Distinguished Academy Board

Academic Year 2023-24

Dr. Farhad Ameen (2022-2025)

Distinguished Teaching Professor
Dept. of Social Sciences
SUNY Westchester Community College
Phone: 914-606-7860
Email: Farhad.Ameen@sunywcc.edu

Dr. Amit Bandyopadhyay (2021-2024)
Years of service to the Board 2014-Present

Distinguished Service Professor
Dept. of Architecture & Construction Management
Farmingdale State College
Phone: 631-420-2378
Email: bandyoa@farmingdale.edu

Dr. Kevin R. Caskey (2023-2026)

Distinguished Service Professor
School of Business
SUNY New Paltz
Phone: 845-257-2659
Email: caskeyk@newpaltz.edu

Dr. Aiguo Dai (2023-2026)

Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
University at Albany
Phone: 518-442-4474
Email: adai@albany.edu

Dr. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon (2021-2024)
Board Secretary

Distinguished Service Professor
Chair, Philosophy Department
Fellow, American Philosophical Practitioners Assoc.
Dept. of Philosophy
SUNY Cortland
Phone: 607-753 2016
Email: Andrew.Fitz-Gibbon@cortland.edu

Dr. Andrea Guiati (2022-2025)
Board Chair

Distinguished Teaching Professor
Dept. of Modern and Classical Languages
Buffalo State College
Phone: 716-878-6220
Email: guiatia@buffalostate.edu

James Hewlett (2021-2024)

Distinguished Service Professor
Dept. of Science and Technology
Finger Lakes Community College
Phone: 585-785-1325
Email: James.Hewlett@flcc.edu

Dr. Joseph C. Hoffman (2022-2025)
Years of service to the Board 2018-Present

Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
SUNY Maritime College
Phone: 718-409-7260
Email: jchoffman@sunymaritime.edu

Dr. Vincent J. Iacono (2021-2024)
Board Vice-Chair

Distinguished Service Professor
Tarrson Family Professor of Periodontology and Chair
Director of Advanced Education Programs 
School of Dental Medicine Dept. of Periodontics and Endodontics
Stony Brook University
Phone: 631-632-8895
Email: Vincent.Iacono@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Dr. Avan Jassawalla (2023-2026)

Distinguished Professor
School of Business
SUNY Geneseo
Phone: 585-245-5358
Email: jassawal@geneseo.edu

Edward M. Komara (2022-2026)
Years of service to the Board 2022-Present

Distinguished Librarian
Crane School of Music Libraries
SUNY Potsdam
Phone: 315-267-3227
Email: komaraem@potsdam.edu

Dr. Timothy F. Murphy (2023-2026)

Distinguished Professor
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research; Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute; and Director, Community Health Equity Research Institute
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Dept. of Medicine
University at Buffalo
Phone: 716-881-8911
Email: murphyt@buffalo.edu

Dr. Miriam Rafailovich (2022-2025)
Years of service to the Board 2019-Present

Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Material Sciences and Engineering
Stony Brook University
Phone: 516-458-9011
Email: Miriam.Rafailovich@stonybrook.edu

Dr. Randi Storch (2023-2026)

Distinguished Teaching Professor
History Department
SUNY Cortland
Phone: 607-753-2054
Email: randi.storch@cortland.edu

Dr. John Tomaszewski (2021-2024)

Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
University at Buffalo
Phone: 716-829-2846
Email: johntoma@BUFFALO.EDU

System Administration Liaison to the DA Board

SUNY System Administration
Office of the Provost
Email: distinguishedacademy@suny.edu

Note: Years of service are listed for Board members who have served more than one term.

Updated 11/29/2023 and effective 7/1/2023