11 Candidates to Run for the 2025 SBNC Nominating Committee

The School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC) election will take place on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024, from 7 – 10 a.m. and 2 – 9 p.m. in the Scarsdale Middle School (SMS) Auditorium Lobby at 134 Mamaroneck Road.

A mail-in ballot is available for those who choose not to vote in person. Mail-in ballots are available to the public in hard copy at Scarsdale Village Hall and the Scarsdale Public Library, and available in electronic form on https://scarsdalesbnc.org/ starting Monday, November 25th, 2024.

Any resident of the school district who is (i) 18 years of age or older; and (ii) a resident of the school district for 30 days prior to the election (November 4, 2024) may vote in the SBNC Election.

Completed mail-in ballots must be sent to: SBNC Administrative Chair, PO Box 172H, Scarsdale, NY 10583, and received in the SBNC P.O. Box no later than 4pm on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.

Residents who are unable to access a ballot by either of these methods may contact the SBNC Administrative Committee Election Chair by email at [email protected] for assistance. For more information about the SBNC, please visit https://scarsdalesbnc.com/.

The School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC) is a committee of residents elected from across the Village for the purpose of nominating candidates to fill vacancies on the Scarsdale Board of Education. Members are elected from each of the five elementary school districts to serve a term of three years on the Nominating Committee and two additional years on the Administrative Committee.

The Administrative Committee would like to encourage all Scarsdale residents to support the SBNC by voting in local elections, considering a candidacy, and making a contribution. The SBNC Administrative Committee runs the annual SBNC elections financed entirely by community support. Any contribution is greatly appreciated. Contributions may be made via Zelle and checks may be made payable to the “SBNC Administrative Committee” and mailed to P.O. BOX 172H, SCARSDALE, NY 10583. For more information please visit https://scarsdalesbnc.org/please-donate/

SBNC Continuing Members (Nominating Committee):

Terms Ending 2025
Edgewood – N/A
Fox Meadow – Kevin Chen, David Kirshenbaum, Susan Lee Greenacres – Arthur Rublin, Molly (Yue) Tu, Jocelyn Zoland Heathcote – Jacob Adlerstein
Quaker Ridge – June (Xun) Deng, Jennifer Simon Tabak

Terms Ending 2026
Edgewood – Shivi Bansal, Mimi Robinson
Fox Meadow – Adam Hellegers
Greenacres – Amadally Hosseinbukus, Lisa Purcell, Kristen Zakierski Heathcote – N/A
Quaker Ridge – Alissa Baum

SBNC Administrative Committee Members (2024-2025): Zachary Altschuler (FM), Treasurer; Sarah E. Bell (TVCC), Resolution Co-Chair; Lauren Hammer Breslow (HE); Kimberly Miller Champlin (HE); Lara Chassin (SNAP); David Fenigstein (GA), Webmaster; Lisa Gans (QR), SBNC Chair; Jennifer Goldfarb (HE); Beth Goldoff (SNAP); Claudia Green (FM); Kerry Hayes (Member at Large); Stephanie Israel (QR); Jon Lemle (SNAP), Resolution Co-Chair; Alan Meizlik (EW); Roger Neustadt (SNAP); Valerie Phillips (EW), Resolution Co-Chair; Stacey Strauss (QR); Christine Weston (EW), Election Chair; Meng Zhang (EW), Election Vice Chair; Anne Bates (EW), SBNC Vice Co-Chair, and Jennifer Zola (FM), SBNC Vice Co-Chair.

For additional information, please contact Christine Weston or Meng Zhang, at [email protected]

Listed below are the candidates from each neighborhood with open seats* along with their biographies:

EDGEWOOD (3 candidates running for 4 positions)

JASON ANDRUS: 2 Taunton Road Length of Residency: 3 years Occupation: Digital Marketing Education: BS, Tulane University Child/Children’s ages: 7, 10
Civic Activities: Cub Scouts
BONING LIU: 45 Jefferson Road
Length of Residency: 6 years
Occupation: Civil Engineer
Education: (not provided)
Child/Children’s ages: 6, 12
Civic Activities: Board of Architectural Review (3 years), PTA Multicultural Committee, STEM Volunteer
NICOLE STERNBERG: 57 Carman Road Length of Residency: 15 years Occupation: Teacher
Education: BA, MA, St. John’s University Child/Children’s ages: 11, 16
Civic Activities: Class parent

HEATHCOTE (4 candidates running for 5 positions)

SIMON LIEBEL: 339 Heathcote Road
Length of Residency: 2.5 years
Occupation: Company Founder & CEO, Entourage Collection Education: BA, MA from Edinburgh University Child/Children’s ages: 8, 11
Civic Activities: Board Member, Think Global School

JOEL STEINHAUS: 53 Brookby Road
Length of Residency: 2.5 years
Occupation: Strategy Consultant
Education: BA, Harvard; MBA, Yale Child/Children’s ages: 10, 12, 14
Civic Activities: Appointed Elections Inspector

CINDY TRUE: 9 Seneca Road
Length of Residency: 3.5 years
Occupation: Real Estate Private Equity Investor
Education: BS, Civil Engineering, Columbia University
Child/Children’s ages: 1, 4, 6
Civic Activities: PULSES Volunteer (Parents United Learning the Special Education System)

CYNTHIA XIAOYUE LI: 8 Lebanon Road
Length of Residency: 2 years
Occupation: Attorney
Education: Georgetown University Law Center Child/Children’s ages: 4, 6
Civic Activities: Heathcote PTA Multicultural Committee FOX MEADOW (3 candidates running for 2 positions)

JEANNIE ADASHEK: 36 Tompkins Road Length of Residency: 5 years Occupation: Stay at home mom Education: St. John’s University Child/Children’s ages: 11, 14
Civic Activities: Fox Meadow PTA President, 2023-2024

DR. ELAINE WAN: 21 Olmsted Road Length of Residency: 2 years Occupation: Cardiologist Education: MIT, Columbia Child/Children’s ages: 5
Civic Activities: (not provided)

WENCHUN WU: 12 Parkfield Road Length of Residency: 5 years Occupation: Property Manager Education: Virginia Tech Child/Children’s ages: 7, 11
Civic Activities: Fox Meadow PTA Treasury Assistant

QUAKER RIDGE (1 candidate running for 3 positions)

JAYE WEISBROD: 3 White Birch Lane Length of Residency: 13.5 years Occupation: Stay at home mom Education: Masters’ Degree Child/Children’s ages: 13, 16
Civic Activities: PTA Scholarship Fund

*Greenacres Neighborhood does not have any open positions this year. Per the resolution, each neighborhood is to be represented by six committee members.