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Election 2017: Meet the Candidates
A MESSAGE FROM MARGARET COSTELLO, PROPERTY MANAGER
Name: Thomas Affatato
Residency at Le Havre: 19 years
Occupation: HVAC Engineer
Have you ever served on any Co-op
or Condo board, including Le
Havre? If yes, specify:
Le Havre Owners Corp.
2009-2013, Vice President
2013-Present, Board Member
What special experience, qualifications,
or abilities can you provide
as a Board Member? Please
include your educational background.
Owner, August Mechanical
Corp., Mechanical Contractor,
Engineering, 24 years. U.S. Army
Corp Engineers, 25th Infantry
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Division, 1974-1977
What do you see as the major priorities
for Le Havre for the next
year?
As a 9 year member of the Board of
Directors, we are past many capital
projects. Cost Control is Job #1—
marketing Le Havre is a priority.
Additional Information:
It is my great pleasure to inform
you about my time as a Le Havre
resident. The Affatato family arrived
19 years ago as a family of four and
grew into a family of six. Our three
bedroom unit, I guess, may not have
been adequate for a family that large,
but we managed.
One overwhelming reason was the
Le Havre community and its lifestyle.
Who can beat a summer at Le Havre?
My lovely wife Yuri was a daily fi xture
at Pool #2 with our children growing
up. We made and have many friends
here at Le Havre. The nest is thinning
with my older children leaving college
and what a profound decision never
to leave.
It is with great honor that I serve
on the Board of Directors. It is our
home, one which will remain so for
many years to come, God willing.
I wish to continue the hard work
that goes into serving on Le Havre's
Board of Directors to insure its place
for many years to come for the new
families arriving and maintain the fi scal
health of our community at large.
Name: Mitchell Breidbart
Residency at Le Havre: Almost 30
years
Occupation: Self-employed
Podiatrist
Have you ever served on any Co-op
or Condo board, including Le
Havre? If yes, specify:
Le Havre Owners Corp.
8/2005-10/2008, Board Member
12/2014-Present, Board Member
What special experience, qualifications,
or abilities can you provide
as a Board Member? Please
include your educational background.
I have a B.A. from Queens College
in Mathematics and Chemistry and
a D.P.M degree from the New York
College of Podiatric Medicine. I will
honestly represent the shareholders
of Le Havre to the best of my ability.
What do you see as the major priorities
for Le Havre for the next
year? Keep maintenance increases
to a minimum while maintaining
services, an excellent quality of life,
and continuing capital improvement
projects.
Additional Information:
My wife, Lorraine, and I have been
residents and shareholders of Le
Havre for almost 30 years. We have
raised our two sons, Adam and Eric,
here who have both moved on to
successful careers.
I think Le Havre is a wonderful place
to live and would like to be an active
part of keeping it that way. I am a
proponent of keeping maintenance
increases to a minimum while maintaining
our excellent services and capital
improvements.
When making a decision as Board
Member, I try to take into account
shareholder feedback. We are a
co-op and all shareholders should
have a say. Therefore, I am hoping
that this year all of my fellow shareholders
come out to vote so we may
achieve a quorum. I would appreciate
your support in electing me to
the Le Havre Board of Directors.
Thank you very much.
Name: Ray Bergen
Residency at Le Havre: 13 years
Occupation: Self-employed
Certified Financial Planner
Have you ever served on any Co-op
or Condo board, including Le
Havre? If yes, specify:
Le Havre Owners Corp., 2010–
Present, Treasurer
What special experience, qualifications,
or abilities can you provide
as a Board Member? Please
include your educational background.
MBA Accounting; Certifi ed
Financial Planner; Income Tax
Accountant
What do you see as the major priorities
for Le Havre for the next
year?
Managing Expenses and maintaining
the quality of life at Le Havre.
Additional Information:
Hello to all my fellow shareholders.
My name is Ray Bergen and I am
currently serving as Treasurer on the
Board of Directors. I am a certifi ed
Financial Planner and I have an
MBA Degree in accounting.
I believe that the current Board
is doing a fi ne job and I look forward
to continuing to work with the
team. Our objective is, and will be,
focusing on self-management and
keeping our costs as low as possible.
Thank you for all your support.
There are 12 candidates running for
nine (9) of the eleven (11) Board seats
in this year’s annual election (two
seats are controlled by the Sponsor,
Whitestone Equities).
The election will be held on
Wednesday, November 1, 2017, 7pm,
at PS 193, and voting will be take
place in the Clubhouse on October 29,
October 31, and November 1, as well
as at the meeting itself.
A “Meet the Candidates Night”
will be hosted in the Clubhouse
on Monday, October 16, 2017
from 8:00PM – 9:30PM. We
look forward to seeing you at
this event where you will get an
opportunity to meet the candidates
and ask questions.
Following are the biographies
of each candidate as submitted
by the candidates themselves.
• Thomas Affatato (Incumbent)
• Raymond Bergen (Incumbent)
• Mitchell Breidbart (Incumbent)
• Judith Densky (Incumbent)
• Carla DeStefano (Incumbent)
• Lori DeStefano (Incumbent)
• Stanley Greenberg (Incumbent)
• Penni Nussbaum (Incumbent)
• Steven Young (Incumbent)
• Crystal Chilton (Candidate)
• Thomas Tsounis (Candidate)
• Raymond Valdes (Candidate)
The candidates are: