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Please contact members of the Executive Board below – just click on any name and a link will open so you can e-mail those EB members directly.
Parents Association Executive Board 2019-20
General Inquiries
laguardiahspa@gmail.com
Co-Presidents
Elisabeth Rucell
Melissa Scott
Co-Vice Presidents
Jill Bernstein
Kal Dolgin
Treasurer
Irene Glazer
Assistant Treasurer
Nan Hawley
Secretary
David Ross
Assistant Secretary
Beth Machlan
Community Involvement
Emily Furlani
Pamela French
General Inquiries: LagHSCommunity@gmail.com
Academic Forum Co-Chairs
Co-Chairs:
Susanna Lyubarsky
Pamela Rytter
Kristen Metzger
Lynda Pierini
General Inquiries: LaGuardiaAF@gmail.com
Freshman Representative
Laura Asmundsson
STUDIO REPS to the PA Executive Board
Art Studio Representatives
Jodi Isman
Camilla Calamandrei
General Inquiries: artstudio@laguardiahspa.org
Dance Studio Representatives
Alice Tse
Linda Florin
General Inquiries: lagdancestudio@gmail.com
Music Studio Representatives
Susan Beyer Lopez - Vocal Rep
Nik Grandanski - Instrumental Rep
Katherine Levine- Instrumental Rep
Karen Oberlin Hajdu - Vocal Rep
Drama Studio Representatives
Lauren McGrail
Meg Kearns-Stanley
General Inquiries: dramareps@laguardiahspa.org
Technical Theater Studio Representatives
Lisa Dabney
Catherine Dunning
General Inquiries: techreps@laguardiahspa.org
Ad Hoc Committees of the LaGuardia PA Executive Board
(unelected, non-voting members)
Ad Hoc Committees meet separately from the Executive Board but their chairpersons attend the EB meetings as non-voting delegates as needed. If you are interested in serving on any of these committees, please contact the chairs listed below.
Fundraising Committee
Annual Benefit: Justine Keil & Wendy Reimer
Auction Committee: LAGdonate@gmail.com
Communications (Website, Email outreach, Sunday Night News)
Editor, SNN/Communications Lead: Ellen Vaknine
Website: Robin West
CC Database, Instagram: Sarah Miller
Sports Committee
Chair: Pam Kirkbride
Volunteer Coordinators
Elisabeth Rucell
Melissa Scott
PA Executive Board elections are held each June except for the Freshman PA Rep position, which is elected at the first PA General meeting of the year in September.
Parent Representatives to the School Leadership Team (SLT)
2019-20 School Leadership Team (SLT) Representatives
Lori Diamond
Michael Donovan
Joe Clancy
Meg Kearns-Stanley
Donna D'Alessio Davis
School Leadership Team (SLT)
The New York State Commissioner of Education has mandated that every school in the state have a School-Based Leadership Team (SLT), whose purpose is to further the excellence of education at the school through the mutual efforts of its core constituencies — students, teachers, parents and administrators – all of whom are represented on the committee. The LaGuardia Arts SLT usually meets once a month. The SLT is the policy-making arm of the school and engages in decision-making by consensus. Meetings are held 10 times during the school year during the late afternoon. Meeting schedules are determined annually in the fall.
SLT elections are held each June. The freshman rep to the SLT is elected at the first PA General Meeting in September.