Board of Directors & Management Team
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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
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:
Edward Welsh: President / CEO, Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Utica
Jennifer Lake: President / CEO, ABVI Goodwill of the Finger Lakes, Rochester & Syracuse
Beth Du Boff: Executive Director, Association for the Visually Impaired, Westchester, Rockland & Orange Counties
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
Ken Fernald: President / CEO, Association for Vision Rehabilitation and Employment, Binghamton
Jeannine Hobbes: New York State Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and VI
Meghan Parker: American Council of the Blind of New York
Government Relations:
NYVRA has no paid staff and accomplishes its work by a dedicated volunteer Board of Directors and members that pay annual dues.