Kevin Carter of Bethel, Conn., has been selected to serve as executive director of Teatown Lake Reservation, a nearly 900-acre private nonprofit nature preserve, principally in the towns of Yorktown and Cortlandt. Most recently, Carter was with Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, where he served as chief operating officer for six years.
Village Animal Clinic in Ardsley has announced the following appointments.
Susan Chun has joined as a practicing veterinarian.
Catherine Dell”™Orto has rejoined the company as associate veterinarian.
Matthew Kahn has been appointed vice president of marketing for portfolio brands for HEINEKEN USA. Most recently, Kahn was a senior vice president of marketing at Energy Brands Inc. He holds a bachelor”™s degree in business administration from the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. He also received an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Houlihan Lawrence, an independently owned and operated residential real estate brokerage firm in Westchester, Putnam and Duchess counties, has announced its entry into the commercial market with the launch of Houlihan Lawrence Commercial Real Estate Group. The division will be headquartered in the new Houlihan Lawrence corporate office at 800 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook.
Sunny Mitchell has joined White Plains Hospital Physician Associates, a recently formed division of the hospital aligning local physicians with hospital services. Mitchell will hold the position of director of breast surgery for White Plains Hospital. Most recently, she was an attending breast surgeon at Stamford Hospital, where she also served as director of the breast clinic.
Seth Oestreicher has joined EFT Network in Hawthorne, a provider of Automated Clearing House and Check 21/Remote Deposit payment processing solutions, as chief technology officer. Oestreicher will be responsible for all aspects of the design, operations and maintenance of the company”™s current and future computer processing systems and related infrastructure.
Richard D. Rathvon was named vice president for retail commodity services for ConEdison Solutions in Valhalla. Rathvon will be based in the company”™s corporate headquarters in Westchester County, and will lead the team focused on energy supply to commercial, industrial and governmental customers. Most recently, he was senior vice president at Liberty Power Corp. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Matthew B. Whalen was promoted to senior vice president for development for AvalonBay Communities, a New York Stock Exchange-listed real estate investment trust. Whalen has been with AvalonBay since 2003 and will continue to be responsible for acquisition and development on Long Island, adding Westchester County and the state of Connecticut to his territory. He holds a bachelor”™s degree from Princeton University.
