MEMBER BIOS
1. District 16: Sandra Borducci - First year member; Term ending 2023
Sandra is a commercial litigator & real estate lawyer with over 20 years’ experience. Currently, she is the managing member of Sole Capital Partners and several real estate entities that own and manage residential properties in NY and CT. She received her JD from Seton Hall University Law School and a BA cum laude from Tufts University in political science and moral and political philosophy. She and her husband, both Bronxville High School alumni, moved to the village with their children in 2014 after her son completed preschool at RCNS. Her two children currently attend the Bronxville Middle School. Sandra served on the board of EYSA and was an EYSA girls’ travel commissioner and rec coach. She was also the art committee chair at the Bronxville Elementary School and a member of the Bronxville School Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee.She is active member of the Building and Realty Institute of Westchester.
Sandra is eligible for re-election to her NPC District in the coming election, since she was serving a partial unexpired term of a previous member who resigned early.
2. District 16: Wendy Halley (Current NPC Chair for 2022-23) - Third Year Member; Term ending 2024
Wendy and her family moved to Bronxville in 2015. Her twin daughters attend the Bronxville Middle School and her son attends the Bronxville High School. Wendy is an attorney with over 20 years of experience in music, media and entertainment. Most recently, Wendy was in-house music lawyer for Twitch, a subsidiary of Amazon. Wendy received her JD from NYU School of Law and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Wendy currently serves on the boards for The Community Fund, the Bereavement Center of Westchester/Treehouse and the Board of Advisors for the International Initiative for Pediatrics and Nutrition (IIPAN.org).
Wendy, who served as Chair this year, will be serving the last year of her NPC term in the coming year, having originally been elected to serve a partial term, and then re-elected to serve a full-three year term.
3. District 16: Simone Kane - First year member; Term ending 2025
Simone and her husband have lived in Bronxville since 2018 with 2 children in Bronxville High School. With a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, Simone has worked for ad agencies, design firms, and publishers. She enjoys volunteering locally as a member of PTA DEI Committee, co-chairing the Lunar New Year Celebration, and being a part of the International Fair. Simone is a Bronxville Field Club member and has served on the BFC House Committee.
4. District 17: Michael Ching - Third year member; Term ending 2023
Michael and his wife Ashley have lived in Bronxville since 2018. They have four children, two of which currently attend the Bronxville Elementary School. Michael is a Principal at a private investment firm focused on investing in public and private companies. He is a graduate of Columbia University and serves on the Bronxville Planning Board.
5. District 17: Laura Busker - Second year member; Term ending 2024
Laura and her husband David have lived in Bronxville since 2018. They have two children that currently attend the Bronxville Middle School. For the past decade, Laura’s focus has been on community and family. She has served on the board of CASA NYC, the Junior League (Dallas/NYC/BXV), and as a Crisis Text Line volunteer. In Bronxville, Laura is currently serving as a Board Member for The Community Fund, a MS Council Member, and as a Deacon at the Reformed Church in addition to her role on the NPC. Prior to volunteering, Laura worked at American Express and as a portfolio manager for the Trammel Crow family office. Laura has an undergraduate degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University and a MBA from the University of Texas.
6. District 17: Jamie Powell Schwartz - First year member; Term ending 2025
Jamie and her husband, David, moved to Bronxville in 2016. They have three children: one attending Bronxville Middle, one in Bronxville Elementary, and one at Reformed Church Nursery School (RCNS). Jamie is an attorney and also a NYS certified teacher (Pre-K-Grade 6). She holds a B.A. from Wellesley College, M.S. from Pace University, and J.D. from Fordham Law School. Jamie practiced corporate law at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP and served as Associate General Counsel at the New York Racing Association (NYRA). Prior to her legal career, Jamie taught elementary school through the Teach for America program at P.S. 115 in the Washington Heights. Jamie is a member of the Junior League of Bronxville and has held numerous parent volunteer roles at Bronxville Elementary and RCNS.
Jamie and her family are moving within Bronxville to District 19 in June, and is eligible to run for election in District 19.
7. District 18: Elizabeth Kiehner (tech committee)- Third year member; Term ending 2023
Elizabeth “Liz” Kiehner, her husband Keith, and their two children moved to Bronxville in 2015. Her daughter attends Bronxville Middle School (7th grade) and her son attends the Bronxville Elementary School (5th grade). Liz is a global strategy and IT consultant with 25 years of professional experience and previous leadership roles at IBM and Memorial Sloan Kettering. She is an award-winning author and in addition to NPC sits on the boards of Polaris and Nerdy Girl Success. Liz received her BA from American University in DC and MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology.
8. District 18: Tatiana Castro-Taboas (Secretary) - Second year member; Term ending 2024
Tatiana Castro-Taboas has lived in Bronxville since 2015. After a few years abroad, Tatiana and her husband, Alex returned to New York and chose the village as the future home for their young family. Her oldest child, Antonia attends Bronxville Middle School and is in seventh grade, and her younger two children, Martina and Joaquin, attend Bronxville Elementary and are in second and first grade, respectively.
Tatiana is a NY licensed real estate salesperson and works locally at Julia B Fee Sotheby’s. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from Universidad EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia and a Master’s degree in International Relations from New York University. Tatiana is an active volunteer at the Bronxville School. She is a current member of the PTA DEI Committee and is co-chair of the Bronxville School International Fair.
9. District 18: Vincent McBride- First year member; Term ending 2025
Vincent McBride, and his wife Michelle have lived in Bronxville since 2009, and have three children. Their two sons currently attend Bronxville High School, and their daughter graduated and now attends Boston College. Vincent is a Partner & Portfolio Manager Global Equities 2003-present Lord, Abbett & Co., and previously worked with Warburg Pincus & Co. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware, and obtained his MBA in Finance from Rutgers University. In addition to serving for six years as a Bronxville School Foundation Board member, Vincent has been a coach for TYA, AYYA and Bronxville 5/6 grade football.
10. District 19: Shelly Klose; Third Year Term ending 2023
Shelly and her husband, Christian, have lived in Bronxville since 2011. They have three children, two who attend the Bronxville Middle School while their youngest attends the Bronxville Elementary School. For the past 25 years, Shelly has been the Managing Director of C2 Research, a boutique marketing research and communications agency. She is also the founder of True Flood Risk, a patented property risk software used to identify, mitigate and communicate flood risk. Shelly received her BS in Business Administration from Cal Poly and attended graduate school at NYU. For the past two years, Shelly has served as Treasurer on the Bronxville PTA Elementary School Council.
11. District 19: Jonathan Beer - Second year member; Term ending 2024
Jonathan and his wife have lived in Bronxville since 2015. They have twin boys in Bronxville Elementary School. Jonathan spent 20 years working on Wall St. in Fixed Income, before becoming a writer. He is currently completing his MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. He is also Treasurer of the School’s BASC program, a member of the PTA Executive Committee and a board member of the Hilltop Association.
12. District 19: Alexandra Hoopes Remmel - First year member; Term ending 2025
Alexandra Hoopes Remmel and her husband Towson Remmel have resided in Bronxville since 2020. They have three children, two of whom attend Reformed Church Nursery School. Alexandra is on the board of the Reformed Church Nursery School serving as the Fundraising Co-Chair. Alexandra is a graduate of The Juilliard School, where she majored in violin performance. Alexandra is currently at J.P. Morgan Private Bank as a Vice President Banker. Prior to J.P. Morgan Private Bank, Alexandra worked at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management for eight years, both as a Wealth Advisor and in Business Development. Prior to her time at Morgan Stanley, Alexandra was a member of the Campaigns and Special Projects team at Carnegie Hall, working directly with the Board of Trustees and raising funds for the construction of the Hall’s Resnick Education Wing.
13. District 20: Jose Manuel Rodriguez - First year member; Term ending 2023
Jose Manuel Rodriguez and his wife Dana have lived in Bronxville since 2011. Their two children attend the Bronxville Middle School and the Bronxville Elementary School. Jose has been the sole proprietor of XMR Trading since 2012, and led a career in institutional investor sales. Jose recently completed an immersive software engineering program to pursue his interest in technology. He is a graduate of the University of Buffalo.
Jose is eligible for re-election to his NPC District in the coming election, after serving the final one-year term of a previous NPC who left the NPC.
14. District 20: Robert Andrews - Second year member; Term ending 2024
Robert Andrews has lived in Bronxville since 2013. He has three children currently attending both the middle school and high school. He is the Vice-Chair of the department of surgery at Northwell Health - Lenox Hill Hospital and holds a faculty appointment at the Zucker School of Medicine. He participates in many philanthropic, volunteer and research efforts mostly related to his interest in medicine.
15. District 20: Tracey Di Brino - First year member; Term ending 2025
Tracey and her husband Alex have lived in Bronxville since 2014. They have two children attending preschool. Tracey has been in real estate for over 17 years and is currently an Associate Broker with Houlihan Lawrence Residential and Commercial Group. Tracey is a member of the Junior League of Bronxville, and has served as a board member for the Women's Enterprise Development Center in White Plains. She also serves as a parent volunteer at the Reformed Church Nursery School and as President of Beverly Gardens here in Bronxville.
16. District 21: Chris O' Gorman (Vice Chair) - Third year member; Term ending 2023
Chris has lived in Bronxville since 1997. He currently has three children who attend Bronxville schools - one in eighth grade and twins in seventh grade. Chris has been active in coaching various sports and Boy Scouts. As a volunteer at many events at the Bronxville School Chris has an intense interest in keeping the Bronxville School an excellent educational school system which led to his interest in the NPC. Professionally Chris has experience as a senior executive in the financial services industry.
17. District 21: James Cherundolo (Treasurer) - Second year member; Term ending 2024
Jim and his wife, Olivia, have been residents of Bronxville since 2018. They have two children who attend the Bronxville Elementary School. Olivia is a management team member of the Junior League of Bronxville and a passionate baker. Jim is a co-founding investor in Nutshell Asset Management, a long-only, global equity fund, and actively manages his personal investment portfolio. Prior work experience includes being an investor and operator in two start-up companies, as well as 17 years as a senior banker at J.P. Morgan, working directly with public and private companies’ senior management and Board of Directors. Jim is a Den Leader in Cub Scouts, Bronxville Pack 5, and has previously served on the Junior Board of Directors of the Saint Vincent de Paul Center (Chicago, IL), an organization devoted to promoting vital programs and services in areas of early childhood education, youth services, and community outreach services to families in need. Jim has a BA in Economics from Wabash College, spending his entire junior year as a visiting student at the London School of Economics, and a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
18. District 21: Anne Marie Hein Niogi - First year member; Term ending 2025
Anne Marie and her husband Sumit have lived in Bronxville since 2010. They have three daughters, two at Bronxville Elementary School and one at Reformed Church Nursery School. Anne Marie’s career has spanned academia, finance, and industry (biotech/pharma). She currently works in Business Assessment for Pfizer’s Commercial Strategy and Innovation organization. Before joining Pfizer, for more than a decade, she worked in life sciences strategy consulting, and previous to that worked in investment banking at Lehman Brothers. Anne Marie holds a Ph.D. from the Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program of Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and is a graduate of Fordham University. She is an active parent volunteer at her children’s schools.
19. District 22: Erin Lovett - Third year member; Term ending 2023
Erin moved to Bronxville from Brooklyn, NY in 2018 and she has twin girls who are in 7th Grade at the Bronxville Middle School. She has worked in book publishing for nearly 25 years. She is Vice President and Publicity Director at W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., managing publicity campaigns for some of today's most prominent fiction and non-fiction authors. She serves the company in other roles including as a member of the Service Committee. In addition to being a member of the NPC, she also serves on the Board of Concordia Conservatory and on the Board of American Tributaries Travel. She graduated from the University of Virginia.
Erin has served the NPC since 2020 and is completing her final year.
20. District 22: Donald Bringle - Alum & Appointed member through 2023
Don and Emily Bringle have been residents of District 22 in the Bronxville Community since 2013. They have two children, both currently in the 8th grade at the Bronxville Middle School. Don attended the U.S. Naval Academy and subsequently served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. Following that, Don has been a commercial airline pilot. Don is active in the community including at Reformed Church and as a parent volunteer for the school and coaching youth athletics, including EYSA. Don applied and was appointed to serve the NPC for District 22 to fill a temporary vacancy due to a member's resignation in October. Don previously served the NPC from 2015-2019.
Don volunteered to serve a partial term of an NPC member, who had resigned in the Fall of 2022 with two years left of that term.
(21) District 22: Michael Girimonti - First year member; Term ending 2025
Michael and his wife, Gladys, moved to Bronxville from Manhattan and have been residents here since 2020. Their son attends the Bronxville Elementary School. Michael is a Managing Director at Money360, and previously worked at Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan. Michael graduated from the University of Hawaii, and has an MA in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and MS in Commercial Real Estate Finance from New York University.