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Address:
10 Colvin Avenue
Albany NY 12206-1242

Telephone: (518) 459-7911
Fax: (518) 482-5285

Family Help line: (800) 228-8201

Email: info@bianys.org

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To Contact the Association Staff

Below is a list of the Brain Injury Association of New York State staff. This list contains their name, title and an E-mail address that can be used to contact that person directly.

Name

Title

Email Address

Marie Cavallo

President

Marie.Cavallo@ahrcnyc.org

Judith Avner

Executive Director

javner@bianys.org

Jody Ference Program Director jference@bianys.org

Judith Sandman

Director of Membership & Development

jsandman@bianys.org

Debbie Berenda

Director of Finance & Administration

dberenda@bianys.org
Rachel Swire Director of Program Development rswire@bianys.org
Jane Higham Program Coordinator jhigham@bianys.org
Jan Fleischner Program Assistant jfleischner@bianys.org

Kristin Lansley

Director of Family Services

klansley@bianys.org

Vicki Clingan Information and Resource Specialist vclingan@bianys.org
Marjorie Colson Project Learn P/T Secretary mcolson@bianys.org

Sam Khan

Bookkeeper

skhan@bianys.org


FACTS Coordinators

The Family Advocacy, Counseling and Training Services (FACTS) program is a family support program for individuals who have sustained a brain injury before the age of 22 and their families. Our statewide network of FACTS Coordinators provide linkage with information, resources, emotional support, and advocacy. This program is funded by the Office of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities and is free of charge.

 

Name

Counties Served

Contact

Ellie Bibawy

Bronx and Queens

(718) 234-3586
helenbibawy@hotmail.com

Karen Thomas

Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren

(518) 608-5243
kthomasbianys@nycap.rr.com
Christine Caruso Nassau and Suffolk (718) 606-0526
LI.FACTS@gmail.com

Josephine Roberts

Columbia, Greene, Northern Chenango, Northern Delaware & Otsego

(607) 432-6364
cucafactsco@stny.rr.com

Sharon Johnson

Wayne, Yates, Ontario, Seneca, Chemung, Schuyler, and Steuben

(315) 538-8018
sjohnsonbia@rochester.rr.com

Steve Jacobs

Orange, Rockland & Sullivan

(845) 634-5848
stvnjak@aol.com

Toni Longshore

Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson and St. Lawrence

(518) 480-1341
lshore9@gmail.com

Dawnmarie Ambrosino

Rockland, Sullivan & Orange

(845) 457-5489
Dawnmariea3@frontiernet.net

Vicky Myers

Alleghany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara & Orleans

(585) 968-1850
bleuxox@aol.com

Magdalena Ornstein-Sloan

Manhattan

(718) 478-5090
tbifacts@hotmail.com

Mary Sheridan

Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, and Oswego

(315) 453-7120
marysher@twcny.rr.com

Paula Schmidt

Broome, Southern Chenango, Southern Delaware, Tioga & Thompkins

(607) 729-0931
paulas.bianys@gmail.com

Josephine Todaro

Dutchess, Putnam & Ulster

(845) 278-7272 ext.300
jt4you1@aol.com

Janyce Wollney

Staten Island

(718) 356-2851
jackr570@aol.com

Shari Bartlett Livingston, Monroe, and Wyoming (585) 768-8342
bianys@rochester.rr.com
Laleene Ali, MS. Ed. Westchester (845) 225-1161
laleeneali@hotmail.com


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Brain Injury Association of New York State
10 Colvin Avenue, Albany, NY 12206 - Phone: (518) 459-7911 - Fax: (518) 482-5285
Family Help line: (800) 228-8201

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