Another Week, Another Election: Scarsdale to Choose CNC Candidates on Tuesday

Just last week, Westchester County was full of election buzz -- and the craziness has yet to subside. Scarsdale's Citizens Nominating Committee elections will take place tomorrow at Village Hall, giving residents the chance to vote for candidates to fill open positions on the Village Board of Trustees. 

In addition to choosing the CNC members, voters will also be asked to approve seven proposed amendments to the village's Non-Partisan Resolution.

Voting is slated to occur from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Absentee ballots will be available on the Procedure Committee Website, which can be downloaded and mailed to: Procedure Committee, P.O. Box 284, Scarsdale, N.Y. 10583, to be received by 5 p.m. Nov. 14. Runoff election date, if needed, is Nov. 22. 

There are two candidates for each open seat on the CNC in each of the five districts. Patch will be posting biographies of each candidate throughout today and tomorrow by neighborhood in order to let you know who you're voting for -- and to remind you what impressive neighbors you have in your Village!

Edgewood (Vote for up to 2)

Nathan M. Barotz

• Years of Residency: 11
• Education: Duke University, BA, cum laude (‘87); George Washington University Law School, JD (‘91)
• Occupation: Attorney (principal in Nathan M. Barotz, PLLC)
• Professional activities: Member, Judicial Advisory Committee, Village of Scarsdale (’08- ); Member, New York State Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, Committee on Real Estate Financing (’09- ) and Committee on Condominium and Cooperatives (’09- ); Arbitrator, Civil Court of the City of New York, Small Claims Division (’02- ); Arbitrator, Unified Court System of the State of New York, First Judicial District (’98- )
• Current civic activities: Chairman, Board of Governors, Interfaith Hospital, Brooklyn, New York (September 2011); Member, Board of Governors, Interfaith Hospital, Brooklyn, New York (January 2011)  

Betsy Bush

• Years of Residency: 12
• Education: New York University, BFA (‘82); MA (‘88)
• Occupation: Nonprofit grant writer; consultant 
• Professional activities: Program Officer, Westchester Community Foundation (‘05–‘11); Adjunct Professor, Pace University Graduate MPA program; Business owner, Drosselmeier’s, Inc. (‘98–‘05); Perlman & Perlman LLC, Government Affairs Specialist, (‘90–‘95)
• Current civic activities: Hitchcock Church (’02- ): Session; Board of Deacons; community outreach committee; pastor search committee; Friends of Scarsdale Parks, 2011

Michael Duncanson

• Years of Residency: 23 
• Education: Brooklyn College, BS; New York University, MA 
• Occupation: Director of Planning and Operations, Family Court Mental Health Services, NYC/HHC 
• Current civic activities: Scarsdale Transfer Education Program (STEP) Board Member, (’99- ); Chair (’03-’05); STEP host parent; I.E. Scarsdale Tri-County Basketball League (’05- ); Village of Scarsdale Advisory Council on Human Relations (’08- ); IAABO Basketball Official (’95- ); Member-at-Large for Westchester Putnam Women’s Board of Basketball Officials (WPWBOA) (’08- ); member/leadership, Ridgeway Alliance Church Previous civic activities: Scarsdale Bowl Committee (‘05-‘06); Coach, Scarsdale Youth Soccer Club (‘00-‘04); Special Assistant, Camp Winadu (‘00-‘09)

Ken Kehoe

• Years of Residency: 15 
• Education: SUNY Oneonta, BA in Political Science 
• Occupation: Director Eastern Advertising Sales, Barron’s 
• Professional activities: 25 years in Financial Advertising Sales, including the Wall Street Journal (8 years), Barron’s Magazine, Barrons.com and Conference Event Sales; Member (’92- ), Financial Communication Society, an industry organization dedicated to raising funds benefiting three important children’s charities: Hope and Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund, Downey Side Adoption Agency and the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Vermont
• Previous civic activities: Coach in Scarsdale Recreation Basketball, Soccer and Little League (‘99-‘06) FOX MEADOW (Vote for up to 2)

Fox Meadow (Vote for up to 2)

Linda Blair

• Years of Residency: 34 
• Education: Ohio State University, Goucher College, BA cum laude; University of Bridgeport, MA; New York School of Interior Design, Associate Degree 
• Occupation: Interior Design, commercial & residential, president of Blair Interiors Group and LBD Construction Management 
• Professional activities: President, American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), NY Metro chapter (‘04-‘05) and (‘95-‘96); Media Spokesperson, ASID National Society (’06- ); Arbiter, Construction American Arbitration Assn. (‘05- ); bylined columnist, New York Post; author, Design Sense, Wiley & Sons; Adjunct Professor, Pace University, NY School of Interior Design and Parsons 
• Current civic activities: Board member, Scarsdale Historical Society (’94- ); Member, Village of Scarsdale Historical Preservation Committee (’07- ) Previous civic activities: Member, Village of Scarsdale Board of Architectural Review (BAR) (‘95-‘01); Chair, BAR (‘00- ‘01); Board member, United Way of Scarsdale-Edgemont (‘03-‘05); Member, Village of Scarsdale Special Ethics Board (‘92- ‘94); Pro Bono design work: Show house for Scarsdale Woman’s Club (‘05), Scott & Dickenson Rooms, Scarsdale Library (‘03-‘04), Children’s Advocacy Center, Valhalla

Anita Mann

• Years of Residency: 8 
• Education: Baruch College, BBA Computer Information Systems (‘87) 
• Occupation: Currently stay-at-home mom with two sons attending Fox Meadow Elementary school. 15-year professional career in Information Technology management; technical sales and consulting to financial services industry with Microsoft (‘99-‘02); various network and infrastructure technology management roles at MetLife (‘88-‘92) and (‘95-‘99) and at AIG (‘92-‘94) 
• Current civic activities: Active in the Fox Meadow PTA; Co-Chair, Junior League of Central Westchester nutrition project (‘09-‘10) and Chair, “Let’s Save the Earth” committee (‘11-‘12) 
• Previous civic activities: Fox Meadow Elementary School class mother; Board member, Overhill Neighborhood Association; Scarsdale New Residents Club officer, serving as Secretary and Newsletter Editor; Board member, Wilmot Woods Neighborhood Association; Hoff-Barthelson pre-school class mother and fund-raising activities; Hitchcock Presbyterian pre- school class mother

Salvatore Rao

• Years of Residency: 9 
• Education: Fordham University, majors in Philosophy and English 
• Occupation: Official Court Reporter (retired) in the NYC Civil Court and NYS Supreme Court; also took arbitrations at the NY Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange and American Arbitration Association; fiction writer 
• Professional activities: Vice President of the Supreme Court Reporters Association within the City of New York (‘77-‘79); served on committees of the NYS Court Reporters Association investigating sound recording and computer-aided transcription 
• Current civic activities: President of the Board of Directors at the Scarsdale Chateaux (’08- )

Theodore Tyberg, MD

• Years of Residency: 20
•  Education: CCNY, BS; Rush Medical College, MD; Cornell Residency, Yale Cardiology Fellowship 
• Occupation: Cardiologist with NY Cardiology Associates; Attending Staff at NY Presbyterian for 30 years 
• Professional activities: Secretary/Treasurer of NY State ACC (American College of Cardiology); served as President of the Attending Staff, Chairman’s Advisory Board and General Faculty Counsel at NY Hospital; Founder/President of NY Cardiology; Rogosin Institute Consultant/Researcher 
• Current civic activities: Board of Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El (SSTTE) (second term); Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation fundraiser. Previous civic activities: Board and several committees of SSTTE; Host parent of STEP student; various philanthropies