EXECUTIVE BOARD

Jo Anne Simon, Esq.
President
Disabilities Lawyer
Law Office Of Jo Anne Simon

Ronald A. Wilson
Vice President
Director, Northeast Collegiate Institute Maplebrook School

Judith R. Birsh, Ed.D.
Second Vice President
Educational Consultant
Former Director of the MSLE Program at Columbia University

Ralph Zalma, Ed.D.
Secretary
Retired,  Professor of Special Education
Hofstra University

Leonard Gubar, Esq.
Treasurer
Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe, LLP
Spouse, adult with dyslexia

ADVISORY BOARD

Stanley J. Antonoff, D.D.S.
Past Board President

Mary Ann Casati
Treasurer
Partner - Circle Financial Group
Parent of a child with dyslexia

Barbara Corcoran
Corcoran Productions, Inc.

Julie Dannenberg
Publisher, Avenue Magazine
Parent of a child with dyslexia

Rosa A. Hagin, Ph.D.
Psychologist

Diana Hanbury King, M.A.
Founder, The Kildonan School

Judith C. Hochman, Ed.D.
Education Consultant, Former Director
The Windward School

Jeannette J. Jansky, Ph.D.
Psychologist/Evaluator

Eileen Marzola, Ed.D
Educational Consultant

Richard Mishaan
Richard Mishaan Design
Parent of a child with dyslexia

Florence Springer
Remedial Specialist
SUNY – College of Optometry

Gloria Y. Schwartz
Director of Literacy
Boys and Girls Harbor

Gloria Tannebaum, Ph.D.
Reading Specialist
Tannenbaum, Lipton & Associates

Debi Wisch
Wischful Thinking

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Jack Calcagno
Managing Director
Victory Capital Management
Parent of a child with dyslexia

Topher Collier
Psy.D. Neuropsychologist

John "Sean" Crowley Esq.
Attorney
Davidoff, Malito & Hutcher LLP

Marianne Duldner
Educational Consultant

Carmen Fariña
Retired Educator and Deputy Chancellor, NYC Schools

Arlene B. Harris, M.A.
Educational Therapist

Doug Johnson
Retired, Eyewitness News, WABC-TV
Adult with dyslexia

Peter Prager
Senior Advisor, Capital Network

Michael Rankowitz
Retired, Managing Director,
Morgan Stanley
Adult with dyslexia and
Parent of a child with dyslexia

Gloria Y. Schwartz.
Director of Literacy
Boys and Girls Harbor

J. Lawrence Thomas, Ph.D.
Neuropsychologist

Adele Weisman
Senior Vice President,
Treasurer & Director
Roanoke Asset Management
Parent of child with dyslexia

STAFF
Telephone: (212) 691-1930

Jo Haines
Executive Director, ext. 11

Susan Voelker
Administrative Manager, ext. 10

Diana Naples
Information and Referral, ext. 12

Danielle Mowery
Communications Associate, ext. 15

Jo Anne Lense
Director of Training

Sue-Ann Wojcik
Bookkeeper, ext. 13