Board of Directors

Jeffrey Flynn, CASC

Administrator / Chief Operating Officer
Gramercy Healthcare
New York, NY

NYSAASC President

Jon Van Valkenburg, CASC

Executive Director
Upstate Orthopedics Ambulatory Surgery Center
East Syracuse, NY

NYSAASC Past President
ASCA Board Member

Elisa Auguste, MHA, CASC

Administrator
Precision Care Surgery Center
E. Setauket, NY

NYSAASC Vice President
Chair, Program Committee

Helen Lowenwirth, MBA, CASC

Administrator
East Side Endoscopy
New York, NY

NYSAASC Treasurer

Kristen Jackson BSN, RN, CAIP

Administrator
Buffalo Ambulatory Surgery Center
Cheektowaga, NY

NYSAASC Secretary

John Goehle, MBA, CASC, CPA

Chief Operating Officer
Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies, LLC
Rochester, NY

Founding Member
NYSAASC Past President
Chair, Education Committee

Gabriel Figueroa, CASC

Administrator & COO
Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center
New York, NY

COO, Empire Center for Special Surgery, Staten Island, NY

Chair, Veteran Outreach Committee

Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC

Administrator
Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center
Poughkeepsie, NY

Chair, Membership Committee

Steven Housberg, MHA, CASC

Administrator
Advanced Endoscopy Center
Bronx, NY

Chair, Quality Committee

Rowena Ferguson RN, BSN

Administrator
Specialty Surgery Center of CNY
Liverpool, NY

Giovanna Guerci

CCO/Principal

National Surgical Partners, LLC

Westbury, New York

Emilie Calixte, RN, CASC

Administrator & Director of Nursing
The Center for Advanced Spine and Joint Surgery
Hauppauge, NY

JoAnn M. Vecchio, CASC

Administrator & COO
ASC of Western New York
Amherst, NY

Juliana de Campos

Administrator

Liberty Endoscopy
New York, NY

Joanne DeAngelis

Regional Vice President of Operations
SCA Health
Garden City, NY

Lisa Wickens-Alteri

President & CEO

Capital Health Consulting

Albany, NY

NYSAASC Executive Director