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Board of Directors & Management Team 
To link to a board members corporate web site please click or tap the underlined text for each individual.

 

Executive Board:

 

President: Maura Sweeney: SVP, Chief Program and Services Officer, Lighthouse Guild

 

Vice President: Chris Burke: New York State Preferred Source Program, Albany

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Secretary: John Kelly: Dutchess County Board of Cooperative Educational Services & John J Kelly Vision Consulting

 

Treasurer: Carmen Wan, Lighthouse Guild

 

Board Members:

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Edward Welsh: President / CEO, Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Utica

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JoBeth Rath: ABVI Goodwill of the Finger Lakes, Rochester

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Michael Hill: VIA / Visually Impaired Advancement, Buffalo

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Dr. Susan Ruzenski: CEO, Helen Keller Services

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Dr. Bernadette Kappen: Executive Director, New York Institute for Special Education, NYC

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Ken Fernald: President / CEO, Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment, Binghamton​​

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Martin Cahill:  American Council of the Blind of New York, Inc.

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Government Relations:

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

NYVRA has no paid staff and accomplishes its work by a dedicated volunteer Board of Directors and members that pay annual dues.

For more information on services in NYS you may contact NYVRA here or the NYS Commission for the Blind at their link:
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