The ECC Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the 2025-2026 slate in advance of the ECC Annual Meeting on Wednesday, April 30th at 8PM in the Seely Place APR. Serving on this year’s ECC Nominating Committee were Lesley Alpert-Schuldenfrei, Sharon Makower Bench, Meredith Cohen, Amy Foote, Michael Leto, with Manali Misra serving as Chair. Below is the slate to be voted on at the ECC Annual Meeting:
Officers: 1-Year Term Ending June 30, 2026
President: Dylan F. Pyne
First Vice President: Paul Wooten
Second Vice President: Sharyn Lewis
Treasurer: Anshu Kalhan
Secretary: Sharon Makower Bench
At-Large Directors: 3-Year Term Ending June 30, 2028
Helen Bi, Alison Gilmore, Anshu Kalhan, Jeanette Leeds, and Sharyn Lewis
At-Large Director: 1-Year Term Ending June 30, 2026
Dylan Pyne and Debra Rothschild
Neighborhood Director: 1-Year Term Ending June 30, 2026
Ilir Tota (Central Park Avenue)
Tamim Nazif (Cotswold)
Peter Blier (Fort Hill)
Ross Vinograd (Greenridge)
Evan Levine (Longview)
Huda Rasheed (Northern Greenville)
Hila Gotthelf (Old Edgemont)
Michael Leto (Southern Greenville)
School Board Nominating Committee Chair: 1-Year Term Ending June 30, 2026
Sharyn Lewis
SBNC Member: 2-Year Term Ending June 30, 2027
Lesley Alpert-Schuldenfrei (Longview)
Adam Bench (Greenridge)
Mariquita Blumberg (Old Edgemont)
Vasanth Gulappa (Central Park Avenue)
Jeanette Leeds (Longview)
Deborah Shane (Northern Greenville)
Representatives to the 2026-2026 School Board Nominating Committee (the “SBNC”)
In accordance with the current School Board Nominating Committee Rules and Procedures, each neighborhood is entitled to three voting members. Members serve a two-year term and must wait three years before becoming eligible to serve again.
| Central Park Ave.: | Suri Singh (Year 2) | Vasanth Gulappa (Year 1) | TBD (Year 1) |
| Cotswold: | Sissi McEvoy (Year 2) | Tamim Nazif (Year 2) | David Stone (Year 2) |
| Fort Hill: | Vinay Rao (Year 2) | Martha Lee Mellis (Year 2) | Garrett Evers (Year 2) |
| Greenridge: | Shula Darviche (Year 2) | Amy Liszt (Year 2) | Adam Bench (Year 1) |
| Longview: | Adam Lessler (Year 2) | Lesley Alpert-Schuldenfrei (Year 1) | Jeanette Leeds (Year 1) |
| Northern Greenville: | Iraida Gonzalez (Year 2) | Deborah Shane (Year 1) | TBD (Year 1) |
| Old Edgemont: | Lauren Ricci-Warren (Year 2) | Lisa Brasile (Year 2) | Mariquita Blumberg (Year 1) |
| Southern Greenville: | Krista Cassaniti (Year 2) | Thomas Leung (Year 2) | Christine Nayal (Year 2) |
If you reside in a neighborhood that still has a SBNC representative that is TBD and would like to learn more about getting involved in the SBNC, please reach out to NomCom@EdgemontECC.org. Please refer this map on the ECC website to verify which neighborhood you reside in.
The committee thanks Lisa Buckser-Schulz, Lauren Lappen, Jordan Malz, and Pamela Montgomery who will be completing their terms on the ECC Board of Directors this year, for their years of service to the community.
The committee also thanks Meredith Cohen, Sharyn Lewis, Jenny Luker, Michael Leto, and Judy Seiff who will be completing their terms on the School Board Nominating Committee this year, for their service to the community.