The Community Fund Announces New Board Members
By Amy Korb, Executive Director, The Community Fund
Jun. 17, 2020: The Community Fund of Bronxville, Eastchester, and Tuckahoe (TCF) is pleased to announce the appointment of four new board members, Lisa Dawson, Wendy Halley, Tania Neild, and Phil Preis and the executive committee for 2020-21.
“Our Board of Directors is comprised of a dedicated team of leaders committed to our community,” said Amy Korb, Executive Director of TCF. “We are excited to channel Lisa, Wendy, Tania, and Phi’s talent, expertise, and energy into furthering our mission.”
Lisa Dawson has been an active volunteer in the community since moving from England in 2001. She spent many years fundraising for the Bronxville High School drama department and assisting backstage for dozens of Bronxville High School plays and musicals. Lisa has served as a board member of Concordia Conservatory, volunteer for Meals on Wheels, and Community Fund Evaluator. Lisa received a BA in English from the University of Richmond, UK, and a JD from the University of Hertfordshire, UK. She currently works with a team of labor and employment attorneys in New York City. Lisa and her husband, Keith, have three children who graduated from The Bronxville School.
Wendy Halley is an attorney and business development executive. She currently acts as a legal consultant for media and tech companies. After practicing at Skadden Arps and Morrison & Foerster, Wendy worked in-house at an artist management company. She spent over a decade at Yahoo leading its media legal transactions team and in business development. She received her JD from New York University School of Law and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Wendy resides with her husband and three children in Bronxville. She has been an active volunteer with the Bronxville School PTA and within the community, including as a Community Fund Evaluator.
Tania Neild is currently running her third company, InfoGrate, an information technology consulting company. Prior to that, she was the CTO and COO of Private Client Resources, and before that, she co-founded Envestnet, which went public in the fall of 2010. Dr. Neild began her career as a scientist for the National Security Agency. She earned a Ph.D. in engineering from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Emory University. She is an active member of the Advisory Council for the McCormick’s School of Engineering at Northwestern, a long time Bronxville Field Club member, sustaining member of the Junior League of Bronxville, Community Fund Evaluator and a yoga enthusiast. She is a Bronxville mom of 4 children who has been happily married to her college sweetheart for over 20 years.
Phil Preis is a Managing Director at Dundon Advisers LLC, a leading restructuring advisor. Before joining Dundon Advisers, Phil had over 16 years of investment banking experience at both UBS Investment Bank and Houlihan Lokey. At UBS, Phil advised on merger and acquisition transactions involving financial institutions (e.g., banks and asset managers). More recently, Phil was in the restructuring investment banking group at Houlihan Lokey for 12 years. Phil holds a BS in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. Phil is married to the love of his life, Emelie. They have three children and two pugs.
The 2020-21 TCF Board of Directors are, President, Jonalie Korengold; President-Elect, Robin Lewis; Secretary, Sue Conniff; Treasurer, Elizabeth Peacock; Campaign Co-Chairs, Tony Sayegh and Alison Strong; Evaluations Co-Chairs, Jay Curran, and Amy Kraus; Marketing Chair, Susie Hook Frigon; Special Events Chair, Kiri Wolfe; Investment Co-Chairs, Bill Knox, and John Schneider; Board Members, Amy Atkeson, Lisa Bodell, Doug Cruikshank, Ashleigh Donovan, Gary Garofalo, Thomas Giordano, Sheila Marcotte, Kevin McNeill, David O’Shaughnessy, Patricia Reilly, Elisa Rizzo, Jeff Ungvary, Albert Van Ness and George Winn.
About The Community Fund
The Community Fund of Bronxville Eastchester Tuckahoe, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation organized to provide funding and support for social service agencies and community programs serving the health, education, and welfare needs of local residents. For further information about The Community Fund, please log onto its website at www.thecommunityfund.org.
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Bronxville Beautification Council
Organized in 1982 and incorporated in 1993, the Bronxville Beautification Council (BBC) is a not for profit organization administered by a Board of Directors. Its mission is to enhance and maintain the natural and man-made beauty of Bronxville Village, with emphasis on the downtown business district of Bronxville. The BBC uses the dollars raised in its annual spring solicitation letter to residents to fund the mum, tulip and summer flower plantings downtown and at traffic intersections, as well as the summer hanging baskets. Every few years the group spearheads such major endeavors as the renovation of Leonard Morange Square on the west side of the railroad tracks and the beautification of the Lawrence Hospital traffic circle, which included the addition of plants and the building of the fountain that now makes a gracious western portal to our town. The BBC also works with other civic groups to monitor the aesthetics of retail signage, the consistency of sidewalk materials, and litter and graffiti. During Beautify Bronxville Week, the BBC sponsors a poetry reading and works with Scout groups on the annual village clean-up.
Bronxville Beautification Council
PO Box 127
Bronxville, New York 10708
914-779-6123
Bronxville Boy Scouts
The village of Bronxville has a long tradition of scouting. “The troops and packs of Bronxville have maintained the finest scouting organizations and have taught the boys of the Bronxville area to be leaders and outstanding members of the local, national and global communities.”
There are several Boy Scout Troops in Bronxville, including Troops 1, 2, 4, and 5.
Bronxvillle Girls Scouts
The Girls Scouts is “the world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world.” In Girl Scouts, “girls discover the fun, friendship and power of girls together. Through the many enriching experiences provided by Girl Scouts, they can grow courageous and strong.”
Bronxville Historical Conservancy
The Bronxville Historical Conservancy was founded in 1998 to further the understanding and appreciation of the history and current life of the village. The Conservancy furthers its mission through the presentation of programs, publications, lectures and special events that foster an awareness of the village's architectural, artistic and cultural heritage, and lends its support for projects designed to strengthen and preserve those legacies. Anyone who is interested in the Bronxville and its history can become a member; varying levels of membership are available.
Bronxville Historical Conservancy
PO Box 989
Bronxville, New York 10708
http://bronxvillehistoricalconservancy.org/
Bronxville School Foundation
The Bronxville School Foundation, founded in 1991, is a non-profit organization independent from the school with the sole purpose of supporting the school. The Foundation raises money each year through donations from school families, community members, and alumni, among others.These contributions fund grants that provide cutting-edge technology, innovative programs and curriculum and other resources that are beyond the scope of public school funding.
177 Pondfield Road
Bronxville, New York 10708
914-395-0515
https://www.bronxvilleschoolfoundation.org/
Bronxville Women’s Club
The Bronxville Women’s Club offers lectures, exhibits and concerts. It also has a beautiful clubhouse which is available for rental for events.
135 Midland Avenue
Bronxville, New York 10708
914-337-3252
www.bronxvillewomensclub.org
Bronxville Youth Council
The Bronxville Youth Council provides volunteer and leadership opportunities for high school students in the village of Bronxville.
177 Pondfield Road
Bronxville, New York 10708
914-395-0500 ext 1789
Counseling Center
Founded in 1971, the mission of the Counseling Center “is to provide a wide range of psychotherapeutic and counseling services to individuals, couples and families by a staff of highly trained, experience and dedicated psychotherapists.
The Counseling Center
180 Pondfield Road
Bronxville, New York 10708
914-793-3388
www.counselingcenter.org
Community Fund of Bronxville, Eastchester & Tuckahoe
The mission of the Community Fund is “to support broad social services in Bronxville 10708, Eastchester and Tuckahoe through grants and technical support to local agencies and community projects. All money raised here in our community stays here in our community.”
15 Park Place
Bronxville, New York 10708
914-337-8808
www.thecommunityfund.org
Friends of the Bronxville Library
The Friends of the Bronxville Library is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to focus attention on the “Library’s services, facilities and needs” as well as sponsor projects and provide materials that are beyond the reach of the Library’s regular budget and perform other services.
Junior League of Bronxville
The Junior League of Bronxville is “an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and to improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.”
Rotary Club of Bronxville
The mission of the Rotary Club of Bronxville is to “encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and to encourage and foster (1) the development of friendships within the community as an opportunity for service, (2) high ethical standards in business and professions, (3) the application of the ideal of service of each member to his personal and business and community life and (4) the advancement of international understanding, good will and peace through a world fellowship.”
Senior Citizens of Bronxville
Senior Citizens of Bronxville is a not-for-profit organization that provides services and programs to seniors within the 10708 zip code area. “Programs cover a wide range of activities from educational seminars and cultural enrichment, to community services, bridge classes and exercise.”
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