2010 Distinguished Guest Speakers
CHST 2200: Special Topics: Children, Government, and Public Policy in New York State — Honorable William Scarborough
Sept. 21
Senator Velmanette Montgomery, chair, New York State Senate Committee on Children-Families
Oct. 7
Mike Arsham, executive director, Child Welfare Organizing Project, representing families involved in the foster care and juvenile justice systems
Oct. 14
Joyce Burrell, deputy commissioner, Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth, New York State Office of Children and Family Services
Oct. 19
Patricia Baker, vice president, Public Employees Federation
Oct. 21
Judge Edwina Richardson- Mendelson, administrative judge, Family Court of the State of New York
Oct. 28
Laurie Bensky, senior policy analyst, Children's Rights
Nov. 4
Laurence Busching, ACS deputy commissioner for youth and juvenile justice
Nov. 9
Sylvia Hooper, assistant director and co-founder, Foster Parents Advocacy Foundation
Nov. 11
Jim Purcell, executive director, Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies
Nov. 18
Robert Hettleman, bureau chief, Family Violence and Child Abuse Bureau, New York County District Attorney's Office
Dec. 7
Peter Kleinbard, executive director, Youth Development Institute
CHST 3310: Children and the Law — Professor Ellen Fried, J.D., Esq.
Sept. 30
Representatives for GEMS
Nov. 2
Margo Hirsch, executive director, Empire State Coalition of Runaway and Homeless Youth
Nov. 9
Harry Berberian, director, Education Policy Planning and Practice
Nov. 18
Mark Kleiman, executive director and founder, Community Mediation Services
Nov. 30
Sam Dulberg, Esq., private practice representing children and families
CHST 91: Professional Perspectives and Children's Studies — Professor Gertrud Lenzer and Instructor Joseph Grochowalski
Feb. 3
Pamela Brown, Magner Center Career Alumni Mentor Program coordinator; pre- law adviser / adjunct faculty, Economics Department
Feb. 24
K. Aletha Maybank, M.D., M.P.H., assistant commissioner, New York City Department of Health
March 3
Joyce Burrell, M.S.Ed., deputy commissioner, Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth, New York State Office of Children and Family Services
March 10
Honorable Bryanne A. Hamill, judge, Kings County Family Court, New York City
March 15
Sherry M. Cleary, M.S.Ed., executive director, New York City Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, City University of New York
March 17
Jane Golden, M.S.W., assistant executive director for child welfare policy and foster care, Children's Aid Society, New York
March 24
Sharon Dunn, Ph.D., arts education consultant, New York City; Honors College, CUNY
April 12
Thomas I. Kennedy, M.A., senior vice president for advocacy, Covenant House, New York and Washington, D.C.
April 21
Wendy Lamb, vice president and publisher, Wendy Lamb Imprints, Random House Children's Book, together with invited author
April 28
Simone Ek, senior adviser, UN CRC Sweden
May 5
Ashley Fenwick-Naditch, producer, Sesame Workshop
