Past Chapter Chairs

Previous Chairs of the New York-New Jersey Chapter


J. Alan McWatt, 1951-52/1952-53

Wesley Draper, 1953/54

Helen Kovacs, 1954/55

Gilbert J. Clausman, 1955/56

Anne F. Burke, 1956/57

*John Ische, 1957/58 (*Term in 1958 completed by Mary F. Kaylor)

Lois B. Miller, 1958/59

Rita Sue King, 1959/60

Jean E. Foulke, 1960/61

Sonya Wohl, 1961/62

Erich Meyerhoff, 1962/63

Sonia L. Gruen, 1963/64

Eleanor E. Pasmik, 1964/65

Cecile E. Kramer, 1965/66

Philip Rosenstein, 1966/67

Eugene V. Muench, 1967/68

Gertrude Lorber, 1968/69

Samuel Waddell, 1969/70

Mary F. Kaylor, 1970/71

Eleonor E. Pasmik, 1971/72

Emi Akiyama, 1972/73

Cecile E. Kramer, 1973/74

Jacqueline Picciano, 1974/75

Kenneth W. Moody, 1975/76

C. Robin LeSueur, 1976/77

Sue Taylor Maden, 1977/78

Rachel K. Goldstein, 1978/79

Madeline Taylor, 1979/80

Jane McCarthy, 1980/81

Jane Port, 1981/82

Brett Kirkpatrick, 1982/83

Ruth Marcolina, 1983/84

Judith M. Topper, 1984/85

Mary Mylenki, 1985/86

Laura Barrett, 1986/87

Pamela Anderson-Kerns, 1987/88

Michelle Volesko, 1988/89

Jeanne Becker, 1989/90

Ellen Poisson, 1990/91

Veronica Plucinski, 1991/92

Virginia Manbeck, 1992/93

Kathleen A. Moeller, 1993/94

Debra Eisenberg, 1994/95

Larry Dormer, 1995/96

Joan Napolitano, 1996/97

Helen-Ann Brown, 1997/98

Kerry O’Rourke, 1998/99

Patricia Tomasulo, 1999/2000

William Self, 2000/01

Kathel Dunn, 2001/02

Richard L. Faraino, 2002/03

Robert T. Mackes, 2003/04

Barbara Reich, 2004/05

Patricia Gallagher, 2005/06

Elaine Wells, 2006/07

Micki McIntyre, 2007/08

Pat Regenberg, 2008/09

Marie Ascher, 2009/10

Claire Joseph, 2010/11

Nancy Glassman, 2011/12

Racheline G. Habousha, 2012/13

Mahnaz A. Tehrani, 2013/14

Roberta Bronson Fitzpatrick, 2014/15

Marie I. Elias, 2015/16

Saori Wendy Herman, 2016/17

Diana Delgado, 2017/18

Chris Duffy, 2018/2019

Helen-Ann Brown Epstein, 2019/2020

Sarah Jewell, 2020/21


As of April 1st, 2021, the NY-NJ Chapter merged with the Philadelphia chapter to become the new Liberty Chapter of MLA. Sarah Jewell and Amanda Adams from MLA-Phil became co-chairs of the newly formed chapter.