Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2020-2021

Eric Seidman – Acting President of ABC of Westport

Eric has been involved with A Better Chance of Westport for over 12 years. He had attended an early fund raiser when ABC was getting started and years later, volunteered to be a driver for the Scholars. Two years later Eric joined the Board of Directors as Treasurer and after 2 years on the board, was elected President of A Better Chance of Westport and served for 4 years. After two additional years as Past President, Eric stepped off the board but continued to volunteer in a variety of roles. Eric rejoined the Board in late 2020 as acting President.

Eric and his wife Leslie have lived in Westport since 1996 and their daughter graduated from Staples high school in 2013. Eric and Leslie met at Colgate University where he earned a BA in Mathematical Economics and later an MBA in Marketing from The Wharton School at UPenn. He has spent most of his career in and around the Food Industry. When not working on A Better Chance initiatives, Eric advises and invests in early stage food & beverage companies.

Acting-President	Eric Seidman*
VP Admin/Corresponding Secretary	Sally Judd *
VP Fundraising	OPEN
Scholar Services Chair	Nina Karol
Recording Secretary	Char Lukacs *
Co-Treasurer	Eugenie ten Cate *
Co-Treasurer	Amanda Parker
Academic Liaison	Donna Hyman *
Compliance Chair	Elena Caggiano
Database Chair	Rhonda Payne *
Database Chair	Jen Gold
Dream and Spring Event Co-Chair	OPEN
Dream and Spring Event Co-Chair	Debbie Jones
Facilities Co-Chair	Melissa Birns
Grant Writing Chair	Dina Fleischmann
Host Families Co-Chair	Rob Landauer
Host Families Co-Chair	Monkia Lazaro
Personnel Chair	Gerard Van Spaendonck
Public relations / Marketing Co-chair	Michelle Katz
Scholar Selection Co-Chair	Dana Langham *
Scholar Selection Co-Chair	Candace Banks*
Summer Programming Chair	Joe Ziskin
Travel Co-Chair	Lisa Hill
Travel Co-Chair, Health Services Chair	OPEN/ Yvonne Senturia advisor
Volunteer Coordinator Co-chair	Jodi Reiner
Volunteer Coordinator Co-Chair	Carolyn Caney
	*denotes exec board member