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Executive Committee

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Members of the 2019-2020 YURA Executive Committee

YURA Officers may be reached at yura@yorku.ca

Officers:

Diane Beelen Woody, Co-President (Academic)
Steve Dranitsaris, Co-President (Non-Academic)
Marla Chodak, Secretary
Melody King, Treasurer

Members at Large:

Cathy Boyd-Withers
Sheila Forshaw
Agnes Fraser
Rosanna Furgiuele
Debbie Hansen
Stan Shapson
Harvey Skinner
Peter Victor
Richard Weisman (also YURA Newsletter Editor)
Marc Wilchesky


Ex-Officio Members:


Bruno Bellissimo, representative to the Pension Fund Board of Trustees
Charmaine Courtis, Immediate Past Co-President
Fred Fletcher, ARFL representative (Association of Retired Faculty & Librarians)
Steve Glassman, YURA Newsletter Editor
David Leyton-Brown, representative to the Retirement Planning Centre Advisory Board
Patricia Murray, YURA liaison with AROHE, the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education
Donna Smith, representative to the All University Pension Committee (AUPC)


Board/Committee Representatives:

All University Pension Committee (AUPC) - Donna Smith
Association of Retired Faculty & Librarians at York University (ARFL) Executive Committee - Peter Victor
College and University Retiree Associations of Canada (CURAC) - Steve Dranitsaris
Pension Fund Board of Trustees - Bruno Bellissimo
Retirement Planning Centre Advisory Board - David Leyton-Brown
YU-CARE (York University Centre for Aging Research and Education) Executive Committee - Rosanna Furgiuele
YURA-York University Joint Committee - Diane Beelen Woody, Steve Dranitsaris, Stan Shapson

Biographical notes about Executive Committee members