Friends under Appointment to
New York Yearly Meeting
Corporate office, 15 Rutherford Place
New York, NY 10003
Telephone 212-673-5750
Officers are listed here
NOTE: This Web page contains the most recent information received by the NYYM office.
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.
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, Heather M. Cook
Assistant Clerk, Joseph B. Garren
Clerk, Ministry Coordinating Committee, Julia Giordano
Clerk, General Services Coordinating Committee, Jeffrey Aaron
Clerk, Nurture Coordinating Committee, Cheshire Frager
Clerk, Witness Coordinating Committee, Frederick Dettmer
Yearly Meeting
Meetings for Discernment
Steering Committee
At large members (appointed to the Steering Committee by the Meeting for Discernment to serve the terms indicated, should NYYM decide to continue Meetings for Discernment beyond 2010)
2010
Anne Pomeroy (’08), New Paltz
2011
Ann Davidson (’09), Farmington
C-Janet Hough (’09), Chappaqua
2012
Carolyn Emerson (’09), Conscience Bay
Lucy Harper (’09), Rochester
Ex-officio members
NYYM Clerk, Heather, M. Cook
NYYM Assistant Clerk, Joseph B. Garren
NYYM General Secretary, Christopher Sammond
Appointees from Monthly Meetings
to Meetings for Discernment
All Friends
Chatham-Summit—Gabrielle Savory Bailey,
Mia Kissil Hewitt
Dover-Randolph—William Hal Haydock
Montclair
Ridgewood—Paul Hamell
Rockland—Sylke Jackson
Butternuts
Binghamton—Elizabeth Gordon, Amy Willauer-Obermayer
Butternuts
Hamilton—Robert Skellan
Mohawk Valley—Elizabeth (Buffy), Curtis, Liseli Haines
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—Rebecca Schillenback
Rochester—Kenneth Harper, Rima Segal
Syracuse—Anola Gowin, Barbara Steinkraus
Long Island
Conscience Bay—Carolyn Emerson, Elaine Learnard
Jericho
Manhasset—Daniel Maietta
Matinecock
Peconic Bay
Shelter Island
Westbury—Irene Goodman, James Darragh
New York
Brooklyn—Thomas Rothschild
Fifteenth Street—Margery Cornwell, Elizabeth Edminster
Flushing—Naomi Paz Greenberg
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—Brandy Donbeck, Jennifer Pronto
Albany—Carol Barclay
Easton—David Herendeen
Hudson—Mark DeGarmo, Jan Hanvik
Old Chatham—Dianne Leung, Rebecca McBride
Quaker Street
Saranac Lake—Mary Brown, Linda Gertsch
Saratoga—Claire Cafaro, Ruth Ralston
Schenectady
Purchase
Amawalk
Chappaqua—Meredith Downey
Croton Valley—Polly Goodwin
Housatonic
Purchase—Jane Olsen
Scarsdale—Ruth Bryan, Norma Ellis
Stamford-Greenwich
Wilton
Shrewsbury & Plainfield
Manasquan—Norma Heller, Eleanor Novek
New Brunswick—Barbara Menzel
Rahway-Plainfield—Joseph Condon
Shrewsbury—Sandra Clark, Gordon Clark
Ministry Section
Co-opted names are pending appointment at Fall Sessions.
Ministry Coordinating Committee
Representatives from Regional Meetings
All Friends—Claire Simon
Butternuts—Amy Willauer-Obermayer
Farmington-Scipio
Long Island—R-Elaine Learnard
New York—Thomas Rothschild
Nine Partners—Vonn New
Northeastern—Steven Taylor-Roth
Purchase—Janet Hough
Shrewsbury & Plainfield—AC-Steven Ross
Representatives from Committees
Advancement
Conflict Transformation—Peter Phillips
Faith & Practice—Boyce Benge
Ministry and Pastoral Care—Amy Willauer-Obermayer
State of Society—Kathy Wood
Sufferings—Ann Geiger
Worship at Yearly Meeting Sessions—Janet Hough
Representatives at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting
2010
Margaret Mulindi (’06), Manhattan
John Perry (’09), Bulls Head-Oswego
2011
C-Julia Giordano (’08), Bulls Head-Oswego
2012
Kathleen Gale (’08), Elmira
Prayer List
Anna Obermayer
Spiritual Nurture Working Group
Lucy Harper
Anne Pomeroy
Task Group on Racism in NYYM
Irma Guthrie
Traveling Friends Advisory Group
vacant
Advancement Committee
2010
Suzanne Blackburn (’07), Alfred
Claire Cafaro (’07), Saratoga
Kathleen Lawson (’07), New Brunswick
2011
Tracy Lee Maxwell (’08), Shrewsbury
2012
CV-Donald Badgley (’09), Poughkeepsie
John Menzel (’09), New Brunswick
Mia Kissil Hewitt (’09), Chatham-Summit
Robin Whitely (’09), Chatham-Summit
Committee on Conflict Transformation
2010
AC-Nathaniel Corwin (’05), Old Chatham
2011
Janet Hough (’08), Chappaqua
Steven Ross (’06), Shrewsbury
2012
Luke Jones (’09), Fifteenth Street
C-Peter Phillips (’09), Cornwall
Ministry and Pastoral Care
2010
David Herendeen (’08), Easton
C-Rachel Ruth (’08), Poughkeepsie
2011
Patricia Glynn (’09), Brooklyn
Amy Willauer-Obermayer (’08), Binghamton
2012
Elizabeth (Buffy), Curtis (’09), Mohawk Valley
Anne Wright (’09), Scarsdale
Committee to Revise Faith & Practice
2010
C-Boyce Benge (’07), Brooklyn
Irma Guthrie (’09), Perry City
2011
Sanford Segal (’08), Rochester
2012
Fred Doneit (’09), Poughkeepsie
Joan Oltman (’09), Purchase
Nancy Sorel (’09), Bulls Head-Oswego
Shirley Way (’09), Central Finger Lakes
State of Society
2011
C-Kathy Wood (’08), Morningside
2012
Adrianna Coe (’09), Ridgewood
Karen Way (’08), New Brunswick
Committee on Sufferings
2010
C-Ann Geiger (’04), Butternuts
2012
James Oltman (’09), Purchase
Catharine Thomas (’09), Chatham-Summit
Worship at Yearly Meeting Sessions
2010
C-Janet Hough (’08), Chappaqua
2011
Regina Haag (’08), Adirondack
General Services Section
Co-opted names are pending appointment at Fall Sessions.
General Services Coordinating Committee
Representatives of committees, agencies in the section
Audit—Lisa Gasstrom
Communications—Eleanor Novek
Financial Services—Sandra Beer
Mosher Fund—James Darragh
Nominating—Jill McLellan
Personnel—Heloise Rathbone
Records—Bridget Bower
Sessions
Trustees, Lindley Murray Fund
Trustees, Yearly Meeting—Paula McClure
Officers of Yearly Meeting—ex officio
Clerk—Heather M. Cook
Assistant Clerk—Joseph B. Garren
Treasurer, Yearly Meeting—Susan Bingham
Members at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting
2010
C-Jeffrey Aaron (’07), New Brunswick
Heloise Rathbone (’07), Brooklyn
R-Arlene Reduto (’07), Easton
2011
AC-Paula McClure (’05), Montclair
Ron Peterson (’06), Fredonia
General Secretary’s Supervisory Task Group
2010
Donald Badgley (’07), Poughkeepsie
C-Elaine Learnard (’07), Bethpage
2011
Angela York Crane (’08), Dover-Randolph
Edward Doty (’07), Purchase
2012
Naomi Paz Greenberg (’07), Flushing
Audit Committee
2010
CV-James Wood (’02), Croton Valley
2011
Harold Risler (’08), Buffalo
2012
Lisa Gasstrom (’06), Westbury
Communications Committee
2010
Diana LeRoi-Schmidt (’04), Housatonic
Lenore Ridgway (’04), Bulls Head-Oswego
2011
Vonn New (’08), Bulls Head-Oswego
2012
Barbara Menzel (’09), New Brunswick
Eleanor Novek (’06), Manasquan
C-Adam Segal-Isaacson (’09), Brooklyn
Robin Whitely (’09), Chatham-Summit
Financial Services Committee
2010
Ann Geiger (’07), Butternuts
2011
C-Sandra Beer (’07), Old Chatham
Mary Williams (’07), Bulls Head-Oswego
2012
Laura Cisar (’07), New Brunswick
Peter Phillips (’07), Cornwall
Ex-Officio
NYYM Treasurer—Susan Bingham
Assistant Treasurers—John Maynard,
Paula McClure
Quarterly Meeting Treasurers
All Friends Regional Meeting—Jon Bailey Savory
Butternuts Quarterly Meeting—Isabel Chiquoine
Farmington-Scipio Regional Meeting—Theodore First
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—Glen Johnson
Shrewsbury & Plainfield Half-Yearly Meeting—Robin Gowin
Committee on the Expenditure of the H.H. Mosher Fund
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
2014
Kay Kribs (’09), Chatham-Summit
Roseann Press (’04), Housatonic
Rima Segal (’09), Rochester
Nominating Committee
Appointed by Quarterly, Half-Yearly, or Regional Meetings
All Friends (2)
Adrianna Coe, Ridgewood
Butternuts (1)
C-Deborah Dickinson, Butternuts
Farmington-Scipio (5)
John Cooley, Central Finger Lakes
C-Jill McLellan, Central Finger Lakes
Long Island (3)
Stella Schultz, Conscience Bay
New York (3)
Naceo Giles, Brooklyn
Nine Partners (2)
Peter Phillips, Cornwall
Northeastern (2)
AC-Claire Cafaro, Saratoga
Timothy Johnson, Schenectady
Purchase (3)
Deborah Wood, Purchase
Shrewsbury-Plainfield (2)
Barbara Andrews, Rahway-Plainfield
AC-Carol Coulthurst, Rahway-Plainfield
Officers of New York Yearly Meeting, for one year
Clerk, Heather M. Cook (’09) (Chatham-Summit)
Assistant Clerk, Joseph B. Garren (Brooklyn)
Recording Clerks, Roger Dreisbach-Williams (’09), (Rahway-Plainfield),
Elaine Learnard (’06), (Bethpage),
Karen Reixach (’07), (Rochester)
Reading Clerks, Robin Alpern (’09), (Scarsdale)
Sanford Segal (’09) (Rochester)
Treasurer, Susan Bingham (’07) (Montclair)
Assistant Treasurers, John Maynard (’03), (Fifteenth Street),
Paula McClure (’09), (Montclair)
Personnel Committee
2010
C-Heloise Rathbone (’08), Brooklyn
2011
R-Susan Bingham (’08), Montclair
Julia Giordano (’05), Bulls Head-Oswego
2012
Keith Johnson (’09), Chatham-Summit
Records Committee
2010
Jane Simkin (’07), Poplar Ridge
2011
Christopher Klemek (’08), Easton
2012
C-Bridget Bower (’05), Perry City
Sessions Committee
NYYM Clerk—Heather M. Cook
NYYM Assistant Clerk—Joseph B. Garren
JYM Coordinators—Virginia Haines, Susan Stillman
High School Clerks—Kai McGiver, Joy Meikle Young Adult Concerns Representative Lucas Braun
Section Representatives:
General Services, Jeffrey Aaron
Ministry, Claire Simon
Nurture, Cheshire Frager
Witness, Mary Eagleson
Members at large
2010
C-John Cooley (’08), Central Finger Lakes
R-Roseann Press (’07), Housatonic
2011
R-Mary Eagleson (’08), Scarsdale
Carol Rice (’08), Purchase
Karen Snare (’07), Bulls Head-Oswego
2012
Martha Gurvich (’06), Wilton
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
Anita Paul (Schenectady), ARCH* Coordinator
Barbara Spring (Albany), ARCH* Coordinator
* Aging Resources Consultation and Help
Trustees of Lindley Murray Fund
2010
C-Judith Inskeep (’04) (co-opted), Purchase
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
2014
Nancy Sorel (’09), Bulls Head-Oswego
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
Michael Mascari (’08), Westbury
T-Paula McClure (’98), Montclair
John Slater (’98), Morningside
Clerk of Investment Committee
John Slater
Nurture Section
Co-opted names are pending appointment at Fall Sessions.
Nurture Coordinating Committee
Representatives from committees, agencies within the section
Aging Concerns
Epistle, Roger Dreisbach-Williams
Friends General Conference, Karen Snare
Friends United Meeting, Beatrice Beguin
Friends World Committee for Consultation, Lawrence Coulthurst
Junior Yearly Meeting, Peter Close
Oakwood Board
Powell House, Sarah Miller
Young Adult Concerns, Natalie Braun
Youth Committee, David Eskin
Young Friends in Residence, Alexander Haines
Members at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting
2010
C-Cheshire Frager (’08), Flushing
Florence McAllister (’04), New Paltz
2011
Anola Gowin (’08), Syracuse
Roseann Press (’08), Housatonic
Friends United Meeting Task Group
laid down
Committee on Aging Concerns
2010
Ronald Inskeep (’08), Purchase
2011
Deborah Dickinson (’09), Butternuts
C-Norma Ellis (’09), Scarsdale
2012
Carol Coulthurst (’08), Somerset Hills
C-Anne Pomeroy (’09), New Paltz
R-Jon Bailey Savory (’09), Chatham-Summit
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Anita Paul (Schenectady), ARCH* Coordinator
Barbara Spring (Albany), ARCH* Coordinator
* Aging Resources Consultation and Help
Epistle Committee
2010
Boyce Benge (’07), Brooklyn
2011
C-Roger Dreisbach-Williams (’08), Rahway-Plainfield
Kathryn Moss (’09), Fifteenth Street
2012
Elizabeth Gordon (’09), Binghamton
Noel Palmer (’07), Westbury
Friends General Conference
1216 Arch St. #2B, Philadelphia PA 19107
Telephone 215-561-1700
www.fgcquaker.org
Members of Central Committee
Heather M. Cook, NYYM Clerk
2010
Carol Coulthurst (’04), Somerset Hills
C-Sally Lawson (’04), Fredonia
Valerie Matthews (’04), Shelter Island
Betty Perkins (’08), Fredonia
Karen Snare (’04), Bulls Head-Oswego
2011
Annie Bancroft (’09), Butternuts
Sandra Beer (’07), Old Chatham
William Seltzer (’08), Scarsdale
Rick Townsend (’08), Fredonia
2012
Bowen Alpern (’08), Scarsdale
Barbara Andrews (’09), Rahway-Plainfield
Ernestine Buscemi (’09), Morningside
Vincent Buscemi (’09), Morningside
Richard Regen (’09), Rochester
Friends United Meeting
101 Quaker Hill Dr., Richmond IN 47374
Telephone 765-962-7573
www.fum.org
General Board
2011
Beatrice Beguin (’08), Saranac Lake
C-Steven Ross (’08), Shrewsbury
Christopher Sammond (’05), Bulls Head-Oswego
alternate: Ann Davidson (’09), Farmington
alternate: Regina Haag (’08), Adirondack
Friends World Committee for Consultation
1506 Race St., Philadelphia PA 19102
Telephone 215-241-7250
www.fwccworld.org
2010
Grace Perez de la Garza (’07), Fredonia
Jaime Contois (’07), Easton
2011
Radh Achuthan (’05), Peconic Bay
Daphne Mason (’09), Butternuts
2012
Lawrence Coulthurst (’09), Rahway-Plainfield
C-Judith Inskeep (’04), Purchase
Valerie Matthews (’09), Shelter Island
Representatives to the Section of the Americas
Note: Terms are January 1–December 31 of the year following appointment.
2010
Radh Achuthan (’07), Peconic Bay
Judith Inskeep (’08), Purchase
2011
Daphne Mason (’08), Butternuts
2012
Valerie Matthews (’07), Shelter Island
Junior Yearly Meeting Committee
2010
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
2012
C-Peter Close (’06), Purchase
Martha Gurvich (’07), Wilton
Jennifer Lindop (’09), Saratoga
Representatives
from Nurture, Cheshire Frager
from Sessions Committee ,Martha Gurvich
from Young Adult Concerns, Franklin Crump, Jillian Smith
from Youth Committee, David Eskin
Ex-Officio: Coordinators for JYM, Virginia Haines, Susan Stillman
High School Clerks, Kai McGiver, Joy Meikle
Oakwood Friends School Board
22 Spackenkill Rd., Poughkeepsie NY 12603
Telephone 845-462-4200
www.oakwoodfriends.org
Head of School: Peter F. Baily (Poughkeepsie)
Board of Managers
2010
Joseph Rutledge (’05), Chappaqua
T-Mary Williams (’02), Bulls Head-Oswego
*William Nichols (’06) (Ohio YM)
2011
S-Lara Holliday (’02), Brooklyn
Ellen Oltman-Kellner (’05), Purchase
Deborah B. Wood (’04), Purchase
2012
Fred Doneit (’09), Poughkeepsie
David Eskin (’09), Purchase
*Elizabeth Eschallier (’09) (Philadelphia YM)
*Rachel Kitzinger (’04) (Baltimore YM)
Trustees
P-William Bogle, Jr., Liza Donnelly, Joseph Gosler, Lara Holliday,
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
www.powellhouse.org
Director: Ann Davidson (Farmington)
Members of the Corporation
2010
Aldona Januszkiewicz (’05), Fifteenth Street
Margaret Morgan-Davie (’08), Mohawk Valley
S-Thomas Rothschild (’00), Brooklyn
2011
P-Angela York Crane (’06), Dover-Randolph
Andrew Heimer (’06), Ridgewood
Virginia Haines (’06), Mohawk Valley
Mary Beth Tierney (’06), Ithaca
2012
Pierre Douyon (’07), Albany
Robert Elmendorf (’02), Old Chatham
Laura Higgins (’07), Wilton
Yvette Weaver-Lyons (’07), Montclair
2013
Peter Close (’03), Purchase
Joseph Condon (’03), Rahway-Plainfield
Emilie Gay (’08), Brooklyn
Louise Tiano (’08), Rochester
2014
Susanrachel Condon (’09), Chatham-Summit
Julie Glynn (’09), Brooklyn
Mark Hewitt (’09), Chatham-Summit
Robert Houghton (’04), Rockland
Sarah Miller (’04), Old Chatham
T-Arlene Reduto (’04), Easton
Young Adult Concerns Committee
2010
C-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
T-Lucas Braun (’08), Old Chatham
Franklin Crump (’05), N/A
Amy Savage (’06), Syracuse
Beth Vardy (’08), Phillipstown W.G.
2012
R-Sarah Brown (’09), Rockland (attender)
Peter Sombor (’09), Saratoga
Barbara Von Salis (’09), Brooklyn
Young Friends in Residence Committee
2012
Donna Beckwith (’09), Perry City
C-Christine DeRoller (’09), Old Chatham
Alexander Haines (’09), Mohawk Valley
Gabriel Obermayer (’09), Binghamton
C-Amy Willauer-Obermayer (’09), Binghamton
Youth Committee
2010
Jennifer Lindop (’09), Old Chatham
2011
Michael Clark (’09), Old Chatham
2012
C-David Eskin (’09), Purchase
Monica Eskin (’09), Purchase
Kathleen Lawson (’09), New Brunswick
Margaret Lew (’09), Fifteenth Street
First Day Working Group
Mark LaRiviere
Resource Library
Florence McAllister
Witness Section
Co-opted names are pending appointment at Fall Sessions.
Witness Coordinating Committee
Liaisons from committees, agencies
Alternatives to Violence Project, Claire Cafaro, Judy Meikle
American Friends Service Committee, Richard Goodman
Barrington Dunbar Fund, Robert Martin
Black Concerns, Helen Garay Toppins
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, Greta Mickey
Indian Affairs, Sybil Perry
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund, Lily Dalke
National Religious Campaign against Torture, Patricia Chernoff
New Jersey Council of Churches
NYS Council of Churches Public Policy
Peace Concerns Coordinator, Greta Mickey
Prisons, Jolene Festa
Rural and Migrant Ministry, James O’Barr
William Penn House, Ronald Inskeep
World Ministries, Newton Garver
Members at large, appointed by Yearly Meeting
2010
Shirley Way (’07), Central Finger Lakes
2011
Richard Goodman (’07), Westbury
Alexander Haines (’08), Mohawk Valley
Anne Wright (’08), Scarsdale
2012
Radh Achuthan (’06), Peconic Bay
R-Justin Bishop (’06), Schenectady
Patricia Chernoff (’08), Morningside
Linda Chidsey (’08), Housatonic
C-Frederick Dettmer (’06), Purchase
Greta Mickey (’08), Central Finger Lakes
Resource people
Death Penalty, Frederick Dettmer
Latin American Concerns, Paul Busby
Right Sharing of World Resources, Mary Eagleson
Earthcare Working Group
Patricia Chernoff
(Transfer from Nurture Coordinating Committee pending.)
Quaker Earthcare Witness
Patricia Chernoff
(Transfer from Nurture Coordinating Committee pending.)
Torture Awareness Working Group
C-Patricia Chernoff ,Morningside
Frederick Dettmer, Purchase
Mara Komoska, Brooklyn
Anita Paul, Schenectady
Alternatives to Violence Project, Inc. Committee
P.O. Box 54, Poplar Ridge NY 13139
Telephone 800-909-8920
www.avpusa.org
2010
Jill McLellan (’07), Central Finger Lakes
2011
Patricia Beetle (’08), Albany
Margaret Lechner (’08), Purchase
C-Judy Meikle (’06), Wilton
2012
Claire Cafaro (’06), Saratoga
Marie Hickey (’09) (New England YM)
American Friends Service Committee
1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia PA 19102
Telephone 215-241-7000
www.afsc.org
Members of the Corporation
2010
Frederick Dettmer (’04), Purchase
Gretchen Haynes (’04), Westbury
Anna Staab (’07), Purchase
2012
Jaime Contois (’06), Easton
Richard Goodman (’07), Westbury
Fenna Mandolang (’08), Alfred
Middle Atlantic Region Executive Committee
4806 York Rd., Baltimore MD 21212
Telephone 410-323-7200
2011
Anthony Nocella (’08), Syracuse
New York Metropolitan Regional Committee
15 Rutherford Place, New York NY 10003
Telephone 212-598-0950
2012
Pamela Wood (’08), Morningside
Upper New York State Area Program
contact Middle Atlantic Regional Office
2012
Robert Skellan (’09), Hamilton
Committee for the Barrington Dunbar Fund for Black Development
2010
Lydia Isigi (’06), Manhattan
Robert Martin (’07), Poughkeepsie
C-Marvea Thompson (’03), Brooklyn
Helen Garay Toppins (’07), Morningside
2011
Pamela Wood (’08), Morningside
2012
Tony Shitemi (’09), Fifteenth Street
Friends Committee for Black Concerns
2010
Pierre Douyon (’07), Albany
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
C-Helen Garay Toppins (’08), Morningside
2012
Norma Ellis (’04), Scarsdale
C-Jeff Hitchcock (’06), Rahway-Plainfield
Naceo Giles (’09), Brooklyn
Bolivian Quaker Education Fund
11253 Boston Road,
East Concord, NY 14055
www.bqef.org
Representative
2012
Jens Braun (’08), Old Chatham
Committee on Conscientious Objection to Paying for War
2010
David Bassett (’07), Rochester
Jens Braun (’07) (co-opted), Old Chatham
Fred Dettmer (’07), Purchase
C-Naomi Paz Greenberg (’07), Flushing
Nadine Hoover (’07), Alfred
Daniel Jenkins (’07) (co-opted), Saranac Lake (attender)
R-Karen Reixach (’07), Rochester
2011
Andrew Von Salis (’08), Brooklyn
2012
Ann Geiger (’09), Butternuts
Friends Committee on National Legislation
245 Second St. N.E., Washington DC 20002
Telephone 202-547-6000
www.fcnl.org
2010
Sue Clark (’07), Albany
John Vadnais (’07), Chatham-Summit
2011
William Seltzer (’08), Scarsdale
2012
C-Jonathan Collett (’09), Butternuts
Friends Peace Teams
1001 Park Ave., St. Louis MO 63104
Telephone 877-814-6972; 314-621-7262
http://friendspeaceteams.org
Representatives
2010
C-Susan Nowelsky (’08), New Brunswick
2011
Nadine Hoover (’07), Alfred
C-Greta Mickey (’08), Central Finger Lakes
Garry Thomas (’08), Ithaca
Indian Affairs Committee
2010
James Hall (’08), Collins
James Darragh (’04), Westbury
2011
Anne Saxton (’08), Albany
2012
Grace Perez de la Garza (’09), Fredonia
C-Sybil Perry (’06), Bulls Head-Oswego
Ann Schillinger (’09), Housatonic
Janice Warner (’09), Rahway-Plainfield
R-Susan Wolf (’09), Ithaca
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
2121 Decatur Place, NW, Washington DC 20008
Telephone 202-483-3751
www.peacetaxfund.org
Representative to Board
Lily Dalke (’09) (Philadelphia YM)
National Religious Campaign against Torture
316 F Street NE, Suite 200, Washington DC 20002
Telephone 202-547-1920
www.nrcat.org
Representatives
2012
C-Patricia Chernoff (’08), Morningside
Frederick Dettmer (’07), Purchase
New Jersey Council of Churches
176 W. State St., Trenton NJ 08608-1190
Telephone 609-396-9546
www.njcc.cnc.net
Representatives to Governing Board
2011
Kathleen Lawson (’08), New Brunswick
New York State Council of Churches
18 Computer Dr. West, Suite 107, Albany NY 12205
Telephone 518-436-9319
www.nyscoc.org
Representative to the Collegium
2010
Heather M. Cook (’09), Chatham-Summit
Alternate
2010
Frederick Dettmer (’09), Purchase
Representative to Chaplaincy
Alice Houghtaling (’09), Schenectady
Representatives to the Common Mission Group
on Public Policy
(vacant)
Prisons Committee
2010
Charley Flint (’04), Rahway-Plainfield
R-Jill McLellan (’04), Central Finger Lakes
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
2012
Barbara Curd (’09), Rochester
David Connelly (’09), Poplar Ridge
Edward Stabler (’06), Syracuse
Pamela Wood (’09), Morningside
Quaker Earthcare Witness
Transfer from Nurture Coordinating Committee pending.
Rural and Migrant Ministry
P.O. Box 4757, Poughkeepsie NY 12602
Telephone 845-485-8627
hope [at] ruralmigrantministy.org
http://ruralmigrantministry.org/
Representative
2010
James O’Barr (’01), Cornwall
William Penn House
515 E. Capitol St., Washington DC 20003
Telephone 202-543-5560
www.williampennhouse.org
National Consultative Committee
2010
Ronald Inskeep (’04), Purchase
Committee on World Ministries
2010
Beverly Archibald (’07), Manhattan
C-Newton Garver (’06), Buffalo
Timothy Johnson (’07), Schenectady
AC-Janice Ninan (’04), Collins
2011
Lawrence Coulthurst (’08), Somerset Hills
Radh Achuthan (’08), Peconic Bay
R-Susan Weisfeld (’08), Scarsdale
2012
Noel Palmer (’08), Westbury
Deborah Wood (’08), Purchase
SPRING AND FALL SESSIONS
Representatives appointed by monthly meetings
All Friends
Chatham-Summit, Gabrielle Savory Bailey,
Mia Kissil Hewitt
Dover-Randolph, W. Hal Haydock
Montclair
Ridgewood, Adrianna Coe
Rockland, Sylke Jackson
Butternuts
Binghamton
Butternuts, Sarah Faith Dickinson,
Paddy Lane
Hamilton
Mohawk Valley, Liseli Haines
Unadilla
Farmington-Scipio
Alfred, Suzanne Blackburn
Buffalo
Central Finger Lakes, John Cooley,
Jill McLellan,
Greta Mickey
Collins, James Hall,
Janice Ninan
Elmira
Farmington, Dianne Aldrich,
Annie Bontrager,
Ann Davidson
Fredonia, Willard Gaeddert,
Grace Perez de la Garza
Ithaca, Bronwyn Mohlke,
Marilyn Ray
Orchard Park
Perry City
Poplar Ridge
Rochester, Rima Segal
Syracuse, Anola Gowin,
Evelyn Kennenwood
Long Island
Conscience Bay, Carolyn Emerson,
Elaine Learnard
Jericho
Manhasset, Daniel Maietta
Matinecock
Peconic Bay, Joanna Komoska
Shelter Island
Westbury
New York
Brooklyn, Boyce Benge,
Mary Rothschild,
Andrew Von Salis
Fifteenth Street, Erik Königer
Flushing, Cheshire Frager,
Naomi Paz Greenberg
Manhattan, Beverly Archibald,
Margaret Mulindi
Morningside
Staten Island
Nine Partners
Bulls Head-Oswego, Julia Giordano,
Vonn New
Catskill, Kelli Meland-Lewis
Cornwall, Elizabeth Pozo
New Paltz
Nine Partners
Poughkeepsie, Anna Angell-Neustat,
Nancy Fogel
Northeastern
Adirondack, Diana DeBlois, Regina Baird Haag
Albany, Barbara Spring
Easton, David Herendeen
Hudson
Old Chatham
Quaker Street
Saranac Lake, Beatrice Beguin
Saratoga, Claire Cafaro
Schenectady
Purchase
Amawalk
Chappaqua, Janet Hough
Croton Valley, James Wood
Housatonic, Ann Schillinger
Purchase
Scarsdale, Norma Ellis,
Anne Wright
Stamford-Greenwich
Wilton
Shrewsbury & Plainfield
Manasquan
New Brunswick
Rahway-Plainfield
Shrewsbury
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 Ann Bradley, George Clarkson
Long Island Quarterly Meeting
Westbury, Noel Palmer
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 Ann Bradley, Poplar Ridge
Regina Haag ,Adirondack
Ruth Kinsey, Farmington
Janice Ninan, Collins
Noel Palmer, Manhattan