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[ member news ]

Welcome New NYSAPLS Members!
Thank you for joining our amazing team of professional licensees,
technicians, students, thinkers, leaders, professors, volunteers, and
all-around good people! Watch for your new member kit in the
mail. In addition, one of our membership committee members
will be contacting you by phone to welcome you.
Brent R. Bailey, Spencerport, NY – Regular Member Alfred State College Holds Annual
Autumn Bennett, Plattsburgh, NY – Associate Member Steak Bake Dinner
Tom R. Brown, Hamilton, NJ – Associate Member
Demetrice D. Cabic, Niagara Falls, NY – Student Member Alfred State College Held their Annual Surveyors’ Steak Bake
Dinner on April 28th at the Alfred Rod and Gun Club in
Nicholas S. Hennet, Poughkeepsie, NY – Associate Member Alfred Station, NY. All four officers from the Allegheny Plateau
Cyrus Jalilvand, New York, NY – Associate Member Association of Professional Land Surveyors (APAPLS) were in
Scott Johnstone, Stamford, CT – Associate Member attendance to enjoy a meal with the survey students and professors
Thomas Mendela, Stamford, CT – Associate Member from Alfred. Mike Hyman (Carlson rep) was also in attendance.
Troy Messier, Stamford, CT – Associate Member
Dennis O’Hara, Stamford, CT – Associate Member
Randy Polonia, Stamford, CT – Associate Member
Christopher A. Ramos, Carmel, NY – Associate Member
Brian C. Sarosy, Wantagh, NY – Associate Member
Gerasimos Servos, Stamford, CT – Associate Member
Jeff Ritz, Stamford, CT – Associate Member
Zachary T. Strandberg, Oceanside, NY – Associate Member NYSAPLS Attends Fort
Timothy Voight, Stamford, CT – Associate Member Drum Career Fair
Zach L. Willard, Dobbs Ferry, NY – Associate Member At Fort Drum, every service
James Zummo, Stamford, CT – Associate Member member departing military
service within 365 days of
their End of Active Duty date
(EAD) is required to attend a
“Career Fair” as part of their
exit checklist. In May, Jason
Peterson, PLS, who is the owner
of Bethlehem Land Surveying
PLLC, Executive Vice-President
of ENYSLS and a member of the
Young Professionals Committee
represented NYSAPLS for the
2nd time this year. Hosted
MHVLSA Held Annual Meeting
by the Transition Assistance
Mid-Hudson Valley Land Surveyors Association (MHVLSA) Program (TAP) of Fort Drum,
held their annual membership meeting in March 2023, during the “Career Fair” had over 100
Surveyors week. They voted to keep the current slate of officers tables of vendors, including law
with the exception of a new Treasurer. Chris Grey became the enforcement agencies, trucking
successor to the Treasurer position held by Patti Brooks, LS for companies, colleges and private
several years. Congratulations to all the MHVLSA officers and security firms. The Young Professionals Committee’s presence
thank you to Patti Brooks for your longtime commitment to your allowed Jason (an SDVOB) to demonstrate that all of the skills
regional, NYSAPLS and NSPS. learned through the military experience can in fact transfer quite
easily over to a career in the Land Surveying profession. Jason’s table
was adorned with all the latest equipment that we use as surveyors
which helped target specific Military Occupational Skills (MOS’s).
Whether it be an 11B (Infantrymen), a 15W (UAV operator), an
81C (cartographic drafter and mapper) to someone that works in

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