SEFA Campaign Information

SEFA is the solicitation of State employees in their workplaces on behalf of approved charitable organizations.  SEFA is a donor designated campaign.  Through SEFA, State employees can support charities of their choice through a single pledge, easily paid through a payroll deduction.  SEFA is made up of 23 local campaigns that organize and conduct the annual fund raising effort in State workplaces.  Each local campaign is managed by volunteers who serve on a local SEFA Committee.  The Committee is comprised of State employees and representatives of labor unions and is responsible for the oversight of the local SEFA region.  Within each SEFA region, a Federated Community Campaign serves as the fiscal and administrative agent.

List of Workplaces and their ECMs

Central NY Psychiatric Center

Ms. Linda C. Martin

McPike Addiction Treatment Center

Greg Carmen

NYS DOCC- Midstate

Ms. Karen A. McDaniel

NYS DOCC-Marcy

Ms. Karen Barns

NYS DOCC- Mohawk

Mr. Steve Drake

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center

Ms. Nikki Walters/ Ms. Lorraine Morgan

NYS Office for People with Develop.

Ms. Linda Gifford

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Ms. Laurie Hartman

New York Power Authority

Ms. Ellen Kleinhans

NYS School for the Deaf

Ms. Diane Dainotto

NYS OCFS - Taberg Residential Center

Ms. Barbara Sykes

NYS Department of Economic Develop.

Ms. Deborah J. Szarejko

NYS Department of Law

Ms. Bonnie Cobb

NYS Department of Motor Vehicles

Ms. Tammy Conley

NYS DOCC Superv. Parole

Mr. Randy M. Blais

NYS Department of State

Ms. Deborah R. Madden

NYS ACCES - VR

Kim Haas

NYS ACCES - VR

Adabisi Olowoniyi

NYS Office of General Services

Ms. Denise M. Doucette

NYS Office of Mental Health

Ms. Patricia Migliore

NYS Police - Troop D

Sgt. Thomas P. Rogers

NYS Senate District Office - Griffo

Ms. Linda Croghan

Morrisville State College

Ms. Sarah G. Steele

NYS Department of Labor

Mr. Richard Dziekowicz

NYS Department of Transportation

Mr. Robert J. Hetzler

NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

Mr. Richard Corialle

NYS DEC-Rome

Mr. Richard Corialle

Herkimer County Family Court

Ms. Cecilia K. Berean

Herkimer County Family Court

Mrs. Mary Leahy

Supreme Court Law Library

Ms. Paula J. Eannace

Oneida County Commissioner Jurors

Ms. Cecilia K. Berean

Oneida County Supreme & County Courts

Ms. Paula J. Eannace

Oneida County Family Court - Utica

Ms. Cecilia K. Berean

Oneida County Surrogate Court

Ms. Cecilia K. Berean

Utica City Court

Ms. Paula J. Eannace

Rome City Court

Ms. Cecilia K. Berean

Sherrill City Court

Ms. Cecilia K. Berean

Herkimer County Multi-Bench

Ms. Cecilia K. Berean

Herkimer County Commissioner of Jurors

Ms. Cecilia K. Berean

Little Falls City Court

Ms. Paula J. Eannace

NYS Assembly District Office - Butler

Deborah Dempsey Scialdo

Madison County Multi-Bench Courts

Ms. Deborah Samoyedny

Oneida County Combined Court

Ms. Paula J. Eannace

NYS Gaming Commission

Mr. Joseph Hunter

NYS Department of Health

Ms. Dawn M. Hill

NYS Thruway Authority & Canal Corp.

Ms. Kathleen Murphy

NYS Thruway Authority & Canal Corp.

Susan Venditti

NYS Div. Homeland Security & Emergency

Ms. Patricia Sadlik

Oneida County Family Court - Rome

Ms. Cecilia K. Berean

Herkimer County Law Library

Ms. Paula J. Eannace

NYS Office of Parks, Recreation

Ms. Cinda Pierce

NYS Office of General Services

Ms. Deborah F. Potrzeba

Other Resources

In 2015, SEFA raised $168,747 in the Herkimer, Madison and Oneida County Region in support of hundreds of local, national and international charities.

The local SEFA Committee is comprised of State employee participants that represent the various employee bargaining units and management in the SEFA region.  Only State employee participants may cast a vote with respect to decisions of the local SEFA Committee.

Herkimer Madison Oneida County Region SEFA Committee Members:

  • Karen Barnes NYS DOCCS- Marcy
  • Major Francis S. Coots, Local Campaign Chair, NYS Police
  • Sarah Harrison , NYS Department of Environment Conservation
  • Robert Hetzler, NYS Department of Transportation
  • Furn Lorento , Local Committee Chair/NYS SEFA Council Member, NYSDOCCS- Marcy
  • Mario Roefaro, NYS Power Authority
  • Enesa Sabanagic, AFL-CIO Community Services Liason

Visit www.sefanys.com for the following:


  1. Charity Application to be listed in the SEFA book (Dec. 1st- Jan. 15th)
  2. Charity Recertification Form to remain listed in the SEFA book (April 1st-Nov. 30th)
  3. Online database of all current charities in the SEFA book