Friends under Appointment to New York Yearly Meeting
Corporate office, 15 Rutherford Place
New York, NY 10003
212-673-5750
For Officers, see Section on General Services
Appointments to committees and other agencies will be found in the Yearly Meeting Meetings for Discernment, Ministry Coordinating Committee, and the sections on General Services, Nurture, and Witness. Appointments to Spring and Fall Sessions are here. Addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of Friends under appointment to the Yearly Meeting are not included in the Web version of the Yearbook.
The following symbols are used in this section:
AC—Assistant Clerk
AM—Alumni Manager
AL—At-Large Member
C—Clerk
CV—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, Heather M. Cook
Clerk, Ministry Coordinating Committee, Julia Giordano
Clerk, General Services Coordinating Committee, Paula McClure
Clerk, Nurture Coordinating Committee, Melanie-Claire Mallison
Clerk, Witness Coordinating Committee, Frederick Dettmer
Yearly Meeting Meetings for Discernment
Steering Committee
Ernestine Buscemi, Heather Cook, Julia Giordano, Naomi Paz Greenberg, Melanie-Claire Mallison, Greta Mickey, Ron Peterson, Anne Pomeroy, Christopher Sammond, Rebekah Tanner
Representatives from Monthly Meetings
to Meetings for Discernment
All Friends
Chatham-Summit, Mia Kissil Hewitt
Dover-Randolph
Montclair
Ridgewood
Rockland
Butternuts
Binghamton, Elizabeth Gordon, Amy Willauer- Obermayer
Butternuts, Diane Webb, William Webb
Hamilton
Mohawk Valley, Liseli Haines, Elizabeth Curtis
Unadilla
Farmington-Scipio
Alfred, Suzanne Blackburn
Buffalo, Newton Garver
Central Finger Lakes, Jill McLellan
Collins, James Hall
Elmira
Farmington
Fredonia, Deborah First, Betty Perkins
Ithaca, Nancy Gabriel, Steve Mohlke
Orchard Park, Kathy Slattery
Perry City
Poplar Ridge
Rochester, Kenn Harper, Rima Segal
Syracuse, Barbara Steinkraus
Long Island
Conscience Bay, Carolyn Emerson, Elaine Learnard
Jericho
Manhasset
Matinecock
Peconic Bay
Shelter Island
Westbury
New York
Brooklyn
Fifteenth Street, Elizabeth Crownfield
Flushing, Cheshire Frager
Manhattan, Beverly Archibald
Morningside, Kathy Wood
Staten Island
Nine Partners
Bulls Head-Oswego, Leif Anderson
Catskill
Cornwall, Peter Phillips
New Paltz, Anne Pomeroy
Nine Partners
Poughkeepsie, Donald Badgley, Rachel Ruth
Northeastern
Adirondack, Jennifer Pronto
Albany, Carol Barclay
Easton, David Herendeen
Hudson
Old Chatham, Dianne Leung, Rebecca McBride
Quaker Street, Miriam McGiver
Saranac Lake, Mary Brown, Linda Gertsch
Saratoga, Ruth Ralston, Claire Cafaro
Schenectady, Tim Johnson, Anita Paul
Purchase
Amawalk, Gale Swiontkowski
Chappaqua, Meredith Downey
Croton Valley
Housatonic, Patricia Sears
Purchase
Scarsdale, Norma Ellis, Ruth Bryan
Stamford-Greenwich
Wilton
Shrewsbury & Plainfield
Manasquan, Bobbi Sue Bowers
New Brunswick, Barbara Menzel
Rahway-Plainfield, Joseph Condon
Shrewsbury, Steven Ross, Lee Maxwell
Somerset Hills
Ministry Coordinating Committee
Representatives from Regional Meetings:
All Friends, Claire Simon
Butternuts, Amy Willauer-Obermayer
Farmington-Scipio
Long Island, R-Elaine Learnard
New York
Nine Partners, Vonn New
Northeastern, Steven Taylor-Roth
Purchase, Janet Hough
Shrewsbury & Plainfield, AC-Steven Ross
Representatives from Committees:
Advancement, Chad Dell
Conflict Transformation, Thomas Rothschild
Faith & Practice
Ministry and Pastoral Care, Rachel Ruth
State of Society
Sufferings, Ann Geiger
Worship at Yearly Meeting Sessions, Janet Hough
Representatives at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting
2010
Margaret Mulindi (’06), Manhattan
2011
C-Julia Giordano (’08), Bulls Head-Oswego
Prayer List
Bobbi Sue Bowers
Spiritual Nurture Working Group
Heather M. Cook
Task Group on Racism in NYYM
Vincent Buscemi
Traveling Friends Advisory Group
John Perry
Advancement Committee
2009
Richard Accetta-Evans (’06), Fifteenth Street
C-Chad Dell (co-opted), Manasquan
Nadine Hoover (’06), Alfred
Finbar Lismore (’06), Westbury
2010
Suzanne Blackburn (’07), Alfred
Claire Cafaro (’07), Saratoga
Kathleen Lawson (’07), New Brunswick
2011
Tracy Lee Maxwell (’08), Shrewsbury
Committee on Conflict Transformation
2009
AC-Cheshire Frager (’03), Flushing
C-Thomas Rothschild (’03), Brooklyn
2010
Nathaniel Corwin (’05), Old Chatham
Sanford Segal (’04), Rochester
2011
Janet Hough (’08), Chappaqua
Steven Ross (’06), Shrewsbury
Ministry and Pastoral Care
2009
C-Rachel Ruth (’08), Poughkeepsie
2010
David Herendeen (’08), Easton
Committee to Revise Faith & Practice
2009
Donald Badgley (’03), Poughkeepsie
Elizabeth Pozo (’06), Cornwall
Kathie Scanlon (’06), Purchase
2010
CV-Boyce Benge (’07), Brooklyn
2011
Joanna Komoska (’08), Peconic Bay
Sanford Segal (’08), Rochester
State of Society
2009
CV-Karen Way (’08), New Brunswick
2010
Janice Ninan (’08), Collins
2011
Kathy Wood (’08), Morningside
Committee on Sufferings
2009
Carol Coulthurst (’03), Somerset Hills
2010
C-Ann Geiger (’04), Butternuts
Worship at Yearly Meeting Sessions
2009
Anita Paul (’08), Schenectady
2010
C-Janet Hough (’08), Chappaqua
2011
Regina Haag (’08), Adirondack
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, Harold Risler
Communications, Eleanor Novek
Financial Services, Steve Mohlke
Mosher Fund, Viola Hathaway, Catharine Thomas
Nominating, Timothy Johnson
Personnel, Heloise Rathbone
Records, Bridget Bower
Sessions, Jeffrey Aaron
Trustees, Lindley Murray Fund
Trustees, Yearly Meeting, Paula McClure
Officers of Yearly Meeting—ex officio
Clerk, Ernestine Buscemi
Assistant Clerk, Heather M. Cook
Treasurer, Yearly Meeting, Susan Bingham
Members at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting:
2009
Harold Risler (’07), Buffalo
James Wood (’03), Croton Valley
2010
AC-Jeffrey Aaron (’07), New Brunswick
Heloise Rathbone (’07), Brooklyn
R-Arlene Reduto (’07), Easton
2011
C-Paula McClure (’05), Montclair
Ron Peterson (‘06), Fredonia
General Secretary’s Supervisory Task Group
2009
Naomi Paz Greenberg (’07), Flushing
Janet Hough (’07), Chappaqua
2010
Donald Badgley (’07), Poughkeepsie
C-Elaine Learnard (’07), Bethpage
2011
Edward Doty (’07), Purchase
Audit Committee
2009
Lisa Gasstrom (’06), Westbury
Robin Gowin (’04), New Brunswick
2010
James Wood (’02), Croton Valley
2011
CV-Harold Risler (’08), Buffalo
Communications Committee
2009
C-Eleanor Novek (’06), Manasquan
2010
Diana LeRoi-Schmidt (’04), Housatonic
Lenore Ridgway (’04), Bulls Head-Oswego
2011
Vonn New (’08), Bulls Head-Oswego
Financial Services Committee
2009
C-Steve Mohlke (’07), Ithaca
Peter Phillips (’07), Cornwall
2010
Laura Cisar (’07), New Brunswick
Ted First (’07), Fredonia
Ann Geiger (’07), Butternuts
2011
Sandra Beer (’07), Old Chatham
Mary Williams (’07), Bulls Head-Oswego
Ex-Officio
NYYM Treasurer: Susan Bingham
Assistant Treasurer: John Maynard
Quarterly Meeting Treasurers
All Friends Regional Meeting, Hans-Jürgen Lehmann
Butternuts Quarterly Meeting, Isabel Chiquoine
Farmington-Scipio Regional Meeting, Theodore First, 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, Joseph D. Rutledge
Shrewsbury & Plainfield Half-Yearly Meeting, Barbara Menzel
Committee on the Expenditure of the H.H. Mosher Fund
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
AC-Jill McLellan, Central Finger Lakes
Long Island (3)
James Darragh, Westbury
Radh Achuthan, Peconic Bay
Stella Schultz, Conscience Bay
New York (3)
Nancy Britton, Morningside
Naceo Giles, Brooklyn
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
AC-Carol Coulthurst Somerset Hills
Officers of New York Yearly Meeting, for one year
Clerk, Ernestine Buscemi (’06), (Morningside)
Assistant Clerk, Heather M. Cook (’08), (Chatham-Summit)
Recording Clerks, Elaine Learnard (’06), (Bethpage), Karen Reixach (’07), (Rochester)
Reading Clerks, Norma Ellis (’07), (Scarsdale)
Jeffrey Aaron (’07), (New Brunswick)
Treasurer, Susan Bingham (’07), (Montclair)
Assistant Treasurer, John Maynard (’03), (Fifteenth Street)
Personnel Committee
2009
Jeffrey Aaron (’08), New Brunswick
Susan Bingham (co-opted), Montclair
Edward Doty (’03), Purchase
2010
C-Heloise Rathbone (’08), Brooklyn
2011
Julia Giordano (’05), Bulls Head-Oswego
Records Committee
2009
C-Bridget Bower (’05), Perry City
2010
Jane Simkin (’07), Poplar Ridge
2011
Christopher Klemek (’08), Easton
Sessions Committee
NYYM Clerk, Ernestine Buscemi
NYYM Assistant Clerk, Heather M. Cook
NYYM Recording Clerks, Karen Reixach, Elaine Learnard
NYYM Reading Clerks, Jeffrey Aaron, Norma Ellis
JYM Coordinators, Susan Stillman, Amy White
Nominating Committee Representative, Timothy Johnson
High School Representatives, Rachel Hickson, Josh White
Young Adult Concerns Representative, Amy Savage
Section Representatives:
General Services, Jeffrey Aaron
Ministry, Julia Giordano
Nurture, Melanie-Claire Mallison
Witness, Jens Braun, Frederick Dettmer
Members at large:
2009
Vincent Buscemi (’03), Morningside
Martha Gurvich (’06), Wilton
Debra Henning (’06), Rockland
2010
C-John Cooley (’08), Central Finger Lakes
Dawn Pozzi (’07), Rochester
R-Roseann Press (’07), Housatonic
2011
Karen Snare (’07), Bulls Head-Oswego
Yearly Meeting Staff
15 Rutherford Pl., New York NY 10003
Telephone: 212-673-5750
Paul Busby (Fifteenth Street), Communications Director
Walter Naegle, Administrative Assistant
Christopher Sammond (Bulls Head-Oswego), General Secretary
Helen Garay Toppins (Morningside), Associate Secretary
Trustees of Lindley Murray Fund
2009
CV-R-Judith Inskeep (’04), Purchase
2010
Elaine Learnard (’05), Bethpage
Todd Tilton (’05), Matinecock
2011
Renelda Walker (’06), Poughkeepsie
Janice Warner (’08), Rahway-Plainfield
2012
John Cooley (’07), Central Finger Lakes
New York Yearly Meeting Board of Trustees
2010
Linda Houser (’06), Purchase
C-Todd Tilton (’05), Matinecock
2011
R-Mary Williams (’02), Bulls Head-Oswego
2012
James Whitely (’07), Chatham-Summit
2013
Mike Mascari (’08), Westbury
T-Paula McClure (’98), Montclair
John Slater (’98), Morningside
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:
Aging Concerns, Sarah Miller
Earthcare Working Group, Liseli Haines, Janet Soderberg
Epistle, Roger Dreisback-Williams
Friends General Conference
Friends United Meeting, Beatrice Beguin
FUM Task Group, John Menzel
Friends World Committee for Consultation
Junior Yearly Meeting, Roseann Press
Oakwood Board
Powell House, Melanie-Claire Mallison
Quaker Earthcare Witness, Kristina Keefe-Perry
Resource Library, Florence McAllister
Task Group on Youth, Mary Rothschild
Young Adult Concerns, Amy Savage
Young Friends in Residence,
Members at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting
2009
Chad Dell (’07), Manasquan
C-Melanie-Claire Mallison (’03), Ithaca
Mary Rothschild (’07), Brooklyn
2010
AC-Cheshire Frager (0?), Flushing
Florence McAllister (’04), New Paltz
2011
Anola Gowin (’08), Syracuse
Nancy Sunshine (’08), Flushing
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
Friends United Meeting Task Group
Don Badgley, Poughkeepsie
C-Annie Bancroft, Butternuts
Boyce Benge, Brooklyn
Jens Braun, Old Chatham
Pierre Douyon, Albany
Richard Goodman, Westbury
Regina Haag, Adirondack
David Herendeen, Northeastern
Melanie-Claire Mallison, Ithaca
C- John Menzel, New Brunswick
Anna Obermayer, Binghamton
Steven Ross, Shrewsbury
Christopher Sammond, Bulls Head-Oswego
Task Group on Youth
Mark LaRiviere, Fifteenth Street
Margaret Lew, Fifteenth Street
Carol Rice, Purchase
C-Mary Rothschild, Brooklyn
Kathie Scanlon, Purchase
Amy Willauer-Obermayer, Binghamton
Young Friends in Residence Working Group
Jacqueline Burns-Polzer, Chatham-Summit
C-Chris DeRoller, Old Chatham
Alexander Haines-Stephan, Mohawk Valley
Paddy Lane, Butternuts
Margaret Obermayer, Binghamton
Virginia Prenot, Bulls Head-Oswego
Karilyn Valesko, Central Finger Lakes
Amy Willauer-Obermayer, Binghamton
Committee on Aging Concerns
2009
Glen Bibler (’08), Brooklyn
Carol Coulthurst (’08), Somerset Hills
2010
Ron Inskeep (’08), Purchase
2011
Mary Louise Baum (‘08), Albany
C-Sarah Miller (‘08), Old Chatham
Epistle Committee
2009
Noel Palmer (’07), Westbury
2010
Boyce Benge (’07), Brooklyn
2011
C-Roger Dreisbach-Williams (‘08), Rahway-Plainfield
Friends General Conference Representatives
1215 Arch St. #2B, Philadelphia PA 19107
215-561-1700; www.fgcquaker.org
Members of Central Committee
Ex-officio: Ernestine Buscemi, Clerk
Heather M. Cook, Assistant Clerk
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
Betty Perkins (’08), Fredonia
Virginia Prenot (’04), Bulls Head-Oswego
Karen Snare (’04), Bulls Head-Oswego
2011
Julian Alpern (’08), Scarsdale
Sandra Beer (’07), Old Chatham
Bill Seltzer (’08), Scarsdale
Rick Townsend (’08), Fredonia
Friends United Meeting
101 Quaker Hill Dr., Richmond IN 47374
765-962-7573; www.fum.org
2008
General Board
Richard Goodman (’05), Westbury
Carol Holmes (’05), Brooklyn
2011
Beatrice Beguin (’08), Saranac Lake
C-Steven Ross (’08), Shrewsbury
Christopher Sammond (’05), Bulls Head-Oswego
alternate: Regina Haag (’08), Adirondack
Friends World Committee for Consultation
1506 Race St., Philadelphia PA 19102
215-241-7250; http://fwccworld.org
2009
Lawrence Coulthurst (co-opted), Somerset Hills
R-Judith Inskeep (’04), Purchase
CV-Valerie Matthews Shelter Island
*George Rubin (’03), Medford (PYM)
2010
Grace Perez de la Garza (’07), Fredonia
Jaime Contois (’07), Easton
2011
Radh Achuthan (’05), Peconic Bay
Representatives to the Section of the Americas
Note: Terms are January 1–December 31
of the year following appointment.
2009
Valerie Matthews (’07), Shelter Island
*George Rubin (’03), Medford (PYM)
2010
Radh Achuthan (’07), Peconic Bay
Judith Inskeep (’08), Purchase
2011
Daphne Mason (’08), Butternuts
Junior Yearly Meeting Committee
2009
C-Peter Close (’06), Purchase
Martha Gurvich Wilton
Leaza Hrechka (’03), Catskill
2010
Charley Flint (’07), Rahway-Plainfield
R-Mary Eagleson (’07), Scarsdale
Rima Segal (’07), Rochester
2011
Faith Brzostoski (’08), Rockland
Sylke Jackson (’08), Rockland
Aldona Januszkiewicz (’08), Fifteenth Street
Margaret Morgan-Davie (’08), Mohawk Valley
Representatives:
from Sessions Committee, Martha Gurvich
from Ministry
from Young Adult Concerns, Amy Savage
from Nurture, Melanie-Claire Mallison
Ex-Officio:
Coordinators for Junior Yearly Meeting, Susan Stillman, Amy White
High School Clerks, Rachel Hickson, Josh Smith
Oakwood Friends School Board
22 Spackenkill Rd., Poughkeepsie NY 12603
845-462-4200
Board of Managers:
2008
*Betsy Eschallier Doylestown (PYM)
Julia Giordano (’05), Bulls Head-Oswego
Carol Rice (’03), Purchase
2009
Liza Donnelly (’00), Bulls Head-Oswego
2010
Joseph Rutledge (’05), Chappaqua
T-Mary Williams (’02), Bulls Head-Oswego
2011
S-Lara Holliday (’02), Brooklyn
Janet Hough (’05), Chappaqua
Ellen Oltman-Kellner (’05), Purchase
Deborah B. Wood (’04), Purchase
2012
*Rachel Kitzinger (’04), Baltimore 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
518-794-8811; www.powellhouse.org
Director: Ann Davidson (Farmington)
Members of the Corporation:
2009
Susan Balber (co-opted), Chatham-Summit
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
2013
Emmy Gay (’08), Brooklyn
Peter Close (’03), Purchase
Joseph Condon (’03), Rahway-Plainfield
Quaker Earthcare Witness
2010
Kristina Keefe-Perry (’07), Rochester
Young Adult Concerns Committee
2009
Helen Staab (’06), Purchase
2010
Natalie Braun (’07), Old Chatham
Callid Keefe-Perry (’07), Rochester
Jillian Smith (’07), Saratoga (attender)
Nikolas Tsocanos (’07), Wilton
Rebecca White (’07), Quaker Street
2011
Lucas Braun (’08), Old Chatham
Franklin Crump (’05),
C-Amy Savage (’06), Syracuse
Beth Vardy (’08), Phillipstown W.G.
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, Richard Goodman
Barrington Dunbar Fund, Marvea Thompson
Black Concerns, Elizabeth Gordon
Bolivian Quaker Education Fund, Jens Braun
Committee on Conscientious Objection to Paying for War, Naomi Paz Greenberg
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Friends Peace Teams, Nadine Hoover
Indian Affairs, Sybil Perry
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
National Religious Campaign against Torture, Patricia Chernoff
New Jersey Council of Churches
NYS Council of Churches Public Policy, Anita Paul
Peace Concerns Coordinator, Greta Mickey
Prisons, Jolene Festa
Rural and Migrant Ministry, James O’Barr
William Penn House, Ronald Inskeep
World Ministries
Members at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting
2009
Radh Achuthan (’06), Peconic Bay
R-Justin Bishop (’06), Schenectady
Linda Chidsey (co-opted), Housatonic
C-Frederick Dettmer (’06), Purchase
Nancy Sorel (’03), Bulls Head-Oswego
2010
Bobbi Sue Bowers (’07), Manasquan
Shirley Way (’07), Central Finger Lakes
2011
Richard Goodman (’07), Westbury
Alexander Haines-Stephan (’08), Mohawk Valley
Anne Wright (’08), Scarsdale
Resource people
Death Penalty, Frederick Dettmer
Latin American Concerns, Paul Busby
Right Sharing of World Resources, Mary Eagleson
Alternatives to Violence Project, Inc. Committee
P.O. Box 54, Poplar Ridge NY 13139
800-909-8920
2009
Claire Cafaro (’06), Saratoga
Thomas Martin (’03), Wilton
2010
Jill McLellan (’07), Central Finger Lakes
Anthony Nocella (’07), Syracuse
2011
Patricia Beetle (’08), Albany
Margaret Lechner (’08), Purchase
C-Judy Meikle (’06), Wilton
American Friends Service Committee
1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia PA 19102
215-241-7000; www.afsc.org
Members of the Corporation
2009
Beverly Archibald (’07), Manhattan
Jaime Contois (’06), Easton
Richard Goodman (’07), Westbury
2010
Frederick Dettmer (’04), Purchase
Gretchen Haynes (’04), Westbury
Anna Staab (’07), Purchase
2011
Fenna Mandalong (’08), Alfred
Middle Atlantic Region Executive Committee
4806 York Rd., Baltimore MD 21212
410-323-7200
2011
Anthony Nocella (’08), Syracuse
New York Metropolitan Regional Committee
15 Rutherford Place, New York NY 10003
212-598-0950
vacant
UpperNew YorkState Area Program Committee
420 1/2 Gifford St., Syracuse NY 13204
315-475-4822
vacant
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
C-Marvea Thompson (’03), Brooklyn
Helen Garay Toppins (’07), Morningside
2011
Pamela Wood (’08), Morningside
Friends Committee for Black Concerns
2009
Sarah Faith Dickinson (’04), Butternuts
Norma Ellis (’04), Scarsdale
R-Jeff Hitchcock (’06), Rahway-Plainfield
C-Helen Garay Toppins (co-opted), Morningside
2010
Pierre Douyon (’07), Albany
C-Evelyn Kennenwood (’07), Syracuse
John Lee (’07), Wilton
Ilene Wagner (’07), Fifteenth Street
Roosevelt Weaver (’04), Montclair
2011
Frederica Clare (’05), Fifteenth Street
Elizabeth Gordon (’08), Binghamton
Bolivian Quaker Education Fund
Representative
2010
Jens Braun (’08), Old Chatham
Committee on Conscientious Objection to Paying for War
2010
David Bassett (’07), Rochester
Jens Braun (co-opted), Old Chatham
Fred Dettmer (’07), Purchase
C-Naomi Paz Greenberg (’07), Flushing
Nadine Hoover (’07), Alfred
Daniel Jenkins (’07), Saranac Lake
R-Karen Reixach (’07), Rochester
Friends Committee on National Legislation
245 Second St. N.E., Washington DC 20002
202-547-6000; www.fcnl.org
2009
Barbara Andrews (’03), Rahway-Plainfield
Jill McLellan (’06), Central Finger Lakes
2010
Sue Clark (’07), Albany
John Vadnais (’07), Chatham-Summit
2011
Judy Messier (’08), Conscience Bay
Bill Seltzer (’08), Scarsdale
Friends Peace Teams Representatives
1001 Park Ave., St. Louis MO 63104877-814-6972; 314-621-7262; http://friendspeaceteams.org/FPTJ
2011
C-Nadine Hoover (’07), Alfred
Greta Mickey (’08), Central Finger Lakes
Garry Thomas (’08), Ithaca
Indian Affairs Committee
2009
C-Sybil Perry (’06), Bulls Head-Oswego
Joyce Pike (’06), Syracuse
2010
James Hall (’08), Collins
James Darragh (’04), Westbury
2011
Lee Morgan-Davie (’08), Hamilton
Anne Saxton (’08), Albany
Marcella Younger (’08), Bulls Head-Oswego
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
Representative to Board
vacant
National Religious Campaign against Torture
Representatives
2010
C-Patricia Chernoff (’08), Morningside
2011
Frederick Dettmer (’07), Purchase
New Jersey Council of Churches
176 W. State St., Trenton NJ 08608-1190
609-396-9546
Representatives to Governing Board
2009
Elizabeth Savory (’01), Dover-Randolph
2011
Kathleen Lawson (’08), New Brunswick
New York State Council of Churches
18 Computer Dr. W, Ste. 107, Albany NY 12205
518-436-9319; www.nyscoc.org
Representative to the Collegium
2010
Ernestine Buscemi (’07), Morningside
Alternate
2010
Linda Chidsey (’07), Housatonic
Representative to Chaplaincy
vacant
New York State Council of Churches
Representatives to the Common Mission Group
on Public Policy
2009
Anita Paul (’06), Schenectady
Prisons Committee
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
2011
Suzanne Blackburn (’06), Alfred
C-Jolene Festa (’06), Wilton
Ellen Flanders (’06), Albany
C-Helen Garay Toppins (’08), Morningside
Shirley Way (’08), Central Finger Lakes
Rural and Migrant Ministry Representative
2010
James O’Barr (’01), Cornwall
William Penn House
515 E. Capitol St., Washington DC 20003
202-543-5560; http://williampennhouse.org
National Consultative Committee
2010
Ronald Inskeep (’04), Purchase
Committee on World Ministries
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 2008, Jeffrey Bird
2009, Jotham Bailey
2009, Nathalie Bailey
Dover-Randolph
2010, W. Hal Haydock
Montclair
2008, Susan Bingham
2009, Claire Simon
Ridgewood
2008, Adrianna Coe
2008, Paul Hamell
2008, Sylke Jackson
Rockland
Butternuts
Binghamton
Butternuts
2008, Sarah Faith Dickinson
2008, Paddy Lane
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
2010, James Hall
2010, Janice Ninan
Elmira
Farmington 2008, Elma Aldrich
2009, Diane Aldrich
2009, Annie Bontrager
2009, Ann Davidson
Fredonia
2009, Grace Perez de la Garza
2009, Willard Gaeddert
Ithaca
2008, Charles Larson
2008, Bronwyn Mohlke
2009, Lynn Grove
2009, Melanie-Claire Mallison
Orchard Park
Perry City
2008, Bridget Bower
Poplar Ridge
Rochester
2008, Rima Segal
Syracuse
2008, Anola Gowin
2009, Mary E. Follet
2010, Jody Pike
Long Island
Conscience Bay
2008, Elaine Learnard
Jericho
Manhasset
2008, Daniel Maietta
Matinecock
Peconic Bay
2008, Joanna Komoska
2009, Radh Achuthan
Shelter Island
2008, Valerie Matthews
Westbury
New York
Brooklyn
2008, Boyce Benge
2009, Mary Rothschild
Fifteenth Street
2009, Christine Japely
Flushing
2008, Cheshire Frager
2009, Naomi Paz Greenberg
Manhattan
2008, Beverly Archibald
2008, Margaret Mulindi
2008, Rose Tiego
Morningside
2008, Ernestine Buscemi
Staten Island
Nine Partners
Bulls Head-Oswego
2008, Karen Snare
2008, Vonn New
Catskill
2009, Gioia Brock
2010, Leaza Hrechka
Cornwall
New Paltz
2008, Lois Pomeroy
2009, Kelli Meland-Lewis
Nine Partners
Poughkeepsie
2008, Anna Angel-Neustat
2008, Nancy Fogel
Northeastern
Adirondack
2008, Diana DeBlois
2008, Regina Haag
Albany
2008, Patricia Beetle
2008, Stacie Farrone
Easton
2008, David Herendeen
2008, Arlene Reduto
Hudson
Old Chatham
Quaker Street
2008, Dorothy K. Garner
2008, Amy White
Saranac Lake
2008, Beatrice Beguin
2008, Linda Gertsch
Saratoga
2008, Claire Cafaro
Schenectady
2008, Anita Paul
2009, Timothy Johnson
Purchase
Amawalk
2008, Gale Swiontkowski
Chappaqua
2008, Janet Hough
Croton Valley
2008, James Wood
Housatonic
2010, Ann Schillinger
Purchase
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
2008, Steven Ross
Somerset Hills
2008, Lawrence Coulthurst
Members of the Yearly Meeting Recorded in the Ministry
Butternuts Quarterly Meeting
Butternuts, James Atwell, 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, Ruth Kinsey
Poplar Ridge, Ruth Bradley, George Clarkson
Long Island Quarterly Meeting
Westbury, Noel Palmer
Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting
Northeastern Regional Meeting
Adirondack, Maria Crosman
Albany, Sunday Blackmon
Schenectady Anita Paul
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)