About us.

 The LHEC is administered by an eleven member Steering Committee, selected by the selected by the Superintendent and School Board Associations from Westchester-Putnam, Rockland, Orange and Dutchess Counties. The governance structure includes both superintendent and board of education representatives in order to facilitate the ongoing sharing of information and the development of a cohesive, strategic advocacy agenda. The organization is registered as a 501c(6).

LHEC Steering Committee

Kelly Lappan (Chair)
Dutchess County SBA, Executive Director

Raymond Blanch
Katonah-Lewisboro USD, Superintendent

Kim Fontana
Pawling CSD, Superintendent

Barbara Parmly
Putnam Valley CSD, Board of Education
Jane Anderson
Rye City SD, BOE
Sarah Carrier
Croton-Harmon UFSD, Board of Education
Kurtis Kotes
Goshen CSD, Superintendent
Joseph Ricca
White Plains City SD, Superintendent
Marc Baiocco
Clarkstown CSD, Superintendent

Thomas DePrisco
Pearl River UFSD, Board of Education

Karyn Meier
Orange County SBA, Executive Director
Karen Belanger
WPSBA Executive Director, LHEC Administrator
Government Relations Consultant
The LHEC contracts with Ostroff Associates, an Albany-based firm, for state and local governmental relations services.  ​
Administrative Support
​The Westchester Putnam School Boards Association provides administrative support for the LHEC, which includes membership dues and outreach, financial processing and reporting, IRS filings, ongoing communications and updates, and other related responsibilities.

LHEC Subscriptions

The Lower Hudson Education Coalition is solely supported by subscription fees from school districts in the four county region of the Lower Hudson Valley (Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester).  The LHEC serves as a clearinghouse for regional legislative activities, lobbying for regional public education issues with state and federal officials and providing legislative information to the subscribing school districts.  

2023-24 Subscribers

Ardsley UFSD    
Arlington CSD
Beacon City SD
Bedford CSD
Blind Brook UFSD
Brewster CSD
Briarcliff Manor UFSD
Bronxville UFSD
Byram Hills CSD
Carmel CSD
Chappaqua CSD
Clarkstown CSD
Croton-Harmon UFSD
Dobbs Ferry UFSD
Dover UFSD
Dutchess BOCES
Eastchester UFSD
East Ramapo CSD
Edgemont UFSD
​​Elmsford UFSD
Garrison UFSD
Greenburgh CSD
Greenburgh 11 UFSD
Greenburgh-Graham UFSD
Greenburgh-N. Castle UFSD
Haldane CSD
Harrison CSD
Hastings-on-Hudson UFSD
Hawthorne Cedar Knolls UFSD
Hendrick Hudson CSD
Hyde Park CSD
Irvington UFSD
Katonah-Lewisboro UFSD
Lakeland CSD
Mahopac CSD
Mamaroneck UFSD
Millbrook CSD
​​Mt Pleasant CSD
​Mt Pleas.-Blythedale UFSD
Mt Pleasant-Cottage UFSD
Mt Vernon City SD
Nanuet UFSD
New Rochelle City SD
North Rockland CSD
North Salem CSD
Nyack UFSD
Ossining UFSD
Pawling CSD
Pearl River UFSD
Peekskill City SD
Pelham UFSD
Pleasantville UFSD
Pocantico Hills CSD
Port Chester-Rye UFSD
Poughkeepsie City SD
​​Putnam/NW BOCES
​Putnam Valley CSD
Rhinebeck CSD
​Rockland BOCES
Rye City SD
Rye Neck UFSD
Scarsdale UFSD
Spackenkill UFSD
Somers CSD
South Orangetown CSD
Suffern CSD
SW BOCES
Tarrytowns UFSD
Tuckahoe UFSD
Valhalla UFSD
Wappingers CSD
White Plains City SD
Yonkers City SD
Yorktown CSD