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TBA
NYS Convention Director
The 2011 Convention will be held April 15-17, 2011 at the Glen Cove Mansion on Long Island. Details and registration information will start to appear here late fall 2010. Please save the dates - hope to see you there!
This is a watershed time for AAUW in New York State and for the Association and the convention will keep us in tune with what's going on.
The 2010 convention was held at the Otesaga, in Cooperstown, NY the weekend of April 23-25. Handouts from some of the workshops are now available -
The officer candidates (president, program VP and EF VP) for the 2010-2012 term were voted on at the 2010 convention. The candidates proposed by the nominating committee - and elected - are listed here:
 President – Eileen S. Hartmann
Eileen has been a member of
AAUW for 34 years. She was elected
to a two-year term as NYS AAUW president
in 2008. She also served as NYS
AAUW membership vice president for
three years, college/university director
for three years, and was on the marketing committee.
Eileen has held various offices in the Fairport
Area Branch including president, co-vice president.
Eileen has a B.A. from Edgecliff College and
an M.S.Ed. from Nazareth College of Rochester. Her
work experience includes positions as English
teacher, sales representative, program coordinator
for the Rochester Area Career Educational Collaborative,
and field experience coordinator for the
Education Department at Nazareth College. She is
also active with the Fairport-Perinton Chapter of
Dollars for Scholars.
 Program Vice President – Peggy Kelland
Peggy served as vice president
for program for two women’s
organizations, Poughkeepsie AAUW
and the Junior League of Poughkeepsie,
before being elected as
NYS AAUW program vice president
in 2008. At the state level, she also
served as international affairs director for two
years and as a member of the nominating team.
Peggy is a 37-year member of the Poughkeepsie
Branch where she served as president,
program vice president, communications vice
president, and recording secretary, along with
various other chairmanships.
Peggy has a B.A. from Smith College and
an M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College.
She has experience teaching elementary subjects,
high school social studies, ESL and reading.
As a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, she
trained and supervised student teachers. Her
community activities include the Dutchess Interfaith
Council, Girl Scouts, League of Women Voters,
Junior League, and several community boards and
commissions.
 Educational Fund Vice President – Lisa Davis Clark
Lisa has been a member of
the Rockland County Branch for five
years. She has served as Educational
Foundation chair and co-president.
Lisa’s educational background includes a
B.S. from New York University, an M.A. from Teachers
College, and a P.D. from Long Island University.
She is working toward a PhD. at Walden University.
Her work experience includes positions as a
math teacher, local instructional superintendent,
co-director of the NYC Department of Education/
Adult and Continuing Education and director of the
NYC Board of Education Cooperative Work-Based
Education Program. She is currently a substitute
assistant professor at Medgar Evers College and
adjunct instructor at Nyack College.
Lisa is also a board member and chair of
the government relations and community affairs
subcommittee of the New York University Alumni
Association. She has reviewed proposals for conference
presentations for the American Educational
Research Association.
Part of the business of the 2009 convention was the election for 2009-2011 of four officers. The single slate of candidates was elected:
- Membership Vice President – Bergie Lebovitch
- Legal Advocacy Fund Vice President – Mildred DeWitt
- Secretary/Bylaws – Mimi Korb
- Treasurer – Ruth Fierro-King.
Be sure to read about our emerging leaders who were honored at the Saturday breakfast!
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