Board of Directors
NYS ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS, INC.
OFFICERS
Barry A. Kaufmann, President (NYSUT/AFL-CIO) – president@newyorkstateara.org
Paul Schuh, Executive Vice President – Labor (UAW)
Opportunity, Executive Vice President – Community
Doris Welch, Secretary (IBT)
Gary Lanahan , Treasurer (CSEA)
DIRECTORS
Unions
Fred Nauman, President Emeritus (NYSUT), Patrick Lyons (NYSUT), James Carr (PEF),Dennis Tracey, Past President (NYSUT), Paul Cole (AFL-CIO), Audrey Iszard (AFSCME), Terry Melvin (AFL-CIO), Joseph Robinson (IBT), To Be Filled (SEIU), Peter Ruszczak (UPFRA), Rod Sherman (NYSUT), Gary Tavormina (AFSCME),To Be Filled (Workers United), Delores Frazier (TWU Local 100) and Paulette Fialkoff-Amedeo (RWDSU), Richard Knowles (SOAR)
Community
Suleika Cabrera-Drinane – PR Hispanic Elderly
Andrea Cianfrani- LiveOn NY
Regional Representatives
NYC Regional Representative
Doris Welch (IBT)
Central NY Regional Representatives
William Spreter (NYSUT)
Western New York Regional Representative
Steve Muscarella (PEF)
Capital District Regional Representative
Karen Wojcik-Hess
Long Island Regional Representative
Stanley Bergman (CSEA)
Paul Schuh, New York State Representative to ARA Board (UAW)