Stacey Saiontz

Attorney

Stacey Saiontz earned her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan and J.D. from the American University Washington College of Law. Saiontz practiced commercial litigation in Washington, D.C. and New York until 2006. Saiontz advocates for food allergy awareness and was named one of the Top 100 Women in Food Allergies. Her youngest son was born with 26 life-threatening food allergies. Saiontz has helped to spearhead the passage of several pieces of local, state, and federal legislation, including a law that allows school bus drivers to administer epinephrine, a self-carry law, a law that allows schools to stock epinephrine, the FASTER Act, and, along with her son, the Westchester County Food Allergy Restaurant Safety bill. Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) recognized Saiontz with the 2018 Excellence in Advocacy Award. Saiontz has served on the University of Michigan Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center Advisory Board since 2019 and is the Co-Chair of FARE’s Advocacy Board. 

In addition to her work in food allergy, Saiontz has a passion for Holocaust remembrance and education as the granddaughter of two Holocaust survivors. Saiontz has served as a founding member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s (USHMM) Next Generation Board since 2004. In 2019, she was appointed to serve on the USHMM’s Education Committee. She was the recipient of the 2017 USHMM Northeast Region Leadership Award and the 2019 National Leadership Award. Saiontz serves on the Board of Trustees for the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Saiontz is the Co-Chair for the Town of New Castle Holocaust & Human Rights Committee and helped create the Holocaust Memorial in her town. Saiontz is a third-generation speaker for the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center in White Plains, New York, and for 3GNY’s WEDU (We Educate) program.