Paraprofessional Chapter Representatives

Officers

The paraprofessional chapter is headed by the chapter chairperson who represents all New York City paraprofessionals in collective bargaining and in other dealings with the city and state. Your chairperson conducts the chapter's monthly steering committee, executive board and paraprofessional representative meetings during the school year and directs the business of the chapter. Other officers of your chapter are the first and second vice chairs, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer and assistant treasurer.

Priscilla Castro
Chapter Chairperson

Migda Rodriguez
1st Vice Chairperson

John Kamps
2nd Vice Chairperson

Deborah Harris
Secretary

Anthony Barnes
Assistant Secretary

Mashantuck Bell
Treasurer

Michael Santos
Assistant Treasurer

Executive Board Members-At-Large:

Osvaldo Acosta Jr.; Carol Ascencio; Catherine Barbosa; Erika Brown; Joanna Brown; Eladio Cruz; Teresa D’Ambrosio; Agnes Echevarria; Melissa Escalante; Diana Judge; Jose Lago; John Pierce; Tatiana Rendon; Elizabeth Schmidt and Marie Wausnock.

Borough Coordinators

There is a paraprofessional borough coordinator for each of the five boroughs. The borough coordinator organizes boroughwide conferences and works with district coordinators.

BRONX
Edgar Irizarry
2100 Bartow Avenue

BROOKLYN
Anita Branch
335 Adams St., 25th Fl.

MANHATTAN
Margaret Dalton-Diakite
52 Broadway, 10th Fl.

QUEENS
Penny Setoute
118-35 Queens Blvd., 7th Floor

STATEN ISLAND
Ann Marie Toro
1200 South Ave., Suite 103

There are 32 district coordinators, each serving you in a community school district. They coordinate paraprofessional issues with the UFT's district representatives. The chapter also has paraprofessional representatives at some schools or sites or represent you.

Chapter members elect officers every three years. All officers, executive board members, borough coordinators and district coordinators serve as delegates to your union's Delegate Assembly, the union's highest policy-making body.