The ECC Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the 2026-2027 slate in advance of the ECC Annual Meeting on Wednesday, April 29th at 8PM in the Seely Place APR. Serving on this year’s ECC Nominating Committee were Sharon Makower Bench, Dolya Fleck, Meredith Cohen, Amy Foote, and Adam Lessler, with Jennifer Frain serving as Chair. Below is the slate to be voted on at the ECC Annual Meeting:
Officers: 1-Year Term Ending June 30, 2027
President: Dylan F. Pyne
First Vice President: Eliana Weissman
Second Vice President: Sharyn Lewis
Treasurer: Anshu Kalhan
Secretary: Sharon Makower Bench
At-Large Directors: 3-Year Term Ending June 30, 2029
Adam Lessler, Manali Misra, Debra Rothschild, Elizabeth Sinha, and Deborah Shane
At-Large Director: 1-Year Term Ending June 30, 2027
Dylan Pyne
Neighborhood Director: 1-Year Term Ending June 30, 2027
Ilir Tota (Central Park Avenue)
Tamim Nazif (Cotswold)
Peter Blier (Fort Hill)
Ross Vinograd (Greenridge)
Brian Weiss (Longview)
Iraida Gonzalez (Northern Greenville)
Hila Gotthelf (Old Edgemont)
Krista Cassaniti (Southern Greenville)
SBNC Chair: 1-Year Term Ending June 30, 2027
Sharyn Lewis
SBNC Member: 2-Year Term Ending June 30, 2028
Vacant (Central Park Ave)
Vacant (Central Park Ave)
Danielle DeMaio (Cotswold)
Liz Osborne (Cotswold)
Roxana Story (Cotswold)
Michael Goldstein (Fort Hill)
Debra Rothschild (Fort Hill)
Nali Misra (Greenridge)
Saurabh Gupta (Longview)
Payal Lakhani (Northern Greenville)
Jill Lerman (Old Edgemont)
Emily Mitchell (Old Edgemont)
SBNC Member: 1-Year Term Ending June 30, 2027
Laura Wilker (Greenridge)
Laura Nukho (Northern Greenville)
Additionally, in accordance with the SBNC Rules and Procedures, the ECC Nominating Committee timely solicited and received nominations for Southern Greenville SBNC members prior to the March 3, 2026 deadline. As four (4) eligible residents were duly nominated for three (3) available seats, an election will be held on May 19, 2026 to elect three (3) SBNC members to represent Southern Greenville. The four (4) nominees are Rod Burns, Jill Schwartz, Fiona Li-Weisser, and Nicole Papapostolou, who are each seeking to serve on the SBNC for the first time and, if elected, would serve a two-year term.
In accordance with the SBNC Rules and Procedures, only qualified voters residing within the Southern Greenville neighborhood will be eligible to vote in this election. Additional election details will be made available on the ECC website.
Representatives to the 2026-2027 School Board Nominating Committee (the “SBNC”)
In accordance with the current SBNC 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.: | Clara Thomas (Year 2) | Vacant (Year 1) | Vacant (Year 1) |
| Cotswold: | Danielle DeMaio (Year 1) | Gabi Maxwell (Year 1) | Roxana Story (Year 1) |
| Fort Hill: | Amanda Sherwin (Year 2) | Michael Goldstein (Year 1) | Debra Rothschild (Year 1) |
| Greenridge: | Adam Bench (Year 2) | Laura Wilker (Year 2) | Nali Misra (Year 1) |
| Longview: | Lesley Alpert-Schuldenfrei (Year 2) | Jeanette Leeds (Year 2) | Saurabh Gupta (Year 1) |
| Northern Greenville: | Deborah Shane (Year 2) | Laura Nukho (Year 2) | Payal Lakhani (Year 1) |
| Old Edgemont: | Mariquita Blumberg (Year 2) | Jill Lerman (Year 1) | Emily Mitchell (Year 1) |
| Southern Greenville: | TBD | TBD | TBD |
If you reside in a neighborhood with a vacancy and would like to learn more about getting involved with the SBNC, please reach out to NomCom@EdgemontECC.org. Please refer to the Map of Edgemont Neighborhoods on the ECC website to verify which neighborhood you reside in.
The ECC Nominating Committee thanks Nancie Ellis, Jennifer Frain, Hope Klein-Andino, and Suri Singh, who will be completing their terms on the ECC Board of Directors this year, for their years of service to the community.
The ECC Nominating Committee also thanks Lisa Brasile, Krista Cassaniti, Shula Darviche, Garrett Evers, Iraida Gonzalez, Adam Lessler, Martha Lee Mellis, Sissi McEvoy, Christine Nayal, Tamim Nazif, Lauren Ricci-Warren, David Stone, and Gaurav Tejwani who will be completing their terms on the SBNC this year, for their service to the community.