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Committee Chairs and Members

PA Committee Structure

The PA is proud of its active and extensive committee structure. In Fall 1998, Past President Bill Perrotti led a group of union leaders in developing a proposal for reorganizing the Association, based on one fundamental principle: the broader the participation of the membership, the more we could accomplish. As goes the mantra in NYSUT, "If you're doing it alone, you're doing it wrong."

To this end, the union leaders revised the PA Constitution and By-laws to include a broad committee structure, and the subsequent success of that change was addressed in a December 2000 New York Teacher article titled "Mohawk Valley local reinvents itself.

Click graphic to view PA committee structure.

Committee Chairs and Members
(term expiration date)
Ellis Searles

< NYSUT Representative Assembly Delegates
Ellis Gage Searles president is annual delegate
Bill Perrotti elected as delegate (5.31.09)
Lew Kahler elected as alternate (5.31.09)
Alison Doughtie elected as alternate (5.31.09)
David Katz elected as alternate (5.31.09)

VOTE/COPE Coordinator >
Bill Perrotti (none)


Bill Perrotti
Alison Doughtie

< Newsletter Editor (PAnorama)
Alison Doughtie (none)

Web Manager >
Norma Chrisman (none)

Norma Chrisman

Audit Committee
Mike Alsheimer (5.31.09)
Julie Dewan (5.31.09)
Sam Drogo (5.31.10)
Dennis Rahn (non-PA representative)

< Community Outreach Committee
Steve Getchell, Chair (5.31.09)
Deanna Ferro (5.31.09)
Colleen Bolton (5.31.09)
Barb Evans (5.31.09)
Christi Harrington (5.31.09)
Jedidiah Kimball (5.31.10)
Mike McHarris (5.31.10)
Sergey Myalik (5.31.10)


Education & Training Committee >
Norma Chrisman, Chair (5.31.09)
Louise Charbonneau (5.31.10)
Pam Fess (5.31.09)
Rich Pucine (5.31.09)
Ibrahim Rosic (5.31.09)
Norma Chrisman
Dawson McDermott

Grievance Committee>
Dawson McDermott, Chair (5.31.09)
Sandy Cummings (5.31.10)
Sam Drogo (5.31.09)
Jennifer Krohn (5.31.10)
Kelly McNamara (5.31.09)
 
Internal Communications Committee >
Alison Doughtie, Chair (5.31.09)
Norma Chrisman (5.31.10)
Bob Clarke (5.31.09)
Dayton Elseth (5.31.09)
Jim Gifford (5.31.09)
Anne Ichihana (5.31.10)
George Searles (5.31.09)
Jim Vitale (5.31.09)
Dave Warren (5.31.10)
Sharon Zohne (5.31.09)
George Zook (5.31.09)
Alison Doughtie
Bill Perrotti

< Member Services Committee
Lew Kahler, Chair (5.31.10)
Mike Alsheimer(5.31.10)
Diana Ayers-Darling(5.31.09)
Kate Barefoot (5.31.10)
Nelissa Nowicki (5.31.10)
Jen Krohn (5.31.08)
Bill Perrotti (5.31.10)
Bev Quist (5.31.10)
Janet Visalli (5.31.10)
 
Member Support & Recognition Committee
Mary Ellen Hart (none)
Christine Miller (none)
Joyce Palmer (none)

 

Negotiations Committee >
Sam Drogo, Chair (none)

Marie Czarnecki (none)
Paul Halko (none)
Jim Vitale (none)
Sam Drogo

< Political Outreach Committee
David Katz, Chair (5.31.10)
Paul Andrews (5.31.10)
Mike Donaruma (5.31.10)
Dan Ianno (5.31.10)
Lew Kahler (5.31.09)
Bill Perrotti (5.31.09)
Lorie Phillips (5.31.10)
Bill Zogby (5.31.09)

Research & Records Committee >
Colleen Kehoe-Robinson,Chair (5.31.09)
Jim Gifford(5.31.09)
Krista Hartman (5.31.09)
Colleen McNamara (5.31.09)
Nelissa Nowicki (5.31.09)
Colleen Kehoe-Robinson

Sick Leave Donation Committee
Lynn Igoe (none)
Jackie Womack (none)

* 1st Vice President chairs Member Services Committee
** 2nd Vice President chairs Internal Communications Committee

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