The Edgemont Community Council, Inc.

The Edgemont Community Council award for distinguished community service has been awarded just about every year since 1950.  The ECC’s Silver Bowl Committee this year recommended that we present this year’s Silver Bowl to Edgemont resident Anish Nanavaty for his years of service on the Edgemont School Board.

Anish served on the board between 2011 and 2017, and was its president during the 2016-17 school year. Duing his tenure, he led several key initiatives, including a $14 million bond issuance, the renegotiation of the teachers’ contract, and various other financial measures that allowed the district to reduce the volatility in its tax rate increases and enabled it to meet the New York State tax cap. Anish’s contribution to the school district has allowed the district to remain on a solid financial footing for now and, because of the strategies he has implemented, for the years to come.

Anish lives on Evandale Road with his wife Malhar and son Anubhav, a college student, and daughter Mehek, an eighth grader.  He has a bachelor’s degree in science and engineering from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.  Anish works as a financial consultant through his company Free Ion Advisors, LLC, where he leverages his experience in analytics and decision sciences, digital transformation, process reengineering, shared services and outsourcing.  He currently serves on the board of Digital Divide Data, a non-profit that delivers digital services to corporate clients while employing and educating disadvantaged people in development countries and the United States. Please join us at the Annual Meeting on April 25 at 8 PM at the Greenville School Cafeteria to celebrate his distinguished service.

On March 22, the School Board Nominating Committee endorsed Mariquita Blumberg, Nilesh Jain and Pamela Montgomery to fill the seats on the Board of Education being vacated by Michael Bianchi, Jennifer Darger and Brian Yarrington.

A diverse group of hard-working individuals sat on the SBNC. They served with extreme thoughtfulness and dedication throughout the nomination and recommendation process. I would like to thank the SBNC committee for their efforts (names below).

I would also like to thank all of the nominees for their willingness to participate and abide by the SBNC process as well as their willingness to commit themselves to serve on the Board of Education.

Members of the SBNC for the 2017-18 School Year are as follows:
Central Park Avenue Association: Eileen Westler (alternate)
Cotswold Association: Wendy Amer-Hirsch, Victor Gialleonardo and Charles McNally (alternate)
Edgemont Association: Caryn Balamaci, Mark Rosenblatt, Lauren Ricci-Warren (alternate)
Edgemont High School G.O.: Shruti Kanna
ECC: Jiang Zhu, Genevieve Jaffe and Diane Gipstein (alternate)
Fort Hill Association: Jeff Sherwin and Scott Krochek
Greenridge Association: Dana Leff Niedzielska and Shula Darviche
Longview Association: Robin Luband
Northern Greenville Association: Evelyn Ray and Dylan Pyne
Southern Greenville Association: Jay Patel and Mrinal Jahnghani

Lastly, I would like to thank the local businesses, The Candlelight Inn, Gennaro’s Pizza and Giannoni’s Deli who donated food to feed the SBNC during the long evenings of interviews and deliberations.

Lisa Decker
School Board Nominating Committee Chair (EdgemontSBNC@Gmail.com)

The Edgemont Community Council will be holding its March 2018 meeting tomorrow, Monday, March 5th at 8PM in the Edgemont Junior Senior High School Faculty Lounge.

The agenda can be found on our website.

As always, ECC meetings are open to the public.

The Edgemont Community Council will be holding its February 2018 meeting tomorrow, Monday, February 12th at 8PM in the Edgemont Junior Senior High School Faculty Lounge.

The agenda can be found on our website.

As always, ECC meetings are open to the public.

Reminder: Due to the Superintendent’s Conference Day scheduled for tomorrow, February 5, 2018 the February 2018 ECC Board of Directors meeting will be held Monday, February 12, 2018 (2nd Monday of the Month).