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Welcome Message from ACTEA President Anedda Trautman
Welcome back to the 2024-2025 school year! Thank you for the unwavering dedication and passion you bring to serve the New York State Career and Technical Education community.
I hope you had a fantastic summer, filled with a little relaxation, a lot of adventure, that you are rested, recharged and ready to start a new school year!
As we step into this new year, we bring experiences and memories of the past few months but also the energy and enthusiasm to tackle the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
This year is another chance to grow—professionally and personally. It’s a time to set new goals, challenge ourselves, and to support one another in reaching our full potential. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn, and every success is a stepping stone to something greater. You are the guiding lights who inspire and empower our students, staff and colleagues to achieve their best.
As we begin this journey into a new school year remember that we are a CTE community—a CTE family. Lift each other up, celebrate successes, and offer a helping hand when needed. Together, we can make this school year one of the best.
ACTEA advocates that Career and Technical Education is a fundamental solution and vehicle for education reform.
The Association of Career and Technical Education Administrators (ACTEA) is a non-profit organization that consists of New York State Career & Technical Education administrators. Selected administrators serve on ACTEA’s board to promote and monitor Career and Technical initiatives in New York State.
ACTEA represents the needs and interests of Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs, staff and students. ACTEA also helps set standards and advocate for CTE. They identify and analyze data with the State Education Department (SED) to determine student outcomes as well as request specific action from SED. ACTEA aids in setting instructional standards for all NYS approved CTE programs through on-going work in curriculum development. ACTEA also exists in order to maintain professional standards among educators involved in various aspects of Career and Technical Education in New York State.
ACTEA cooperates with the Association for Career and Technical Education, New York State Association of Career and Technical Educators, and any other professional group with objectives compatible to those of ACTEA, Inc.
The ACTEA bylaws can be downloaded here.
ACTEA Zones
Zone Representation:
Jon Sanfratello (jsanfratello@gvboces.org) Zone 1 ACTEA Board Rep.
Zone 1: Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES, Monroe 1 BOCES, Monroe 2 BOCES, Genesee Valley BOCES, Orleans Niagara BOCES, Erie 1 BOCES, Erie 2 BOCES, CA BOCES, Buffalo Public Schools, Rochester City School District
Jane Akins (jakins@sllboces.org) Zone 2 ACTEA Board Rep.
Zone 2: Broome Tioga BOCES, Cayuga Onondaga BOCES, CiTi BOCES, DCMO BOCES, The Greater Southern Tier BOCES, Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES, Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES, Madison-Oneida BOCES, Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES, Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES, Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES, St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES, The Syracuse City School District, Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES
Michael A. DiMezza (fmdimezza@hfmboces.org) Zone 3 ACTEA Board Rep.
Zone 3: Capital Region BOCES, Champlain Valley Educational Services, Franklin Essex Hamilton BOCES, Hamilton Fulton Montgomery BOCES, Questar III BOCES, Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES
Kim Bell (kbell@rboces.org) Zone 4 ACTEA Board Rep.
Zone 4: Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES, Southern Westchester BOCES, Rockland BOCES, Orange Ulster BOCES, Ulster BOCES, Sullivan County BOCES, Newburgh Free Academy, Yonkers Public Schools, Mount Vernon School District, Dutchess BOCES
Omari Gay (ogay@schools.nyc.gov) Zone 5 ACTEA Board Rep.
Robert van Brunt (RVanBrun@esboces.org) Zone 6 ACTEA Board Rep.
Zone 6: Eastern Suffolk BOCES, Western Suffolk BOCES, Nassau BOCES
Big 5 Representation:
Rhonda Neal (Rhonda.Neal@RCSDK12.org) Rochester City Schools (Zone 1)
Robert Harris (rpharris@buffaloschools.org) Buffalo City Schools (Zone1)
Robert Leslie (rleslie@SCSD.us) Syracuse City Schools (Zone 2)
Sue Naber (SNABER1@YonkersPublicSchools.org) Yonkers Public Schools (Zone 4)
Chrisann Lucchetto (clucche3@schools.nyc.gov) – New York City Schools (Zone 5)
