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Regional FacilitatorRegional Facilitators

The Lifelong Services Network is committed to matching service delivery with customer needs. The Network operationalizes this commitment through the Lifelong Services Network Regional Facilitators who act as partners in planning and providing services.

The Facilitators are members of the components of the Lifelong Services Network and represent 9 service areas throughout the State. They chair meetings with representatives from the varied components of the Network and discuss gaps and overlaps in services in their local areas. They establish projects within their areas which focus on the priority of needs as well as use the strength of collaboration between the components. Just as important as their local activities is the fact that they meet periodically with VESID program area staff to assist in focusing and redirecting the Lifelong Services Network to address the local needs in overall program restructuring.

The Facilitators are an important and necessary partner in the ongoing challenge of matching resources to improve services in the VESID family.

Capital Region | Long Island | Lower Hudson | Mid-Hudson | Mid-South | Mid-State| Mid-West | New York City | North Country | | West |

West Region:

Hildreth Rose

Hornell High School
134 Seneca Street
Hornell, NY 14843
(607) 765-8403
Fax: (607) 234-5893
hrose825@yahoo.com

Howard Fetes (ILC)
Western NY Independent Living Project, Inc.
3108 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14214
Voice: (716) 836-0822
TTY: (716) 836-0822
Fax: (716) 835-3976
hfetes@aol.com

Mid-West Region:

Tom Munn (TCS)

Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES Transition Coordination Site

131 Drumlin Court/Maple Building
Newark, NY 14513

Voice: (315) 332-7530
Fax: (315) 332-7380
tmunn@wflboces.org

Cyndi Besig (SETRC)
Monroe 1 BOCES SETRC
15 Linden Park
Rochester, NY 14625
Voice: (585) 249-7024
Fax: (585) 218-6267
Cyndi_besig@boces.monroe.edu

Mid-South Region:

Laurene Reichardt
Disability Programs Manager
Catskill Center for Independence
P.O. Box 1247
Oneonta, NY 13820
Voice/TTY: (607) 432-8000
Fax: (607) 432-6907
ccfi@ccfi.us

Tamie Leslie (SETRC)
Delaware/Chenango BOCES SETRC
6678 County Road 32
Norwich, NY 13815-3554
Voice: (607) 335-1320
Fax: (607) 336-8201
lesliet@dcmoboces.com

Mid-State Region:

Chris Johns-Kirby (SETRC)
Syracuse City SETRC
Teacher Center
1153 W. Fayette Street 
2nd Floor
Syracuse, NY 13204
Voice: (315) 435-4685 or 6527
Fax: (315) 435-4218
cjohns44@scsd.us

Lynn Radicello (RSSC)
Onondaga/Madison BOCES
Post Office Box 4774
Syracuse, NY 13221
Voice: (315) 431-8596
Fax: (315) 433-1530
lradicel@ocmboces.org

North Country Region:

Region 1
Eric Bright and Kim Massaro
Northern NY Transition Coordination Site
St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES
24 Court Street
Canton, NY 13617
Voice: (315) 386-1175
ebright@sllboces.org
kmassaro@sllboces.org

Region 2
Rose Roberts (ILC)
Resource Center for Independent Living
PO Box 210
409 Columbia Street
Utica, NY 13502-0210
Voice: (315) 797-4642
TTY: (315) 797-5837
Fax: (315) 797-4747
rose.roberts@rcil.com

Capital Region:

Susan Naple (SETRC)
Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES SETRC
14 School Street
Broadalbin, NY 12025
Voice: (518) 883-6510
Fax: (518) 883-6509 
Snaple@superior.net
  

Mid-Hudson Region:

Rachel Bartlow-Pappas
Action Towards Independence (ATI)
130 Dolson Avenue
Middletown, NY 10940
Voice/TTY: (845) 343-4284
rpappas@worwick.net

Denise Shaffer
Sullivan BOCES SETRC
6 Wierk Avenue
Liberty, NY 12754
Voice: (845) 292-0082 x4031
dshaffer@scboces.org

Lower Hudson Region:

Kerry McKenna (TCS)
So. Westchester BOCES
Rye Lake Campus/Building A
1606 Old Orchard Street
White Plains, NY 10604
Voice: (914) 948-7271 X 278
Fax: (914) 949-2907
kmckenna@swboces.org

Laurie Levine
Putnam-No. Westchester BOCES- SETRC
200 BOCES Drive
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Voice: (914) 248-2291
Fax: (914) 248-2288
llevine@pnwboces.org

Long Island Region:

Ed Ahearn (ILC)
Acting Executive Director SILO, Inc.
745 Waverly Avenue
Holtsville, NY  11742

Voice: (631) 654-8007
Fax: (631) 654-8077
eahearn@suffolkilc.org

Linda Denny
Nassau County BOCES SETRC
Rosemary Kennedy School
2850 N. Jerusalem Road
Wantagh, NY 11793
Voice: (516) 396-2989
Fax: (516) 396-2986

New York City Region:

Linda Lew
Director of Information Services
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
116 East 16th Street
5th Floor
New York, NY 10003

Voice: (212) 677-4650
llew@resourcesnyc.org

Karen Samet (ECDC)
Early Childhood Direction Center
SHARE Center
160 Lawrence Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
Voice: (718) 437-3794
Fax: (718) 436-0071
ksamet@ucpnyc.org

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