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The NYS Technical Assistance Centers operate in three regions: Central/Western, Eastern and New York City. Use our interactive map to locate your county and corresponding region.
Central/Western NY

Elizabeth Anderson
Dr. Elizabeth M. Anderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Educational Leadership at Binghamton University. She has been in the field of eEducation for over 30 years as a child development specialist, teacher, administrator, teacher educator, and researcher. Currently, she serves as the Director for the New York State Education Department Central/Western Region Community Schools Technical Assistance Center.
Liz’s research examines the intersections of academics, mental health, and health and their potential impact on students’ learning, development, and behavior. To that end, her many publications and grants have focused on the role of interprofessional education and collaboration using a university-school-community partnership model. Through her work, Dr. Anderson seeks to increase accessibility to high-quality education for all students by improving the alignment and integration of programs and services across sectors.

Nicole Koschmann
Nicky Koschmann is currently the Director of Partnerships at Binghamton University Schools. She has over twenty years of experience as a professor, educator and administrator, with a focus on connecting institutions of higher education with community organizations and local school districts. She worked previously at Ithaca College as Director of the Park Scholar Program where she supervised college students in community service, civic engagement, and service-learning activities in the Tompkins County region. Prior to that, at Cornell University, she provided opportunities and resources for teachers on cultural competency and internationalizing curriculum, and as a faculty member at University of Arizona she collaborated with local communities on engaging youth in health and wellness through digital storytelling workshops. Nicky received her Master of Fine Arts degree from Syracuse University in Media Arts, and is currently a doctoral student at Binghamton University’s Educational Theory, Research and Practice program.
Eastern NY

Rebecca Christner, M.S.
Rebecca Christner, M.S., will serve as the Executive Director of the Eastern Region Technical Assistance Center. Rebecca has been involved in school district and community improvement efforts and in executing professional development and technical assistance to educators and school-based Family Resource Center coordinators for over 12 years on the Community Schools model Yale Schools of the 21st Century. Through monthly meeting with Family Resource Center coordinators, she has coordinated and delivered professional development on evidence-based programs and practices on family engagement, including addressing barriers and strength-based approaches to family engagement; engaging families of English Language Learners; engaging families in schools at the secondary level; community engagement; protective factors; the role of the Family Resource Center coordinator; early childhood development and educating the whole child; outcome and evaluation and how to identify and support program quality; evidence-based health services and programming; cultural competency; needs assessments; partnerships; and other community school-related topics.
Rebecca has a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education.Rebecca actively serves on the Steering Committee of the New York State Community Schools Network of which she has been a member since its inception. She has honed her leadership skills in a variety of positions, most recently serving as the executive director of Rockland 21C and previously, as director of refugee programs for the non-governmental organization Church World Service for which she liaised with the Department of State and other federal departments as an official representative at meetings and an active partner in tackling complex national and international refugee and immigration issues. Rebecca also served as an adjunct professor for Nyack College.

Jonette O'Kelley Miller, M.P.A.
Jonette O’Kelley Miller is the Director of the Eastern Region Community Schools Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) at Rockland 21 C. Jonette directs TAC projects to provide customized technical assistance and professional development for school and community-based organization leadership.
NYC

Kevin Coyne
Kevin John Coyne is the Director of the Community Schools Technical Assistance Center (CSTAC) at Fordham University. He leads all activities of the CSTAC’s work with new and existing schools in the New York City Region. The CSTAC provides guidance, support, professional development, and capacity building for leaders within schools and community-based organizations.
Prior to joining the CSTAC, Kevin served as an educator in the Diocese of Brooklyn for seventeen years. He was the founding principal of Our Lady’s Catholic Academy in South Ozone Park, where he established a community school-centered educational experience through the creation of multiple programs and external partnerships. Through collaboration with Crisis Management Systems, he provided cultural bias training for faculty and staff, as well as free parent workshops on anxiety and depression in teens. He extended the school day from 6 AM to 7 PM, maximizing student attendance, as well as providing a wide variety of academic support classes and student activities that emphasized social-emotional development.
Kevin earned a B.A. in Philosophy from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as an M.S. in School Building Leadership from Saint John’s University in Queens, New York. He holds New York State Certification in School Building Leadership.

Peter Tinguely
Peter Tinguely is the Resource Specialist for the Community Schools Technical Assistance Center (CSTAC) at Fordham University. Peter supports the Director providing customized technical assistance and professional development for school and community-based organization leadership.
Peter brings a wealth of experience in community schools to this position. He most recently served as the founding Community School Director at the High School for Health Careers and Sciences in Services in Washington Heights.
Working with Catholic Charities Community Services, Peter collaborated with school leadership to establish student and parent leadership programs, as well as building community partnerships with local universities, hospitals and the offices of elected officials. As a result of his efforts, the school’s graduation rate improved and the chronic absenteeism rate decreased.
Peter is a graduate of Lehigh University with a B.S in Mechanical Engineering, he is currently completing his M.A. in Psychology at the City College of New York.