Executive Board:

 

President: Nancy Miller: Executive Director / CEO, VISIONS / Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired, NYC

 

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

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

 

Treasurer: Lisa Drzewucki: VISIONS / Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired, NYC

 

Board Members:

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

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Jennifer Lake:  President / CEO, ABVI Goodwill of the Finger Lakes, Rochester & Syracuse

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

 

Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken: Project Coordinator RT and O&M Programs, Hunter College, NYC

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

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Jeannine Hobbes: New York State Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and VI

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Meghan Parker: American Council of the Blind of New York

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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.