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Fond Farewells
PEF’s gratitude and best wishes go out to the
following members who are retiring: • Vivian Afuwah, PEF Division 244, Brooklyn
Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Bhuvar Anand, MD, PEF Division 241,
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center; • Kevan E. Brooks, PEF Division 274, Mid-
Hudson Psychiatric Center; • Concetta Carey, PEF Division 190, state
Department of Taxation and Finance; • Mary Ann Desiray Cisar, PEF Division 190,
state Department of Taxation and Finance; • Paul Deierlein, PEF Division 300, state
Office for the Aging; • Martin Dingley, PEF Division 262, state
Department of Economic Development; • Francina Dunson, PEF Division 326, state
Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services; • Dominick Falzareno, PEF Division 190,
state Department of Taxation and Finance; • Susan Gaddor, PEF Division 179, state
Office of General Services; • Carlene Garrow, PEF Division 357, state
Office of Information Technology Services, formerly of Division 202, state Department of Labor; • Sheila Giordano, PEF Division 202, state
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Department of Labor; • Melvin Horowitz, PEF Division 275, state
Department of Agriculture and Markets; • Maureen McNamara, PEF Division 302,
state Office of Children and Family Services; • Diane Myers, PEF Division 503, Albany
County Housing Authority; • Chris Nicola, PEF Division 349, state
Education Department; • Susan Olson, PEF Division 262, state
Department of Economic Development; • Gerald Pace, PEF Division 276, Hudson
Valley Developmental Disabilities Services Office; • Suresh Patel, MD, PEF Division 241,
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center; • Russell “Skip” Patton, PEF Division 179,
state Office of General Services; • Edward Rifenberg, PEF Division 357, state
Office of Information Technology Services; • John Robens, PEF Division 190, state
Department of Taxation and Finance; • Mary Schneider, PEF Division 179, state
Office of General Services; • Terry Simonds, PEF Division 357, state
Office of Information Technology Services; and • Nancy McGeough Smith, PEF Division 241,
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center. Are you or PEF members you know retiring?
Please send information for this column to
thecommunicator@pef.org.
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