The following PEF members have reported a need for leave donations due to the need for medical treatment or recuperation from illness or injury. 

Donations are made from annual leave and donors must retain at least 10 days of annual leave after donating. To donate leave, obtain a leave-donation form from your personnel or human resources office and submit it to that office. You may donate leave to employees at both the agency where you work and to those working at other state agencies. 

Jolene Bariteau is a rehabilitation specialist 2 at Capital District Psychiatric Center in Albany. 

 Barbara Bertucio is a curatorial visitor services specialist 1 at the Office of General Services in Albany.  

 Cassandra Bradford is a registered nurse 2 at SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse. 

 Kevin Bromley is a registered nurse 1 with the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities in Norwood. 

 Rhonda Carroll-Eldridge is a dairy products specialist 1 at the Department of Agriculture and Markets in Steuben County.  

 Brian Cellery is an information technology specialist 3 at the Office of Information Technology Services in Albany. 

 Lori DeVito is an administrative specialist 1 at the Office of General Services in Albany.  

 Kimberly Ernst-Harris is a supervising offender rehabilitation coordinator at the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision central office in Albany.  

 Heather Farthing is a registered nurse 2 at Capital District Psychiatric Center in Albany.  

 Sally Fontana is social work supervisor 1, LCSW at Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center in Utica.  

 Wayne Green is a maintenance supervisor 3 at St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center in Ogdensburg. 

 Cherie Griffin is a taxpayer services specialist 2 at the state Department of Taxation and Finance in Albany.  

 Rishona Haynes is a registered nurse 1 at SUNY Stony Brook on Long Island.  

 Ann Krenn is an Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator at Groveland Correctional Facility in Sonyea.  

 Rose Niang is an investigative specialist 1 at the Department of Education in Manhattan.  

 Danielle Newell-Emory is an investigative specialist 1 at the Office of Cannabis Management in Albany. 

 Danielle Porter is registered nurse 1 at SUNY Upstate in Syracuse. 

 Darlene (Gemma) Rose is an employment counselor for the state Labor Department in Amsterdam.,  

Vexilla Quinlan is a registered nurse 1 at Bronx Psychiatric Center in the Bronx.  

Kathleen Vonk is a veterans education program representative 2 at the Department of Veterans’ Services in Albany. 

Nicole Welch is an auditor trainee 1 at the Department of Tax and Finance in Syracuse. 

Jennifer Wells is a registered nurse 2 at SUNY Upstate in Syracuse. 

Roslyn Williams is an economic development program specialist 2 at the Department of Agriculture and Markets in Albany. 

Jennifer Zullo is a research scientist 2 at the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities in Albany.

The rules for making and receiving leave donations (such as leave recipients may not have had any disciplinary actions or unsatisfactory performance evaluations within their last three years of state employment) are set forth on pages 174 and 175 of the 2023-26 PS&T Contract. If you, or a PEF member you know, need leave donations because of a medical issue, you may contact the Communicator to request publication of that need. Send requests to communicator@pef.org or call 518-785-1900.