frederica Azania Clare (’05), Fifteenth Street
Mahesh Thomas (’02), Scarsdale
C-Helen Garay Toppins (’05), Morningside

2009
Sarah Faith Dickinson (’04), Butternuts
Norma Ellis (’04), Scarsdale
R-Jeff Hitchcock (’06), Rahway-Plainfield

2010
Pierre Douyon (’07), Albany
C-Evelyn Kennenwood (’07), Syracuse
John Lee (’07), Wilton
Ilene Wagner (’07), Fifteenth Street
Roosevelt Weaver (’04), Montclair

Bolivian Quaker Education Fund

2008
vacant

Committee on Conscientious Objection to Paying for War

David Bassett(’07), Rochester
C-Jens Braun(co-opted), Old Chatham
Fred Dettmer(’07), Purchase
Naomi Paz Greenberg(’07), Flushing
Nadine Hoover (’07), Alfred
Daniel Jenkins(’07), Saranac Lake
C-Karen Reixach(’07), Rochester

Friends Committee on National Legislation
245 Second St. N.E., Washington DC 20002
Telephone 202-547-6000

2008
Ronald Inskeep (’06), Purchase
Ruth Olmsted (’02), Albany

2009
Barbara Andrews (’03), Rahway-Plainfield
Jill McLellan (’06), Central Finger Lakes

2010
Sue Clark (’07), Albany
John Vadnais (’07), Chatham-Summit

Friends Peace Teams
1001 Park Ave., St. Louis MO 63104
Telephone 877-814-6972; 314-621-7262

2008
Nadine Hoover (’07), Alfred
Carolyn Keys (’06), Montclair

Indian Affairs Committee

2008
Mary Louise Baum (’00), Albany
James Darragh (co-opted), Westbury
Linda Gertsch (’07), Saranac Lake
T-Joan Cope Savage (’01), Syracuse

2009
Charlotte Frantz (’05), Buffalo
C-Sybil Perry (’06), Bulls Head-Oswego
Joyce Pike (’06), Syracuse

2010
James Darragh, Westbury
James Hall, Collins

National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund

Representative to Board

2008
Jeffrey Bird (’06), Chatham-Summit

National Religious Campaign against Torture

Representatives

2010
Patricia Chernoff (Morningside)
Frederick Dettmer (’07), Purchase

New York State Council of Churches

Representatives to the Common Mission Group
on Public Policy

2009
Anita Paul (’06), Schenectady

Peace Concerns Committee
[NOTE: Laid down at Spring Sessions 2008.]

2008
Lawrence Otway (’02), Fifteenth Street

2009
C-Greta Mickey (’06), Bulls Head-Oswego

2010
Claire Cafaro (’06), Saratoga

Prisons Committee

2008
Suzanne Blackburn (’06), Alfred
Frederick Doneit (’02), Poughkeepsie
C-Jolene Festa (’06), Wilton
Ellen Flanders (’06), Albany
C-Helen Garay Toppins (co-opted), Morningside

2009
Leaza Hrechka (’06), Catskill
Ann Schillinger (’03), Housatonic
Edward Stabler (’06), Syracuse
Mahesh Thomas (’03), Scarsdale

2010
Charley Flint (’04), Rahway-Plainfield
R-Jill McLellan (’04), Central Finger Lakes
Anthony Nocella (’07), Syracuse
Steven Taylor-Roth (’04), Albany

Rural and Migrant Ministry Representative
2007
James O’Barr (’01), Cornwall

William Penn House
515 E. Capitol St., Washington DC 20003
Telephone 202-543-5560

National Consultative Committee

2008
Ronald Inskeep (’04), Purchase

Committee on World Ministries

2008
C-Regina Haag (’05), Adirondack
Kathleen Lawson (’05), New Brunswick
James Morgan(’05), Brooklyn
Daisy Palmer (’02), Westbury
John Randall (’05), Scarsdale

2009
Frederica Azania Clare (’06), Fifteenth Street
Diana DeBlois (’06), Adirondack
Newton Garver (’06), Buffalo
Cora Mighty (’03), Unadilla

2010
Beverly Archibald (’07), Manhattan
Timothy Johnson (’02), Schenectady
Janice Ninan (’04), Collins

SPRING AND FALL SESSIONS

Representatives appointed by monthly meetings

All Friends
Chatham-Summit
2007    Heather Cook
2008    Jeffrey Bird
2009   Jotham Bailey
2009    Nathalie Bailey
Dover-Randolph
2010    W. Hal Haydock
Montclair
2008   Susan Bingham
2009    Claire Simon
Ridgewood
2007    Adrianna Coe
Rockland  

Butternuts
Binghamton   
Butternuts
2007   Paddy Lane
2008    Sarah Faith Dickinson
Hamilton
Mohawk Valley
2008   Liseli Haines
Unadilla   

Farmington-Scipio
Alfred
2009    Nadine Hoover
2010    Suzanne Blackburn
Buffalo
2008    Harold Risler
Central Finger Lakes
2008    Jill McLellan
2009    John Cooley
Collins
2007    Steve Curry
2010    James Hall
Elmira   
Farmington
2007    Ruth Kinsey
2008    Diane Aldrich
   Elma Aldrich
   Ruth Kinsey
2009   Annie Bontrager
   Ann Davidson
Fredonia

2007    Grace Perez de la Garza
2008    Willard Gaeddert
Ithaca
2008   Charles Larson
2009    Melanie-Claire Mallison
Orchard Park  
Perry City
Poplar Ridge
2007   Ruth Bradley
Rochester
Syracuse
2008   Anola Gowin
2009   Evelyn Kennenwood
2010    Mary E. Follett

Long Island
Conscience Bay
Jericho  
Manhasset

2007    Daniel Maietta
Matinecock
Peconic Bay
2007    Kenneth Komoski
2008    Joanna Komoska
2009    Radh Achuthan
Shelter Island

2008    Valerie Matthews
Westbury    .

New York
Brooklyn
2008    Boyce Benge
2009    Mary Rothschild
Fifteenth Street
Flushing
2008   Cheshire Frager
2009    Tom English
Manhattan
2007   Daisy Palmer
2007   Noel Palmer
2008    Rose Tiego
Morningside
2007    Ernestine Buscemi
Staten Island
2007    Susan Wolf

Nine Partners
Bulls Head-Oswego
2008    Karen Snare
2008    Denise Sherman
Catskill
2009   Gioia Brock
2010    Leaza Hrechka
Cornwall
2007    Elizabeth Pozo
New Paltz
2008    Lois Pomeroy
2009   Kelli Meland-Lewis
Nine Partners
Poughkeepsie
2007   Fred Doneit
2007    Nan Fogel

Northeastern
Adirondack
2008    Diana DeBlois
2008    Regina Haag
Albany

2008    Patricia Beetle
Easton
2007   Jeannine Laverty
2008   Arlene Reduto
Hudson
Old Chatham
2008    Chris DeRoller
Quaker Street
2008    Dorothy K. Garner
  Amy White
Saranac Lake
2007    Beatrice Beguin
2007    Linda Gertsch
Saratoga
2008   Claire Cafaro
Schenectady
2008    Anita Paul
2009    Timothy Johnson

Purchase
Amawalk
Chappaqua
2008   Janet Hough
Croton Valley

2008    James Wood
Housatonic
2010    Ann Schillinger
Purchase
2007    Joan Oltman
2008    Cynthia Cornelius
2009    James Oltman
Scarsdale
2008    Mary Eagleson
2009   Norma Ellis
2010    Anne Wright
Stamford-Greenwich   
Wilton 2008   John Lee

Shrewsbury & Plainfield
Manasquan
2008    Barbara Roe
2009    Bobbi Sue Bowers
New Brunswick
Rahway-Plainfield  
Shrewsbury
2007    Sandra Clark
2008    Steven Ross
Somerset Hills
2008    Lawrence Coulthurst

Members of the Yearly Meeting Recorded in the Ministry

Butternuts Quarterly Meeting
Butternuts, James Atwell, George A. Badgley, Frances F. Sokol
Unadilla, Robert C. Conway
Farmington-Scipio Regional Meeting
Alfred, Nadine Hoover
Collins, Janice Ninan
Orchard Park, Soo Ho Han
Farmington, Ann Davidson, David Herendeen, Herbert Kimball, Ruth Kinsey
Poplar Ridge, Ruth Bradley, George Clarkson
Long Island Quarterly Meeting
Westbury, Noel Palmer
Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting
Cornwall, Bainbridge Davis
Northeastern Regional Meeting
Adirondack, Maria Crosman
Albany, Sunday Blackmon
Purchase Quarterly Meeting
Housatonic, Linda Chidsey

Members of the Yearly Meeting Serving as Pastors
Ruth Bradley (Poplar Ridge); Regina Haag (Adirondack); Ruth Kinsey (Farmington); Janice Ninan (Collins); Noel Palmer (Manhattan)

Pastors, Not Friends, Serving in the Yearly Meeting
Karl R. Esmark (Nine Partners)

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