BOARD MEMBERS


Joseph V. Apicella
Cappelli Enterprises, Inc.

Linda J. Carrington
V.P. Branch Relationship Manager

Sobeida Cruz
Director of Public
& Govn't Affairs

Joanne Fernandez
Gov. Affairs Mgr.

LIFE TRUSTEE
Herman Geist, Esq.
Senior Advisor
Westchester County
Board of Legislators

Harry Horowitz
Director, Professional Development Center
Westchester Community College

Dr. Norm Jacknis
Director, Public Sector, IBSG
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Ellen Koelsch
VP, Membership & Marketing
Club Fit

Seth Mandelbaum
McCullough, Goldberger
and Staudt,LLP

Judy Matson

Girish Menon
FUJIFILM
Holding America Corp.
Dir. Environment,
Health & Safety

Sandra Miller
Director of Public Affairs
Con Edison

Michelle McNally

Carolyn Moriarty

Timothy O'Connell
Danziger & Markhoff LLP

Glenn Pacchiana
Principal
Thalle Industries
Shirley Phillips

Thomas F. Secunda
Bloomberg LP

Betsy Stern

Andrew V. Tung
Divney Tung Schwalbe, LLP

Sally Veltidi

Larry Wilson

Joseph A. Stout
Executive Director
Friends of Westchester
County Parks

EX-OFFICIO (non-voting)
Kathleen O'Connor
Commissioner
Parks, Recreation & Conservation

Regina M. Hurlbut
Assistant to the Commissioner
Parks, Recreation & Conservation

Friends is governed by a dedicated Board of Trustees whose purpose is securing and administering private funds that support the mission of the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. Funds that are raised through membership fees, cash or other donations are entrusted to the Friends for the sole benefit of Westchester’s parks. All donations are tax deductible.
Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson
Thompson & Bender
  
Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson has served as Friends board chair since 2008. She brings to Friends her years of public relations, advertising and marketing experience. Under Liz's leadership, Friends has accomplished many successful projects, including fundraising award receptions and, in cooperation with the County Parks Department, the creation of the Bronx River Walk audio tour on the Bronx River Pathway between Valhalla and Bronxville.  
 
Christopher L. Cawley
Buyer’s Edge Realty, Inc.		  
Mr. Cawley is a licensed real estate broker in New York. In addition to his professional career, he is an active member of many local business and community associations and has done extensive work with volunteer management and staffing for various charitable organizations.
 
John Kirkpatrick, Esq.
Oxman Tulis Kirkpatrick Whyatt & Geiger		  
John B. Kirkpatrick of White Plains is a partner at the law firm Oxman Tulis Kirkpatrick Whyatt & Geiger LLP. A highly regarded attorney and city planner, he has actively contributed his time, expertise and his firm's resources to the Friends. He has been a trustee with the Friends since 2003 and currently serves as board secretary as well as co-chair of the Land Use Committee of the New York State Bar Association Environmental Law Section and a director of the Westchester Municipal Planning Federation.
 
Howard Arden
Arden Business Systems
Mr. Arden, president of Arden Business Systems, Inc. in Armonk, founded his office products company in 1986. He is the founder and president of the Friends of Muscoot Farm, a Westchester County Park and is chairman of the Muscoot Farm Advisory Board.