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Citizens Academy Graduates

For over 20 years, Citizens Academy has been a conduit of change and learning in CNY! Graduates join a network of over 700 engaged community members! Graduates go on to be more informed citizens and community leaders.

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Click Here to View the Class of Winter 2025

Kofi Antwi

Owen Avery

Tasha Benjamin

Andrea Bernard

Jack Brower

Megan Corcoran

Christopher Davis

JaQuan Denson

David Dubé

Tami Eiklor-Dowdell

Marisol Estrada Cruz

Nicole Fragnito

Karen Gillette

James Green

Mackenzie Gregg

Michael Gridley

Aqila Hamilton-Collins

Lindsay Johnson

Sarah Kapalanga

Pramod Mali

Rachel McDonald

Sonali McIntyre

Raymond Partolan

Amanda Riley Schrader

Ellen Rosa

Nicole Samolis

Kaleya Scott

Bill Slusarz

Manila Southammavong

Michelle Stewart

Dylan Werts

Click Here to View the Class of Fall 2024

Kate Abel

Nadja Allmann

Elizabeth Balfour

Rebecca Conklin

Julianne Davis

Kaija Dockter

Sylvia Espinosa de los Monteros

Dana Fiel

Amy Freeman

Kim Fudge

Sean Graham

Tolga Hayali

Stefanie Holmes

Andrew Hunter

Stefania Ianno

Zeeshan James

TJ Kamanda

Ryan Kelly

Casey Koenig

Jimmy Luckman

Erin Murphy

Jade Nguyen

Click Here to View the Class of Winter 2024

Sharon Alleyne

Kevin Bailey

Connor Conde

Tania Dean

Camille Ferrell-Knighton

Thomas Giacobbi

Mary Hagemann

Zachary Harris

Charles Hudson

Carolyn King

Karlene Kristich

Alex Lawson

Nicholas Lightburn

Lucas Martin

Adol Mayen

Agnes McCray

Kanischa Miller

Emily Minnoe

Andrea Morgia

Mark Morris

Madeline Nyblade

Ebony Pengel

Jessica Regitano

Saboor Sakhizada

Heather Shaffer

Chayna Short

Tessa Sontheimer

Angela Stebbins

Maxwell Wilder

Yona Williams

Click Here to View the Class of Fall 2023

Radhya Adityavarman

Rashawnda Aiken

Abdulbasit Alsalih

Sandy Bargainnier

Margaret Bombard

Nadaya Brantley

Syeisha Byrd

Joseph Calabrese

Gerianne Corradino

Patricia Costello

Kiersten Curtis

Steven Czaja

Alba Diaz

Daniel Dingel

Alicia Ernest

Nelson Falkenburg

Leif Frymire

Jacquelyn Gonza

John Medina

Kelly Ocampo

Megan Siriano

Charlene Tarver

Matthew Webster

Shane Weis

Lisa Willey

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Cyrus Grant

Diane Osborne

Donna Moore

George Lynch

Jacquelyn Downing

Jakubek Wicks

Janelle Kraus

Jasmine Lightburn

Jennifer Long

Jessica Charboneau

Jim Reilley

Joanne Maloff

Julia Wilson

Karimullah Kamwar

Katie Sebo

Kelsey Wilber

Lynnessa Joyner-Robinson

Matthew Maloney

Melanie Emery

Miranda Eddy

Nancy Skye

Richard Levy

Tracy Balduzzi

Tylah Worrell

Zack Neville-Young

Click Here to View the Class of 2022

Michael Flood

Bela Harris

Hojin Choi

Cynthia Hernandez

Abe Hernandez

Mark Begley

Bill Kirchoff

Adam Allan

Jam Hernandez Quinceno

Mark Larrabee

Arthur Jutton

Robert Zaccaria

Joseph DiStefano

Jery Augustin

Akua Goodrich

Yvonne Chu

Lynn Yoder Thibault

Lisa Hart

Linda Malik

Esther Chung

Supreena Smalls

Barbara Conklin

Lucinda Grathwol

Katherine Hobbs

Juliet Maloff

Cindy Meili

Melissa Zell

Sarah Trapani

Nicole Osborne

Rose Keady

Kathleen Scanlon

Lauren Darcy

Tony Williams

Vincent Scipione

Eileen Collins

Ruby Lopez

Mitch Latimer

Sister Cheryl Wint

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Allison Crossman

Amy Kendrat

Amy Stewart

Andrew Robinson

Anthony Hines-Tecoy

Brad Racino

Constance Nyman

Dallas Bryson

Deborah Thorna

Earl Turner

Holly Grant

Jahnice Strange-Cobb

Janet Gramza

Jennifer Ryan

Karleigh Cimorelli

Kate Mercer

Kathie Deaver

Kayleigh Begley

Lara Mosby

Liza Rochelson

Love Mouity

Maria Pence

Maritza Alvarado

Mary Carney

Mbonimpa Banabas

Nancy Bronstein

Rachael Ristau

Dr. Reginald T. Braggs, PhD

Roman Lopez

Sachin Mitra

Tara Harris

Trina Luttinger


Class of 2020

  • Tristan Almond
  • Tawnie Dardano
  • Kristin Dominic
  • Micah Fialka-Feldman
  • Edward Godwin
  • Mary Gorman
  • Constance Gregory
  • Collin Hotchkiss
  • Elizabeth Hradil
  • Brian Kingsley
  • Danielle Kloster
  • Katherine Lemanczyk
  • Jessica Lisi
  • Susan Lyons
  • Andrea Macie
  • Kira Moodliar
  • Isaac Patroulis Lessig
  • Betty L. Pearson
  • Claire Pendergrast
  • Larkin Podsiedlik
  • Marissa Saunders
  • John Sexton
  • Mary Traynor
  • Genta Trebicka
  • Alice Zicari

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Haji Adan

Nancy Aureli

Ryan Bauer

Mary-Kay Belant

Mallory DeJohn

Dut Deng

Kathleen Dermady

Brian Fay

Joseph Fox

Charles Garland

Tamice Gates

Melleny Hale

Tehran Hopkins

Gregorio Jimenez

Charlie Lester

Elliott Lewis

Tysha Martin

Regina McArthur

Brian Metras

Dianna Miller

Meredith Ouderkirk

Adrienne Renfroe

Kerin Rigney

Katie Schmid

Carrie Smith

Zach Snyder

Kathleen Speed

Mike Sun

Cristian Toellner

Megan Tully

Perrine Wasser

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Bobbi Alcock

Hiba Attia

Jeffrey Bergin

Tiffany Brookins-Little

Robert Bucklin

Trymeter “Tree” Carter

Adam Crowley

Teresa Doherty

Shannon Fabiani

Judith Fazio

Gary Gonza

Pat Hagemann

Palmer Harvey

Amara Kattrein

Stacey Keefe

Jourdyn-Evonne Lee

Deanna Legnetto

Sarah Liddell

Dashiell Martinez

Colleen Mayberry

Brian Murphy

Justen Nestico

Leon Oaks-Lee

Ryan Powers

Emad Rahim

Mary Beth Riley

Theresa Rocha Beardall

Kristin Sheehan

Annalyssa Sikorski

Erica Tauzer

Haichao Wang

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Amy Barry

Carol Baum

Daniel Benz

Allison Bodine

Darrell Buckingham

Jessica Bumpus

Greta Bush

Nicole Carfi

Carlos Cervantes

Tina D’Agata

Jessica Elliott

Andrew Frasier

Emily Garavuso

Julie Gozan

Paula Hayward

Daphne Johnson

Andrew Jordan

Patricia Katz

Adam King

Josh King

Eric Kingson

Tiesha McNeal

Stacey Mercandetti

Kimberly Morrell

Jacob O’Connell

Seth Ovadia

Juliana Quaresma

Erin Rankin

Austin Roney

Mark Schepis

Renee Seals

Lindsay Speer

Ken Stack

Laura Steinberg

Kiva VanDerGest

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Jill Allen

Emily Barrett

Rhonda Butler

Carrie Carapella

Nakeia Chambers

Holly Grant

Jill Hageman-Clark

Marva Hudson

Danielle Hurley

Charles Jackson

Amanda Mazzoni

Cassie Moore

Philip Prehn

Catherine Rosario

Linsay Royer

Jacob Scott

William Todd Sealy

Nancy Smith

Robert Synakowski

Jon Taylor

Amy Thorna

Chanel Turnquest

Daegan Von Swearingen

Ray Williams

Mary Eileen Wood

Richard Wood

Citizens Academy Class of 2015
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Jonathan Adler

Debra Adler

Grace Baranowski

Daniel DeBrucker

Diane Dewey

Marguerite Dormer

John Eberle

Anna Giacobbe

Mary Koenig

Jesse Lecy

Megan Lee

Greg Lewis

Stephen Long

Camellia Loojune

John Meyer

Stephen Mooney

Don Neugebauer

Donna Oppedisano

Tatiana Parker

Vickie Patterson

John Repak

Zachary Romano

Abdul Saboor

Heidi Teska

Elizabeth Wierbinski

Suzanne Williams

Kim Zhang


Class of 2014

  • Scott Aminov
  • Kim Armani
  • Diane Biro
  • Nati Cabrera
  • Jovan Collins
  • Natalie Del Prete
  • Abigail Dewey
  • Timothy Ferlito
  • Elyzabeth Gannon
  • Barbara Genton
  • Chris Gorman
  • James Graham
  • Cathy Green
  • Karly Grifasi
  • David Haas
  • Jacob Hanford
  • Bruce Hathaway
  • Katelyn Kriesel
  • Craig Laughlin
  • Lanika Mabrey
  • Susan Mitchell
  • Leah Moser
  • Maureen O’Neill
  • Andrew Ramsgard
  • Ranette Releford
  • Benjamin Robbins
  • Timothy Rudd
  • Nancy Shepard
  • Simangaliso Smith
  • Allison Speicher
  • Vijay Srinivas
  • Michael Stella
  • Kevin Troxell
  • Janice Turner
  • Laura Walker
  • Diane Williamson
  • Tracy Zappola
Click Here to View the Class of 2013

Sheikhnoor Adan

Lydia Allen

Stephanie Bartling

Jeremy Bennett

Carol Biesemeyer

Meshae Brooks-Rolling

Pamela Brunet

Mark Budosh

Lisa Carey Moore

David Carnie

Melissa Curtis-Owens

AnneMarie Deegan

Angela Dygert

Walter Eiland

Stasya Erickson

Loane Etuale

Lisa Fasolo Frishman

Paul Harvey

Dee Klees

Donna Knapp

Jonathan Logan

Jon Morgan

Taino Palermo

Frederick Pollard

Madison Quinn

Gina Rivers

Charles Rivers

Christine Sauve

Kristy Shenandoah

Ahmeed Turner

Albert Turner

Fred Vaeth

Michelle Walker

Michael Walsh

Elizabeth Williams

Joscelyne Wilson

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Santino Atak

Amanda Bates

Paola Benevento

Thomas Cooper

Michele Czornij

Amy Daniels

Anna Harris

Daniel Hazekamp

Rhonda Hungerford

James Johnson

Ashley Kang

Peter King

Michael LaMontagne

Tiffany Lloyd

Betty Lyons

Michael Mancini

Monica McLean

Sue McMahon

Renee Meredith

LaTonya Muhammad

Debbie Osborne

Osman Ramadhani

David Reed

Lisa Robel

Allison Rutherford

Martha Ryan

Lisa Spadafore

Jai Subedi

Paige Thomas

Anita Wagner

Sally Whitney

Kaleb Wilson


Class of 2011

  • Dave Allen
  • James Aust
  • Nancy Beil
  • Zachary Benjamin
  • Mallory Brown
  • Kelly Colabello
  • Sarah Cowles
  • Michele Evanson
  • Maria Lourdes Fallace
  • Cathy Fedrizzi
  • Stan Goettel
  • Luis Gonzalez
  • Howard Hollander
  • Ernest Howard
  • Kenneth Howe
  • Abednego Johnson
  • Dreamer Johnson
  • Lonnie Johnson
  • Jeanne Keller
  • Deborah Kolod
  • Brett Kuppermann
  • Carissa Matthews
  • Deborah Morales
  • Frank Moses
  • Katy Moses
  • Roland Nzima
  • Jonathan Peck
  • Adria Ripka
  • Jeffrey Scharoun

Class of 2010

  • John Allen
  • Brendan Armour
  • Kristen Aust
  • Ronnie Bell
  • Shane Blauvelt
  • Roxanne Bocyck
  • Gene Cilento
  • Victoria Coit
  • Marjorie Eldridge
  • Bernie Ellis
  • Jason Evans
  • Sarah Gilbert
  • Michael Gilman
  • Yasmin Guevara
  • Natalie Hansen
  • Addie Hightower
  • Josephine James
  • Clarissa Jenkins
  • Beata Karpinska-Prehn
  • Julius Lawrence
  • Alexandre Leclercq
  • Stan Linhorst
  • Melissa Maskulka
  • Maureen McCarthy-Tracy
  • Doreen Milcarek
  • Maude Morse
  • Brenda Muhammad
  • Mary Nelson
  • Judith O’Rourke
  • Joseph Palumbo
  • Shirley Rowser
  • Kara Shore
  • Eliza Sparks
  • Daniel Ward
  • Katherine Ward
  • Jamie White
  • Eric Will

Class of 2009

  • Aaron Arnold
  • David G. Allen
  • Kathleen Bertuch
  • Elisabeth Burton
  • Tom Dannan
  • Patricia J. Derby
  • Jeffrey J. Eades
  • Tayna Eastman
  • Kelly Ferguson
  • Carl F. Ford
  • Lori Fricano
  • Julia Hafftka-Marshall
  • Karen Lee Hanford
  • Susan Hefferman
  • Christopher Hoch
  • James Hoch
  • Linda Hogarbome
  • Daniel N. Honyoust
  • Stephanie L. Hyde
  • Victoria F. Kohl
  • Christine M. Lundt
  • Patti Maxwell
  • Georgette Nicolaides
  • Buffy Quinn
  • David L. Reed
  • Tracey M. Robinson
  • Thomas Scaglione
  • Christopher T. Stewart
  • Allison Stuart
  • Karen M. Villi
  • Mable Wilson

Class of 2008

  • Carole Bildstein
  • Janeen Bonner
  • Lindsay Caruso
  • John T. Clary
  • Mary Ellen Datta
  • Lois Delaney
  • Kathleen Donegan
  • Elaine Foley
  • Ann Fordock
  • Chris Fowler
  • Eric S. Glover
  • Donald P. Johnson
  • Denise Kaszuba
  • Melody Kight
  • Sandra Kinne
  • Bill Krause
  • Judi Kurtz
  • Neil LaCount
  • Michael Mattson
  • Angela McConville
  • Stephen J. Miller
  • Lidia Pierce
  • Brian Pincelli
  • Ellen Rand
  • Jernois Ridley
  • Eric Rogers
  • Terry L. Schrock
  • Jeffrey M. Seltzer
  • Phylisa Sova
  • Nicholas S. Togias

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Michael Amati

Jill Priest Amati

Jessica Rice

Martin Sage

Terry Hoey

Tyrone Goddard

Brad O’Connor

George Athans

Jim Williams

Rick Dstito

Gloria Lana

Darlene Snyder

Jason Petrone

Sarah Eckel-Dalrymple

Pat Body

Diane Brandli

Jennifer Creighton

Hugo Acosta

Tanika Jones-Cole

Rev. Kathleen Waters

Susan Straub

Nolasco Mercado

Rocci DeCaro

Mary Williams

Evelyn Kinsey

Gloria Sage

Hillary Sletten

Natalie Scavone

Denise Brubaker

Lisa Laribee


Class of 2006

  • Amanda Pascall
  • Bethany Slater
  • Bill Kelly
  • Bridget Owens
  • Carol Perry
  • Carrie Gordon
  • Charon McDonald
  • Chauncey D. Brown
  • Christie Bravos
  • Christine McMahon
  • Coleen P. Masucci
  • Corey A. Hudson
  • Dawn C. Nier
  • Deborah A. Willis
  • Diane Carlton
  • E. W. Ted Furze
  • Elisabetta Bortoloni
  • Erin A. Maloney
  • Gia Palermo
  • Gil Schnorr
  • Gregory Michel
  • Jacinda Foreste
  • Janette M. Richardson
  • Jennifer J. Spoor
  • JoAnne Spoto Decker
  • Keith Herring
  • Kurt Roulston
  • Linda G. Levy
  • Lucille Browning
  • Marilyn Schlegel
  • Meghan Vitale
  • Monique R. Fletcher
  • Patrick M. Goessling
  • Peggy Sauve
  • Steve Alleyne
  • Susan Acker

Class of 2005

  • Philip Amsterdam
  • Taylor Atseff
  • Geraldine King Beauford
  • Kim Rodafox Ceaser
  • Dawn Daggett
  • Ilana Deutsch
  • Stacey S. Dubiel
  • Rev. Beth Dubois
  • Bernard L. French
  • Stacy L. Finney
  • Michele Jones Galvin
  • Lee Gechas
  • Peter Georgianna
  • Annette Guisbond
  • Amber Hansel
  • Stephen Harris
  • Linda Henley
  • Melody Holmes
  • Douglas Jack
  • Jerry Keohane
  • Margaret Kufel
  • Rachel May
  • Lora S. Mccooey
  • Trina Mcneal
  • Marthe Jane Bwalya Ngwashi
  • Rita Paniagua
  • Gladys Smith
  • James Sonneborn
  • Joanne Stevens
  • Nancy Turner
  • Linda Woodrow
  • Jackie Yancey
  • Richard Zalewski

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