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Liaisons

  • Friendly Guide to Self-Direction (pdf)
  • Guidance for Providers (pdf)
  • First Gear
  • Fiscal Intermediary
  • Liaisons
  • Overview of Self-Directed Service Options
  • What is Self-Direction?
  • Front Door
  • Care Managers
  • Self-Direction 101 Training
  • Housing
  • Support Brokers
  • Personal Resource Account (Budget)
  • Staffing
  • Individual Directed Goods and Services

Each Region has a Self-Direction Liaison who provides general and specific information and answers questions for individuals/families about Self-Direction Services. They assist with facilitating information and training sessions for Individuals and families, Brokers and Fiscal Intermediaries among other responsibilities.

Regional Office 1

RO Lead: Angela G. Czerkas ([email protected])
Telephone: (585) 241-5709

Finger Lakes

Counties Served: Chemung, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates

Backup: Deyanira “Dee” Almonte ([email protected])
Telephone: (585) 461-8579

Backup: Mary-Terry Anzalone ([email protected])
Telephone: 585-585-241-5826

Backup: Latrina Ashton-Harrell ([email protected])
Telephone: (585) 461-8858

Backup: Brian D. Atkinson ([email protected])
Telephone: 585-241-5739

Backup: Courtney Lepinskie ([email protected])
Telephone: 585-241-5748

Backup: Eileen "Sue" Ormandy ([email protected])
Telephone: 585-241-5745

Backup: Shyla O’Dell ([email protected])
Telephone: 607-734-6135 ext. 42

Western NY

Counties Served: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans 

Tina Powell ([email protected])
Telephone: 716-608-2705 

Backup: Lisa Pappas ([email protected])
Telephone: 716-608-2713 

Backup: Katherine Zale ([email protected])
Telephone: 716-608 -2763 

Backup: Megan Schwartzmeyer ([email protected])
Telephone: (716) 608-2848 

Backup: Theresa Knab-Rusin ([email protected])
Telephone: TBD

Regional Office 2

RO Lead: Jamie Kelly ([email protected])
Telephone: 607-217-6611

Broome

Counties Served: Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga, Tompkins 

Lead: Alexandra Klinko: ([email protected])
Telephone: 607-217-6592

Backup: Lynsey O’Connor: ([email protected])
Telephone: TBD

Backup: Mackenzie Schofield: ([email protected])
Telephone: 607-217-6584

Central NY

Counties Served: Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego

Lead: Allison Brown ([email protected])
Telephone: 315-336-2300 ext 28

Backup: Jessica Farnett ([email protected])
Telephone: 315-473-3168 

Backup: Brenda Kavanaugh ([email protected])
Telephone: 315-339-5726

Backup: Lindsay McKee ([email protected])
Telephone: (315) 473-4019

Backup: Francine Paciello ([email protected])
Telephone: (315) 336-2300 ext. 238

Backup: Holly Abel ([email protected])
Telephone: 315-473-2913

Sunmount

Counties Served: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, St. Lawrence 

Lead: Rebecca Spanfelner ([email protected])
Telephone: 518-536-3473 

Backup: Stephanie Champagne ([email protected])
Telephone: 315-274-3229 

Backup: Casey L McDermott  ([email protected])
Telephone: 518 359-2464

Regional Office 3

Joy Meade, Lead, [email protected]
Telephone: (518) 388-1946

Michele Altenrath, Lead ([email protected])
Telephone: 845-947-6236

Capital District

Counties Served: Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington 

Carrie Maggs ([email protected])
Telephone: 518-388-0107

Hudson Valley

Counties Served: Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, Westchester 

Backup: Shirlee Dyer ([email protected])
Telephone: 845-947-6235

Backup: Lynn O’Dell ([email protected])
Telephone: 845-947-6164 

Backup: Dorothy Puleo [email protected]
Telephone: (845) 947- 6373

Taconic

Counties Served: Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, Ulster 

Jennifer Strano ([email protected])
Telephone: 845-471-9226 x 146 

Backup: Laura Settepani ([email protected])
Telephone: (845) 471-9226 ext. 123

Regional Office 4

RO Lead: Robert Johnsen ([email protected])
Telephone: (718) 430-0887

Queens | Bernard M. Fineson

Counties Served: Queens 

Regine Petigny ([email protected])
Telephone: 718-217-5980 

Backup: Jeffrey Mann ([email protected])
Telephone: (718) 722-2848

Brooklyn

Counties Served: Kings (Brooklyn) 

Deica Johnson ([email protected])
Telephone: 718-642-7024 

Backup: Carol McLean ([email protected])
Telephone: 718-642-8538 

Backup: Nicole Henry, ([email protected])
Telephone: 718-722- 2702

Backup: Frank Coleman, ([email protected])
Telephone: TBD

Metro NY

Counties Served: Bronx, New York (Manhattan) 

Stephenie Rozzell ([email protected])
Telephone: 646-766-3448
Manhattan

Backup: Eric Phifer ([email protected])
Telephone: (646) 766-3320
Manhattan

Backup: Magdelene Jno-Baptiste ([email protected])
Telephone: 718-430-0726
Bronx

Backup: Renee Lark ([email protected])
Telephone: 646-0766-3202
Manhattan

Staten Island

Counties Served: Richmond (Staten Island) 

Margaret Varghese ([email protected])
Telephone: 718-982-1919 

Backup: Shreem Herbert-Boyce ([email protected])
Telephone: 718-982-1935

Backup: Helene Smigiel ([email protected])
Telephone: 718-982-1922

Regional Office 5

RO Lead: Jennifer DeLucie ([email protected])
Telephone: 631-416-3838

Long Island

Counties Served: Nassau, Suffolk  

Lead: Lauren Nelson ([email protected])
Telephone: 631-416-3848 

Backup: Christina Bozza ([email protected])
Telephone: 631-416-3986 

 Backup: Ashley Caridi ([email protected])
Telephone: 631-416-3862 

Backup: Taghrid Mahdy ([email protected])
Telephone: 631-416-3938   

Backup: Anna B. Perez ([email protected])
Telephone: (631) 416-3901 

Backup: Piedad D. Ruiz (Piedad.D.[email protected])
Telephone: 631-416-3899

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