CNC Candidate Bios Continued: Greenacres, Heathcote, Quaker Ridge

Today, Scarsdale residents will hit the polls to . Find out more about your candidates in our continued coverage of the ongoing election.

Greenacres (Vote for up to 3)

Glenn I. Fishman, MD

• Years of Residency: 21
• Education: Cornell University, BA (‘78); Stanford University, MD (‘83); Harvard University, Internal Medicine (‘86); Columbia University, Cardiology (‘88)
• Occupation: Director of Cardiology and the William Goldring Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine
• Professional activities: Director of Cardiology, holds an endowed Professorship in Medicine, Physiology & Neuroscience and Pharmacology at NYU School of Medicine; chaired or participated in numerous search committees for senior faculty recruits at NYU School of Medicine; active in many heart-related professional organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association (Founders) and the Heart Rhythm Society; Chaired the American Heart Association Research Committee and currently serves as Chairman of the National Institutes of Health ESTA peer review group.
• Previous civic activities: Coach, Scarsdale Recreation Soccer, Basketball and Softball teams

Michael Green

• Years of Residency: 13
• Education: Georgia Tech, BS Mechanical Engineering (‘59); Technion, Israel, MS, Aeronautical Engineering (‘71)
• Occupation: Retired
• Professional activities: Citibank, Head of Operations, North American Investment Bank, New York and Senior Country Operations Officer, UK Investment Bank, London (‘82-‘93); GreenTrak, business start-up: investment reporting service, sold to publicly-traded company in ‘04 (‘93-‘07); Instructor and Research Associate at Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) (‘68- ‘71); engineering and engineering management positions related to the US space programs and industrial and manufacturing operations (‘59-‘68); owner of Baker Clothes, Inc., a high-quality men’s clothing manufacturing company (‘74-‘77)
• Past Civic Activities: Coach, Scarsdale Recreation Girls Basketball teams (‘04-‘09)

Barbara L. Jaffe

• Years of Residency: 38
• Occupation: Legislative Aide, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (’06-)Continuing Education Administrator, Westchester Community College, (‘00-‘06); Director of Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood (‘95-‘00)
• Current civic activities: Scarsdale Representative, Westchester Community Development Advisory Group; Scarsdale League of Women Voters, member; Scarsdale Forum, member
• Previous civic activities: Scarsdale Foundation (‘95-‘00), President (‘05-‘07); Citizens Nominating Committee (‘01-‘04); Scarsdale Planning Board (‘95–‘07), Chair (‘99–‘02); Scarsdale School Board (‘89-‘95), President (‘94-‘95); Scarsdale League of Women Voters: Board member (‘78-‘88), President (‘86-‘88); Greenacres, Middle School, & High School PTA Boards; PT Council Board; School Board Nominating Committee (‘83-‘85)

Mona Longman

• Years of Residency: 18
• Education: Cornell University, BS; New York University, MBA
• Occupation: Stock Trader
• Current civic activities: Board member, Friends of the Scarsdale Library (’09- ); Co-Chair, Scarsdale High School Activities Fair (’07- ); Scarsdale High School Compact Committee (’11- )
• Previous civic activities: Co-Chair, Temple Israel Center Dinner Dance (‘10); School Board Nominating Committee (‘07- ‘09), Greenacres School PTA President (‘00-‘02)

Andrew Sereysky

• Years of Residency: 17
• Education: Rutgers University, BA
• Occupation: Marketing/Business Development
• Current civic activities: Scarsdale Cable Commission: Member (’04- ), Chair (‘09–‘11); Greenacres Neighborhood Association Board: Member (’00- ), President (‘06–‘07)
• Previous civic activities: Scarsdale Bowl Committee (‘08–‘10), Chair, Citation Committee (‘09); School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC) (‘03–‘05); SBNC Administrative Committee Member (‘05–’06), Chair (‘06); Scarsdale Neighborhood Association Presidents (SNAP) Representative (‘06–‘07); Member, Board of Directors, Scarsdale Forum (TVCCEF) (‘08– ‘09); Member, Board of Directors, Scarsdale Education Transfer Program (STEP) (‘03-‘05); Coach, Scarsdale Little League and Recreation sports teams (‘94–‘01)   

Jeannette Warner-Goldstein

• Years of Residency: 9
• Education: Vanderbilt University, BA, JD; NYU School of Law, LLM in Taxation
• Occupation: Attorney
• Current civic activities: Board member, United Way of Westchester and Putnam; Co-Campaign Chair, United Way of Scarsdale Edgemont; Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club
• Previous civic activities: Board member, Junior League of Central Westchester; Board member, Vanderbilt Alumni Association; Junior League of the City of New York; frequent volunteer at Greenacres School and with Girls scouts and Cub Scout troops

Heathcote (Vote for up to 2)

 Norman W. Bernstein

• Years of Residency: 8
• Education: Columbia College, BA (‘64); Columbia Law School, LLB (‘64)
• Occupation: Attorney
• Professional activities: Trustee at three Superfund sites, one on US EPA’s national Priority List (current); Past Chair of the Committee on Litigation Management and Economics of the American Bar Association (Litigation Section) (mid-‘80s); Adjunct Professor, Wayne State Law School; Guest Lecturer at Yale Law School; author of articles on environmental law
• Current civic activities: Member, Board of Directors of the Columbia University Club of Westchester County (’09- ); Member, Scarsdale Forum
• Previous civic activities: Dean’s Award, Columbia College 50th reunion for leadership of ROTC panel (’09)

Ray Cooper

• Years of Residency: 12
• Education: Lehigh University, BS; University of Chicago, MBA
• Occupation: Managing Director, Citigroup Global Healthcare
• Professional activities: 19 years advising public & private healthcare services companies in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate financing, and strategic planning
• Previous civic activities: Little League coach (‘07-‘08); Tri-County Basketball League & JBL Basketball coach (‘09-‘10); enthusiastic neighbor and participant in the Scarsdale community

David Michaels

• Years of Residency: 22
• Education: Cornell University, BS in Business (’80)
• Occupation: Senior Relationship Manager in Wells Fargo Bank’s New York City Regional Commercial Banking Office with over thirty years of commercial and investment banking experience; previously held senior management positions at JPMorgan Chase and Wachovia Bank
• Current civic activities: Presently serves on the Boards of The Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance and Cornell Hillel; active congregant at Westchester Reform Temple, serving on the Board as Treasurer, Vice President, and Chair of the Finance Committee (‘99-‘09)
• Previous civic activities: Scarsdale High School PTA Scholarship Fund (‘06-‘08); Maroon and White (‘07-‘10); Scarsdale Youth Soccer Club (‘98-‘08)

Emilia Rodriguez

• Years of Residency: 17
• Education: New York University, BA in English & Politics (‘81), New York University School of Law, JD (‘84)
• Occupation: Volunteer Attorney
• Professional activities: Pace Women’s Justice Center: Volunteer Attorney, (’09- )
• Current civic activities: Scarsdale School District: Committee on Special Education, Representative (’06- ); Scarsdale High School PTA: Library Volunteer (’10- )
• Previous civic activities: St. Pius X Church: President, Religious Education PTA, (‘99-‘09); Scarsdale High School PTA: Volunteer Service Committee, Co-Chair (‘04-‘06), CHILD (Children Having Individual Learning Differences) Representative (‘03-‘04); Heathcote PTA: Multicultural Committee, Co-Chair (‘00-‘02); Notecards Committee, Chair (‘95-‘97); Junior League of Central Westchester (‘94-‘96)

Quaker Ridge (Vote for up to 2)

Douglas R. Birns

• Years of Residency: 19
• Education: Middlebury College, AB, cum laude (’77); SUNY Downstate Medical Center, MD (’81); The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Surgical Internship and Residency in Genito-Urinary Surgery (’81-’86)
• Occupation: Physician and Partner at Klein Birns Urology
• Professional activities: Managing Partner, Manhattan Medical Development LLP, a real estate management firm for medical facilities; Managing Partner, Premier Professionals of NY, a multi-specialty medical practice in Manhattan specializing in Urologic and Oncologic medicine
• Current civic activities: Member, Heathcote Five Corner Coalition; Vice President, Quaker Ridge Neighborhood Association
• Previous civic activities: Men’s Club President, Westchester Reform Temple (‘01-‘03); Trustee, Westchester Reform Temple (‘04-‘11); Coach, Westchester Reform Temple Basketball team (‘02-’10); Coach, Scarsdale Recreation Soccer teams (‘01-‘02)

Norbert Elsner, MD

• Years of Residency: 16
• Education: MD, MA
• Occupation: Associate Director, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center (Bronx, NY); Attending physician; Emergency Medicine

Kenneth Keats

• Years of Residency: 11
• Education: Syracuse University, BA (‘86); Fordham University, MBA (‘91)
• Occupation: Deutsche Bank, Director, Emerging Market Sales
• Current civic activities: TVCC Education Forum; Beach Point Club Dining committee
• Previous civic activities: School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC) (‘06-‘09), SBNC Chair (‘09-‘10); Scarsdale Bowl Committee (‘07-‘09)

Joseph E. Sarachek

• Years of Residency: 13
• Education: Cornell University, BS in Economics and Political Science; New York Law School, JD
• Occupation: Managing Partner, Triax Capital Advisors; Restructuring Professional and bankruptcy lawyer
• Professional activities: Founder and Managing Partner, Triax Capital Advisors (‘01- ); Chairman of the Board of Chazak Value Corp. (‘04- ); Member, Board of Directors of Kominox, a South Korean-based experimental cancer drug company (‘06- ); awarded 2010 Turnaround of the Year for Small Companies by the Turnaround Management Association, for work as Chapter 7 Trustee of Agriprocessors; Portfolio Manager and consultant, Balfour Investors, Inc.; Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery, LLC (dates?); Bankruptcy Attorney, Kelley Drye & Warren (‘89-’93)
• Current civic activities: Member, Young Israel of Scarsdale (’98- ); Member, Senate Club of AIPAC (‘03- ); Member, Turnaround Management Association (‘97- ); the American Bankruptcy Institute (‘87- ); the Commercial Finance Association (‘03- ); Lecturer for the Cornell Entrepreneur Network, Winter 2010 and the American Bankruptcy Institute
• Past civic activities: Chair, Annual Golf Outing and several large fundraisers, Young Israel of Scarsdale (’01- ); Coach, Scarsdale Little League (‘01-‘03)