VPA Advisory Council
Robert Blaich ’52, H’90
Director, Teague; President, Blaich Associates
Jennifer Boin ’78
Owner, Jennifer Boin Personal Jeweler
Richard Bovender '02
Project Manager, Pinnacle Construction Services
Ann Clarke*
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Wendy Goldstein Cohen ’70, H’02
The Alfred and Anne Goldstein Foundation, Inc.
Mary Cotter ’69
President (retired), Time Warner Cable; Community Volunteer
Lauren Cramer G’94 (LAW)
Attorney, McLaughlin & Stern, LLP
Stacey Garson '87 (VPA/MAN)
Community Volunteer
Ellen Baker Ghelardi ’73
Executive Director, Dexter D. & Dorothy H. Kalish Foundation
Dennis Gilbert ’73
Music Instructor (retired), Community Volunteer
Marylyn Ginsburg '56 G'57
Owner, Grand House Management Co. and the Grand Emporium
Michael Gorfaine P’09*
Co-Owner, Gorfaine-Schwartz Talent Agency
Austin “Rocky” Kalish H’07
CEO, Arim Productions
Irma Ginsberg Kalish ’44 (A&S/NEW), H’07
Arim Productions
Warren Kimble ’57
Contemporary Folk Artist
Gerald "Jerry" Leider ’53
President, Jerry Leider Productions
Edwin London ’49 (MAN/NEW)
Partner, Gelfand, Rennert and Feldman, LLP
Peter Lynch ’74, Chair
Executive Vice President, ChaseDesign
Peter Maciulewicz (Mack), Friend
President/Owner, Mack Studios
Arielle Tepper Madover ’94
President/Owner, Arielle Tepper Productions
Iris Magidson ’64
Assistant Professor, Syracuse University (retired)
Michelle Paige Paterson '83*
First Lady, New York State
Leslie Shemin-Lester ’84
Community Volunteer
Terry Skuse G'75
Community Volunteer
Aaron Sorkin '83
Film, theater, and television writer/producer
Kenneth Sparks ’56, G ’61 (NEW), G’64 (NEW)
Consultant, Ken Sparks Associates
Robert Vignola P’06
President, Calvin Klein Collection
Peter Yenawine '69
President and Director, Design Crystal Signatures, Inc.
Gianfranco Zaccai ’70
President and CEO, Continuum
*Denotes ex-officio members as of July 1, 2009
Director, Teague; President, Blaich Associates
Jennifer Boin ’78
Owner, Jennifer Boin Personal Jeweler
Richard Bovender '02
Project Manager, Pinnacle Construction Services
Ann Clarke*
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Wendy Goldstein Cohen ’70, H’02
The Alfred and Anne Goldstein Foundation, Inc.
Mary Cotter ’69
President (retired), Time Warner Cable; Community Volunteer
Lauren Cramer G’94 (LAW)
Attorney, McLaughlin & Stern, LLP
Stacey Garson '87 (VPA/MAN)
Community Volunteer
Ellen Baker Ghelardi ’73
Executive Director, Dexter D. & Dorothy H. Kalish Foundation
Dennis Gilbert ’73
Music Instructor (retired), Community Volunteer
Marylyn Ginsburg '56 G'57
Owner, Grand House Management Co. and the Grand Emporium
Michael Gorfaine P’09*
Co-Owner, Gorfaine-Schwartz Talent Agency
Austin “Rocky” Kalish H’07
CEO, Arim Productions
Irma Ginsberg Kalish ’44 (A&S/NEW), H’07
Arim Productions
Warren Kimble ’57
Contemporary Folk Artist
Gerald "Jerry" Leider ’53
President, Jerry Leider Productions
Edwin London ’49 (MAN/NEW)
Partner, Gelfand, Rennert and Feldman, LLP
Peter Lynch ’74, Chair
Executive Vice President, ChaseDesign
Peter Maciulewicz (Mack), Friend
President/Owner, Mack Studios
Arielle Tepper Madover ’94
President/Owner, Arielle Tepper Productions
Iris Magidson ’64
Assistant Professor, Syracuse University (retired)
Michelle Paige Paterson '83*
First Lady, New York State
Leslie Shemin-Lester ’84
Community Volunteer
Terry Skuse G'75
Community Volunteer
Aaron Sorkin '83
Film, theater, and television writer/producer
Kenneth Sparks ’56, G ’61 (NEW), G’64 (NEW)
Consultant, Ken Sparks Associates
Robert Vignola P’06
President, Calvin Klein Collection
Peter Yenawine '69
President and Director, Design Crystal Signatures, Inc.
Gianfranco Zaccai ’70
President and CEO, Continuum
*Denotes ex-officio members as of July 1, 2009