LISHA 2023 Directors
and Past PresidentsLISHA Executive Officers
The Long Island Speech-Language-Hearing Association provides:
- the membership with professional development and best practices
- the enrichment of students through scholarships and educational programs
- the community with resources
We meet seven (7) times a year with a unity of purpose to plan the actions and activities that will benefit LISHA members as well as serve the community.
Come see for yourselves. LISHA’s Officers can be contacted at info@LISHA.org.

Emily M. Santamarina, M.A., CCC-SLP
President

Denise McKeon, M.A., CCC-SLP
Immediate Past President

Maureen Jimenez, M.A., CCC-SLP
Secretary

Barbara Zwerman, M.A., CCC-SLP
Vice President

MarieAnn Zumpone Weibley, Au.D., CCC-A
Treasurer

Kim A. Scharoff, M.A., CCC-SLP
LISHA DIRECTORS
LISHA’s Directors can be contacted at info@LISHA.org.

Denise Passerieux, Au.D.
Director of Audiology

Allison Lynch, M.S., CCC-SLP
Directors of Speech-Language Pathology

Francine S. Pickus, M.S., CCC-SLP

Steven Asofsky, M.A., CCC-SLP
Director of Legislative and Practice Issues

Susan Antonellis, Au.D., CCC-A
Director of Communications

Caitlin Saxtein, M.S, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CBIS

Robin Ehrlich, M.S., CCC-SLP
Directors of Speech-Language Pathology

Angela Murphy, M.A., CCC-SLP

Patricia Luft
Past Presidents
1953-55 Bernard Boresoff
1955-56 Wiley Bower
1956-57 Alfred Schimmel
1957-58 Robert Wolsch
1959-60 Madeline Coyne
1960-61 Dan Wargo
1961-62 Anne McMillen
1962-63 Barbara McNamara
1963-64 James Oliver
1964-65 William Nelson
1965-66 Marjorie Ackerman
1966-67 Gene Pressel
1967-68 Robert Perlmutter
1968-69 Martin Lapidus
1969-70 Steve Rosenbaum
1970-71 Frank Volz
1971-72 Sara Hornstein
1972-73 John Bryant
1973-74 Ted Webb
1974-75 Hy Katz
1975-76 Marilyn Lehrfeld
1976-77 Jack Tureen
1977-78 George Moskowitz
1978-79 Elaine Sands
1979-80 Roy Sullivan
1980-81 Barbara Sepe
1981-82 Linda Tepperman
1982-83 Harvey Gardner
1983-84 Donna Cooperman
1984-85 Marie Ann Mordeno
1985-86 William Eagen
1986-87 Debra Lebel
1987-88 Ann E. Gordon
1988-89 Carole Davis
1989-90 Seth Dank
1990-91 Laura Grey
1992 Alice Weiner
1993 Deanna Glassmann
1994 Sandra White
1995 Joanne Quinoa
1997 Robert A. Domingo
1998 Charlotte Plotnick,
1998 Debra K. Lebel
1999 Dianne Slavin
2000 Beth Grudman
2001 Ellayne Ganzfried
2002-03 Nancy Weiss
2004-05 Christine Morvay
2006 Rosanne Schoen
2007 Lizbeth Dooley-Zawacki
2008 Kim A. Scharoff
2009 Dana Battaglia
2010-11 Susan Antonellis
2012-13 Renee Fabus
2014-15 Joan Franzese Rooney
2016-18 MarieAnn Zumpone Weibley
2019 Melissa Kreuder
2020-21 Denise McKeon
2022-23 Emily Santamarina