Directory of Central Office Personnel

New York State Office of Mental Health
44 Holland Avenue
Albany, New York 12229

• OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
  Acting Commissioner Kristin M. Woodlock, RN, MPA
  Telephone: (518) 474-4403

• OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
  Kristin M. Woodlock, RN, MPA
  Telephone: (518) 474-7056
  Fax: (518) 474-2149

• PUBLIC INFORMATION
  Benjamin Rosen, Director
  Telephone: (518) 474-6540
  Fax: (518) 473-3456

• OFFICE OF COUNSEL
  John Tauriello, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Counsel
  Telephone: (518) 474-1331
  Fax: (518) 473-7863

• INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
  Leesa Rademacher, Director
  Telephone: (518) 474-4403
  Fax: (518) 474-2149

• DIVISION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
  Martha Schaefer Hayes, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer
  Telephone: (518) 474-3631

• CONSUMER AFFAIRS
  John Allen, Special Assistant to the Commissioner
  Telephone: (518) 473-6579

• OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR
  Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D.
  Telephone: (212) 330-1650 x360
  

• OFFICE OF DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
  Marisol Nunez-Rodriguez, Acting Director
  Telephone: (518) 473-4144

• DIVISION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT
  Marcia Fazio, Deputy Commissioner
  Telephone: (518) 474-6587
  

• OFFICE OF COORDINATED NURSING SERVICES
  Elizabeth A. Pease, MS, RN
  Director
  Telephone: (518) 473-6378

• RESEARCH INSTITUTES
  NYS Psychiatric Institute (212) 543-5300
  Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, Director
  Nathan Kline Institute (845) 398-5500
  Donald C. Goff, MD, Director

• BUREAU OF HEALTH SERVICES
  Catherine Benham, Director
  Telephone:(518) 474-7720

• BUREAU OF PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
  Jay Carruthers, MD, Director
  Telephone:(518) 486-4302

• INVESTIGATIONS
  William McDermott, Director
  Telephone: (518) 473-5940
  Fax: (518) 473-3456

• BUREAU OF AUDIT
  Kenneth Lawrence, Director
  Telephone: (518) 474-7653
  Fax: (518) 473-1819

• DIVISION OF ADULT SERVICES
  Robert Myers, Ph.D., Senior Deputy Commissioner, Division Director
  Telephone: (518) 486-4327
  Fax: (518) 473-4690
  
  Jayne Van Bramer, Senior Associate Commissioner, Division Deputy Director
  Telephone: (518) 474-4447
  Fax: (518) 473-7926

• DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
  Donna Bradbury, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Director
  Telephone: (518) 473-6328
  Fax: (518) 473-4690

• DIVISION OF FORENSIC SERVICES
  Donna Hall, Ph.D., Associate Commissioner
  Telephone: (518) 549-5000
  Fax: (518) 549-5090

• OFFICE OF PLANNING
  Michael Seereiter, Director of Planning
  Telephone: (518) 474-4403
  Fax: (518) 474-2149

• CHIEF MEDICAL INFOMATICS OFFICER
  Gerald Engel, BS Pharm, MBA, Associate Commissioner
  Telephone: (518) 474-7720

• CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  John Norton, Acting Chief Information Officer
  Telephone: (518) 474-7359
  Fax: (518) 473-2778

• PSYCKES
  Molly Finnerty, MD
  Director
  Telephone: (212) 740-7789

• CENTER FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
  J. Lynn Heath, Director
  Telephone: (518) 474-0171
  Fax: (518) 474-7536