Principal Officers
President
James Davis
James Davis, Professor of English at Brooklyn College, has served as PSC President since his election in 2021. He holds elected leadership positions in the AFT, NYSUT, and the Municipal Labor Committee and chairs the PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund trustees. As the COVID-19 pandemic extended beyond year one, he led the PSC’s impact bargaining with the CUNY administration, including the struggle for a coherent vaccine policy and the rollover of unused travel funds. During his first term, the PSC revived its membership campaign and gained hundreds of new members after a pandemic-era decline. He has advocated consistently for preserving municipal retiree access to traditional Medicare and engaged PSC members in that fight. In collaboration with coalition partners in the CUNY Rising Alliance, the PSC brought new state funding into the University, including millions of dollars to hire full-time faculty, and prevented the worst of the Mayoral cuts to CUNY.
As President, he has used his platform to advocate for educational quality and accessibility, racial and economic justice, and professional respect and job security on our campuses. The union’s legislative and electoral efforts have been energized by PSC member participation during his first term. Working with the Executive Council, he coordinated an inclusive process for engaging members in every title to develop an ambitious bargaining agenda for the next contract and prepared the union’s negotiations committee for bargaining. The Campus Action Teams that animate the union’s contract campaign grew from the deliberate collaboration of Chapter Chairs and the Executive Council. He has attended chapter meetings at every senior and community college and remains committed to engaging union members as the fights continue for a just contract and a New Deal for CUNY. A devoted teacher and scholar, he has published widely on American literature and received Brooklyn College’s Excellence in Teaching Award.
First Vice President
Jennifer Gaboury
Jennifer Gaboury is a Lecturer on an adjunct conversion line in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at Hunter College. She teaches courses related to politics, gender, and sexualities and is working on a book on bathrooms, sharing intimate public space, and forging stronger commitments to public institutions. She has served on the boards of CLAGS, the Alternatives to Marriage Project, and currently sits on the steering committee for NYC Opt Out. She previously worked at Human Rights Watch.
Jen has been involved with the PSC since 2003, where she organized with the Adjunct Project and joined the Legislative Committee. She recently served as Hunter College’s Chapter Chair and as the Interim VP for Senior Colleges, in addition to serving on the Executive Council, Legislative Committee, and our Bargaining Committee.
As someone serving on a union-won adjunct conversion line, Jen is deeply committed to winning more dedicated adjunct conversion lines and expanding our “Hire From Within” campaign. She has long been involved with the CUNY Rising Alliance and looks forward to building a strong advocacy community among our largest constituency: CUNY alumni! Jen helped develop our “district captain” program, where members serve as the conduit between our elected reps and members in their city, state, and/or federal election districts; and she looks forward to growing this network. She’s been deeply involved with our state funding efforts tied to a New Deal for CUNY and is a champion of making CUNY tuition-free (again!) for in-state undergrads.
Treasurer
Felicia Wharton
Felicia Wharton has served as Treasurer of the PSC since her election in 2021 and is a Doctoral Lecturer at the Brooklyn Educational Opportunity Center (BEOC), administered by the New York City College of Technology. In her years as Treasurer, she has demonstrated a commitment to accurately accounting for all union funds, coordinating budget development, ensuring compliance, and safeguarding the union’s assets. Felicia is a PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund Trustee, NYSUT Board member, AFT Civil Human Rights Committee member, and PSC Teacher Education Representative. To address issues in teacher education, Felicia, working with David Gerwin of Queens College, established the PSC Teacher Education Working Group (TEWG) to unify, support, and develop a solid teacher-educator network across CUNY. Members of TEWG have provided input in state-level discussions and comment periods, such as edTPA, and have been appointed to NYSUT committees to address various issues in education. Felicia has a long record of advocacy for the Educational Opportunity Centers (EOCs), highlighting issues faculty and staff face daily, and continues to improve the working conditions for this group of PSC members. Felicia is a CUNY graduate with a PhD in Urban Education from the Graduate Center, a Master’s in Pure Mathematics from Hunter College, and, recently, a Master’s in Higher Education Administration from Baruch College.
Secretary
Andrea Vásquez
Andrea Vásquez previously served as the PSC First Vice President from 2021-2024. A Brooklyn native, Andrea attended NYC public schools and earned her BA from Hunter College. She is Associate Director at the Graduate Center’s American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning and has been active in the PSC since 2000, when she moved from an RF line into the HEO series. Before becoming First VP, she was a Delegate, then HEO Chapter Chair where she focused on building new leadership and on contract enforcement, after the PSC won the HEO Salary Differential and improvements to reclassification. As Secretary, Andrea will continue to focus on a New Deal for CUNY, increasing membership and engaging in coalition work with other unions and organizations, including the CUNY Rising Alliance.
Driven by her passion to win a just contract for all, as we also fight for the quality education our students deserve, Andrea has served on the contract negotiations team since 2010. She understands the significance of the major structural and economic advances that the PSC has won for and with members, and she is committed to securing a contract that strengthens and improves upon those victories. Andrea has spent years fighting for the best possible budgets for funding CUNY and the best possible contracts for members. Facing management at the bargaining table, building alliances with Albany legislators, speaking at PSC events and meetings, demonstrating in the streets of our city, engaging in civil disobedience, and conducting surveys are all components of our campaigns. She looks forward to continuing this work for #APeoplesCUNY, alongside PSC members.
Executive Council
The Executive Council (“the EC”), the union’s 27-member leadership group, is responsible for making policy recommendations to the DA. The EC includes the four principal officers listed above and the 23 people listed here. They are elected directly by the entire membership or the constituency they represent and have overall executive responsibility for the union. EC members serve three-year terms.
James Davis (Brooklyn College)
President
Jennifer Gaboury (Hunter)
First Vice President
Andrea Vásquez (Graduate Center)
Secretary
Felicia Wharton (BEOC)
Treasurer
Luke Elliott-Negri (Grad Center)
Rulisa Galloway-Perry (John Jay College)
David Gerwin (Queens College)
Justyna Jagielnicka (John Jay College)
Heather James (Manhattan CC)
University-wide Officers
Penny Lewis (SLU)
Vice President Senior Colleges
Michael Batson (College of SI)
Stuart Davis (Baruch College)
Susan Kang (John Jay College)
Senior College Officers
Kathleen Offenholley (Manhattan CC)
Vice President Community Colleges
Sharon Persinger (Bronx CC)
Emily Schnee (Kingsborough CC)
Youngmin Seo (LaGuardia CC)
Community College Officers
Lawrence Bosket (Brooklyn College)
Vice President Cross Campus Units
Zee Dempster (Grad Center)
Lucy McIntyre (Central Office)
Zeno Wood (Brooklyn College)
Cross Campus Officers
Lynne Turner (Grad Center)
Vice President Part-Time Personnel
Rémysell Salas (Manhattan CC)
Claudia Shacter-DeChabert (Grad Center)
Pamela Stemberg (CCNY/Hostos)
Part-Time Personnel Officers
Marva Lilly (John Jay/ Retired)
Nancy Romer (Brooklyn College/Retired)
Retiree Officers
Delegate Assembly
The Delegate Assembly (“the DA”) is the union’s central policy-making body. The DA holds open meetings at the union hall each month during the academic year. The DA is comprised of representatives from each of the chapters plus the 27 General Officers of the union who comprise its Executive Council.
Click here for DA minutes.
PSC Executive Council Member Delegates
Michael Batson
Lawrence Bosket
James Davis
Stuart Davis
Zee Dempster
Luke Elliott-Negri
Jennifer Gaboury
Rulisa Galloway-Perry
David Gerwin
Justyna Jagielnicka
Heather James
Susan Kang
Penny Lewis
Marva Lilly
Lucy McIntyre
Kathleen Offenholley
Sharon Persinger
Nancy Romer
Rémysell Salas
Emily Schnee
Youngmin Seo
Claudia Shacter-DeChabert
Pamela Stemberg
Lynne Turner
Andrea Vásquez
Felicia Wharton
Zeno Wood
Baruch College Delegates
Stuart Davis
Neil V Hernandez
Maria L Plochocki
Elisabeth L Wollman
Evan Gill Smith
Amitai Touval
Stan Wine
Alternate Delegates
Debra Caplan
Karanja Keita Carroll
Jean Gaffney
Elisabeth Gareis
(one vacancy)
Bronx Community College Delegates
Peter Kolozi
Diane Price Banks
Joseph L.V. Donica
Stephen Duncan
Carol Lang
Marianne Pita
Alternate Delegates
Evangelia Antonakos
Kevin Bozelka
Andrea Ortuno
Crystal Rodriguez
Brooklyn College Delegates
Joseph Entin
Madeline Fox
Mobina Hashmi
Alex Juhasz
Veronica Manlow
Ben Snyder
Alternate Delegates
Frans Albarillo
Ana Djordjevic
Derek Ludovici
Tanya Pollard
Brooklyn Educational Opportunity Center Delegate
Vacant
City College Delegates
Nancy M Cardwell
Philip Barnett
Joseph Davis
Susan DiRaimo
Harold Forsythe
Carol Huang
Itzhak (Itzik) Mano
Pamela Stemberg
Alternate Delegates
Carla Cappetti
Harold Aram Veeser
College Laboratory Technicians Delegates
Jeanette D Batiz (Bronx CC)
Syed Amir Abdali (City College)
Edward Coppola (Brooklyn College)
George Giannopoulos (Queens College)
Orit D Gruber (CSI)
Pedro Irigoyen (Queensborough CC)
Alternate Delegates
Persio Pereyra (Bronx CC)
College of Staten Island Delegates
George Sanchez
Alyson Bardsley
Jonathan Cope
Catherine Lavender
John Lawrence
Ruth Powers Silverberg
Eleni (Nelly) Tournaki
Alternate Delegates
Megan Caldwell
Robert Grosso
Christina Hagedorn
Tara Mateik
CUNY Central Office Delegate
Lucy McIntyre
Graduate Center Delegates
Sofya Aptekar
Hanna Goldberg
Jean Grassman
Marc Kagan
Jeremy Kane
Alexander Pau Orejuela Soria
Evan Rothman
Alycia Sellie
Claudia Shacter-deChabert
Alternate Delegates
Kenya Harris
Leslie McCall
Linda Paradiso
Yzza Sedrati
(three vacancies)
Guttman Community College Delegate
Kristina Baines
Higher Education Officers Delegates
Takiyah Ali (Lehman)
Kevin Adams (Medgar Evers)
Jeffrey Ballerini (Queensborough CC)
Allison Baptiste (Hostos CC)
Elbagena Bonilla (Hostos CC)
Shakia Brown (John Jay)
Billie Coleman (City Tech)
Donniece Davis-Cooper (LaGuardia CC)
Zee Dempster (Grad Ctr)
Michele Doney (Baruch)
Christina Freeman (Hunter)
John Gallagher (BMCC)
Rulisa Galloway-Perry (John Jay)
Julie Hegner (Brooklyn)
Gary Hotko (Baruch)
Justyna Jagielnicka (BMCC)
Karlene Johnson (Lehman)
Helen Keier (John Jay)
Maureen Lamar (Grad Ctr/SLU)
Jennifer Lee (Grad Ctr/SPS)
Esther Llamas (Medgar Evers)
Isela Lopez (Grad Ctr/ASRC)
Terry Mares (CSI)
Dan Matte (York)
Mark Miller (Lehman)
Daryl Minor (Baruch)
Cheryl Morrison (York)
Mary Murphy (CSI)
Chastity Norman (City Tech)
Keith Okrosy (Hunter)
Warren Orange (City)
Maria Patestas (Kingsborough CC)
Jesus Perez (Brooklyn)
Christina Randall (Bronx CC)
Anselma Rodriguez (Brooklyn)
Alexander Romeo (CSI)
Peter Santiago (Kingsborough CC)
Nancy Silverman (Grad Ctr)
Sam Sue (Law School)
Cristina Teran (Queens)
Andrea Vasquez (Grad Ctr)
Cheryl Walker (Bronx CC)
Kate Wayler (Kingsborough CC)
Janet Winter (John Jay)
Alternate Delegates
Seamus Campbell (CCNY)
Pablo Perez (SLU)
Holly Block (CSI)
Joel Bloom (Hunter)
Felyesha George (Baruch)
Tom Lee (Queens)
Sean Persaud (Queensborough CC)
Patience Yeboah (John Jay)
Hostos Community College Delegates
Craig Bernardini
Marcella Bencivenni
Daniel Casey
Felipe Pimentel
Alternate Delegates
Olga Steinberg
Hunter Campus Schools Delegate
Cristina Moore
Alternate Delegates
Vacant
Hunter College Delegates
Jennifer Gaboury
Tanya Agathocleous
Markus Bidell
Michael Berube
Sarah Chinn
Tim Cusick
Peter Dudek
Sándor John
Stuart Kaufer
Jack Kenigsberg
Roberta Walker Kilkenny
Christopher Stone
Alternate Delegates
Jeremy Matthew Glick
Stephanie Margolin
Christopher Mitchell
(one vacancy)
John Jay College of Criminal Justice Delegates
Elizabeth “Zabby” Hovey
Holly Clarke
Jonathan Epstein
Nivedita Majumdar
Gerald “Jerry” Markowitz
Jayne Mooney
Corinna Mullin
John Pittman
Kenn Vance
Genevieve LaForge
Alternate Delegates
Paul Bartlett
Christen Madrazo
Roger Szajngarten
Toy-Fung Tung
Gregory “Fritz” Umbach
Kingsborough Community College Delegates
Scott Cally
Vincent Cuccia
Maria Hernandez
Rick Repetti
Michael Rosson
Michael Spear
Alternate Delegates
Tamara Bellomo
Kwame Nyanin
Ashiza Shah
LaGuardia Community College Delegates
Laura Tanenbaum
Hara Bastas
Lara Beaty
Thomas Cleary
Carrie Conners
Sarah Ellen Durand
Paul Fess
Andreas Karras
Alternate Delegates
Charlene Bryant
Dahlia Elsayed
Kristen Gallagher
Karen Miller
Lehman College Delegates
David Manier
Ayanna Alexander-Street
Diane Auslander
Eleanor T. Campbell
Stuart Chen-Hayes
Sheila W. Hankin
Humberto Lizardi
Dana Fenton
Ruth Wangerin
Alternate Delegates
Maria T. Fernandez (Mariposa)
Mary Phillips
(three vacancies)
Manhattan Community College Delegates
Kathleen Offenholley
Tony Creaco
Heather James
Andrew Smallwood
Boyda Johnstone
Sharell Walker
Hemalatha K. Navaratne
Rebecca Smart
Tony Gronowicz
Owen Roberts
Melissa Butler-Haughton
Alternate Delegates
Remysell Salas
Oluremi Alapo
Lane Glisson
James Hoff
Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center Delegate
Karen Berry
Alternate Delegates
Latoya Cameron
Medgar Evers College Delegates
Maudry-Beverley Lashley
Hollie Jones
Laura E. Stephens
Alternate Delegates
Jimoh Abdulhakeem
New York City College of Technology Delegates
Carole Harris
Katie Albany
Megan Behrent
Colleen Birchett
Sandra Cheng
Kyle A.Cuordileone
Angela Loguercio
Sean MacDonald
Annie Ngana-Mundeke
Benjamin Heim Shepard
Sarah Standing
Alternate Delegates
Gwen Cohen Brown
Jessica DeCoux
Lise Hunter
Ryan McMillen
Rebecca Olerich
Christopher Swift
(one vacancy)
Queens College Delegates
Melissa Checker
Erica Doran
Soribel Genao
Julie George
David Gerwin
Jane Guskin
Ted Kessler
Kate Schnur
Karen Sullivan
Annie Tummino
Alternate Delegates
Jacqui Cornetta
Tracy Hazas
Natalie Bump Vena
Christopher John Williams
Maggie Dickenson
(one vacancy)
Queensborough Community College Delegates
Philip Pecorino
Adrian Bordoni
Julian Stark
Alternate Delegates
Vacant
Research Foundation Delegate
Charles Chaung
Research Foundation Field Units Delegates
Antonica James
Retirees Delegates
Anne Friedman
Robert Cermele
Jacqueline DiSalvo
William Friedheim
Cecelia McCall
Eileen Moran
Marcia Newfield
Alternate Delegates
Joan Greenbaum
Ian Hansen
Glenn Kissack
Diane Menna
Robert Nelson
Blanca Vazquez
York College Delegates
Fabiola Salek Aseff
Shirley Jackson
Esther Debbie Louis
Freya Linda Pritchard
Zohra Saad
Alternate Delegates
Gila Acker
Matthew Garley
Daniel C Robie
AFT/NYSUT DELEGATES
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) are our national and state affiliates. The PSC sends delegates to the AFT bi-annual national conventions (held in even-numbered years) and the annual NYSUT Representative Assembly.
Kevin Adams
Paul Bartlett
Hara Bastas
Jeanette Batiz
Michael Batson
Megan Behrent
William Bianculli
Cindy Bink
Jason Bishop
Lawrence Bosket
Barbara Bowen
Peter Bratsis
Shakia Brown
Seamus Campbell
Carla Cappetti
Nancy Cardwell
Robert Cermele
Sandra Cheng
Holly Clarke
Jonathan Cope
Jennifer Corby
Tim Cusack
James Davis
Stuart Davis
Susan DiRaimo
Luke Elliott-Negri
Joseph Entin
Alan Feigenberg
Harold Forsythe
Jennifer Gaboury
John Gallagher
Rulisa Galloway-Perry
Soribel Genao
David Gerwin
Carole Harris
Mobina Hashmi
Julie Hegner
Gary Hotko
Elizabeth Hovey
Corrington Hwong
Shirley Jackson
Justyna Jagielnicka
Heather James
Amy Jeu
Sandor John
Boyda Johnstone
Alexandra Juhasz
Susan Kang
Sobha Kavanakudivil
Timoth Kirk
Glenn Kissack
Peter Kolozi
Geoffrey Kurtz
Maudry-Beverly Lashley
Penny Lewis
Marva Lilly
Esther Llamas
Angela Loguercio
Steve London
Nivedita Majumdar
Gerald Markowitz
Charisse Marshall
Elizabeth Mazzola
Cecelia McCall
Howard Meltzer
Diane Menna
Hillary Miller
Darryl Minor
Daniel Montiel
Cheryl Morrison
Hemalatha Navaratne
Robert Nelson
Bonnie Nelson
Marcia Newfield
Keith Okrosy
Veronica Ordaz
Sean Persaud
Sharon Persinger
John Pittman
Alexander Punnoose
Anselma Rodriguez
Nancy Romer
Emily Schnee
Youngmin Seo
Claudia Shacter-deChabert
Jasmina Sinanovic
Rebecca Smart
Samir Sonti
Michael Spear
Pamela Stemberg
Laura Stephens
Jeanne Theoharis
Lynne Turner
Alia Tyner-Mullings
Sharon Utakis
Andrea Vásquez
Dominic Wetzel
Felicia Wharton
Janet Winter
AAUP DELEGATES
The PSC is also affiliated with the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). It has four delegates to the AAUP annual meeting.
Victoria Chevalier
James Davis
Nivedita Majumdar
Roxanne Shirazi
