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Welcome New NYSAPLS Members! NYS Education Department’s Office of Profession’s
Thank you for joining our amazing team of professional licensees, Advisory Notice: Regulatory Amendments approved
technicians, students, thinkers, leaders, professors, volunteers, and Effective January 1, 2022 for Engineering, Land
and all-around good people! Watch for your new member kit Surveying and Geology
in the mail. In addition, one of our membership committee The New York State Board of Regents approved regulatory
members will be contacting you by phone to welcome you. amendments in engineering, land surveying and geology that are
Angeliki P. Alevizou, Astoria, NY – Associate Member effective January 1, 2022. These regulatory amendments offer greater
Gayle Burchard, Stowe, VT – Corresponding Member flexibility by updating and modernizing the continuing education
Richard Butkus, Hopatcong, NJ – Associate Member requirements for professional engineers and land surveyors while
Matthew A. Castrello, East Syracuse, NY – Associate Member implementing continuing education requirements for professional
Christopher R. Cathey, Lowville, NY – Associate Member geologists. For a detailed view of the regulatory amendments,
see the Regulations of the Commissioner on our website at
Daniela Cetean, Hauppauge, NY – Associate Member http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/pels/part68.htm.
Johnny Dona, Brooklyn, NY – Student Member
Jacqueline L. Dresser, Ovid, NY – Associate Member Below is a summary of the major regulatory changes:
Brian Eldredge, Mount Laurel, NJ – Associate Member • The continuing education requirements may be completed
Mark T. Grainer, Schenectady, NY – Associate Member via courses of learning or in live classes as determined by the
Samantha C. Hearn, Albany, NY – Associate Member licensee, provided that the continuing education is completed
through a Department-approved sponsor and is in an acceptable
James M. Helb, Caldwell, NJ – Corresponding Member subject area.
Christopher Ieraci, Elmont, NY – Associate Member • Professional engineers, land surveyors and professional geologists
Juan C. Lovill, Nutley, NJ – Student Member may now complete their continuing education in additional
Alex B. McNamara, Dansville, NY – Regular Member subject areas, including architecture, landscape architecture,
Brigid Molloy, Coram, NY – Student Member and interior design.
Brian A. ONeill, Keansburg, NJ – Associate Member • Six hours of “carry over” credit may now be used from one
Gordon K. Perry, Heron, OH – Regular Member registration period to another, within certain parameters.
Ian D. St. Hilaire, White Plains, NY – Associate Member
Thomas B. Wroblewski, Center Moriches, NY – Associate Member Timothy W. Burch Appointed New
Executive Director of NSPS
Congratulations New Licensees! NSPS 12.31.2021
NYSAPLS would like to congratulate the following individual(s) The Board of Directors of the National
who have been granted the title of “Land Surveyor” as an official Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)
licensee in the state of New York: is pleased to announce the appointment
of Timothy W. Burch, PLS, as its new
Tomasz Suwala 51157 Deer Park, NY Executive Director. Mr. Burch is the current
James M. Powers 51158 Oklahoma City, OK President-Elect of NSPS and is a Professional
Rhett Sloan 51159 Volant, PA Land Surveyor licensed in the States of Illinois and Wisconsin. Tim
Gordon K. Perry 51160 Huron, OH has been involved with the organization for more than 20 years as
Richard A. Rader 51161 Cranford, NJ Secretary of the Board of Governors as well as the Board of Directors,
Christopher T. Oleniacz 51162 Montrose, PA NSPS Vice President, a member of the Certified Survey Technician
Vladimir Lazri 51163 Carle Place, NY Board, Joint Government Affairs, and ALTA/NSPS Land Title
Robert W. Telschow, Jr. 51164 Cherry Hill, NJ Survey committees. Along with content contributor for NSPS social
media, he is creator and producer of the NSPS podcast “Surveyor
All new licensees are granted a complimentary 1-year NYSAPLS Says!” and a contributing writer to the NSPS newsletter “News and
membership and will be honored at the Awards Ceremony during Views.”
the NYSAPLS Annual Surveyors Conference. Tim has been involved with the land surveying profession for more
than 30 years and has represented NSPS at numerous functions and
Are you receiving our NYSAPLS’ E-newsletters? conferences. He has provided testimony on behalf of the profession
Are you receiving our weekly and monthly updates? We send at both the State and Federal levels as well as having established a
partnership with “Get Kids into Surveying.” Tim is currently the
our latest updates via email including membership updates Chair of the FIG Working Group 1.1 (Professional Ethics) and is
and upcoming events as well as our establish e-newsletters: Chair-Elect for FIG Commission 1 (Professional Standards). He
Headquarters Updates, Upcoming Events, The Secretary’s Scoop, is also a contributing editor for the GPS World Magazine “Survey
and Town Hall Tuesday. If you are not receiving these updates, Scene” column.
be sure to check your spam/junk folders and add our staff email Mr. Burch will succeed Mr. Curt Sumner, who has been the Executive
addresses to your contacts. Director for the past 23 years, on January 3, 2022.

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