Advisory Council

Tom Michalek

President

Allison Weller

Vice President of Policy & Administration

Bryan Whitley-Grassi

Vice President of Member Outreach

Timothy D. Potts

Treasurer

Erik Olander

Secretary

Vacant

Member-At-Large

Laura Mecca-Retzlaff

Past President

Jannetta MacAurthur

Executive Secretary

Alan Singer

NYSCSS Liaison to Editor, Teaching Social Studies

Local Council Representatives 

Ollie Fields-Thacker

Association of Teacher of Social Studies/UFT

(Tom Michalek)

Capital District Council for the Social Studies

Erica Martin

Central New York Council for the Social Studies

Gloria Sesso

Long Island Council for the Social Studies

Dawn Vandervloed

Mid-Hudson Council for the Social Studies

Rich Pyszczek

Niagara-Frontier Council for the Social Studies

Michael Monaghan

Rochester Area Council for the Social Studies

Susan Chester

Westchester-Lower Hudson Council for the Social Studies

Standing Committee Chairs

Awards

Mary Duffin

David Babikian

Budget and Finance

Timothy Potts

Communications

Tim Lent

Convention Planning

Bryan Whitley-Grassi

Cultural Education

Sheena Jacob

Curriculum and Assessment

Joe Karb

Lisa Kissinger

Higher Education

Kristi Fragnoli

Human Rights

Barbara Bernard

Vincent Marmorale

Membership

Allison Weller

Nominations

Rich Pyszczek

Resolution

Carolyn Herbst

Sites

Timothy D. Potts

Supervisors

Terrance McCarthy, Ed.D.

Technology

Ed Finney

Associated Groups (ex-officio)

Council for Economic Education (CEE)

Amy Geffen

Law, Youth and Citizenship Program (LYC)

Martha Noordsy

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

Timothy D. Potts

New York Geographic Alliance (NYGA)

Mary Duffin

New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)

No Name Provided

Past Presidents

1938

William R. Dixon

1939

Kenneth F. Gell

1940

Harold M. Long

1941

Virginia F. Abercrombie

1942

Ruth Miller

1943-1944

Laura M. Shufelt

1945

Lloyd McIntyre

1946

Edith F. Steward

1947

Kathryn Hefferman

1948

Robert S. Rose

1949-1950

Loretta F. Schell

1950-1951

Gladys E. Newell

1951-1952

John Steinberg

1952-1953

Frank J. Dressler

1953-1955

Mary Jane McNamara

1955-1956

Stanley Phillips

1956-1957

Evelyn Harris

1957-1958

Frederick Stutz

1958-1959

Ruth Pitt

1959-1960

Myrtle Larkin

1960-1961

Jacob Arneth

1961-1962

Gerald Snyder

1962-1963

Ruth Upson

1963-1964

Cecilia Anderson

1964-1965

Harriet Kulman

1965-1966

Robert Silsby

1966-1967

Eugene Webster

1967-1968

Victor Minotti

1968

Donald Bragaw

1968-1970

Ida Fabian Spirawk

1970-1971

Barbara Teeter

1971-1972

Richard Streb

1972-1973

Frank Keetz

1973-1974

James Oswald

1974-1975

Paul Phlegm

1975-1976

William Von Novak

1976-1977

Charles D. Young

1977-1978

William Mahood

1978-1979

William Cleveland

1979-1980

Betty Dodds

1980-1981

Conrad Peacock

1981-1982

Shannon Turner

1982-1983

Glenn Pribeck

1983-1984

William Schultz

1984-1985

George Hammersla

1985-1986

Clair De Loria

1986-1987

Judith S Wooster

1987-1988

Stanley Kravetz

1988-1989

Kathryn B. Johnston

1989-1990

Charles R. Coon

1990-1991

Patricia F. Baker

1991-1992

Barbara Bernard

1992-1993

John A. Roy

1993-1994

Daniel Berman

1994-1995

Steven A. Goldberg

1995-1996

Benita Jorkasky

1996-1997

Linda E. Fusco

1997-1998

Walter J. Gable

1998-1999

Andrew M.L. Turay

1999-2000

David M. Golden

2000-2001

Bruce E. Fusillo

2001-2002

Katherine DeForge

2002-2003

Maureen Mackin

2003-2004

D. Joseph Corr

2004-2005

Robert Dytell

2005-2006

Sherry L. Gibbon

2006-2007

Paul Gold

2007-2008

Kim O'Neil

2008-2009

Linda K. Lapp

2009-2010

Mary Duffin

2010-2011

Len Romano

2011-2012

Lori Megivern

2012-2013

Tim Potts

2013-2015

Michael Collazo

2015-2016

Lawrence M. Paska, Ph.D.

2016-2017

Stephen LaMorte

2017-2018

Paul W. Gold, Ed.D.

2018-2019

Laura Mecca-Retzlaff

2019-2020

Tom Michalek

2020-2022