Past Presidents

New Jersey/New York ACRAO has benefited greatly from the leadership and direction of our Colleagues that have given their time to be President of our organization.


President NameInstitution During TermPresidency Term
Irma WilliamsHudson County Community College2022 – 2023
Chester N. BarkanNassau Community College2021 – 2022
Shirley Pierre-LouisHunter College, CUNY2020 – 2021
LaToia TaylorRutgers Univ. School of Dental Medicine2019 – 2020
Alison L. MaysillesNew Jersey City University2018 – 2019
Avraham RothmanTouro College2017 – 2018
Rajeev JayadevaPratt Institute2016 – 2017
Jacqueline OtteyBergen Community College2015 – 2016
Darlene BenzenbergRutgers Univ. of Biomedical Health Sciences2014 – 2015
Susan Nelson HamiltonRutgers Univ. of Biomedical Health Sciences2013 – 2014
Marcia ApprooPratt Institute2012 – 2013
Richard SundayLong Island University2011 – 2012
Thomas CastiglioneLong Island University2010 – 2011
Sue FortmanMolloy College2009 – 2010
Chester BarkanLong Island Univ. C.W. Post Campus2008 – 2009
Janet KoeganSt. John’s University, School of Law2007 – 2008
Hernan GreenRutgers, State Univ. of New Jersey2006 – 2007
Ninette GironellaNew York University2005 – 2006
Carlos Tonche, Jr.Passaic County Community College2004 – 2005
Alan J. SimsUniv. of Sciences in Philadelphia2003 – 2004
Sonia SaladuchinKingsborough Community College2002 – 2003
Walter MackKean University2001 – 2002
Peter R. FalkUniv. Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey2000 – 2001
Peggy O’Neill*Bergen Community College1999- 2000
Carol GubernatKean University1998 – 1999
Ira TyszlerTouro College1997 – 1998
Carol S. RothYeshiva University1996 – 1997
Gregory WistManhattan Community College1995 – 1996
Richard PfefferBrookdale Community College1994 – 1995
June FinnFelician College1993 – 1994
George Lynes II*College of Saint Elizabeth1992 – 1993
Betty Cifrodella*Univ. Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey1991 – 1992
Joan LudwiczakFairleigh Dickinson University1990 – 1991
Pinhas FriedenbergYeshiva University1989- 1990
Sally AyreyKean College1988 – 1989
Eliose DiamondNew York Technical College1987 -1988
Harold Hope*Bloomfield College1986 – 1987
Florene FarratHunter College1985 – 1986
Robert NilanSaint Peter’s College1984 – 1985
Jeffrey Maund*Ramapo College1983 – 1984
Patrick Forte*Univ. Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey1981 – 1983
Lawrence GoldFairleigh Dickinson University1980 – 1981
Robert Goldstein*CUNY Graduate Center1978 – 1980

*Deceased

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

Helen Keller