Board Members and Officers
Joanne L. Becker, M.D. (Past President)
Clinical Chief, Laboratory Medicine
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, NY
Phone Number: (716) 845-8258
E-mail: joanne.becker@roswellpark.org
Carla Chamberlain, MT(ASCP)SBB (Secretary)
Sr. Admin Supervisor, Blood Bank
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY
Phone Number: (518) 262-3546
E-mail: chambec@mail.amc.edu
Rachel Elder, MD (President-Elect)
Laboratory Director, Rapid Response Laboratory
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, NY
Phone Number: (315) 470-7396
E-mail:relder@pathologysyracuse.com
Marcia Kolakoski, M.S. (President)
Blood and Tissue Services Technical Specialist
Wadsworth Center/NYSDOH
Albany, NY
Phone Number: (518) 312-7562 (cell)
Phone Number: (518) 485-5341 (work)
E-mail: MHK01@health.state.ny.us
Keith A. Krabill, M.D.
Medical Director, Clinical Labs
Buffalo General Hospital - Kaleida Health
Buffalo, NY
Phone Number: (716) 859-2509
E-mail: kkrabill@kaleidahealth.org
Karla J. Lauenstein (Treasurer)
Blood Bank
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY
Phone Number: (315) 464-6709
E-mail: LauenstK@upstate.edu
Marvin Lessig, DO
Medical Director, Donor Services
New Jersey Blood Services
New Brunswick, NJ
Phone Number: (732) 220-7028
E-mail: mlessig@nybloodcenter.org
Beth Murwin, BS, BB(ASCP)
Blood Bank Program Coordinator
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Cooperstown, NY
Phone Number: (607) 547-3721
E-mail: elizabeth.murwin@bassett.org
Karen Puglisi, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB
Laboratory Manager
Oneida Healthcare Center
Oneida, NY
Phone Number: (315) 361-2020 Ext. 1355
E-mail: klare@oneidahealthcare.org
Barbara Reilly, MT(ASCP)SBB
Manager of Blood Bank Services & Cytotherapy Lab
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Phone Number: (212) 639-7420
E-mail: reillyb@mskcc.org
Ann M. Saunders
Vice President, Process Excellence
American Red Cross Blood Services
Washington, DC
Phone Number: (202) 303-5721 Washington
Phone Number: (585) 672-5090 Rochester
E-mail: saunders@usa.redcross.org
Millicent Sutton, M.D.
Med. Dir., Hudson Valley Blood Services
Asst. Med. Dir., Transfusion Service
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
Phone Number: (914) 784-4567
E-mail: msutton@nybloodcenter.org
Christine Terranova, BS, MT(ASCP)
Blood Bank Supervisor
Mercy Hospital
Buffalo, NY
Phone Number: (716) 828-2421
E-mail: cterrano@chsbuffalo.org
George Wilner, M.D. (Editor)
Director, Blood Bank/Hematology Laboratories
Albany, NY
Phone Number: (518) 262-3540
E-mail: wilnerg@mail.amc.edu
Non-Board Member:
Kevin Pelletier (Business Manager)
BBANYS
P.O. Box 38002
Albany, NY
Phone Number: (518) 356-0527 (BBANYS)
Phone Number: (518) 312-2553 (cell)
E-mail: bbanys@bbanys.org