Every Child Healthy, Safe And Prepared For Life's Challenges

Our Board & Advisory Council

Board of Directors


Chair

Maris H. Krasnow, EdD
Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development

President

Janet Gutterman, Esq.
Attorney, Gutterman & Oppenheim

First Vice-President

Adrienne Weiss-Harrison, MD
Medical Director, City School District of New Rochelle

Vice Presidents

Carey E. Gross, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (Private Practice)

Ann Umemoto
Director of Operations and Program Management, March of Dimes Foundation

Treasurer

Thomas Kyle
Managing Partner/Chief Operating Officer, Manchester Square Investment Group

Secretary

Catherine A. Draper
Attorney

Board Members

Joanne Amorosi, CFP –Specialist, Westchester Financial Partners, LLC
Julia B. Anello – Artist
Ellie B. Becker, LMSW, MA – Social Worker
Sheryl Dicker, JD – Attorney / Assistant Professor
Myrna Forney – Attorney
Vincent P. Gianatasio – President and CEO, Investors Strategy Corporation
Douglas Gould – President, Douglas Gould & Co.
Jody Greenbaum – CPSE Chair, Harrison Central School District
Lisa Katz – Research Associate, Westchester Institute of Human Development
Fredda Kramer – Attorney, Community Volunteer
Christopher A. Lee – Market Development Manager, Ethicon-Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Jay Lerner – Partner, Lerner & Sipkin, CPAs LLP
Katherine S. Lobach, MD – Professor Emerita, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Patrick Maloney, MD – Physician (Private Practice)
Elizabeth S. Mark – Community Activist
Dorne E. Massiah – Business Manager
Kenneth Schiffer, MD – Pediatrician and Founder, Central Avenue Pediatrics
Deborah E. Seidenberg – Attorney and Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
Linda F. Seligson – Health Administrator
Theodore A. Wilson – Certified Public Accountant


Honorary Board

Louis W. Bookheim, Jr.
Mrs. Shelby Cullom Davis
Hon. Doris Friedman
Louise De Vel Muller
Hon. Ogden R. Reid, Esq.


Advisory Council


Elizabeth Alderman, MD
Amy Ansehl, RN, MSW, FNPC
Margery Arsham
Karen Blumenthal
Lyndall Boal
Delores Brathwaite, JD
Deborah Campbell, MD
Georganne Chapin, JD
Rebecca Lowell Edwards
Rachel Grob, PhD
Lottie Harris
Jackie Hilly
Richard Hobish, Esq.
Barbara J. Holland
Cheryl Hunter-Grant, LMSW
Stephen J. Jones
Regina M. Kelly
Ursula G. LaMotte

Danielle Laraque, MD
Richard Lerer, EdD
Penny Liberatos, PhD
Mary E. Loeffler
Andy Pelosi
Libbie Naman Poppick
Marisol Rivera Thurman
Eileen Santiago, EdD
S. Kenneth Schonberg, MD
Sandra Singh
Lynn Sobel
Evelyn M. Stock
Zoila Tazi
Frederick L. Wang, MD
Kate Weingarten
Sheree Wen, PhD
Saul Yanofsky, EdD
Marlene A. Zarfes, Esq.
Lester Zimmerman, MD


Presidents of the Board of Westchester Children’s Association, with their years of service and residence:


Years Name Residence
2010-present Ms. Janet Gutterman, Esq. Mt. Vernon
2006-10 Dr. Maris H. Krasnow Armonk
2004-06 Dr. Katherine S. Lobach New Rochelle
2001-04 Ms. Lisa Katz Scarsdale
1996-2001 Ms. Jackie Hilly Mamaroneck
1992-96 Mrs. Louise De Vel Muller Pelham
1988-92 Mr. Alan Shaver Bronxville
1986-88 Ms. Elizabeth Mark Scarsdale
1982-86 Mrs. Norman L. Cannon Larchmont
1980-82 Mr. John B. Smith White Plains
1974-80 Mrs. Harold L. Wood Somers
1970-74 Mrs. M. Mallory Gray Briarcliff Manor
1969-70 Mrs. James Monroe Jones Bronxville
1968-69 Mrs. Curtis Buttenheim Ossining
1967-68 Mrs. Elliott Bliss Chappaqua
1961-67 Mrs. George Guerdan Bronxville
1955-61 Mrs. Shelby Cullom Davis Tarrytown
1951-55 Mr. Charles T. Keppel Montrose
1941-51 Mr. Carll Tucker Mt. Kisco
1932-41 Mrs. John Tyssowski Dobbs Ferry
1926-32 Mrs. Carroll Dunham Irvington
1923-26 Mrs. Paul R. Reynolds Scarsdale
1921-23 Mrs. Herbert L. Baker Mt. Vernon
1920-21 Mrs. Herbert W. McCoy Peekskill
1919-20 Mrs. George D. Barron
(formerly Mrs. George F. Chamberlin)		 Rye
1915-19 Mrs. George F. Chamberlain
Chairman of Children’s Committee of the Westchester County Committee of the State Charities Aid Association		 Harrison
June-Oct 1914 Mrs. Robert A. Patterson
Chairman of Children’s Committee of the Westchester County Committee of the State Charities Aid Association		 Tarrytown
Jan-June 1914 Mrs. Joseph W. Allen
Chairman of Children’s Committee of the Westchester County Committee of the State Charities Aid Association		 White Plains