Current Board Members
Peter Muroski: Board President
Pete Muroski is a long time area resident. Pete is educated in the fields of Meteorology, geology, and horticulture. He is president of Native Landscapes and Garden Center in Pawling. He serves on the boards of the Pawling Chamber of Commerce, the Dover Planning Board,and Chairs the Board of Pawling Public Radio. Pete is also a consultant for the Pawling Conservation Advisory Board. He has authored and has had published numerous articles on environmental, ecological and horticultural topics, some of which can be read monthly in Pawling Matters. He has also written and narrated the Living Landscape Journal series on Sirius Radio.
Maria Reade: Board member
Maria Reade is a graduate of Hamilton College and holds a Master’s degree in Writing and Humanities from Wesleyan University. She serves as Dean of Faculty at Trinity Pawling School, where she has taught English and French for the past twenty-four years. Along with her teaching and administrative duties, she mentors students on many service projects benefiting the Pawling community. She and her husband Ned, chair of the Art department, reside on the Trinity Pawling Campus.
Cliff Carpenter: Board member
Cliff Carpenter’s acting career spans decades. He has worked in Hollywood and on Broadway with such powerhouses as Tyrone Power, Burns and Allen, Anthony Quinn, Paul Muni, and Robert Preston, to name just a few. His talents also graced New York radio during its theatrical heyday, where his voice could be heard along with those of Lucille Ball, Burgess Meredith, and James Cagney. Cliff also served as an infantry rifleman with the 102nd Division during WWII’s Battle of the Bulge.
Fred Feindel: Volunteer
Fred Feindel retired in 2001 from CTC Corporation in Denver after a forty-year business career in manufacturing, marketing and consulting. Formerly a resident of Colorado, he now lives with his wife Gwen in the Village of Pawling. Fred is a founding Board member and served as the first Chair of the PPR Board of Directors. He is currently the Chair of the Nominating Committee.
Carol-Lee Kantor: Board member
Carol-Lee Kantor holds a B.S. from Boston University as well as an M.S. in Education from Western Connecticut State University and an M.S.W. from Yeshiva University. She has worked for local and national nonprofit organizations as a teacher, cultural arts administrator, social work administrator, program developer, grants writer and publicist. Carol has been active in community theater since 1970 and currently serves on the boards of the Pawling Shakespeare Club and the Pawling Theater Company. She and her husband have been residents of Holmes for thirty-five years.
Carol-Lee Kantor holds a B.S. from Boston University as well as an M.S. in Education from Western Connecticut State University and an M.S.W. from Yeshiva University. She has worked for local and national nonprofit organizations as a teacher, cultural arts administrator, social work administrator, program developer, grants writer and publicist. Carol has been active in community theater since 1970 and currently serves on the boards of the Pawling Shakespeare Club and the Pawling Theater Company. She and her husband have been residents of Holmes for thirty-five years.
Nancy Tanner: Board member
Nancy Tanner attended Western Connecticut State University where she earned a B.A. in writing and linguistics. She has experience working in corporate personnel, but is best known as the former owner and manager of The Book Cove in Pawling. She is currently an active community volunteer.
Zachary Fasman: Board member
Zachary Fasman is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Univ of Michigan Law School. He is a partner in the firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP where he chairs the Employment Law department in the Firms New York Office.
Michael Shustak: Board member
Mike Shustak is a graduate of Lyndon State College and holds a B.S. in Meteorology. A professional meteorologist for over 30 years with Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc. He served for over 15 years as a coach and eight years as president of Pawling Little League, and for four years as a member of the Pawling school board. He also volunteers at the Putnam Hospital center in Carmel.
Andrea Udoff: Board member
Andrea Udoff is a graduate of Brown University and holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Adelphi University. She is in private practice in New York City, where she also provides professional services to a private school.
Susan Stone: Volunteer
Susan Stone holds an M.F.A. from The Catholic University of America and spent several years as a professional actress, recording talking books and commercial voice-overs.She was a principal in Ford and Stone Associates in New York City for ten years prior to retiring to raise two children. She and her husband Jeremy are recent transplants from Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., where she served as a fundraiser and mentor to talented high school students.
Mark Wheeler: Board member
Mr. Wheeler is a graduate of Emerson College with a BFA in Theatre (’69). He performed with ACT ( American Conservatory Theatre) in San Francisco before moving to Los Angeles where he began a career in Television and Film working, first, in front of the camera, and later, behind. Upon moving east, Mark started teaching acting for film at the Yale School of Drama and Vassar College.
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