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.

Susan Dooha

Chair
Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York
841 Broadway, Suite 301
New York, NY 10003
212.674.2300 (phone)
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Maria Dibble

Vice Chair
Southern Tier Independence Center
135 East Frederick Street
Binghamton, NY 13904
607.724.2111 (phone)
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Aileen Martin

Treasurer
Northern Regional Center for Independent Living
210 Court Street, Suite 107
Watertown, NY 13601
315.785.8703 (phone)
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Rene Snyder

Secretary
AIM Independent Living Center
271 East First Street
Corning, NY 14830
607.962.8225 (phone)
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Carlos Martinez

Member at Large
BRiDGES
873 Route 45 Suite 108
New City 10956
845.624.1366
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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.