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 |