Staff and Board

STAFF

Executive Director
Robin Robinson

Program Services Associate
Barbara Backus
backus@casanys.org

Communications and Grants Specialist

Landra Haber
haber@casanys.org

Contractual and Consultants

Nancy Lawton
Bookkeeper

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

Rita Lashway, CAE, President
Deputy Executive Director
New York State School Boards Association

Benita Marks, Vice President
Advocate Supervisor
CASA of Westchester County

Barbara Benedict, Secretary

Former Program Coordinator

Onondaga CASA

Board Members

Carol Ann Benton
Retired Educator

Kathleen Crowley, Ph. D.
Professor of Psychology
The College of Saint Rose

Linda Ervin

Community Activist

Regina Grantham
Associate Professor & Chair of Speech Pathology and Audiology
State University of New York at Cortland

Kathie Greenblatt
Executive Director
Catholic Charities of Delaware & Otsego Counties

Ron Hiatt, Esq.
Sullivan County Legislator

Kristin A. Kesnowski
Owner
KAK Consulting

Cecilia Nicholas, Esq.

Attorney

Lee Pollock, III
Assistant Vice President
Rose & Kiernan Insurance Agency

Elizabeth R. Rubin
Teacher

Hon. Anthony J. Sciolino
Retired Judge
Monroe County

Cheryl Vallee
Coordinator
CASA of Schenectady County

Wendy Wintle
Executive Director
CASA of Essex County