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Secretary   Vice President and Dean of Continuing Education, Westchester Community College         Counsel     Edward A. Morgan, Esq.   Former Senior Tax Partner, Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn LLP Former Chairman, Committee on Taxes, International Bar Association Former Mayor, Village of Scarsdale         Directors     Carlos Bernard     President, Westchester Hispanic Coalition Past President, Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President, Sir Speedy Printing   Hon. Lisa A. Copeland   City Clerk, City of Mount Vernon Marjorie Finer   Principal/VP Creative Services, The Inner Group Chair, The Alliance of Hudson Valley of Women Business Owners   Nancy D. 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She has been active in women's issues, local government & public policy matters in Westchester County for more than 25 years and serves as part-time Executive Director of the Westchester Municipal Officials Association. She is a former Mayor of the Village of Scarsdale, a former chair of the Westchester County Women's Advisory Board and a former president of the Scarsdale chapter of the League of Women Voters. Ms. Janiak has many community and professional affiliations and is actively involved with both the state and national microenterprise development program associations. She has a BA in Secondary Education from the Pennsylvania State University and a MA in Women's History from Sarah Lawrence College. She can be contacted at 914-948-6098 ext. 12 or ajaniak@westchester.org. Danyette J. Palmer is WEDC's Office Manager. She began her association with WEDC as a consultant in July 2002, then joined them full time in December 2003. She works closely with the Executive and Associate Directors on special projects, while managing the database and daily office operations at WEDC. She has more than 15 years experience in office management, and bookkeeping functions. She also operates her own small business as a virtual assistant, managing the database and administrative functions of two not-for-profit membership organizations from her home office in Mount Vernon, NY. She can be contacted at 914-948-6098 ext. 10 or cpalmer@westchester.org. Fran Reinstein, Program Specialist Joy Rosenzweig, WEDC's Associate Director, comes to WEDC with an extensive background in program development, public relations and management. Prior to joining WEDC, she served as President of the League of Women Voters of Westchester. She was Director of Community Relations for State Assemblyman Adam Bradley and is the owner of Blue Ink Communications, a communications firm which specializes in satisfying the writing needs of not-for-profit organizations. Ms.Rosenzweig earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology/Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College. Ms. Rosenzweig began her association with WEDC as a participant in the 15-Week Entrepreneurial Training Class. During that time she established her business and was hired by WEDC to write its e-newsletter. She joined WEDC full-time in November 2007, because she was impressed by its success in fulfilling its mission to help women become self sufficient through entrepreneurship. She can be contacted at 914-948-6098 ext. 11 or jrosenzweig@westchester.org Women's Enterprise Development Center Inc. 707 Westchester Avenue, Suite 213 White Plains, NY 10604 914.948.6098 ©2004-2006 All Rights Reserved. Privacy Statement