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Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester Welcomes Two New Board Members

Mount Kisco, NY (August, 2007) — Karen Ward and Steven L. Lichtenfeld have been selected to join the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester. The appointments were announced by Brian Skanes, Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester.

Karen Ward, a resident of Chappaqua, NY, was the Club's Director of Development from 1996 through 2006, during which time she helped grow the Club's programming and expand its youth memberships from 500 to 5,000. In 2000, Ward helped raise $6.9 million to expand and renovate the Club's Mount Kisco facility. Under Ward's direction, the Club's annual Humanitarian Award Dinner fundraiser grew from a $9,000 event to an $850,000 event. In 2005, Ward was named Fundraiser of the Year by the Association of Development Officers (ADO). Ward graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Art History from Bucknell University. She is currently teaching a course for the fundraising certificate program offered by the SUNY Purchase ADO.

Steven L. Lichtenfeld, a resident of Mt. Kisco, NY, is a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with over 700 lawyers worldwide. At Proskauer, Mr. Lichtenfeld is co-Chair of Proskauer's Real Estate Finance and Real Estate Capital Markets Groups. Mr. Lichtenfeld is listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2007 and was selected as a Super Lawyer in New York for 2006 in the area of real estate law. He is a frequent speaker at real estate industry conferences. Mr. Lichtenfeld received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with honors from Washington University and his J.D. from American University's Washington College of Law.

About the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester

The Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester was established in 1939 as a place for "boys to get off the streets." It is a non-profit organization dedicated to the service of all youth with a primary focus on children with special needs. The main unit in Mt. Kisco, NY is a 36,000 square-foot facility featuring an 8-lane pool, Child Care Center, gymnasium, games room, two computer labs and an additional 1,600-foot Teen Center facility. The Club has two satellite programs: a youth and teen center in the Yorktown Community Center; and a full service program at The Community Opportunity Center in Tarrytown, NY. The Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester serves more than 6,000 members, boys and girls ages 6 months to 18 years, from more than 60 Northern Westchester communities. The Club has been ranked among the outstanding Clubs in the national network of Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

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Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester
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