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Office of Mental Health

Board of Visitors

OVERVIEW

The Board of Visitors provides direct community involvement in monitoring the quality of care and management of facility services in state psychiatric and developmental facilities It is established under 13.33 of the Mental Hygiene Law,

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MEMBERSHIP

The Board of Visitors is made up volunteer advocates from across the state. Each facility should have a minimum of seven Board of Visitors members but not more than 14 members. Any facility with less than seven members has vacant positions.

Members do not receive compensation but can be reimbursed for their actual expenses in connection with their service to the Board of Visitors. Members are appointed or reappointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent with the Senate.

Facility Board of Visitor Members

Facility Board of Visitor Member
Bronx Psychiatric Center Sandra Unger
Buffalo Psychiatric Center Ted Pietrzak
Buffalo Psychiatric Center Harold Fabinsky
Buffalo Psychiatric Center Ellen J. Maternowski
Buffalo Psychiatric Center Christina Doherty Smith
Capital District Psychiatric Center Alan Kott
Capital District Psychiatric Center Charlene Hrachian
Capital District Psychiatric Center Patricia Pangburn
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Lula Fisher
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Henry Lau Kee
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Jane Barvdavid
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center Ellen Gordon
Elmira Psychiatric Center Richard Hamling
Elmira Psychiatric Center Judith Phillips
Elmira Psychiatric Center Jill Kasprzyk
Elmira Psychiatric Center Salvatore Garozzo
Elmira Psychiatric Center Susan Gray
Greater Binghamton Health Center Bert Prohaska
Greater Binghamton Health Center Michael Kritkausky
Greater Binghamton Health Center Debra Lombardo
Hutchings Psychiatric Center Marla Byrnes
Hutchings Psychiatric Center Patricia Okoniewski
Hutchings Psychiatric Center Mary Bartowski
Hutchings Psychiatric Center Robert Feldman
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Bettie King
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Marie Delus
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Katrina Jeffries
Kingsboro Psychiatric Center Maryellen Goble
Manhattan Psychiatric Center Marlin Mattson
Manhattan Psychiatric Center Felton Jenkins
Manhattan Psychiatric Center Deborah Wance
Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center Beverly Piechowicz
Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center Anne Jackson
Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center Ramona Rossi
New York City Children's Psychiatric Center Pasquale DePetris
New York City Children's Psychiatric Center Marcia Alkins
New York City Children's Psychiatric Center Jonnel Doris
Pilgrim Psychiatric Center Alicia Cloonan
Rochester Psychiatric Center Judith Watt
Rochester Psychiatric Center Eileen Farlow
Rochester Psychiatric Center Dave Mullen
Rochester Psychiatric Center Rita Cronise
Rockland Psychiatric Center John Murphy
Rockland Psychiatric Center Gerry Trautz
Rockland Psychiatric Center Anne Marie McGrory
Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center Susan Albamont
Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center Alissa Barosin
St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center Patrick Rourk
South Beach Psychiatric Center Howard Weiner
South Beach Psychiatric Center Jean Conelli
South Beach Psychiatric Center Michelle Rampino
South Beach Psychiatric Center Zvi Spiler
South Beach Psychiatric Center Dr. Joseph Conte
Western NY Children's Psychiatric Center Stephen C. Nelson
Western NY Children's Psychiatric Center Priti Bangia
Central NY Forensic Psychiatric Center Phillip McDowell
Central NY Forensic Psychiatric Center Ronald Wright
Central NY Forensic Psychiatric Center Lynn Schuetrum
Central NY Forensic Psychiatric Center Khadijah Osbourne
Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center Michael Atherley
Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center Denise Hodges
Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center Romy Rosseau
Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center Anna Jean Brigham
Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center Dhanu Sannesy
Mid-Hudson Forensic Psychiatric Center Vernon Jordan

CONTACT INFORMATION

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OMHAdminSupport@omh.ny.gov

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Albany NY, 12229