Alexis is civil rights and special education attorney. She is a graduate of the University of Texas Law School. Alexis joined the Board of Trustees in 2008 and is currently the President of the Board. She is also the Chair of the Civil Rights committee for the National Association for the Deaf. She is active in her community in various civic and education organizations. Alexis lives in Scarsdale with her husband and their 3 children.
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Jody graduated from the University of Rochester in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. She received her Juris Doctor from the George Washington University National Law Center in 1986 and is admitted to practice in both federal and state courts in New York and New Jersey. Jody has handled a multitude of matters in both New York and New Jersey. She currently is an Associate at Hickey Smith, LLP in New Rochelle NY. She lives in Westchester County with her three children.
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Retired as President and Chief Operating Officer and Board Member of Asset Alliance and subsidiaries and has held senior management positions in operations, administration, marketing and sales. Mr. Mintz is also Global Head of the Company’s investment placement business Hedge Harbor Inc. He serves on the Board of Directors of Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation. Arnold joined NYSD’s Board of Trustees in 2003.
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Reed Gershwind has worked in higher education both as faculty and in administration. He currently serves as the Director of Budget and Finance for the Provost's Office at Gallaudet University. Reed received his Bachelor's degree from CSUN and his Masters in Business Administration from RIT. He also holds a CMA license as a Management Accountant. When he has time away from the office, Reed volunteers with international deaf sports.
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Dr. Humphries is an American academic, author, and lecturer on Deaf culture and communication. Humphries is a Professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Humphries earned his Ph.D. in Cross Cultural Communication and Language Learning at Union Graduate School in 1977. Humphries is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the San Diego branch of the University of California. In addition to teaching at UCSD, he has been developing an experimental curriculum for teaching deaf children by applying bilingual teaching practices.
Humphries’ published writings encompass 43 works in 78 publications in 7 languages and 5,474 library holdings. His works are created with his wife and co-author, Carol Padden. |
Dr. Kushalnagar is a teacher, researcher and advocate for more inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing people in daily life through advances in accessible technology, human rights and legal policy. He is the Director of the Information Technology Program at Gallaudet University. He has a J.D. from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, an LL.M. in Intellectual property and Information Law from the University of Houston Law School, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science, focused on accessible computing, from the University of Houston.
He has published over 30 papers and directed several grants related to accessible computing, human rights, disability law and intellectual property law. His findings in how people with sensory differences perceive and use devices and programs has led to design guidelines to make products more inclusive. For instance, deaf learners prefer few lines of speech-to-text (captions) in video lectures, while hearing learners prefer many lines of speech-to-text (transcript) next to the video lecture. He also advocates for updates in accessibility and intellectual property law to keep up with accessible computing advances, e.g., who owns captions obtained from automatic speech recognition. |
Senator Suzi Oppenheimer retired from the NYS Senate in 2013 after serving for 28 years, part of the time as Chair of the Senate Committee on Education. Prior to that she was Mayor of Mamaroneck for 8 years. Today Suzi serves on many philanthropic Boards committed to education policy, the environment and women/family issues.
She graduated with a BS from Connecticut College and an MBA from Columbia University. Suzi and her husband Martin have 4 children and 8 grandchildren. 16 members of their family are deaf. Suzi has been a NYSD trustee since 2013. |
Clifford graduated from Fanwood in 1960, was a research chemist until he retired in 2001 after 35 years with a chemical manufacturer in NJ. In 1991, he became the first Deaf alumnus to serve as a Trustee. After his retirement, he moved to Tucson, Arizona with his lovely wife Nancy, a former teacher at Fanwood. They have two children and three grandchildren.
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Paul was born and grew up in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from Xavier High School in NYC in 1990 and from the Manhattan College School of Engineering with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1994. He is the founder and CEO of a NYC area public works construction organization, PJS Group, headquartered in New Rochelle, that employs over 200 people. He loves what he does because he feels it makes a difference in the world by building and improving infrastructure and facilities that help us move, communicate, have fun, and be safe.
Paul has been a Trustee at the NY School for the Deaf since October 2017, having come to learn about the school and its mission by randomly helping out with a mural project commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the School. He is a member of the Facilities committee where he hopes to help the school plan and make improvements and repairs most efficiently. Paul has been a Trustee at Xavier High School since 2016, and has served on the Plant Committee for the past 4 years, which he has now chairs. He has been a career day presenter for the last 5 years, where he mentors students towards the field of engineering. He also Co-Chairs the Athletic Field Task Force. Paul is an Advisor on the Manhattan College Council on Engineering Affairs, Chair of the Engineers’ Ball Committee, and Co-Chairs the Construction Industry Golf Outing Committee. He is a Board Member, former Chair, Secretary, Governance and Nomination Committee Chair, and Flag Football Commissioner of All Yonkers Youth Athletics, Inc.; a non-profit youth sports organization supporting close to 800 families in the lower Westchester area. Paul resides in lower Westchester with his wife Eileen, who is an amazing woman, spouse, and mother to their four terrifically complex, and energetic, boys. |
Sherri a technology veteran, Turpin brings her leadership background and over 25+ years of experience in the telecommunications industry, specializing in Business Strategy & Development, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Customer Experience. Most recently, Turpin served as Channel Chief for EarthLink. Other former positions include Executive in Residence for Kinderhook Industries and for over a decade with XO Communications in varying management roles. Turpin has been awarded various honors for her leadership and innovation.
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