Michelle Lichtenberg to Chair Scarsdale Bowl Committee
- Monday, 21 September 2015 15:34
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Michelle Lichtenberg has been named Chair of the 2016 Scarsdale Bowl Committee. The appointment was announced by Evelyn Stock, President of the Scarsdale Foundation. As Bowl Committee Chair, Lichtenberg will head the Scarsdale Bowl nominating committee and the community celebration dinner to be held on Wednesday evening, April 13, 2016, at The Fountainhead in New Rochelle. The Scarsdale Bowl is awarded annually each spring to a Scarsdale resident in recognition of his or her outstanding voluntary public service to the community. Robert Jeremiah is the Executive Secretary/Treasurer of the Scarsdale Bowl Committee.
Ms. Lichtenberg has been active in education and civic causes in Scarsdale for over two decades, most recently as President of the Scarsdale Public Library and has held volunteer leadership positions with the Procedure Committee, League of Women Voters of Scarsdale, Student Education Transfer Program, United Way of Scarsdale/Edgemont, Parent Teacher Council, Task Force on Drugs and Alcohol, School Board Nominating Committee, and SHS PTA. Her professional career includes key marketing positons with the Columbia Business School and Washington Circle Theatre Corp. A native of metro Washington, D.C., Michelle received an MBA from Northeastern University and a BA from Skidmore College. She and her husband Frank Lichtenberg have been Scarsdale residents since 1991. Their sons, Andrew and Alec, grew up in Greenacres and are SHS graduates.
The Scarsdale Bowl is administered by the Scarsdale Foundation which operates as a not-for-profit community foundation to promote the civic welfare. The Foundation provides need-based financial aid to Scarsdale High School graduates who are entering their sophomore, junior and senior years in college and to children attending the Recreation Department summer day camp. It also administers a number of special purpose funds, and makes grants for various community needs which have included the Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the Scarsdale/Edgemont Family Counseling Service.
Additional information about the Scarsdale Foundation and the Scarsdale Bowl can be found at www.scarsdalefoundation.org.