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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.
Daniel S. Britton, Northport, NY – Associate Member
Michael J. DeBrino, Clifton Park, NY – Associate Member
Erin Gregoire, Phoenix, NY – Student Member
George V. Kalpos, Bronx, NY – Associate Member
Chris Marello, Kure Beach, NC – Corresponding Member SUNY Broome Field Lab, October 15th
Benjamin A. Maurer, Irving, NY – Student Member Doug Churchill of Waypoint Technologies participated in a field lab with the
Tasneem Y. Serville, Albany, NY – Associate Member Civil Technology group at SUNY Broome on October 15th. He commented,
Ethan Tillotson, Pavilion, NY – Associate Member “Since I had a captive audience that was willing to listen, I was able to
Storm Turck, Lowville, NY – Associate Member do a little multi-tasking and spend a bit of time talking with the students
Dylan M. Whalen, Beacon, NY – Associate Member about the surveying profession and as a career.” The instructor also put
Doug in touch with the director of the BOCES to arrange a presentation about
Brooke M. Williams, Millrift, PA – Associate Member
a surveying career for their Heavy Equipment/Construction program students.
Congratulations New Licensees!
NYSAPLS would like to congratulate the following individual(s)
who have been granted the title of “Land Surveyor” as an official
licensee in the state of New York:
David A. Vaga 51293 Mechanicville, NY
Scott M. Bleeker 51294 Fairfield, NJ
Matthew Insana 51295 Cranston, RI
Ian Garland 51296 Kingston, NY
Steve A. Carver, Jr. 51297 North Tonawanda, NY
Hunter R. Picard 51298 Carmel, NY
Nathan F. Reaux 51299 Houston, TX Wayne County 8th Grade Career Carnival, September 25th
Derrick K. Gonazalez, II 51300 Whiting, NJ Keith Burley and Ben Swinnerton attended the Wayne County 8th Grade
Jeremy J. Smith 51301 Collins, NY
Career Carnival at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Palmyra, NY on Thursday,
David N. Hann 51302 Hampstead, MD September 25th. Keith commented, “My coworker Ben Swinnerton and I
Steven F. Mervine 51303 Clarksboro, NJ attended the Wayne County 8th Grade Career Carnival last Thursday
Cody A. Hicks 51304 Pawlet, VT and it was a blast! We represented the BeASurveyor.com booth for the
All new licensees are granted a complimentary 1-year NYSAPLS day. The career carnival was at the Wayne County Fair Grounds, and our
membership and will be honored at the Awards Ceremony booth was in the 4H building. We had hundreds of 8th grade students
during the 2026 NYSAPLS Annual Surveyors Conference in pass through our building throughout the day with dozens of students
Saratoga Springs. stopping at our booth. Many of the students had never heard of the

Workforce Development Efforts profession of land surveying before but left with a glimpse into our job
as surveyors. In addition, we spoke with a few parents and numerous
Thank you to our hard working and devoted members who teachers about the profession. We both left the career carnival with a
volunteered their time to give back to the community. Here are strong feeling that we at a minimum introduced the profession of land
some highlights shared from a few of our members who attended surveying to them as a possible career choice after they graduate.”
school events to share information about the land surveying
profession and the amazing career opportunities available.

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