CNC Selects Tim Foley, Ron Schulhof and Scott Silberfein for Village Trustee

The Citizens Nominating Committee (CNC) is pleased to announce its slate of candidates for the upcoming election, scheduled for March 18th, 2026.

The nominated candidates are:

-Tim Foley
-Ron Schulhof
-Scott Silberfein

The general election will take place on Wednesday March 18th, 2026, at the Scarsdale Public Library 54 Olmsted, in the Scott Room. Voting hours are from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm.

Amy Frank, Chair of the CNC, and Vice Chair Liang Leon Xin led the committee in selecting the slate. Additionally, the CNC has elected Joe Zakierski as Chair and Casey Lehman as Vice Chair for the upcoming year, with Allison Zolot serving as the Vice Chair of the Procedure Committee.

Beginning in early December 2025, the CNC conducted a thorough search for potential candidates, engaging in extensive due diligence. While deliberations and reference conversations remain confidential, the CNC meticulously evaluated each candidate's background experience, and qualifications.

"We extend our gratitude to all candidates who submitted application and to the CNC members for their dedication and diligence in selecting this exemplary slate of candidates," said Amy Frank.

The Citizens Nominating Committee (CNC) is a non-partisan committee composed of 30 elected Scarsdale residents dedicated to identifying and nominating highly qualified individuals for village offices to ensure effective and representative local governance. The CNC process is conducted with strict confidentiality to maintain fairness and integrity and is guided by the rules set by the Procedure Committee and the Non-Partisan Resolution.

Here's some information about each of the candidates:

Tim Foley

Tim Foley has been a consummate and thoughtful volunteer in the Scarsdale community since his family moved here 13 years ago. He served as President of the Scarsdale Forum in 2019-2020, during which year the Forum’s membership numbers increased, a new Climate Resilience Committee was formed, and the Forum committees produced a number of important reports on the county budget, the Village budget, and municipal services and traffic. More recently, Tim is currently the Secretary for the Scarsdale Bowl Committee, First Vice President of the Scarsdale Democratic Town Committee, and Chair of the County Fiscal Affairs Committee for the Scarsdale Forum. He spent four years on the Planning Board, and in the past was on the Advisory Council on Human Relations, the Procedure Committee, as a non-voting member on the Citizens Nominating Committee and as a basketball coach for Fox Meadow Elementary School for the Scarsdale Rec Program. He is dad to a 10th grader at Scarsdale High School and a 5th grader at Fox Meadow, and a parishioner at the Church of Saint Pius X in Scarsdale.

Tim has a background in policy, local politics, and member-driven organizations. He was the Communications Director for NYS Assemblymember Amy Paulin, and worked for her on many of her special projects and initiatives focused on Westchester County, including: coordinating the work of 33 local governments and school districts in Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau Counties to challenge the IRS regulations disallowing the use of charitable funds to offer relief for taxpayers straining with the cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction; and supporting local community efforts to push for reform in reaction to the problematic response by Con Edison to the March 2018 nor’easters.

Tim Foley is currently the CEO and Executive Vice President of The Building & Realty Institute (BRI), a real estate trade association in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley.

Ron Schulhof

Ron Schulhof has been a resident of Scarsdale for 12 years and has been an active civic volunteer throughout that time. He previously served on the Scarsdale Board of Education from 2019 to 2025, including as Board President and Vice President. Ron has also served on several Village committees, including the Conservation Advisory Council, where he helped launch new services such as the Food Scrap Recycling Program and weekly recycling. In addition, he has volunteered for many years as a youth sports coach. Ron is deeply committed to thoughtful governance and to making tangible, positive improvements for the Scarsdale community.

Scott Silberfein

Scott Silberfein and his wife Joey have lived in Scarsdale since 2006 and are the proud parents of three daughters who graduated from Scarsdale High School. Professionally, Scott is an attorney with 25+ years of experience in commercial, business, and class action litigation and is currently a partner at Sultzer & Lipari, PLLC. Scott is also a longtime community volunteer. He served on the Scarsdale Board of Education from 2014-2020 including 1.5 years as President. He is currently serving as a Board member of the Scarsdale Schools Education Foundation, the Scarsdale Youth Soccer Club, and Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity's Supreme Council and is member of Scarsdale’s Judicial Qualifications Advisory Committee. Among other roles, Scott is a former member of the Scarsdale Bowl Committee and Scarsdale’s Board of Ethics, and a former Board member of Westchester Reform Temple, the Greenacres Neighborhood Association, and the Crohn’s Colitis Foundation of America-Westchester/Fairfield Chapter. He also proudly coached his daughters’ recreational soccer, basketball, and softball teams. He holds a BA (Political Science) from the University of Delaware and a JD from the Cardozo School of Law.