THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

 

 

 

 

TO:

The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents

 

FROM:

Johanna Duncan-Poitier

 

COMMITTEE:

Higher Education and Professional Practice

 

TITLE OF ITEM:

Appointments and Reappointments of Members to the State Boards for the Professions; Reappointments of Auxiliary Members to the State Boards for the Professions for Service on Licensure Disciplinary and/or Restoration and Moral Character Panels; Reappointment of an Extended Member to the State Boards for the Professions for Service on Licensure Disciplinary, Licensure Restoration, and Moral Character Panels; and Reappointments of Members of the State Committee for Professional Assistance

 

DATE OF SUBMISSION:

October 8, 2004

 

PROPOSED HANDLING:

Approval (Consent Agenda)

 

RATIONALE FOR ITEM:

Required by Section 6508(4) of the Education Law

 

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goal 3

 

AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

 

SUMMARY:

          Attached for your consideration and approval are the proposed appointments and reappointments of members to the State Boards for the Professions; proposed reappointments of auxiliary members to the State Boards for the Professions for service on licensure disciplinary and/or restoration and moral character panels; proposed reappointment of an extended member to the State Boards for the Professions for service on licensure disciplinary, licensure restoration, and moral character panels; and proposed reappointments of members of the State Committee for Professional Assistance.

 

VOTED:  That the recommended appointments and reappointments of members to the State Boards for the Professions; reappointments of auxiliary members to the State Boards for the Professions for service on licensure disciplinary and/or restoration and moral character panels; reappointment of an extended member to the State Boards for the Professions for service on licensure disciplinary, licensure restoration, and moral character panels; and reappointments of members of the State Committee for Professional Assistance are approved.

 

 

 

Table 1 of 2

 

Proposed Appointments and Reappointments of Members to the State Boards for the Professions


Board Name, Type of Proposed Action, Candidate's Name, Residential Address,
and Judicial District



Candidate's Current Employer, Address and Judicial District




Proposed
Term

Highest and/or Professional
Degree(s) Earned,
Member Type, and
Licensure Specifics

 

State Board for Certified Shorthand Reporting

(Reappointments)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael J. DeVito
Rochester, NY 14612

 

Judicial District VII

Administrative Court Reporters Office

New York State Unified Court System

Hall of Justice, Rm. 161B

99 Exchange Boulevard

Rochester, NY 14614

 

Judicial District VII

 

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  None

Profession:  Certified Shorthand Reporting

Licensed in 1980

License #000796

 

Angela M. Spinelli
Wantagh, NY 11793

 

Judicial District X

Queens Supreme Court

88-11 Sutphin Boulevard

Jamaica, NY 11435

 

Judicial District XII

 

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  A.O.S., court reporting, Stenotype Academy

Profession:  Certified Shorthand Reporting

Licensed in 1994

License #001012

 

State Board for Chiropractic

(Appointment)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lee T. Masterson
Voorheesville, NY 12186

 

Judicial District III

Private practice (chiropractor):

Lee Masterson, D.C., PC

204 Delaware Avenue

Delmar, NY 12054

 

Judicial District III

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  D.C., chiropractic, New York Chiropractic College; and

B.A., biology, Hofstra University

Profession:  Chiropractic

Licensed in 1983

License #003627

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Board for Nursing

(Appointments)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harriet Feldman
Bellmore, NY 11710-5101

 

Judicial District X

Lienhard School of Nursing

Pace University

861 Bedford Road

Pleasantville, NY 10570

 

Judicial District IX

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  Ph.D., research and theory development in nursing, New York University;

M.S. and B.S., nursing, Adelphi University

Profession:  Registered Professional Nursing

Licensed in 1966

License #185447

 

Kathleen Guido
Tillson, NY 12486

 

Judicial District III

Benedictine Hospital

105 Mary's Avenue

Kingston, NY 12401

 

Judicial District III

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  B.S., nursing, State University College at New Paltz;

A.A.S., nursing, Lienhard School of Nursing at Pace University

Profession:  Registered Professional Nursing

Licensed in 1978

License #308016

 

State Board for Occupational Therapy

(Appointments)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gary Cassidy
Saint James, NY 11780

 

Judicial District X

Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf

P.O. Box 12

Frost Mill Road

Mill Neck, NY 11765

 

Judicial District X

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  B.S., occupational therapy, Quinnipiac (CT); and

A.S., pre-physical therapy, Nassau Community College

Profession:  Occupational Therapy

Licensed in 1982

License #002944

 

 

Gary Cassidy (continued)

Enabling Devices

Toys for Special Children

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706

 

Judicial District IX

 

NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities / LIDDSO

Commack, NY 11725

 

Judicial District X

 

 

 

 

 

Eleanor Q. Thiel Murray
Plattsburgh, NY 12901

 

Judicial District IV

Self employed (independent contractor):

Clinton County Health Department

133 Margaret Street

Plattsburgh, NY 12901

 

Judicial District IV

 

Hospice of the North Country

240 Rugar Street

Plattsburgh, NY 12901

 

Judicial District IV

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  B.S., occupational therapy, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions,Boston University; and

A.A.S., liberal arts, Rockland Community College

Profession:  Occupational Therapy

Licensed in 1992

License #005761

 

State Board for Physical Therapy

(Reappointments)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suzanne M. Rinere O'Brien
Rochester, NY 14609

 

Judicial District VII

Unity Health System

Long Term Home Health Care

Building 400

2300 Buffalo Rd.

Rochester, NY 14617

 

Judicial District VII

 

January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009

Degree:  B.S., physical therapy, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo

Profession:  Physical Therapy

Licensed in 1988

License #010131

 

Carol Wilson-Smith
Brooklyn, NY 11212

 

Judicial District II

Kings County Hospital Center

Suite C1100

451 Clarkson Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11203

 

Judicial District II

January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009

Degree:  M.A., motor learning, Columbia University; and

B.S., physical therapy, Howard University (D.C.)

Profession:  Physical Therapy

Licensed in 1988

License #010321

 

State Board for Podiatry

(Reappointment)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harry M. Nevers
Brooklyn, NY  11213

 

Judicial District II

Suite 1G

470 Lenox Ave.

New York, NY 10037

 

Judicial District I

January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009

Degree:  D.P.M., podiatry, New York College of Podiatric Medicine; and

B.S., psychology, Fordham University

Profession:  Podiatry

Licensed in 1988

License #004465

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Board for Public Accountancy

(Reappointments)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel P. Gunther
New York, NY 10021

 

Judicial District I

Self-employed (accountant):

Suite 948

305 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

Judicial District I

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  LL.M. and LL.B., taxation, School of Law at New York University; and

B.S., economics/ accounting, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania

Profession:  Public Accountancy

Licensed in 1967

License #024654

 

Barry B. Seidel
Plainview, NY 11803

 

Judicial District X

Marks, Paneth & Shron, LLP

88 Froehlich Farm

Boulevard, 2nd Floor

Woodbury, NY 11797

 

Judicial District X

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  B.S., accounting, Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y.

Profession:  Public Accountancy

Licensed in 1973

License #031713

 

Dena G. Williams
Bronx, NY 10451

 

Judicial District XII

Securities and Exchange Commission

233 Broadway, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10279

 

Judicial District I

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  B.S., accounting, Hunter College, C.U.N.Y.

Profession:  Public Accountancy

Licensed in 1997

License #078370

Table 2 of 2

 

Proposed Reappointments of Auxiliary Members to the State Boards for the Professions Solely for Service on Licensure Disciplinary and/or Restoration and Moral Character Panels; Proposed Reappointment of an Extended Member to the State Boards for the Professions for Service on Licensure Disciplinary, Licensure Restoration, and Moral Character Panels; and Proposed Reappointments of Members of the State Committee for Professional Assistance

Board Name, Type of Proposed Action, Candidate's Name, Residential Address, and Judicial District


Candidate's Current Employer, Address and Judicial District



Proposed
Term

Highest and/or Professional Degree(s) Earned, Member Type, and Licensure Specifics

 

State Board for Dentistry

(Reappointments of Auxiliary Members solely to serve on licensure disciplinary, licensure restoration, and moral character panels)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naomi Epstein
East Hampton, NY 11937

 

Judicial District X

 

Self-employed (oral health consultant to the Department of Health & Human Resources, Region II Head Start)

3 Winterberry Lane

East Hampton, NY 11937

 

Judicial District X

 

 

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  M.P.A., health systems, College of Management of Long Island University;

B.A., biology, Adelphi University; and

A.S., dental hygiene, S.U.N.Y. College of Technology's School of Dental Hygiene

Profession:  Dental Hygiene

Licensed in 1979

License #014445

 

 

Robert Tauber
Mount Kisco, NY 10549

 

Judicial District IX

 

Retired

 

 

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  D.D.S., dentistry, School of Dental & Oral Surgery of Columbia University; and

B.A., biology, Columbia College

Profession:  Dentistry

Licensed in 1962

License #023779

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Board for Medicine

(Appointment of Auxiliary Member solely to serve on licensure restoration and moral character panels)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry Balentine
Rye, NY 10580

 

Judicial District IX

 

St. Barnabas Hospital

4422 Third Avenue

Bronx, NY 10457

 

Judicial District XII

 

 

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  D.O., medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PA)

Profession:  Medicine

Licensed in 1989

License #181012

 

 

State Board for Podiatry

(Reappointment of an Extended Member to serve on licensure disciplinary, licensure restoration, and moral character panels)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spencer Dubov
Commack, NY 11725

 

Judicial District X

 

Private practice (podiatrist):

69-20 Main Street

Flushing, NY 11367

 

Judicial District XI

 

 

January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009

Degree:  D.P.M., podiatry, New York College of Podiatric Medicine; and

B.S., biology, Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y.

Profession:  Podiatry

Licensed in 1960

License #002042

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Board for Social Work

(Reappointments of Auxiliary Members solely to serve on licensure disciplinary, licensure restoration, and moral character panels)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virginia V. David
Pittsford, NY 14534

 

Judicial District VII

 

Nazareth College of Rochester

4245 East Avenue

Rochester, NY 14618

 

Judicial District VII

 

 

January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009

Degree:  M.S.W., social work, School of Social Work of Syracuse University; and

B.A., sociology, Nazareth College of Rochester

Profession:  Licensed Master Social Work

Licensed in 1976

License #017786

 

 

Dee Livingston
New York, NY 10024

 

Judicial District I

 

Retired

 

 

January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009

Degree:  M.S.W., social work, Simmons College (MA);

M.A., education, Teachers College of Columbia University; and

B.A., social work, University of Maine

Profession:  Licensed Master Social Work

Licensed in 1968

License #008941

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Committee for Professional Assistance

(Reappointments)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard F. Goliber
Rensselaer, NY 12144

 

Judicial District III

 

Medical Review and Payment

New York State Department of Health

99 Washington Avenue

Albany, NY 12210

 

Judicial District III

 

 

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  D.D.M., dental medicine, New Jersey State College of Medicine and Dentistry; and

B.S., pre-dental, Siena College

Public Member

 

Licensed in 1965

License #024920 (dentistry)

 

 

Carolyn A. Portanova
Rochester, NY 14607

 

Judicial District VII

 

Catholic Family Center

87 North Clinton Avenue

Rochester, NY 14604

 

Judicial District VII

 

 

December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009

Degree:  M.A., education, and Certificate of Advanced Study, counseling,University of Rochester; and

B.S., education, Pennsylvania State College

Public Member