Vote Today!

The election for the School Board Nominating Committee is today, Wednesday January 6th at the Scarsdale Middle School from 7 am - 9 am and 2 pm - 9 pm. To be eligible to vote you must be a U.S. citizen, 18 or older who has lived in the district for 30 days prior to the election. In addition to voting for two candidates from each of the five areas of Scarsdale, voters will also be asked to vote on the adoption of changes to he SBNC Resolution.  Those changes can be viewed at www.scarsdalesbnc.com

Below are the names of the candidates from each district.  Mark your calendars and remember to vote:

EDGEWOOD CANDIDATES – Vote for up to 2

SHOSHANA BEDERMAN, 6 Montgomery Road; Attorney; Susan E. Wagner HS; New York Univ. BA, Cardozo School of Law, JD. Resident for 13 yrs. Children: 15 & 13. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Edgewood Pizza Committee '05-'06; Advisory Council on Youth; Chairperson of the Israel Committee @ WRT '05 to present; Teacher – Special Needs tutor at WRT ‘00-present; Board member of Jewish National Fund and Education Specialist ‘05 - present; Debate team volunteer @ SHS ‘08- currently; College & Career Center Office volunteer @SHS

MELPO FITE, 44 Taunton Road; Wellesley College. BA; Columbia University MS. Resident for 21 yrs. Children: 19, 17 & 12. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Scarsdale Teen Center Secretary ’08-Present; Crane Berkley Neighborhood Association, VP ’08 – Present; Scarsdale League of Women Voters, Corresp. Secretary ’07-’09; Scarsdale PT Council Secretary ’03-’05; Scarsdale Task Force on Drugs & Alcohol, Co-President ’05-’07; Edgewood PTA President ’02-’03; Junior League of Central Westchester Membership VP.

JEFF OLENDER, 14 Sprague Road; Educator; The City College, BS-Biology;  Manhattan College, MS-Special Education; School Admin-Manhattan College. Resident for 6 yrs. Children 9 & 6. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Member Arthur Manor Neighborhood Association, Member Edgewood Athletic Association, Assistant Coach Girls Softball

WILLIAM PENNY, 10 Forest Lane; Attorney; BA Williams College; MA Spanish Middlebury College; EdD Stanford University; JD Pace University. Resident for 31 yrs. Children 2 adult. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Former member of SBNC; Former Chairman Scarsdale Town Republican Committee; Former member TVCC – Chair Education Committee; Former Deacon – Elder Hitchcock Presbyterian Church; Member Fox Meadow Tennis Club.

FOX MEADOW CANDIDATES – Vote for up to 2

NINA CANNON, 79 Hampton Road; Retired Corp. Attorney; Dickinson College BA; Duke Law School JD. Resident for 17 yrs. Children 17, 15 and 13. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Scarsdale League of Women Voters (Head of Environment Committee); Member Riverkeeper; Headed Independent Effort to Prevent the Relicensing of the Indian Point Nuclear Facility; Member of the Fox Meadow Neighborhood Association; Scarsdale High School PTA (Summer Programs Fair Committee); Volunteer at The New Rochelle Humane Society

JANET KORINS, 49 Ogden Road; Attorney; Scarsdale High School; Harvard College AB, Harvard Law School JD. Resident for 10 yrs. Children 10 and 13. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Westchester Reform Temple (Trustee, Religious School Board Co-Chair); Harvard Club of Westchester (Board of Governors); Hoff-Barthelson Music School (Trustee); PTA Volunteer (Fox Meadow and SMS); Girl Scout Leader; Member Scarsdale Forum  (TVCCEF)

PETER ZURKOW, 6 Rectory Lane; Investment Manager; Harvard AB, 1975 - Syracuse JD 1978. Resident for 12 yrs. Children 16, 12 and 10. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Coaching Rec Sports, Village Technology Advisory Committee, Learning to Look; Exec. Comm., UJA-NY Federation (Wall Street); DARE Committee; Bet Am Shalom; Quaker Ridge GC (Board); Scarsdale Youth Hockey Board

GREENACRES CANDIDATES – Vote for up to 2

WAYNE AARON, 26 Oxford Road; Attorney; Tufts University, BS; Hofstra University School of Law, JD. Resident for 3.5 yrs. Children Twins – 6 yrs. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Temple Israel Center, Nursery School Board Member (‘07-‘08); Temple Israel Center, Religious School Board Member (‘08-‘09); Member, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

HAL ABRAHAMS, 4 Fountain Terrace; Podiatrist; Martin Van Buren High School-Queens, NY; SUNY @ Albany; New York College of Podiatry. Resident for 7 yrs. Children 9yrs;  CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Scarsdale Little League manager-5 yrs; Cub Scouts

BARBARA CLAPMAN, 3 Valley Road; Barnard College, BA; Sarah Lawrence College, MSci in Teaching; Resident 32 years; Children: 2 Adult. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Board of the Scarsdale Adult School, Friends of the Scarsdale Parks, Youth Employment Service. PTA & PT Council: Editor Greenacres Gazette; Cultural Arts Committee; Environment Committee; League of Women Voters Chair Environment Committee; member Conservation Advisory Committee (CAC); President Youth Employment Service.

ERIN FOSTER, 43 Walworth Ave; Dartmouth College, BA;  University of Texas at Austin, Master of Library and Information Science; New York University, Master of Arts in Education. Resident for 8 yrs. Children 14 and Twins 11. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Greenacres PTA, ‘01-’09; Chaired Greenacres Gazette; school directory; school photos; Community Unitarian Church of White Plains, member Religious Education Council ‘07-‘09, co-chair ‘08-‘09. Friends of the Scarsdale Library Board, ‘05-‘09, secretary ‘08. Girl Scout volunteer award ‘07.

HEATHCOTE CANDIDATES – Vote for up to 2

RANDI ROSSIGNOL, 76 Secor Road; B.S. Biology, Syracuse University. Resident for 16 yrs. Children 17,SHS Graduate.
CIVIC ACTIVITIES - STC Board Voter Registration; Heathcote PTA volunteer; SHS Career Counseling Center volunteer; Teen Center Board Member

VIVIAN SKLAR, 97 Catherine Road; BS University of Florida, JD Stetson University. Resident for 7 yrs. Children 10 and 7. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Active PTA participant at Heathcote School, 5th Grade Coordinator Heathcote, Religious School Board Westchester Reform Temple, UJA Chairperson - Israel Lecture Series, Committee member UJA Scarsdale Womens Campaign

JONATHAN TAMIR, 96 Secor Rd; BS, Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, MBA, Healthcare Administration & Marketing, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Resident for 6 yrs. Children 13, 12 and 9. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Ethics Board; Leader, Wharton Healthcare Alumni International Volunteer Experience, Quilmes, Argentina; Board member, Community Health Institute Advisory Board; Sponsor, Russian Resettlement Program; Big Brother, Jewish Children's and Family Services

MINDY TUCKER, 8 Seneca Rd; BA, University of Pennsylvania, MS Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Resident for 15 yrs. Children 17 and 15. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Member Compact Team for SHS, College and Career Center volunteer, Heathcote Fifth Grade Committee Co-Chair, Learning to Look Co-Chair, Rec Soccer Coach, Rec Tennis Coach

QUAKER RIDGE – Vote for up to 2

JONATHAN BIRENBAUM, 29 Wildwood Road; Attorney; Colgate Univ. AB; Albany Law School of Union University - J.D.. Resident for 9 years. Children 14 and 13. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Member Westchester Reform Temple - Member of Special Needs Children Task Force

JONATHAN BRADLOW, 26 Ridgedale Road; BA Earlham College Richmond (Biochemistry), MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY., Graduate Research Fellow Oak Ridge National Lab Oak Ridge TN. Intern/Resident Mount Sinai Medical Center NYC, NY.  Fellow in Cardiovascular Diseases Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY. President of the Medical Staff Montefiore Medical Center - Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. Resident for 7 yrs. Children 11 & 8. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Active in PTA re: QR Bond Project, Parent Committee for Principal Search, Lieutenant Scarsdale Volunteer Fire Company 3, UJA Montefiore Committee Member; Past member of NYC Democratic county Committee ‘84-‘00 (Elected position)

JEFF ELSNER, 9 Marbourne Drive, Mamaroneck; University of Rochester, BA; NYU Stern School, MBA;  Resident for 16 yrs. Children: 18 & 16. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Coached soccer and softball

ANGELA MANSON, 29 Doris Lane; BA Hamilton College. Resident for 14 yrs. Children 14, 12 and 6. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Scarsdale League of Women Voters, School Budget Committee; Junior League of Central Westchester, Nominating Committee; Quaker Ridge PTA, Class Parent   Past: Quaker Ridge PTA, President ‘07-‘08; PT Council Programming Co-Chair ‘08-‘09; PT Council Young Writer’s Conference Co-Chair ‘04 and ‘05; Westchester Jewish Community Services Support Group Facilitator ‘96-‘08

LORI PARKS, 30 Swarthmore Rd; Edgemont High School and Barnard College. Resident for 12 yrs. Children 15 and 13. CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Interfaith Food Pantry; Corresponding Secretary of the West Quaker Ridge Assoc.; 2nd Vice President of the West Quaker Ridge Assoc.; Quaker Ridge PTA