Our Policy Board

According to New York State Education Law 316, each teacher center is governed by a policy board which is composed of 51% teachers. Other board positions must include representatives from boards of education, higher education, private schools, business and industry, and parent organizations.

Representatives of the Bargaining Unit

Abbott: Barbara Galvin, Lisa Britz
Byram Hills: Laura Jones, Lila Horn
Blind Brook-Rye: Betsy Murphy, Elizabeth Connolly
Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls: Joseph Choma, William Howie
Mt. Pleasant: Ann Reilly [Policy Board Chair], Sheila Conley
Mount Vernon: Anne Marie Kiernan [Policy Board Vice-Chair], Julia Bonura-Martin
Port Chester: Christine Zidik, Frances Cepeda
Rye Neck: Adrienne Dammacco, Steven Halper
Valhalla: Steve Reich, Roxanne Franquelli

Representatives of Administration

Blind Brook : Dr. Ronald D. Valenti [LEA Superintendent]
Byram Hills: Marie Kish
Port Chester: Dr. Eileen Santiago, Dr. Donald Carlisle

Representative of Business/Industry

Bill Graspo

Representative from Non-Public Schools

Gabriel DeJesus

Representative from Higher Education

Dr. Peter Corfield, Purchase College

Parent Representative

Catherine Rosenfield