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Long Island Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame The following past and present members of the MOEMS Board of Directors have been inducted into the Long Island Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame which is jointly sponsored by NCMTA, NCAMS, and SCMTA. |
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Nicholas Restivo Executive Director, 2010 - present Before taking on the role of Executive Director of Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle School, Nicholas J Restivo had been involved in the educational arena for thirty-eight years as teacher and administrator. He served as a high school teacher of mathematics in New York City, Fort Worth Texas, and Plainview New York. He also did stints as math chairman at H Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School and pre K-12 district Director of Mathematics for the Mineola, NY schools. His last eight years in public education was spent as Principal of Long Beach (NY) High School until June 2010. Throughout his teaching career, Nick was an active member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State (AMTNYS), National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM), the New York State Association of Mathematics Supervisors (NYSAMS), as well as county-wide teachers' and supervisors' professional organizations. Mr. Restivo also served as a New York State Elementary Math Mentor from 1995 - 2002 and was a program co-chair for the NCTM Regional Conference held in 1997 in Uniondale, NY. He was chair for the Calculators Help All Teachers (CHAT) conferences for 10 years beginning in 1992, as well as a co-chair for several Student Symposia in Mathematics. He has made and continues to make presentations at many NCTM/NCSM annual and regional conferences and various state-wide and local conferences. Topics include Boxes from Greeting Cards, Linear Programming, Calculator Tricks, and Designs with Compasses and Straight Edge. He frequently presented at Nassau County BOCES in his role as New York State Math Mentor to help usher in the original NYS fourth and eighth grade mathematics assessments, as well as the Math, Science, and Technology Learning Standards. As he begins his second year at the helm of MOEMS, Mr. Restivo's goal is to bring the Math Olympiad Contests and Tournaments to areas that have been underserved by this organization. He will continue to utilize his computer and administrative skills on a regular basis, while increasing his presence throughout the US as a mathematics educator and teacher education facilitator. |
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John Lufrano Executive Secretary (1996 - present ) Mr. Lufrano began his teaching career in Yonkers, NY, where he coached a mathlete team at Roosevelt HS in the Westchester Interscholastic Math League. He then began a long and distinguished career in the Valley Stream Central HS District on Long Island, NY as teacher (Central HS), department head (South HS) and Director of Mathematics at the High School District. He also served as Director of Mathematics in the Freeport Schools from 1990 - 1995. Mr. Lufrano received a BS from Manhattan College, an MA from Hunter College and a PD from St John's University. He had served as President of the Mathematical Olympiads from 1985 - 1995. In 1996 Mr. Lufrano became Executive Secretary of the Mathematical Olympiads and is responsible for maintaining and processing all the statistical data. In addition he is the CFO for the Olympiads. Awards And Accomplishments Nassau County (NY) Mathematics Teacher of the Year Award |
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Marshalyn Baker MOEMS Board Member Since 1973, Marshalyn Baker has taught grades 4-8 at Belgrade Central School in Belgrade, Maine and Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland, Maine where she currently teaches grade 7. She is a graduate of the University of Maine at Orono, earning her bachelor's degree in elementary education, her master's in literacy, and a certificate of advanced study in math, science, and technology. Marshalyn Baker's professional activities include serving as president of ATOMIM (the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Maine), board member of ATMNE (the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England), leadership cohort with the National Academy of Sciences, NCTM Affiliate Services committee and chair, board member of NCTM, Solar System Educator, GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) Satellite Master Teacher, and Northern New England Co-Mentoring Cohort mentor. Ms. Baker is a PICO for MOEMS and has lead Math Jams sessions for two years. She is a math team and Math Counts team coach. Marshalyn has presented at NCTM conferences and ATMNE conferences, as well as at numerous state and local conferences and workshops including conferences on Long Island and in South Dakota. She has organized and run affiliate leadership conferences for NCTM. In her "spare" time, Marshalyn enjoys being with her husband, two sons, daughter-in-law, grandson and granddaughter, reading, playing games and solving puzzles, golfing with friends, and rooting for the Red Sox and Patriots. |
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Judy Broadwin MOEMS Board Member Judy Broadwin along with George Lenchner and Martin Rudolph co-authored the AP Calculus Solutions Book from 1982 to 2001. The book gave detailed solutions to the Calculus AB and Calculus BC exams starting with the 1969 exam. Judy also taught AP Calculus at Jericho High and was on the Test Development Committee that made up the exam in the years preceding the adoption of the new curriculum. In addition Judy was an instructor for T^3 giving many workshops all over the world for Texas Instruments. She is currently teaching calculus and precalculus at Baruch College |
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Dr. Sam Carpentier
Dr. Carpentier, now an associate professor at Molloy College in its graduate education program, is a retired elementary principal having served 33 years in the public school sector. He was appointed to the board in 1985. Prior to serving on the board, Dr. Carpentier was a PICO for many years. Throughout his years on the board he has held several positions before his election to the presidency in 2000.
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Grant Duffrin MOEMS Board Member |
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Dr. Carole Greenes Associate Vice Provost for STEM Education Carole Greenes is Associate Vice Provost for STEM Education, Professor of Mathematics Education in the College of Technology and Innovation and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Director of the Practice, Research and Innovation in Mathematics (PRIME) Center at Arizona State University. From 2007 – 09, she served as Dean of the School of Educational Innovation at ASU. Prior to 2007, Greenes was Professor of Mathematics Education and Associate Dean for Research and Advanced Academic Programs at Boston University. Greenes has authored more than 70 articles and 300 programs and books, three mathematical musical mysteries, and one musical history of mathematics. Among those programs are Groundworks: Algebraic Thinking, Algebraic Reasoning Modules, Problem Solving Think Tanks, and Zupelz: A Game of Logical Reasoning. Greenes was chair of the Mathematical Sciences Advisory Committee of the College Board, chair of the Massachusetts Mathematics Framework Committee, president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, editor of the NCSM monograph series for leaders, member of the steering committee for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Navigations Series, and editor of NCTM’s 2008 Yearbook, Algebra and Algebraic Thinking in School Mathematics. She serves on several advisory boards, including three Ready to Learn DOE-funded projects, and is co-chair of the ASU Preparatory Academies Advisory Board. She is on a variety of advisory boards in addition to MOEMS, including the Rodel Foundation, the SfAZ STEM Center, and Arizona University Public Schools Initiative. She is a member of NCTM, NCSM, NSTA, TODOS, AERA, ISTE, and ATME. She is recipient of the Herbert Wilde Award for outstanding contributions to education, and was inducted in 2003 into the Massachusetts Mathematics Educators’ Hall of Fame. In 2011, she received the Ross Taylor/Glenn Gilbert Award from NCSM for outstanding leadership in mathematics education. Greenes’ research is primarily in the areas of algebraic
thinking and reasoning methods. From 2003-2008, she served as co-PI
of the NSF MSP, Focus on Mathematics (FOM), and studied
secondary-school students’ understanding of the fundamental algebraic
concepts of linearity and linear functions. Her assessment instrument
was translated and administered to students in French-speaking Canada,
Israel, Korea and Taiwan, as well as to grades 8 – 11 students
in Massachusetts and Arizona. Results served as the basis for the design
of the Algebraic Reasoning Modules for open platform distribution. Currently
Greenes is Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded, Prime the
Pipeline Project: Putting Knowledge to Work that engages high
school students and their mathematics and science teachers (as learners)
in scientific villages, where they collaborate with scientists in the
solution of long-term integrated projects that involve the use of workplace
technologies, and the Helios Foundation-funded STEM in the Middle that
focuses on the engagement of middle school teachers and students in
the exploration of interdisciplinary projects that require application
of science, technology, mathematics, and engineering design concepts
and principles for their solutions. |
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Dorothy Hess MOEMS Board Member Dorothy Hess received her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Brooklyn College, where her love of math was cultivated. Since college she has been involved in math. She began her career teaching in New York City in 1966. She is now retired from the Malverne School District where she taught math and computers at the middle school level from 1979 to 2001. During her years in Malverne she was a Math Olympiad PICO. While teaching in Malverne, she received the honor of being recognized as their Teacher of the Year. In 2003 she received an Educational Leadership Award from the Goudreau Museum of Mathematics. Dorothy served as a math research consultant on Square One, a math television show sponsored by Childrens' Television Workshop. She was Middle School Representative for the Association of Math Teachers of NYS, and continues to serve in the Assembly. Dorothy is past president of Nassau County Math Teachers Association and has been an active member of the Executive Board since 1984. She has been co-chair of an annual conference for teachers, K-8, at a local college since 1988. Dorothy Hess is director of conferences for MOEMS. She handles all arrangements for the exhibits and is an enthusiastic and energetic leader for the Math Olympiad team at conferences around the country. |
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Arthur Kalish MOEMS Board Member Mr. Kalish taught math at Syosset High School in NY for the past 42 years. Prior to coming to Syosset he taught in Queens,NY, at Junior HS 185. Throughout much of his career he has taught as an adjunct instructor for the College of New Rochelle, Brooklyn College, and at SUNY Old Westbury. Currently he is the director of the Leadership Program for Teachers in grades 6 - 9. As Vice President of the Nassau County Interscholastic Mathematics League, he organizes and typesets all the materials for the NMT. Mr. Kalish is also an active member of the Working Group and the Advisory Council for the Museum of Mathematics, MoMath, scheduled to open in the fall of 2012.
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Karen Karp MOEMS Board Member Dr. Karp began her career as a public school elementary school teacher on Long Island in New York where she also holds secondary mathematics teaching certification. She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Adelphi University and her doctoral degree from Hofstra University. Dr. Karp has numerous publications centered on mathematics education for underrepresented populations and successful teaching strategies. She has authored Feisty Females: Inspiring Girls to Think Mathematically, co-authored Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally and Growing Professionally: Readings from NCTM Journals. Dr. Karp is a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She is also a past president of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators and in that role she was a member of the Conference Board of Mathematics Sciences. Karen attributes any success she has had in mathematics education to the mentoring she received from the late Sandy Cohen.
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Margery Masters MOEMS Board Member Margery Masters is a graduate of SUNY at Geneseo with a
BS Degree in Early Childhood Education. She has an MS Degree in Education
from LIU at Southampton. For the last 26 years Margery has taught at Sag
Harbor Elementary School, holding the position of Math Specialist for
22 of those years. In this capacity, she coordinates the curriculum as
well as teaches in classrooms. Problem solving is a major concern at Sag
Harbor and the problems that MOEMS participants tackle are a part of the
daily lives of their students. |
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Dennis Mulhearn MOEMS Board Member Former math and computer teacher at Valley Stream South High School in Valley Stream (1969-2008). He taught virtually every Math course and every level there from Math 7 through Advanced Algebra. When computers arrived in Valley Stream, Dennis began designing and teaching courses involving the computer. For 25 years, Dennis Mulhearn spent his summers teaching Math & Computers in VS's summer school programs. And for another 10 years, Dennis spent his after school time teaching in the private yeshiva Mesivta Ateres Yaakov in Elmont and Hewlett, NY. Along the way, he has moderated VS South's Computer Club, Computerletes team, Chess Club, and It's Academic team. Teachers have taken a number of in-service courses with Dennis, and many have participated in problem solving workshops led by Dennis. He has worked with Math Olympiads from the mid 1980's through the present. He has maintained the organizaion's data and programs and written additional programs when needed. Dennis has served as a problem reviewer. He is the webmaster for this site and represents MOEMS at conferences and educational workshops. If Math Olympiads is at a conference near you, stop by the booth and say "Hi" to Dennis. If your team's scores have been processed accurately and the MOEMS website delights you, Dennis did it. |
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Cheryl Novick MOEMS Board Member |
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J. Bryan Sullivan MOEMS Board Member A recently retired professional with 40 years of experience in mathematics education including teaching and department chair duties and math team coach at Hudson High School, Bryan is known locally, regionally, and nationally as one of the most influential educators involved in student math competitions. For most of his career in education, Bryan has been involved in the Worcester County Mathematics League, the American Regions Mathematics League (ARML), and the Massachusetts Association of Mathematics League. He has been the coach of the Western Massachusetts ARML from 1976-2008. He has been a member of the ARML Executive board since 1985 and is presently the President of ARML. He has served as President of ATMIM (Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Massachusetts) and was a member of their Board of Directors for almost thirty years. He also served as Conference Chair of the 1988 and 2002 NCTM Regional Conferences in Boston. He was the Conference Co-Chair of the ATMNE (Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England) conference in 2007. Bryan has been the recipient of the Massachusetts Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics, a Tandy Technology Scholar, the American Regions Mathematics League Founder’s Award, and was inducted into the Massachusetts Mathematics Hall of Fame in 2002. He was featured in a video production sponsored by NCTM and has been recognized by Cornell University for his far reaching impact on students. Bryan was the author of the MOEMS Division E contest problems for nine years. This husband and father of two earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees at Worcester State College. |
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Dr. Perletter Wright MOEMS Board Member |
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