THE METROPOLITAN NEW YORK CHAPTER
NATIONAL REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION, INC.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Paula Lee
President 2018
Paula Lee, MS, CRC NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development
paula.lee@nyu.edu
212-998-4749 (work)
Pat Ryan
Secretary
Patricia Ryan-Canedo, MSEd, CRC, LMHC
NY, Upward Bound, 726 Broadway 5th Fl
par3@nyu.edu
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Valerie J. Lyons
Valerie Lyons, MSEd, CRC, LMHC
valeriejlyonsenterpirses@gmail.com
Anthony Spinelli
Anthony Spinelli, MS, CRC
spinelli.anthonyj@gmail.com
Anthony LaGattuta, MBA, MA, CIA (ret.), CISA (ret.), EA
U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration (ret.)
alagattuta@aol.com
Cheryl Bourne
Cheryl Bourne, MEd, CRC, LMHC, BCPC
cheryl.bourne@va.gov
Andrew J. Pasternak, MA, CRC
Hunter College/CUNY
apasgw344@hotmail.com
Joe Bruno
NYC Health and Hospitals Corp (ret.)
j_a_bruno@hotmail.com
Iris Nelson
Iris Nelson-Schwartz, EdM, CRC, LMHC
NYC Dept of Education, Special Education,
District 75, PS186 Bx (ret.)
Amrita Misra, MA, CRC
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
Department of Veterans Affairs, NY, NY
amrita.misra@va.gov
Wendy Hersh, CRC, LMHC
Senior VR Counselor, Access-VR
Wendy.Hersh@nysed.gov
Chanpreet Singh, PhD, LMHC, NCC, CRC, CPRP
Dept of Veterans Affairs
chanpreet.singh@va.gov
Obie Nichols, PhD, CRC, LMHC, CASAC, ICADC
Palladi0, Inc.,
obie.nichols@palladioinc.org
Immediate Past Presidents
Co-President (2017-18)
Wendy Hersh, CRC, LMHC
Senior VR Counselor, Access-VR
Wendy.Hersh@nysed.gov
Co-President (2017-18)
Amrita Misra, MA, CRC
amrita.misra@va.gov
President (2015-16)
Bryan Callahan, MA, MPA, CRC, LMHC
Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Office, D.C.
FRIENDS OF THE BOARD
Ana Capek , MA, CRC
NYC Human Resources Administration
anacapek@gmail.com
Janice Plumer, MS
U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration (ret.)
Twoplums2@aol.com
Caroline Waterman, MA, LRC, CRC
Caroline.a.waterman@gmail.com
Carline Dalton, MA, CRC, LMHC
Goodwill Industries, Behavioral Health Services
cdalton@goodwillny.org
Christopher Kempski, MS, LMHC, CRC, LRC, BCPC, CPT, CEAS
ACCES-VR
Christopher.kempski@nysed.gov
Stella Thomas, MSEd, CASAC
Office of Mental Health
Stella.thomas@omh.ny.gov
Andrew Vaughn
SSA Contractor (Vocational Expert)
Bdas32@hotmail.com
Christina Aviles
Project Renewal
christina.aviles@projectrenewal@org
Jessica Gerloven
Lantern Group
jgerloven@lanterngroup.org