Sustainable Westchester elects co-chairs
Sustainable Westchester Inc. has elected Chris Burdick, supervisor of the town of Bedford, and Mike Gordon, CEO and co-founder of Joule Assets Inc., as co-chairs of its board of directors.
Somers-based Sustainable Westchester is a recently formed consortium of municipalities organized to work together toward a more sustainable future for Westchester County.
Other officers elected include co-vice chairs Nancy Seligson, supervisor of the town of Mamaroneck, and Mike Spano, mayor of the city of Yonkers; co-secretaries Dan Chorost, of Rye, a partner at Sive, Paget & Riesel, and Peter McCartt, chairman of the Eastchester Environmental Committee and formerly chairman of the advisory board of the Southern Westchester Energy Action Coalition; and Treasurer Herb Oringel, of Somers, one of the founders of the Northern Westchester Energy Action Consortium and Sustainable Westchester.
Other members of the board include Noam Bramson, mayor of New Rochelle; Sara Goddard, founding chairwoman of the Rye Sustainability Committee; Camilo Patrignani, CEO of Greenwood Energy; Tom Roach, mayor of White Plains; and Laura Rossi, of Katonah, senior program officer at the Westchester Community Foundation.
“Our charge is to provide value to county municipalities by creating savings for members and members”™ taxpayers through shared services, by growing the region”™s green economy, and by reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” Burdick said in a statement. “We have hit the ground running.”