WESTFAIR RIDES APPOINTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Rose Cappa-Rotunno, vice president of institutional advancement at Wartburg, and Robert Heath, retired entrepreneur and business owner, have been appointed to the Board of Directors of WestFair Rides announced President Catherine Wynkoop. Cappa-Rotunno and Heath will provide expertise and guidance to help WestFair Rides meet the medical transportation needs of older adults and key aging-in-place information and referral services for older adults and adults with disabilities in Westchester County and beyond.

Cappa-Rotunno brings more than 30 years of professional fundraising and event-planning experience to her new role on WestFair Rides”™ board.  Prior to joining Wartburg, she served as president and founder of The Event Department, where she produced more than 30 events and fundraising campaigns annually. In 2013, she was recognized as the Professional Fundraiser of the Year by the Association of Development Officers. She earned her bachelor”™s degree from Pace University. 

Heath founded The Fibar Group in 1979 as a business supplying surfacing for equestrian facilities, later expanding it to children”™s play areas. Over the course of the 40 years he ran the company, he grew its operations to become the leading supplier of playground surfaces in the United States. Heath wants to apply his entrepreneurial thinking and use the business insights gained throughout his career to help expand the reach and awareness of WestFair Rides. He retired from FIBAR in May 2020. Raised in England, he was educated at Edinburgh University. 

WestFair Rides is a collaborative, nonprofit organization providing medical transportation services for older adults and adults with vision impairments in Westchester County and the region.