Diversity Committee
Special Committee for Diversity and Cultural Competence
Directory - 2008-2009
Rashida Karmali Melva Brown Runi Mukherji Pedro Caban Frank Munoz Henry Durand Patricia Numann MD Clifton Poodrey Lori V. Quigley, Ph.D. Stephanie Waterman
Chair - Phillip Ortiz
Area Coordinator - Natural Sciences
Empire State College
Center for Distance Learning
111 West Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
portiz@esc.edu
518-587-2100 x2716
Attorney at Law
Intellectual Property & Technology Law Practice
99 Wall Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10005
karmali@aol.com
212-651-9653
Philippe Abraham
Director, Career Development Center
University at Albany
Science Library G50
1400 Washingotn Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
pabraham@umail.albany.edu
518-437-4903Carl McCall
Convent Capital LLC
One Penn Plaza
Suite 1703
New York, NY 10119
cmccall@conventcapital.com
212-239-2362
Dean/Executive Director
SUNY Brockport
Rochester Educational Opportunity Center
305 Andrews Street
Rochester, NY 14604-1433
mebrown@brockport.edu
585-232-2730 x269
Professor
SUNY Old Westbury
Dept. of Psychology
210 Store Hill Road
Old Westbury, NY 11568-0210
runi.ratnam@gmail.com
516-876-3119
Vice Provost for Diversity and Educational Equity
SUNY System Administration
SUNY Plaza 5th Floor
Albany, NY 12245
pedro.caban@suny.edu
518-443-1156
Associate Commissioner
NYS Dept. of Education Office of the Professions
State Education Building, 2nd Floor
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12234
fmunoz@mail.nysed.gov
Senior Associate Vice Provost
University at Buffalo
208 A Norton Hall
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1830
hjdurand@buffalo.edu
716-645-3072
323 Highland Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13203
numannp@upstate.edu
315-476-4741
Joseph Franklin
Vice Chairman
National Disabled Veteran Business Council
1201 Stratford Road
Schenectady, NY 12308
fmg1@nycap.rr.com
518-878-9787
Minority Opportunities in Research Division
NIGMS/NIH
45 Center Drive
Room 2As.37
Bethesda, MD 20892
poodryc@nigms.nih.gov
301-594-3900
Donald Grinde
Chair and Professor of American Studies
University at Buffalo
1010 Clemens Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
dgrinde@buffalo.edu
716-645-2546 x1217
Associate Dean
Buffalo State College
1300 Elmwood Avenue
CH 114
Buffalo, NY 14222
quidlelv@buffalostate.edu
716-878-4214
Stanley S. Hansen, Jr.
Executive Coordinator
New York State Education Department
Office of K-16 Initiatives and Access Programs
Education Building Addition, Room 967
Albany, NY 12234
shansen2@mail.nysed.gov
518-474-3719Barbara Rogers
President & CEO
National Emphysema/COPD Association
850 Amsterdam Avenue
Suite 9A
New York, NY 10025
brogers@necaweb.org
212-666-0642
Hannah Hedrick
Aloha Self-Care/Peer Support
P.O. Box 298
Mountain View, HI 96771
hedrickHNECA@aol.com
808-968-7013Jannette Rondo
Director of Communications & Intergovernmental Affairs
NYS Foundation for Science, Technology & Innovation
30 South Pearl Street
11th Floor
Albany, NY 12207
jrondo@nystar.state.ny.edu
518-292-5700
Cheryl John
Coordinator - Native American Consortium
SUNY Fredonia
E116 Thompson Hall
Fredonia, NY 14063
cheryl.john@fredonia.edu
716-673-3170
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester
Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Dev.
Dewey 1-345, PO Box 270425
Rochester, NY 14627
swaterman@warner.rochester.edu
585-276-3934








