Our Board

Behind the scenes, ArtsWestchester is fortunate to have a large, active and involved Board of Trustees. Our board members sit on committees, attend functions, fundraise and lend their expertise in countless other ways. They are the men and women behind the scenes, helping us stay the course, making our organization fiscally strong and artistically relevant.

John Peckham, Chairman
President & CEO
Peckham Industries, Inc.

Froma Benerofe, Executive Vice Pres.
Arts Patron

Joseph Oates, Treasurer
Vice President – Energy Manager
ConEdison

Jacqueline Walker, President
Arts Patron

David Ring, Secretary
President, New England Region
First Niagara Bank

Janet Langsam, Chief Executive Officer
ArtsWestchester

John Barnes
Senior Vice President
Reckson, a division of SL Green Realty

Glenn Bianco
Senior Vice President – Wealth Management
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Brian Carcaterra
Senior Vice President
CBRE, Inc.

Natasha Caputo, ex-officio
Director of Tourism
Westchester County Office of Tourism

Anna Damiano
Community Banking President
Wells Fargo

Barbara Elliot
Arts Patron

Jonathan File
Attorney

Emily Grant
Arts Patron

LaRuth Gray
Director of External Affairs
MetropolitanCenter, NYU

Karen Greenspan
Arts Patron

Janet Hasson
President and Publisher
The Journal News

A. Maren Hexter
Arts Patron

Betty Himmel
Arts Patron

Robert Roth
President
John Meyer Consulting,PC

Lawrence Salley
Arts Patron

Frank A. Schettino
Managing Partner
Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP

Carol Schmidt
Houlihan Lawrence

Judith S. Schwartz
New York University

Jamie Shenkman
Jacob Burns Foundation

Hannah Shmerler
Arts Patron

Farooq Kathwari
Chairman, CEO and President
Ethan Allan Global, Inc

Bo Kemp
Urban Strategist & Financial Planner

Thomas Lalla
Sr. Vice President, General Counsel
Pernod Ricard

Ellen Liman
Artist

Stephen Malfitano
Financial Advisor
The Purchase Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Ralph Martinelli
Publisher
Westchester Magazine

Judy Matson
Arts Patron

Donald McCree
Managing Director
JP Morgan Chase

Eileen Mildenberger, ex-officio
Executive Director, Industrial Development Authority
Office of the County Executive

Barbara Z. Monohan
Westchester County Taxi & Limousine Commission

Hon. Judith A. Myers, ex-officio
Westchester County Board of Legislators

Marc Potkin
Vice President, Power Marketing
Entergy

Lisa Reilly
Executive Director
Emelin Theatre

Armando Rodriguez
President/CEO
A&A Maintenance Enterprise

Martin Rogowsky
Owner
Rogowsky Management

Deborah Simon
Arts Patron

Hon. Michael J. Smith, ex-officio
Westchester County Board of Legislators

Paula Summa
General Manager, ibm.com
IBM Corporation

Judith Weber
Executive Director
New Rochelle Council on the Arts

Robert Wiener
Chairman
MAXX Management

Peter G. Wilcox
Director of Government Affairs
PepsiCo

Our Board

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