Since the number of candidates is fewer than the agreed on number of 8-10, a proposal will be made at the meeting to vote in the slate rather than voting on individual candidates. The coordinating committee can appoint up to 3 additional members, if you are interested in joining the coordinating committee email us for more information.
Brent Bleier
Statement/Bio coming soon.
Elaine Denton
I have been active with the CNY Solidarity since 2017. I help keep our website and social media up to date and I have been helping more with our weekly newsletter since making the switch to Action Network. I have served on the coordinating committee for multiple terms and would like to continuing serving. As a graphic designer, county legislator and a former Manlius Town Councilor, I would like to continue educating people about local government. I am also a member of the State and Local Action Team (SLAT).
Judy Jerome
I am a seasoned information and knowledge management professional with extensive experience in public library leadership, including serving as Director of Dunham Public Library, where I managed all aspects of library operations, budgeting, programming, and advocacy.
For 10 ten years, I was Director of the School Library System at OCM BOCES. I was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship which took me to England where I ended up living for 10 years. At the conclusion of my tenure there, I worked for the British government’s Cabinet Office and am also now a dual citizen. My work in the UK included international consultancy work in information policy and geographic information systems.
I’ve been involved with Indivisible since its inception with the first election of Trump and since moving back to Syracuse in 2022, I have been active in CNY Solidarity.
Dick Kornbluth
I am a Syracuse resident and a retired Home Performance contractor (Home Performance contracting treats the house as a system providing energy efficiency upgrades that address issues of comfort, health, safety and building durability). I have been active in CNY Solidarity since January 2017. I currently serve on the Coordinating Committee and the Climate justice committees. I also represent the CNY Solidarity Coalition in the Urban Jobs Task Force where I serve as board chair, and to Greening USA where I serve as a non-voting representative on their board of directors. My main interest is to work to make CNY Solidarity a sustainable organization that will be a force for justice for the long haul.
Peter McCarthy
I have been involved in CNY Solidarity Coalition since January 2017 and have served on the Coordinating Committee since July of 2017. I have also been involved in the following efforts:
- Published the weekly newsletter for several years.
- Development of policies: Purview, Financial Procedures, Coordinating Committee Selection, Legal Structure, ByLaws, Nonviolence Action Principles.
- Maintained mailing lists and development of procedures for data entry and maintenance.
- Initiated and assisted with Campaign Workshop.
- Developed reference documents: Coalition Decisions, Communications Lists, etc.
- Facilitated Coordinating Committee meetings and other meetings.
I look forward to continuing this work as a Coordinating Committee member for another term.
Mark Rupert
I taught political science at SU for 34 years before retiring in 2021. I started my career studying international relations and globalization, but over time shifted to a focus on right-wing populism and conspiracy culture after encountering those elements in one wing of the anti-globalization movement of the1990s. In one of my proudest professional accomplishments, I developed and taught a course on Populism and Conspiracy Culture years before its political significance was widely recognized. I was also involved with the Maxwell School’s team-taught citizenship courses for over two decades, so I have a lot of experience as a team player.
I’ve been an episodic activist since the first Gulf War of 1991. Since then I’ve been involved in movements against NAFTA and corporate-led globalization, the Big Lie of Saddam Hussein’s Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Bush-Cheney war of choice in Iraq, and the first Trump administration. I was active with CNY Solidarity in 2017-18 and served a year-long term on its Coordinating Committee.
I’m also an amateur photographer and have tried to document political movements of both left and right in our community. I have a library of over 11,000 politically-related images including many of the events CNY Solidarity has participated in over the last 9 years.
Craig Russell
I am a lifelong resident of Onondaga County, recently retired from a 40-year career in Information Technology. I’ve been a member of CNY Solidarity since 2017, mostly involved with the State and Local Action Team.
My background in IT and belief in progressive causes led me to volunteer last year to help with the Newsletter and Website, and I’ve taken on more of a role with both. In addition, as a member of the fledgling Comms Team, I’m working to explore ways to use current tech tools to help our Committees in their work. Joining the Coordinating Committee will help me ensure that my efforts are aligned with our Coalition’s mission.