Advisory Board Purpose

  • To provide critical, timely feedback to the programs on programming, changes in curriculum, regulatory changes and impacts, general shifts in the field
  • To share program successes, ideas, changes, and challenges
  • To seek creative solutions to wicked problems impacting our field

Membership: Invited school (public and independent) administrators, teachers, community members

Meeting times: once per semester, by Zoom

Board Members

Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources
Troy City School District

Director of Curriculum and Innovation
Emma Willard School

Executive Director & CEO
The Charlton School / Ketchum Grande Memorial School

Adjunct instructor & educational consultant/former Director of ENL and World Languages at Shenendehowa CSD
Siena/SBC Instructional Consulting, LLC

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
Burnt Hills Ballston Lake

Union College MAT - 1999

Executive Director
Fundisha Center Inc. Teach Brother Teach Fellowship

Siena Alum Class of 1988

Superintendent
Hoosick Falls Central School District

Assistant Principal
Albany School of Humanities- Albany City School District

Elementary Teacher and Adjunct Lecturer
Mohonasen Central School District

Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Diocese of Albany Catholic Schools

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development
City School District of Albany

Partner in Siena Teacher Residency Program

Executive Director
Early Childhood Education Center

Alum- Undergrad. Class of 1990

Schalmont Teachers' Institute - Director
Schalmont Central School District

Director of ELL & Bilingual Programs
Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District 

Participant of the ALL4ELs program.

Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction
Niskayuna Central Schools

Director of Early College Programs
Hamilton, Fulton, Montgomery BOCES

Interim Principal 6th Grade
Oneida Middle School 

Clinical Supervisor

Educational Consultant and MAT ESOL Supervisor
Siena University

High School Principal
Guilderland Central School District

Son graduated from Siena University in 2023

Superintendent of Schools
Schalmont Central School District

Alum and Core Lecturer

Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and Safe Schools
South Colonie Central School District

Superintendent
Greater Amsterdam School District 

Department of Education Advisory Board Member

Principal
Ichabod Crane High School

Principal, Albany International Academy
City School District of Albany

BA English, Class of 1992; Lecturer in Bilingual Education

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District

Assistant Superintendent
Gloversville Enlarged School District

Siena alum, Class of 2002

Chief Academic Officer & Principal
Tech Valley High School

Building Principal
Rensselaer Park Elementary School, Lansingburgh CSD

Alum 2019, Adjunct Professor Education Department 

Director of Grants & Program Development
City School District of Albany

Superintendent of Schools
Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District

Siena College alum (1994), MAT alum (Union College - 1997)

Director of Recruitment, Development and Retention
City School District of Albany