SRP Advisory Committee

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NYSUT's School-Related Professionals Advisory Committee has been in existence for more than 40 years. It was constituted to advise NYSUT of issues and items important to School-Related Professionals and to aid NYSUT by making recommendations as to how these concerns may be satisfied. The committee also plans the annual statewide fall leadership conference held for colleagues.

Members of this committee attend four full advisory meetings per year, take an active role in the subcommittee to which the chair appoints them, attend local Election District meetings, keep their area locals informed of pertinent issues, and are available to bring your concerns to the full committee. Members serve a three-year term and are appointed by the president on recommendations of Election District Directors. These committee members come from different regions in New York state and represent the varied SRP job titles. The chair is appointed by the president, and sees to all matters concerning the committee.

Many of the gains the SRP membership has won over the past years are directly due to the hard work and dedication of these committee members and your elected SRP At-Large Directors. Your voice, along with nearly 100,000 other SRP members of NYSUT, is heard through this active and important committee.

The following SRPs have been appointed to sit on the SRP Advisory Committee:

NYSUT School-Related Professionals Advisory Committee 2026–2029

Melissa Sorensen, Chair
Union-Endicott School District Office Personnel Association

Anthony Andrews
Rochester Association of Paraprofessionals

Lisa Brown
Saratoga Adirondack BOCES Employees Association

Gwen Carter
Buffalo Educational Support Team

Andrea Cilento
South Orangetown Teaching Assistants Association

Claire Cocco
Lockport School Employees Association

Billy Coleman
New Rochelle Federation of United School Employees

Elizabeth Cooper
Rochester Association of Paraprofessionals

Christopher Crowe
Union of Clerical, Administrative and Technical Staff at NYU

Tasheema Fitzgerald
Greenburgh-North Castle United

Renee Freeman, Ph.D.
United Federation of Teachers

Cindy Goodsell
Saratoga Adirondack BOCES Employees Association

Sharmaine Griffin
Union of Clerical, Administrative and Technical Staff at NYU

Diana Judge
United Federation of Teachers

Joanne Marshall
Buffalo Educational Support Team

Jaimie Martinez
United Federation of Teachers

Andre Mathis
United University Professions

Shawna Phommaxaysy-Metz
Rush-Henrietta Employees Association

Undrea Polite
United Federation of Teachers

Irina Renner
Rush-Henrietta Employees Association

Cheryl Rockhill
Brushton-Moira Support Staff Association

Mark Warner
Syracuse Teachers Association

Bernard Washington
Syracuse Teachers Association

Anita Williams
Hempstead Teaching Assistants Association

NYSUT SRP At-Large Directors

Karen Lee Arthmann
Rush-Henrietta Employees Association

Josh G. Frasier
Kenmore-Tonawanda School Employees Association

Angelina Rivera
Rochester Association of Paraprofessionals

Priscilla Castro
United Federation of Teachers

Kimberlyn McEvoy
Rondout Valley Federation of Teachers and SRPs