Our Mission
NYSABA’s mission is to promote and protect the integrity of the science and professional practice of behavior analysis within the State of New York.


Our Vision
NYSABA is the voice of the behavior analytic community in New York State.

NYSABA'S Leadership Team
2022-2023 Executive Committee

Nancy Dib
President

Noor Syed
President Elect

Kimberly Shamoun
Treasurer

Tricia Moss
Past President

Vicki Madaus Knapp
Secretary

2022-2023 Board of Directors

Kozue Matsuda
Representative at Large

Amanda LaPrime
Representative at Large

Leanna Mellon
Membership Committee Chair

Fernande Ikombo-Deguenon
Finance Committee Chair

Rachael Atherley
DEI Committee Chair
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Nicole DeRosa
Conference Committee Chair

Kenneth Shamlian
Membership Committee Co-Chair

Deborah Napolitano
Public Policy Committee Co-Chair

Sally M. Izquierdo
Student Activities Committee Chair

Bobbi Rogers
Parent and Family Committee Chair

Melissa Jackson
Conference Committee Co-Chair

Brian Healy
Education Committee Chair

Tina Covington
Marketing Committee Chair

Shannon Carr
Marketing Committee Co-Chair

Maureen O'Grady
Public Policy Committee Chair

NYSABA Administrator

Past Board Members
Members who have been on the board at any point from 2017 through the present can be nominated for open executive board positions (e.g., President-Elect, Secretary)
Alterson, Cindy (2016 & 2017)
Atherley, Rachael (2021-2022)
Blanco, Sam (2017 - 2019)
Cicero, Frank (2011 - 2018)
Covington, Tina (2021-2022)
D'Ateno, Pat (2017 & 2018)
Derosa, Nicole (2015 - 2022)
Dib, Nancy (2016 - 2022)
Drago Elizabeth (2020-2022)
Engheben, Jennifer (2018-2019)
Giangregorio, Michael (2018)
Healy, Brian (2021-2022)
Ikombo-Deguenon, Fernande (2020-2022)
Izquierdo, Sally (2018-2019, 2022-present)
Jackson, Melissa (2021-2022)
Jessel, Joshua (2018 - 2021)
Knapp, Vicki (2011 - 2014, 2019- 2022)
Lesinski, Dan (2012- 2017)
Lombardi, Denise (2014 - 2017)
Matey, Linda (2011-2022)
Mellon, Ellie (2022-present)
Moss-Lourenco, Tricia (2015 - 2022)
Napolitano, Deborah (2011-2017 & 2020-2022)
Narra, Amanda (2018 & 2019)
Newman, Bobby (2014, 2017 - 2020)
O'Grady, Maureen (2020-2022)
Patrone, Vanessa (2018 - 2022)
Pearson, Nicole (2015 - 2017)
Reinecke, Dana (2011, 2013 - 2020)
Rogers, Bobbi (2018 - 2022)
Schatzman, Shari (2015 - 2020)
Shamlian, Kenneth (2019 - 2022)
Shamoun, Kim (2012 - 2017 & 2022-)
Syed, Noor (2021-2022)
Toner, Niall (2013 - 2017)
Walker, Heather (2013 - 2017)