Board of Directors
Jeffrey Flynn, CASC
Administrator / Chief Operating Officer
Gramercy Healthcare
New York, NY
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NYSAASC President
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Jon Van Valkenburg, CASC
Executive Director
Upstate Orthopedics Ambulatory Surgery Center
East Syracuse, NY
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NYSAASC Past President
ASCA Board Member
Elisa Auguste, CASC
Administrator
Precision Care Surgery Center
E. Setauket, NY
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NYSAASC Vice President
Chair, Program Committee
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Helen Lowenwirth, MBA, CASC
Administrator
East Side Endoscopy
New York, NY
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NYSAASC Treasurer
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Kristen Jackson BSN, RN, CAIP
Administrator
Buffalo Ambulatory Surgery Center
Cheektowaga, NY
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NYSAASC Secretary
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John Goehle, MBA, CASC, CPA
Chief Operating Officer
Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies, LLC
Rochester, NY
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Founding Member
NYSAASC Past President
Chair, Education Committee
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Gabriel Figueroa, CASC
Administrator & COO
Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center
New York, NY
COO, Empire Center for Special Surgery, Staten Island, NY
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Chair, Veteran Outreach Committee
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC
Administrator
Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Chair, Membership Committee
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Steven Housberg, MHA, CASC
Administrator
Advanced Endoscopy Center
Bronx, NY
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Chair, Quality Committee
Rowena Ferguson RN, BSN
Administrator
Specialty Surgery Center of CNY
Liverpool, NY​
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Giovanna Guerci
CCO/Principal
National Surgical Partners, LLC
Westbury, New York
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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
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Joanne DeAngelis
Regional Vice President of Operations
SCA Health
Garden City, NY
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Lisa Wickens-Alteri
President & CEO
Capital Health Consulting
Albany, NY
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NYSAASC Executive Director