April 22, 2025

 

To the Community:

 

The Bronxville Non-Partisan Committee Formally Endorses Three Candidates for Upcoming Election of Bronxville School Trustees. We Invite the Village of Bronxville to Attend Our “Meet the Candidates Night” at the Bronxville Field Club on Tuesday, April 29th at 7pm.

 

 

-Announcement of Nominees endorsed by the Non-Partisan Committee after interviews, committee discussions, and voting

 

-Invitation to the community of Bronxville to attend our “Meet the Candidates Night” at the Bronxville Field Club on Tuesday, April 29th at 7pm

 

-Request for potential candidates to serve as new members on the Non-Partisan Committee

 

After much deliberation, on April 8th, 2025, the Bronxville Non-Partisan Committee held a vote and announced the endorsement of three candidates for the upcoming election of Bronxville School Trustees:

 

 

 

 

The Non-Partisan Committee will host a "Meet the Candidates Night" reception on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 at 7:00pm at the Bronxville Field Club (40 Locust Lane, Mount Vernon, NY).

 

Bronxville Village residents are urged to attend and at which time our three endorsed candidates, Eddie Lennon, Pete McSherry, and Michael Brandes will be present to answer questions from our community members. Each candidate brings excellent qualities and vast experience which greatly contributes to the standard of excellence within our school and the fulfillment of the Bronxville Promise.

 

The Non-Partisan Committee echoes the sentiments of Dr. Rachel Kelly and school leadership. The leadership of The Bronxville School expresses much support and enthusiastic feedback in regards to the integration and accomplishments throughout the past three years as a Board. We hope community members will take advantage of the opportunity to meet Eddie, Pete, and Michael. Between capital campaign projects, attention to curriculum, and the overall needs of each student, the Board works tirelessly in partnership with the leadership of The Bronxville School to ensure the Bronxville Promise is fulfilled. We believe the community will benefit if we can maintain the existing Board for an additional three years.

 

The annual school budget vote and school board trustee election will be held on Tuesday, May 20th, 2025.  With the endorsement of the Non-Partisan Committee, Eddie Lennon, Pete McSherry, and Michael Brandes will be placed on the ballot for the 2025 district-wide election.  Further details regarding the election, including how to vote via absentee ballot, is available on the District website: https://www.bronxvilleschool.org/board-of-education

 

 

 

 

Eddie & Lauren Lennon have lived in Bronxville since 2018 and have four kids. Hunter (3rd grade), Parker (1st grade), Ford (RCNS 3's) and a newborn baby, Grant. Eddie was born and raised in Bronxville and graduated from BHS in 1999. He owns and operates a 90-year family business in the construction supply industry with a focus on building  materials and architectural and industrial coatings. His background in construction has been immensely helpful in the capital project the school is gearing up for to the tune of $20,000,000. In his BOE duties, Eddie has chaired the Facilities Committee for two consecutive years, sits on the Professional Development Committee, the Health & Safety Committee, the Negotiations Committee and is the Board of Ed liaison to the Bronxville School Foundation. In years past, Eddie was on the Strategy & Curriculum Committee. Additionally, Eddie spearheaded the school landscape construction project which included widening the Pondfield sidewalk by nearly three feet. Eddie is passionate about his family, friends, the school and the community and has a political  science degree from Fordham University. He is also an active member of the Campfire Club of America which promotes wildlife conservation efforts throughout the country. 

 

 

 

 

Pete and his family have lived in the Bronxville area for over 21 years and in the Village for the last 10.  Like many, he made the commitment to live and raise his children in Bronxville on account of the first-rate K-12 education offered by our School.  He is running for the Board as an extremely grateful parent of three children ((Peter, Jr ’21, Michaela ’23, and Matthew ’25) who have benefitted from the excellent instruction, nurturing, and care of our School and its dedicated professionals.  He is committed to working with all in our community to assure that the School continues to thrive as the cornerstone of our community now and into the future.

 

Following his graduation from the University of Virginia, where in addition to the classroom he competed at the highest collegiate level as a member of the Lacrosse Team, Pete returned to New York and embarked on a distinguished career in the financial industry specializing in institutional fixed income products.

 

Those who know Pete know his commitment to the community as demonstrated by his dedicated and tireless volunteering.  Pete is currently a member of the Board of the Bronxville Youth Lacrosse Association and has coached Bronxville boys and girls for well over 10 years.  Pete is also a member of the Board of the Bronxville Bronco Booster Club – having been one of its founding members in an effort to support the athletic endeavors of Bronxville children generally.  As a former board member of the St. Joseph’s Men’s Club, Pete volunteered his time to help in the community in various endeavors.  He also gave his time coaching youth basketball for over 10 years.

 

Pete was raised as part of a very close family by his mother and father – from whom he received a fundamental conviction that giving back to one’s community was simply what a good community member does.  His mother was on the School Board for the town where Pete was raised on Long Island for 11 years.  His father was a member of Boards for various community-based organizations for over 25 years.  Beyond his home, and further reinforcement of the value of education generally and specifically the need to promote and support it, Pete’s most significant life-long mentor is one of his high school teachers – who Pete still visits and speaks with regularly and who taught him the life-long value of a great education and the need to support it always.

 

Pete McSherry is running for the School Board to continue to give back to the community he is proud to call his home.  Maintaining the excellence of our School is crucially important to all the members of our Village, none more so than the children.  It is also a challenge.  Pete firmly believes that the people of Bronxville are invariably of good faith and through transparent and candid discussion of any issue can foster reasonable consensus by which to best assure our children are best prepared for life beyond our Village.

 

Michael is the former Chief Investment Strategist and Head of Research for the Private Bank at Itaú Unibanco, Latin America’s largest corporate and investment bank. He held various senior roles in research and capital markets at Citigroup and predecessor firms (Salomon Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney) for nearly 25 years, most recently as Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income Strategy at the Citi Private Bank. He is currently Managing Principal at Brandes Capital Management.

Michael is a 10-year resident of Bronxville Village. Michael and his wife, Nadine, have two children who currently attend the Bronxville High School and previously attended the Elementary and Middle School.

Michael has 30 years of professional investment experience at various global financial institutions where he was responsible for managing global research teams and advising on billions of dollars of client assets. His role as an investment strategist balanced long-term asset allocation plans with short-term tactical needs, modeling investment scenarios reflecting a range of possible outcomes. He also has substantial experience managing budgets at large financial organizations, allocating and prioritizing resources in organizations with thousands of employees. Michael’s experience with strategic planning, budgets and management will bring valuable insights to the school board.

Michael served as a senior member of investment policy committees at the aforementioned banks for nearly two decades, where he collaborated in group decision-making among a broad range of international constituents. This required having to distill divergent opinions into effective and focused investment decisions. He was also a founding member and active contributor to Citigroup’s Diversity Committee.

Michael has a significant background as a public keynote speaker and communicator at financial industry conferences and global client events. He was a frequent guest speaker for minority community outreach and educational events sponsored by Citigroup. He also created educational materials and taught classes for Citi’s incoming employees. Michael routinely made media appearances, authored opinion articles, contributed to research reports and wrote the book Naked Guide to Bonds, Stripped Down to the Bare Essentials (Wiley & Sons, 2003).

Michael previously served as a New York City Public School 87 William T. Sherman Parents Association Board Liaison. His current professional obligations allow him to commit a substantial amount of his time to the school board’s efforts.

Request For Candidates to Serve as New Members on the Non-Partisan Committee

The NPC is now seeking new committee members to serve on the NPC beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.

The Non-Partisan Committee consists of three elected representatives from each of Bronxville’s seven election districts who serve staggered three-year terms.

Residents may have their names placed on a ballot for election to the NPC by submitting an application by 5pm on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025. An online public voting period will commence in June.

Please see our website at https://www.bronxvillenpc.org/join for the application and for more information about the role and the election process.

How does the Non-Partisan Committee serve?

The NPC was formed in 1936 to:

-Foster the election of Trustees of the Bronxville School on a non-partisan basis.

-Seek qualified Bronxville residents who are interested in serving on the school board. Nomination by the NPC is not a requirement to run for the school board.

-Actively solicit community input about all applicants, then nominate a candidate for each open position, being as transparent as possible to the Bronxville community in its process.

-Be representative - with twenty one members elected by Bronxville residents, three from each election district.

To learn more, visit www.bronxvillenpc.org, and follow us on Instagram @bronxvillenpc. We welcome any feedback on the NPC or its Rules at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please note that the Bronxville Non-Partisan Committee is a volunteer organization. Donations are greatly appreciated and may be made through the link on our website. 

 

 

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