Committee Members

Professional Development Committee

The Professional Development Committee works closely with administration to plan professional development days that are meaningful for teachers and support staff. 

Sparke

Denise Kern

Leigh Minotto 

Stokes

Marie Fitzgerald

Therese O’Loughlin

Amy Kalina

Angel Mitchell

Beth Ritter

Sheryl Emigholz

Middle School

Allison Goldstein

Cara Lauber

Dana Chester

Kelly Chios

Karen McNally

High School

Kelly Dellilune

Elizabeth Thielmann

Claudia Connor

Kathleen Dunn

Constitution Revision Committee

The members of the Constitution Revision Committee must solicit, from the membership, suggestions for changing the Constitution, review such suggestions, and make proposals to the Executive Board for changes in the Constitution. Once approved by the Executive Board, the committee must distribute proposed changes to the membership and answer questions regarding the proposals at the general membership meeting. Finally, they must prepare a ballot for voting by the membership of each proposed change.

Chairperson

Pam Losi

Email: plosi@islandtrees.org

Committee Members

Justine Gonzalez

Tracy Kozloff

Geralynn Townsend

Danielle Cerullo

Denise Kern 

Christine Saporito 

Election Committee

An Election Committee consisting of two members from each building, who are not on the nominating ballot, shall conduct nominating and election procedure. The President shall appoint one member of this committee chairperson. Committee members will service for a term of two years. Terms shall be staggered such that each school shall have one teacher in the first year and one teacher in the second year of his/her term at all times. 

Chairperson

Geralynn Townsend

Email: gtownsend@islandtrees.org

Sparke

Carly Palazzolo

Janine Collier 

Stokes

Jen Anderson

Tracy Kozloff

Middle School

Pam Losi

Michelle Friedman

High School

Rob Steeves 

Sarah DiBella 

Grievance Committee 

Shall implement the grievance procedure as stated in the UTIT contract. The Grievance Chairperson, upon the recommendation of the Grievance Committee, shall have the responsibility of making the decision as to whether a grievance shall proceed to third stage.

Chairperson

Patti Fabrizio

Email: pfabrizio@islandtrees.org

Committee Members

Claudia Connor

Marie Fitzgerald

Jaime Cleary

Heidy Fishkind

Health and Welfare Coordinator

The Health and Welfare Coordinator will secure checks from the UTIT Treasurer for any amounts expended for illness, death or retirement. He/She will have available a supply of application for Mass Cards, Heart Fund, etc. These are to be used in the event of the death of a UTIT member or a person in the member's family and any other close relationship. The Coordinator will arrange for flowers or gifts to be sent to the hospital or home of a member if he/she is hospitalized. He/She will make sure Building Representatives are familiar with various forms (i.e; dental and vision, membership, retirement, etc.) They will keep contact with companies whose forms we use to make sure they are current. 

Helen Kane

Email: hkane@islandtrees.org

Membership Chairperson

The Membership Chairperson will organize and attend the UTIT portion of the new teacher orientation. He/She will have on file an accurate list of members, distribute copies of the UTIT Constitution to new members, maintain an updated list of members with updated addresses and phone numbers for NYSUT along with building codes. He/She will keep in touch with members on leave of absence, maintain updated building lists for elections, and provide such lists to the Election Committee and Health and Welfare Coordinator as needed. He/She will provide the Treasurer with any and all updates to building lists as they occur, and handle all FMLA concerns. He/She will provide the Treasurer with any and all updates to building lists as they occur, and handle all FMLA concerns. 

Jaclyn Alesia

Email: jalesia@islandtrees.org

PTA Liaisons

The PTA Liaisons will attend PTA meetings representing UTIT and submit a monthly report to the UTIT secretary prior to each executive board meeting. 

Sheryl Emigholz

Michelle Martin

Paula Mertz

PTSA Liaison

Maureen Biles

SEPTA Liaisons

The SEPTA Liaison will attend SEPTA meetings representing UTIT (all buildings). He/She will submit a monthly report to the UTIT secretary prior to each executive board meeting. 

Danielle Cerullo 

Maureen Biles

Public Relations Representative

Maintain appropriate relations with the Community regarding educational activities within the district, help administer the UTIT scholarships, and work with the UTIT website coordinator. 

Brittany Lahti

Email: blahti@islandtrees.org

Social Committee

Conduct district UTIT social functions. In the event of the retirement of a member, the chairperson will arrange for the purchase of an appropriate gift for the Retiree. The chairperson will coordinate activities for members. 

Jaclyn Lein

Email: jlein@islandtrees.org

Website Coordinator

The Website Coordinator will complete maintenance of the UTIT website, ensuring web server, hardware and software, and domain name are operating accurately year round. He/She will monitor security of the website, interface with West Host ISP to monitor upgrades, downtime, invoices, etc. He/She will create and check links, manage and create content, generate, revise and add web pages. He/She will update content on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis as content emerges from a variety of sources included UTIT Executive Board, UTIT Reps, BOE, etc. He/She will create and post PDF files for all UTIT forms, scan Retiree digest for posting to the UTIT website and update content from emails containing information regarding events and actions.

Brittany Lahti

Email: blahti@islandtrees.org

Welfare Trust

The Trustees are responsible to administer the Welfare Trust for the benefit of the members of the UTIT. This includes reviewing and enhancing our dental and vision plans. The Trustees are responsible for the protection of the trust's assets. 

Jaime Cleary

Brian Higgins

Pam Losi

Patti Fabrizio

Jeff Esposito

Ed Delegate

The ED Delegates make up the political action part of the union. The delegates must go to one monthly meeting and keep the Executive Board up to date on the topics discussed. Topics include: Vote Cope, various NYSUT presentations, union-wide happenings, fundraising and other social action groups.

Geralynn Townsend