REGIONAL DIRECTORS & LOCAL COUNCILS
Regional Directors and their Local Councils (2024-2025)
Central NY Regional Director: Kathleen Hinchman, kahinchm@syr.edu
Binghamton Area Reading Council - President - Patricia Follette, patfollette@outlook.com Central NY Reading Council - President - Sarah Fleming, sarah.fleming@oswego.edu Mohawk Valley Reading Council - President Judy Flihan, mvreadingcouncil@gmail.com Seven Valley Reading Council - President - Elisa Rodriguez, erodriguez@newfieldschools.org Eastern Regional Director: Marlena Peduzzi, mpeduzzi@albany.edu Adirondack Literacy Council - President - Kerry Babson, kbabson@hartfordcsd.org Albany City Area Reading Council - President - Pegeen Jensen, jensenp@scolonie.org Columbia-Greene Reading Council - President - Rosey Iacono, riacono@htcschools.org Hudson Valley Regional Director: Erin McCloskey, ermccloskey@vassar.edu Mid-Hudson Reading Council - President - Karen Maher, mhreadingcouncil@gmail.com Rockland Reading Council - Co-Presidents - Blaire Bookman Sadoff and Maryanna Hoekstra Westchester Reading Council- President - Tricia Clarke, tclarke11@fordham.edu Long Island Regional Director: Melissa MacCormac, memaccorma@aol.com Nassau Reading Council - Co-Presidents - Dr. Andi Sosin, andi.sosin@gmail.com; Kathleen Conway-Gervais, watcher@optonline.net Literacy Council of Long Island - President - Lisa Wenz, lisawenz141@gmail.com New York City Regional Director: Joanne Joyner Wells Brooklyn Reading Council - President - Maxine Rappaport, maxine.rappaport@gmail.com Staten Island Reading Council - President - Elaine Caputo-Ferraro, elainef64@msn.com Northern Regional Director: Vacant Greater 1000 Islands Literacy Council - President - Judy Ehrensbeck, judyehrensbeck@gmail.com North Country Reading Council - President - Cindy Wells, dwells5@twcny.rr.com Western Regional Director: Amy DeBlase, amy.deblase@greececsd.org Niagara Frontier Reading Council - President - Kirsten Burke Smith - kirstenbsmith829@gmail.com Rochester Area Literacy Council - President - Christine Treasure, christine_treasure@boces.monroe.edu
Seven Valley Reading Council - President - Elisa Rodriguez, erodriguez@newfieldschools.org
Eastern Regional Director: Marlena Peduzzi, mpeduzzi@albany.edu
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