Association Committees
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2019-2020 v.6
BUDGET COMMITTEE / INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
David Denniston - Chair ddenniston@afdsny.org
Cortland County
Donald Greene – Vice Chair dgreene@afdsny.org
Orange County
Thomas Link tlink@afsny.org
Monroe County
Eugene Petricevich epetricevich@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
John Steele jsteele@afdsny.org
Dutchess County
Kevin Frank, member
Cheryl Johnson, Advisor Plus the Officers of the AssociationAUDIT SUB COMMITTEE
Ralph Esposito, Chair resposito@afdsny.org
Nassau County
Rudy Sunderman, Jr. -
Vice Chair rsunderman@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
Catherine “Kit” Thompson cthompson@afdsny.org
Onondaga County
John Steele jsteele@afdsny.org
Dutchess County
Joel Bearman jbearman@afdsny.org
Nassau County
James Havernick, Sr. jhavernick@afsdny.org
Erie County
Nicholas Paolucci, member Plus the Officers of the Association
WAGE & FEE COMMITTEEGail Wind - Chair gwind@afdsny.org
Westchester County
Rudy Sunderman, Jr. - Vice Chair rsunderman@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
David Denniston ddenniston@afdsny.org
Cortland County
Thomas Link tlink@afdsny.org
Monroe County
Joel Bearman jbearman@afdsny.org
Nassau County
Donald Greene dgreene@afdsny.org
Orange County
John Manzi - member
ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE / POLICY COMMITTEECatherine “Kit” Thompson - Chair cthompson@afdsny.org
Onondaga County
Rudy Sunderman, Jr. - Vice Chair rsunderman@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
John Wicka jwicka@afdsny.org
Erie County
John H. Quick jquick@afdsny.org
Ulster County
Donald Greene dgreene@afdsny.org
Orange County
John Steele jsteele@afdsny.org
Dutchess County
Plus the Officers of the Association
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEEJames Havernick Sr. – Chair jhavernick@afsdny.org
Erie County
Tim Deveny – Vice Chair tdeveny@afdsny.org
Saratoga County
Catherine “Kit” Thompson cthompson@afdsny.org
Onondaga County
Joel Bearman jbearman@afdsny.org
Nassau County
Cathy DeLuca cdeluca@afdsny.org
Program/Education Coordinator
Plus the Officers of the Association
PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEE Catherine “Kit” Thompson - Co-Chair cthompson@afdsny.org
Onondaga County
John Meehan - Co-Chair jmeehan@afdsny.org
Saratoga County
Tim Deveny tdeveny@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
Cathy Deluca cdeluca@afsdny.org
Program/Education Coordinator
Katie Niver kniver@afdsny.org
Associate Staff
Joseph Frank - Advisor sapfrankjff@optonline.net
Plus the Officers of the Association
SPEAKERS AND EDUCATIONAL CONTENT SUB COMMITTEEDavid Denniston - Chair ddenniston@afdsny.org
Cortland County
Rudy Sunderman, Jr. – Vice Chair rsunderman@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
Eugene Petricevich epetricevich@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
John Wicka jwicka@afdsny.org
Erie County
Joel Bearman jbearman@afdsny.org
Nassau County
ON-LINE & REGIONAL TRAINING SUBCOMMITTEE David Denniston – Chair ddenniston@afdsny.org
Cortland County
John Quick - Vice Chair jquick@afdsny.org
Ulster County
Catherine “Kit” Thompson cthompson@afdsny.org
Onondaga County
John Wicka jwicka@afdsny.org
Erie County
John Meehan jmeehan@afdsny.org
Saratoga County
Gail Wind gwind@afdsny.org
Westchester County
Dennis Burnell dburnell@afdsny.org
Clinton County
VENDOR EXPOSITION SUBCOMMITTEERalph Esposito, Chair resposito@afdsny.org
Nassau County
Thomas Link Vice Chair tlink@afdsny.org
Monroe County
Tim Deveny tdeveny@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
Thomas Herlihy, Jr.
Onondaga County
Cathy Deluca cdeluca@afdsny.org
Program/Education Coordinator
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEEEugene Petricevich – Chair epetricevich@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
James Havernick Sr. jhavernick@afdsny.org
Erie County
Tim Deveny tdeveny@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
Catherine “Kit” Thompson cthompson@afdsny.org
Onondaga County
Joseph Frank - Advisor sapfrankjff@optonline.net
Plus the Officers of the Association
NEW YORK STATE LOW INTEREST LOAN BOARD
Donald Greene - Primary dgreene@afdsny.org
Orange County
David Denniston - Secondary ddenniston@afdsny.org
Cortland County
FIRE DISTRICT AFFAIRS COMMITTEEJoseph Frank - Editor sapfrankjff@optonline.net
Thomas Rinaldi trinaldi@afdsny.org
Saratoga County
Plus the Officers of the Association, Directors, County Presidents & Committee Chairs
CODE COALITION LIAISONSThomas Rinaldi - Primary tom@rinaldi1.com
Saratoga County
Kevin Foster – Secondary Cayuga County
Don Corkery - Alternate dcorkery@afdsny.org
Suffolk
LAW & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEEJohn Wicka - Chair jwicka@afdsny.org
Erie County
Thomas Rinaldi –Vice Chair trinaldi@afdsny.org
Saratoga County
Eugene Petricevich epetricevich@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
John Meehan jmeehan@afdsny.org
Saratoga County
James Havernick Sr. jhavernick@afdsny.org
Erie County
John Steele jsteele@afdsny.org
Dutchess County
Joel Bearman jbearman@afdsny.org
Nassau County
Richard Bylicki Member
Paul Cartier Member
Joseph Frank – Counsel/Advisor sapfrankjff@optonline.net
Nassau County
Todd Vandervort – Lobbyist/Advisor todd@vandervortgroup.com
Albany County
COUNSEL’S ADVISORY COMMITTEEJoseph Frank –
Lead 516-798-1043
5550 Merrick Road
Massapequa, NY 11758 sapfrankjff@optonline.net
William Glass 631-476-6147
611 High Street
Port Jefferson, NY 11777 williamfglass@gmail.com
Thomas Newman, Jr. 845-367-2660
46 Washington Avenue
Suffern, NY 10901 tjr@krne.com
Raymond DiRaddo 585-865-5750
2725 Dewey Avenue
Rochester, NY 14616 ramma5@aol.com
Peter J Weishaar 585-512-3524
25 East Main Street
Rochester NY 14614-1874 pweishaar@mccmlaw.com
John Clark 518-373-1482
10 Maxwell Drive
Suite 205
Clifton Park NY 12065 jwclark@nycap.rr.com
EMS COMMITTEE Gail Wind - Chair gwind@afdsny.org
Westchester County
John Steele - Vice Chair jsteele@afdsny.org
Dutchess County
Thomas Rinaldi trinaldi@afdsny.org
Saratoga County
Michael McEvoy – Advisor Saratoga County
FALLEN FIRE FIGHTERS MEMORIAL REPRESENTATIVEDonal Corkery dcorkery@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEETim Warth - Chair twarth@afdsny.org
Monroe County
John H. Quick – Vice Chair jquick@afdsny.org
Ulster County
Cathy DeLuca cdeluca@afdsny.org
Program/Education Coordinator
Catherine “Kit” Thompson cthompson@afdsny.org
Onondaga County
David Denniston ddenniston@afdsny.org
Cortland County
NEW YORK STATE FIRE COUNCIL LIAISONSThomas Rinaldi.- Primary trinaldi@afdsny.org
Saratoga County
Kenneth Preston - Secondary kpreston@afdsny.org
Monroe County
Donald Corkery.- Tertiary dcorkery@afdsny.org
Suffolk County
John Meehan - Alternate jmeehan@afdsny.org
Saratoga County
SERGEANT AT ARMSRobert N. McConville, Lead Edwin Brooks Kenneth Bowers William Graczyk John Meehan jmeehan@afdsny.org
Saratoga County
ASSOCIATION CHAPLAINSEdwin Brooks Suffolk County
Barrie-Lynn Foster Cayuga County
NFPA COMMITTEEJoel Bearman jbearman@afdsny.org
Nassau County
Peter Olsen, Ph.D. NFPA Counsultant
Gary Cade, Mid Atlantic Director, Kent Island Maryland
