Executive Committee

NYAIL's Board of Directors is comprised of the Executive Directors of all NYAIL member Independent Living Centers. The following members currently serve on our Executive Committee.

Aileen Martin

Chair
Northern Regional Center for Independent Living
210 Court Street, Suite 107
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 785-8703 (phone)
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Carlos Martinez

Vice Chair
BRiDGES
2290 Palisades Center Drive
West Nyack, NY 10994
(845) 624-1366 (phone)
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Denise Figueroa

Treasurer
Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley
15-17 Third Street
Troy, NY 12180
(518) 274-0701 (phone)
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Anthony Mignone

Secretary
Resource Center for Accessible Living
727 Ulster Avenue
Kingston, NY 12401
(845) 331-0541 (phone)
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Zvia McCormick

Member-At-Large
Resource Center for Independent Living
Physical: 131 Genesee Street
Mailing: PO Box 210
Utica, NY 13503
(315) 797-4242 (phone)
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Success Story

The participant was referred to the Peer Integration Demonstration Pilot Program (PIP) through Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC) for Peer Support. The participant was doubting his ability to function in a graduate program after several rejected offers. The Peer Independent Living Specialist provided the consumer with several sessions of peer support, utilizing self-disclosure and peer modeling to work with him on his doubts. During these conversations, it was discovered that the participant did not have access to transportation. Together with his PILS counselor, he was able to apply to PARA Transit for transportation coordinating. The participant was approved unconditional services with paratransit. The participant subsequently was accepted to a graduate degree program in the University of Calgary in Canada where he dreamed to move. He will be studying paleontology, the study of dinosaur bones, at a graduate level.