42 T H E TO U R O L AW Y E R  | S P R I N G 20 17 advocacy among organizations operating business incubators throughout the state. Natasha Meyers was elected to the Board of Directors of The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and serves as Secretary of the Board. She is the Huntington Lawyers Club Vice President for the 2016-2017 term. Natasha remains the Managing Partner of the firm The Meyers Law Group, P.C., concentrating on matrimonial and family law located in Huntington, NY. 2004 Mary S. Malerba’s firm, Hallock & Malerba, P.C. has moved and is now at 1955 Deer Park Avenue, in Deer Park, NY. 2005 Harvey Gilmore has been a faculty member in the School of Business & Accounting at Monroe College for the past eighteen years where he teaches Taxation and Business Law. In the past year, he has published articles in the Touro Law Review (“Standardized Testing, Race, & Meritocracy: A Reply to Professor Dan Subotnik” - 32 Touro L. Rev. 387 (2016); the Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality (“The SAT, LSAT, & Discrimination: Professor Gilmore Again Responds to Professor Subotnik” - 34 Law & Ineq. 153 (2016); and the Pace Intellectual Property, Sports, and Entertainment Law Forum (“The Chicago Cubs from 1945 – History’s Automatic Out” - 6 Pace Intell. Prop. Sports & Ent. L.F. 225 (2016). Finally, last November Professor Gilmore had the opportunity to present his University of Minnesota article on standardized testing at the Duke University Law School Symposium, “The Present and Future of Civil Rights Movements: Race and Reform in 21st Century America.” 2006 Neil H. Stelzer is serving as General Counsel for Identity Finder, LLC., a Manhattan-based software company specializing in finding and securing sensitive data. He is responsible for overseeing legal transactions, advising on compliance issues and participating in day-to-day business operations. 2007 Sandra H. Buchanan was named Chair of a Committee on Diversity & Inclusion. Buchanan is statewide special counsel for ethics for the New York State Office of Court Administration. John Christopher, a partner with Sahn Ward Coschignano, PLLC in Uniondale, NY, remains an active member of the New York State Bar Association. He recently became chair-elect of the NYSBA’s Young Lawyers Section (YLS) and was a panelist at the NYSBA’s 2016 Section Leaders Conference held on May 12. In addition to serving as chair-elect, he has previously held the positions of treasurer and secretary. John also serves as a section delegate to the NYSBA House of Delegates and a liaison to the Real Property Law Section. He has been selected as a New York Metro Super Lawyers “Rising Star” since 2013. Elaine M. Colavito, an associate with Sahn Ward Coschignano, PLLC in Uniondale, NY, was re-elected vice president of the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association. In 2013, she received the NCWBA’s Bessie Ray Geffner, Esq. Memorial Award for her demonstrated interest in improving the justice system, professionalism of the Bar and service to the community at large. She was recognized as a 2014 and 2015 Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in the area of Family Law and is among the 2015 Super Lawyers’ “Top Women Lawyers in New York.” In addition, she writes the monthly “Bench Briefs” column for the Suffolk Lawyer. Mili Makhijani was installed as the Dean of the Nassau Academy of Law, one of the largest and most respected attorney educational programs in the country. Patricia M. Pastor, who is Vice President and General Counsel of Construction and Realty Services Group, Inc. with offices in New York and Nassau Counties, has been elected Co-President of the Nassau County Chapter of the National Organization for Women. Michelle Schmitt and her husband Kevin welcomed twin boys, Hudson and Carter, in February. David Schoenhaar was promoted to Partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek in Uniondale, NY. 2008 John Cooney was elevated to partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek in Uniondale, NY. Rudolph Baptiste has joined the chambers of the Honorable William G. Ford, Justice of the Supreme Court in a general civil term in Suffolk County Supreme Court, serving as Principal Law Clerk. Gennaro Savastano was elected incoming President of LeGal, the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York. His two-year term commences in January 2017 as successor to Touro Law Professor Meredith Miller. 2009 Jason Aylesworth received CL A S S N OT E S