Advisory Council

Real Life. Real Talk.® Advisory Council

  • Rabbi Rachel Ain – Congregation Beth Sholom – Chevra Shas
  • Dr. Donna Bacchi – Chair of the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Randi Bregman- Executive Director, Vera House, Inc.
  • The Honorable Minna Buck – retired Onondaga County Family Court Judge
  • Dr. John Burdick- Professor of Anthropology, Syracuse University
  • Dr. Makana Chock – Assistant Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
  • Michael Crinnin – Executive Director, AIDS Community Resources
  • Dr. Wanda P. Fremont – Pediatric/Adolescent Psychiatry, SUNY Psychiatry Clinic
  • Helen Hudson – Mothers Against Gun Violence
  • Rev. Dr. Leslie Johnson – Tucker Missionary Baptist Church
  • Talina Jones – Syracuse Parent
  • Jessie Keating – Youth Minister at DeWitt Community Church and St. Lucy’s Church
  • Kathryn L. Kelly RN, PNP – Health and Wellness Department Chair, Manlius Pebble Hill School
  • David Pasinski – Executive Director, Huntington Family Centers
  • Rita Paniagua – Executive Director, The Spanish Action League
  • Heidi Kuhl-Thompson, Founder/Facilitator of The Center for Creative Arts and Healing
  • Rabbi Vicki Lieberman
  • Rev. Colette Mathews – New Covenant Baptist Church
  • Tina May, LMSW – Assistant Professor, Human Services, Onondaga Community College
  • Dr. Cynthia Morrow – Onondaga County Health Commissioner
  • Dr. Ronald Stahl – Chief Medical Officer, Crouse Hospital
  • Dr. Linda Stone-Fish – Assistant Professor, Marriage and Family Therapy, Syracuse University
  • Donna Valerino – Executive Director, Literacy Volunteers of Greater Syracuse