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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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