Nonprofit Westchester Elects Board Members at Annual Meeting December 14

White Plains, N.Y. (December 19, 2016) – Nonprofit Westchester elected two members to its Board of Directors at its annual membership meeting on December 14.

Joel Seligman, President and CEO of Northern Westchester Hospital, is returning for a third term while Marcia Levy, Executive Director of Pro Bono Partnership, has been elected to a first term on the 20 member board.

“With these two appointments we have the best of both worlds: a seasoned board member who offers continuity and experience and also represents one of our larger nonprofit organizations; and a new member who brings fresh ideas and a new perspective, as well as one who represents the views of some of the smaller nonprofits her group provides legal services to,” said Joanna Straub, Executive Director of Nonprofit Westchester.

The organization currently represents more than 140 nonprofits.

Marsha Levy

Marcia Levy is the Executive Director of Pro Bono Partnership, a nonprofit that provides free business and transactional legal services to nonprofits in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. Pro bono lawyers from law firms and in-house legal departments volunteer their time to work on these matters through the Partnership. Prior to joining the Partnership, Ms. Levy was the Associate Dean of the Office of Career Services and Professor of Professional Development at Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School. Levy has more than 25 years of experience working with students and new lawyers in both the public and private sectors. Her distinguished legal career includes experience as a practicing attorney, professor, clinical director, public interest program director, pro bono counsel, professional development administrator and trial advocacy trainer and program director for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA).

Joel Seligman

Joel Seligman has been president and CEO of Northern Westchester Hospital since 2001. Under his leadership, Northern Westchester has expanded its services, opening a new neo-natal Intensive Care Unit, an interventional radiology suite, a Breast Institute and a Women’s Imaging Center, a Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center and, earlier this year, six state-of-the-art operating rooms with 14 pre- and post-ambulatory care patient rooms. The hospital has been the recipient of a string of accolades, including being among the first hospitals to be designated as a Planetree Hospital - the highest level of achievement for patient-centered care in 2007 - and the only hospital in the nation to receive both Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and a Planetree designation with distinction.

Mr. Seligman has served as state delegate of the Regional Policy Board 2 of the American Hospital Association, chair of the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association and treasurer of the Board of Governors of the Hospital Association of New York State, a role he currently assumes. Mr. Seligman has served on the Board of Directors for Nonprofit Westchester since 2013. He received a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a master’s in business administration and public health from Columbia University

About Nonprofit Westchester

Nonprofit Westchester (NPW) provides the nonprofit sector with a single unified voice for the role it plays in the economic vitality and sustainability of the county, focusing on sharing resources, connections, and information to strengthen Westchester in partnership with the for-profit and government sectors. The organization represents more than 140 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in the county under a cooperative mission to strengthen the impact, capacity and visibility of the nonprofit sector for a more just and caring community. In 2014, NPW released a study done in collaboration with Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies called “Westchester County Nonprofits: A Major Economic Engine,” which concluded that nonprofits are a multi-billion dollar industry and make up the largest employment sector in Westchester County. Learn more or join at npwestchester.org.