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2016 NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION JOURNAL
OUTSTANDING AUTOMOTIVE
EDUCATOR
Bruce Abramowitz – 2002
Automotive Instructor, Alfred E.
Smith Vocational High School
Carl Alderman – 1999
Asst. Principal, Automotive H.S.
Steve Applebaum – 2000
Principal, Alfred E. Smith H.S.
Gregory Battochi – 2001
Automotive Instructor
Southern Westchester BOCES
John Becker – 2011
Director of Operations, Office of
Postsecondary Readiness
NYC Department of Education
Jeffrey Block – 1999
Asst. Principal, Alfred E. Smith H.S.
Ernest Bonifazio – 1991
Automotive Instructor
Islip Technical Center
Rosaria Broesler – 2007
Work Experience Coordinator,
Automotive Youth Educational
Systems (AYES Coordinator)
H.B. Ward Technical Center
Art Buchman – 2007
Principal, Putnam-Northern
Westchester BOCES
Leonardo Caporusso – 2006
Automotive Instructor
William E. Grady CTE High School
Susan Caprio-Dobkowski – 2009
Assistant Principal
William E. Grady CTE High School
Thomas Cassino – 2004
Automotive Instructor
Automotive High School
Jose Castro – 2001
Automotive Instructor
Automotive High School
Clement Ceccarelli – 2008
Supervisor
Southern Westchester BOCES
Steve Celeste – 1997
Automotive Instructor
Islip Technical Center
Vito Constantine – 1993
Automotive Instructor
Putnam-Northern Westchester
BOCES
Karen Craig – 2008
School-to-Work Coordinator
Western Suffolk BOCES
Frank Demers – 2006
Automotive Instructor
Rockland BOCES
Stephen Denniston – 2000
Administrator, Work-Based
Learning, Nassau Tech. Center
Roy Dobkowski – 1996
Assistant Principal, Thomas A.
Edison Vo-Tech High School
Joseph Dolan – 1997
Automotive Instructor
Orange-Ulster BOCES
Vito Easparro – 1997
Division Chairperson, Science
Engineering & Technology
Suffolk County Community College
Steve Feldman, Ed.D. – 2000
Director, School-to-Career
Programs, NYC Board of Ed.
Peter Ficano – 1993
Automotive Instructor
Tottenville High School
Anne Fox – 1997
Principal, Islip Career Center
Steven Gilbert – 1990
Principal, Automotive H.S.
Anthony P. Greco – 1994
Automotive Instructor
Automotive High School
Louis Greenzweig – 1999
Assistant Principal
Tottenville High School
Anthony Gualtieri – 1997
Automotive Instructor
Orange-Ulster BOCES
Lou Guerra – 2000
Automotive Instructor
L.A. Wilson Tech Northport
Rafael Guzman – 2012
Assistant Principal
Alfred E. Smith CTE High School
Carl L. Hader – 1998
Automotive Technology Instructor,
Grafton High School
Suraj Hariprashad – 2001
Automotive Instructor, Alfred E.
Smith Vocational High School
Florence Jackson – 1999
Executive Secretary to Advisory
Council for Occupational
Education, Board of Ed. City of NY
Richard Kennett – 2007
Instructor, Automotive Technical
Education, School of Cooperative
Technical Education
Robert J. Lagnese – 1999
Chairperson, Auto Engineering
Technology, SUNY Farmingdale
William J. Leitner – 1992
Automotive Instructor
Orange-Ulster Vo-Tech Center
Michael Malocsay – 2009
Automotive Instructor
Mount Vernon High School
James Massa – 2008
Automotive Instructor
Thomas A. Edison Career &
Technical High School
Stephen Mercaldo – 1992
Automotive Instructor
L.A. Wilson Technological Center
Richard Milano – 2000
Asst. Department Chair, Suffolk
County Community College
Mamzad Nazirbage – 1998
Automotive Technology Instructor,
Alfred E. Smith H.S.
Scott Nelson – 2004
Automotive Instructor
Southern Westchester BOCES
Edwin O’Connor – 1996
Automotive Instructor
H.B. Ward Technical Center
Michael O’Hara – 2004
Automotive Instructor
H.B. Ward Technical Center
Randi O’Moore – 2014
AYES and Work Experience
Teacher Coordinator
Nassau BOCES Joseph M. Barry
Career & Technical Education
Center
William Ragona – 1995
Automotive Instructor
Sewanhaka High School
Brian Rhodes – 1998
Automotive Technology Instructor,
Thomas Edison Technical High
School
Robert Riordan – 2010
Automotive Instructor
Sewanhaka High School
Renato Rosales – 2013
Automotive Instructor
Automotive High School
John Santoli – 1993
Automotive Instructor
Islip Career Center
John Sarrubbo – 1991
Curriculum Chair,
Automotive Technology
Westchester Community College
Ralph Savarese – 2002
Automotive Instructor
L.A. Wilson Tech Northport
Stuart Savin – 1991
Coordinator, Automotive
Technology Program
Director of Chrysler
Apprenticeship Program
Rockland Community College
William Schuck – 2000
Automotive Instructor
William E. Grady High School
Melissa H. Silberman – 2005
Principal, Automotive H.S.
Stella Silva – 2009
Automotive Instructor
Joseph M. Barry Tech
Miguel Sierra - 2015
Automotive Instructor
Thomas A. Edison CTE High
School
Alan J. Silverman – 1998
Associate Supervisor For Trade &
Tech. Programs, NYS Ed. Dept.
Linda Maria Suarez – 2005
Supervisor, The Center for Career
Services, Southern Westchester
BOCES
Greg Trass – 2000
Automotive Instructor
Rockland BOCES
2016 NAT IONAL AUTOMOT IVE TECHNOLOGY COMPET I T ION
Past Automotive Education Award Winners