NYACP Committees Work Hard for YOU!

The opportunity to become more involved in your professional organization is an added benefit.

While your NYACP membership provides many benefits, one of the most rewarding is the opportunity to expand your practice as a collaborative professional by becoming more involved in our committee structure. 

Our committees work hard to bring you great programming, new resources and new ways to engage your clients. In return, committee members help lead where our organization and collaborative divorce is going, and are rewarded with unmatched professional networking and wonderful friendships as a result.

Below is a list of our committees. These are working groups and very active in their missions, but are very welcoming to new members. 

We also have several committees that we are looking to create or expand: Diversity, Website, and Social Media. If you are interested in more information, please contact the NYACP Office.

NYACP Executive Board:

President: Ellen Jancko-Baken
Vice President: Marcos Fernandez
Secretary: Meg Sussman
Treasurer: Nancy Kaye
Immediate Past President: Melissa Goodstein

Board Members:

Ivan Alter
Catherine Canadé
Jacqueline Caputo
Kathleen Donelli
Randy Heller
Michelle Lewis
Kristen Lyndaker
Anthony Markus

Racial Equity Committee
Jessica Rothberg (Chair)
Kate Bar-Tur
Catherine Canadé
Melissa Goodstein
Elana Katz
Kristen Lyndaker
Ken Novenstern
Carmen Rodriguez

Membership Committee
Marcos Fernandez (Chair)
Barbara Bel
Jacqueline Caputo
Stacy Collins
Ariella Deutsch
Shara Goldfarb
Adam Halper
Randy Heller
Ellen Jancko-Baken
Nancy Kaye
Michael Kislin
Nora Marcus
Teresa Ombres

Membership & Sub Committee - Mentorship Program
Teresa Ombres (Co-Chair Mentorship)
Shara Goldfarb  (Co-Chair Mentorship)
Membership & Sub Committee - Events
Michelle Lewis (Chair)

Newsletter Committee
Randy Heller (Chair)

Nominating Committee
Melissa Goodstein (Chair)
Catherine Canadé
Ellen Jancko-Baken
Nancy Kaye
Anthony Markus
Teresa Ombres
Lawrence Rothbart

Pods
Pod Leaders:
Long Island - Nancy Kaye
New York City - Judith Stein
N. Westchester - Melissa Goodstein, Tony Markus and Margaret Nicholson

Professional Standards Committee
Kathleen Donelli
Steve Kaplan
Mary Ellen Linnehan
Margaret Nicholson
Abby Rosmarin
Andy Samalin
Meg Sussman

Sub Committee- Protocols
Mary Ellen Linnehan

Support Group for Collaborative Practice
SGCP Leaders:
Manhattan - Barbara Rothberg and Marc Fleisher
N. Westchester - Robert Raymond
Westchester - Rachel Green and Melissa Goodstein

Social Media Committee
Nora Marcus (Chair)

Training & Education Committee
Melissa Goodstein (Co-Chair)
Anthony C. Markus (Co-Chair)
Ivan Alter
Dina De Giorgio
Kathleen Donelli
Debra Farea
Michael Kislin
Michael McLaughlin
Katherine Miller
Ken Novenstern

These committees have lots of upcoming news and events to share.  If you want to be part of that future, contact us today!