At the Greenburgh Town Board meetings held on September 24 and October 22, 2025, two Edgemont residents were appointed to serve on Town boards.
Jennifer Frain, the newest member of the Greenburgh Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, is an eighteen-year resident of the Old Edgemont neighborhood in Edgemont. Frain has been a dedicated community leader, volunteering through the Edgemont PTA, serving as Executive Director of the Edgemont Recreation Committee since 2014, and serving on the Edgemont Community Council Board of Directors since 2020. She has held multiple leadership roles on the ECC Board, including Chair of the Nominating Committee, Secretary, Treasurer, and Second Vice President. Her long record of service reflects her deep commitment to fostering recreation, connection, and civic participation across the Edgemont community.
Joy Batashoff Thaler, the newest member of the Human Rights Advisory Committee, is a twenty-one-year resident of the Longview neighborhood of Edgemont. She is the founder of The Pod by CocoaCompassion, a social-impact chocolate company and community space in Dobbs Ferry dedicated to fostering creativity, inclusion, and youth engagement. Through her partnership with Community Center Without Walls and the Westchester County Poet Laureate, she helped develop the 2025 Poetry Series — an initiative that empowers young people to use art as a tool for leadership and civic expression.
Jennifer and Joy join Edgemont residents already serving on Town of Greenburgh boards, committees, and councils:
Antenna Review Board: None
Board of Assessment Review: Margaret Goldberg and Bradford Gonzalez-Sussman
Conservation Advisory Council: Liz Silverstein, Alison Gilmore, and Nancy Drain
Ethics Board: None
Historic & Landmark Preservation Board: Madelon O’Shea (Chairperson) and Carl Riobo
Human Rights Committee: None
Parks & Recreation Advisory Board: Janet Polstein
Planning Board: Dylan Pyne (Vice Chairperson) and Emily Anderson
Police/Community Advisory Commission: Blake Feinstein (Student), Margaret Goldberg, and Helene Orce
Zoning Board of Appeals: Kristi Knecht (Vice Chairperson) and Peter Blier
Community members stepping up to serve is essential to ensuring Edgemont’s voice is heard. The Edgemont Community Council thanks Jennifer and Joy for their commitment to public service, and all the Edgemont residents currently serving on boards, committees, and councils, for representing Edgemont in the broader Greenburgh community.
If any Edgemont residents would like to learn more about getting involved with the Edgemont Community Council or a Town of Greenburgh board, committee, commission, or council, please reach out to President@EdgemontECC.org.