Advisory Board

Serving for the 2022-2023 academic year

External Members

• Alex Rivera, Principal, George A. Jackson Elementary School

• Celestial Wills-Jackson, Professor, Lehman College

• Clyde Braswell, Principal, Washington Rose Elementary School

• David Zimbler, Principal, Westbury High School
• Mark McCaw, Principal, Uniondale High School
• Carey Gray, Administrator for Guidance 7-12, Hempstead Union Free School District

• Diane Martin, Professor, Nassau Community College

• Gheetu Wheeler, Teacher, Division Avenue High School

• Kenneth Card, Superintendent, East Meadow School District

• Nancy Wilson, Director of Special Education, Western Suffolk BOCES

• Natalie Lukas, Director, SUNY Urban Teacher Education Center

• Sandra Street, Teacher, Gordon Parks School for Inquisitive Minds

• Sharon Dungee, Superintendent, Central Islip Union Free School District

• Shawn Rux, Chief Executive Officer, RUXway, Inc.

• Steven Ferrante, ABA Therapist, Kids First Spectrum Services

• Dennis O'Hara, Superintendent, Islip Union Free School District

• Shem Ishmael, Teacher, Jackson Main School

College Members

• Dr. Diana Sukhram, Dean of SOE
• Dr. Julio Gonzalez, Special Ed. Chair 
• Dr. Blidi Stemn, Childhood Ed. and Literacy Chair
• Dr. Nicole Sieben, Adolescence Ed Chair
• Dr. Stephanie Schneider, Associate Professor
• Mr. Vincent Juba, Director of Field Experience and Certification
• Mr. Joshua Fyman, Assistant Dean for Data Management and Assessment
• Ms. Carolyn Jarvis, Secretary to the Dean