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Board of Directors
BOD members are elected once a year by a vote of the entire NYRA membership, either by written ballot or in person at the annual meeting. The current NYRA Board of Directors (BOD) is made up of the following people (in alphabetical order):
Alex Hull-Richter
Alex Hull-Richter is an actor, writer, and artist. Admitted to the Gifted and Talented Education Program at the age of six, Alex learned first hand about the dumbing-down strategy of the educational system. Since 2000, he has organized civil rights, voting rights and peace rallies and marches and has actively worked to restore democracy to America. Alex joined the Board in 2006.
Alex Koroknay-Palicz
Alex Koroknay-Palicz, originally from Michigan, moved to the DC area after attending American University. During his senior year in high school, Alex successfully changed the policy of several age-discriminatory stores in his hometown of Holland, MI. Since then Alex has become actively involved in all levels of the Youth Rights Movement. In his capacity as NYRA's Executive Director, Alex has appeared on CNN and Fox News several times and has spoken at numerous conferences about youth rights and NYRA. Alex was voted into office in 1999.
Keith Mandell
Keith Mandell has had an interest in youth rights since he drafted a "Students' Bill of Rights" at age 10. At 14, he convinced his elementary school's student council to approve a student court where teachers could be judged by students for improper conduct (unfortunately it never materialized). At age 23, Keith ran for mayor of Columbia, Missouri, focusing on job growth and transportation issues. Keith became involved in youth voting rights in the late 1990's, working with YouthSpeak to organize to voting age protests and drafting a proposal to lower the voting age in Washington D.C. Keith is now an attorney in the Chicago area and especially interested in voting rights and youth political empowerment. Keith joined the Board in 2004.
Katrina Moncure
Katrina has been invovled with NYRA for nearly four years. She has helped table at a couple of events including a SSDP conference and a Youth Pride Day with NYRA's Washington, D.C. chapter. She attended a teen driving town hall in December 2004. Among her normal duties, she serves as a Chapter Formation Representative, and she moderates the NYRA forums. Katrina is 24, and she has lived in Montgomery County, MD, her entire life. She graduated from Salisbury State University in 2003, and currently, she is working as a biotech lab temp. Katrina joined the Board in 2005.
Stefan Muller
Stefan lives and attends high school on Long Island, New York. He has been involved in the youth rights movement for several years, working with a local village to amend a curfew law, and writing a number of letters to newspapers and elected officials. For NYRA, he helped write the Student Rights Handbook and currently designs chapter websites. Stefan was elected to the Board in 2007.
Jessica Roeder
Jessica Roeder is 17 and is currently a senior in high school. She resides in Marion, Ohio. She originally took an interest in the concept of youth rights in first grade, believing that there had to be a more effective, equal and student-friendly way to learn than the authoritative school system. She learned about NYRA in 2006, and was glad to find she was not alone in her ideals. Since then, she has worked on forming an NYRA chapter in her hometown whose goal is to abolish the town's curfew, and has written essays on different aspects of the issues affecting youth rights. She joined the Board in 2007.
Chip Sinton
Chip joined the Board in 2007.
Yonaton Yares
Yonaton Yares is currently a sophomore at Rutgers University – New Brunswick where he serves as Treasurer of the Rutgers University Student Assembly he is also a University Senator. He has been active within NYRA since 2005. Yonaton recently appeared on RNN TV and NBC’s Philadelphia affiliate to talk about why NYRA believes the Drinking Age should be lowered. He was elected to the Board in 2007.
Adam Zarnowski
Adam Zarnowski currently lives in San Angelo, Texas, and has been involved with NYRA for about a year. He currently operates the Ravencall Project which is designed to protect students' rights by educating students as to how to defend their rights themselves. He formerly served as a Chapter Formation Representative. He is 17 and is currently enrolled at Angelo State University. He joined the Board in 2007.
Full Roster of Past Board of Directors
Over the years many committed people have served on the NYRA Board of Directors. Check out this list to see directors past and present.
Justin Mallone 1998-1999
Bennett Haselton 1998-1999
Matt Walcoff 1998-2000
Matt Herman 1998-2000, 2001-2002
Avi Hein 1998-2000, 2002-2003
Keith Mandell 1999-2000, 2004-Present
Jason Gerber 1999-2000
Alex Koroknay-Palicz 1999-Present
Adam Fletcher 2000-2001
Joe Zefran 2000-2001
Dustin Manuel 2000-2001
Beau Daniel Sanchez 2000-2001
Alex Cotoia 2000-2001, 2001-2002
Robert Grant 2001-2001
Miranda Joseph 2001-2001
Mark Stanford 2001-2002
Chris Manley 2001-2003
Christopher Coes 2001-2004
Rich Jahn 2001-2005
Dan Hill 2002-2002
Danya Steele 2002-2002
Christen Walker-James 2002-2002
Darren Alcorn 2002-2003
Jack Ternan Jr. 2002-2003
Brad White 2002-2004
Kathleen Miller 2002-2004
Cory Withers 2003-2003
DeWarren Langley 2003-2003
Laura Finstad 2003-2004
Johnathan McClure 2003-2004
Jason Kende 2003-2004
Scott Davidson 2003-2007
Jackie Fuller 2004-2005
Kevin Keenan 2004-2005
Arpan Patel 2004-2005
Scarlett Swerdlow 2004-2005
Robert Reynolds 2004-2006
Katrina Moncure 2005-Present
Chris Howell 2005-2006
Luke Caralize 2005-2006
Jay Leff 2005-2006
Pamela Tatz 2005-2007
Jessica Campbell 2006-2007
Zach Hobesh 2006-2007
Adam King 2006-2007
Alex Hull-Richter 2006-Present
Stefan Muller 2007-Present
Jessica Roeder 2007-Present
Yonaton Yares 2007-Present
Adam Zarnowski 2007-Present
Chip Sinton 2007-Present
Meeting Minutes from the
2006-2007 Board of Directors
September 3, 2006
September 17, 2006
October 22, 2006
November 12, 2006
December 10, 2006
Meeting Minutes from the
2005-2006 Board of Directors
August 29, 2005
September 11, 2005
October 16, 2005
November 20, 2005
December 11, 2005
January 21, 2006
February 19, 2006
March 2, 2006
March 19, 2006
April 23, 2006
May 21, 2006
Meeting Minutes from the
2004-2005 Board of Directors
August 29, 2004
September 19, 2004
October 24, 2004
December 19, 2004
January 24, 2005
February 20, 2005
March 13, 2005
April 17, 2005
May 22, 2005
June 19, 2005
Meeting Minutes from the
2003-2004 Board of Directors
August 31, 2003
September 21, 2003
October 20, 2003
November 23, 2003
December 14, 2003
January 25, 2004
February 22, 2004
April 18, 2004
May 16, 2004
June 20, 2004
Meeting Minutes from the
2002-2003 Board of Directors
October 10, 2002
November 13, 2002
December 29, 2002
January 12, 2003
February 12, 2003
March 13, 2003
April 6, 2003
May 18, 2003
June 29, 2003
Meeting Minutes from the
2001-2002 Board of Directors
January 6, 2002
February 10, 2002
March 3, 2002
April 7, 2002
May 5, 2002
May 19, 2002
June 2, 2002
June 16, 2002
July 7, 2002
July 21, 2002
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