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NYSATE 2025 EXECUTIVE BOARD
GINA RILEY, Ph.D.
President
Program Coordinator, Adolescent Generalist Gr. 7-12 Special Education Program
Clinical Professor of Adolescent Special Education
City University of New York - Hunter College
Room 911 West, 695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065
CHRISTINA PFISTER, Ph.D.
Immediate Past President
Associate Professor
Co-Director of Birth to K-6 Education Program
Siena College
515 Loudon Road
Loudonville, NY 12211
ED TEALL, Ph.D.
President Elect
Mount Saint Mary College
Division of Philosophy & Religious Studies
Whittaker Hall, Room 207
Newburgh, NY 12550
JERRY RIVERA-WILSON, Ph.D.
Executive Director & ATE Delegate
University at Albany, SUNY Academy for the Advancement of Teaching, Leadership and Schools (AATLAS)
School of Education
1400 Washington Avenue, Catskill 111
Albany, NY 12222
KIMBERLY ROMBACH, Ph.D.
Vice President for Membership
Associate Professor, Childhood/Early Childhood Education Department
State University of New York College at Cortland
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
Currently unfilled
Treasurer
Duties being completed by Jerry Riveria-Wilson and Sylvia Blake
SYLVIA BLAKE, Ph.D.
Secretary
Long Island University Hudson
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577
ANGELA PAGANO, PH.D.
At Large Board Member
Assistant Provost for Educator Preparation and Partnerships
Academic Programs, Planning, and Assessment
The State University of New York
H. Carl McCall SUNY Building – 353 Broadway
Albany, New York 12246
SHIRLEY SOMMERS, Ph.D.
At Large Board Member
Professor, Director of Gifted and Talented Extension, School of Education
Nazareth University
4245 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618
At Large Board Member
Professor of Education
Manhattan College, Riverdale
4513 Manhattan College Pkwy, Riverdale, NY 10471
RUTH ZEALAND, Ph.D.
DEBRA THOMAS, PH.D.
Historian and K-12 Board Member
Rockland Teachers’ Center Institute
65 Chapel Street
Garnerville, NY 10923