AARON SOURY – PRESIDENT
Aaron is a seasoned marketing and management executive with 30 years of experience in banking and small business advisory services. His background in numerous industries and in working with small businesses, including founding a non-profit scholarship foundation, has prepared him as a strong strategic manager with solid organizational and planning skills. Aaron is a member of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. He lives in Westchester County.
JOSEPH MARRA – TREASURER
Joe’s professional experience includes 40 years of working in both Pubic and Corporate accounting positions at such firms such as Deloitte, Montefiore Medical Center, and SUNY Westchester Community College. He retired a few years ago from SUNY Rockland Community College as its Chief Financial Officer.
Currently he is Consulting as a Part Time Controller/ CFO for small for profit and non-for-profit companies. He and his wife, Mary, are residents of Yorktown Heights for almost 35 years and have been happily married for 45 years. They have 4 adult children and 4 grandchildren. Joe is an avid NY Yankees and football Giant fan and spends as much time as possible on the golf course.
BRIDGET BALI
Bridget has held a variety of roles within the fashion industry throughout her career, and currently works in sales as a an account manager for Burt’s Bees Baby. She and her family have been part of the CCC community since 2017 when her eldest daughter Nellie started in the infant room at The Farm. Her younger daughter Miriam started attending The Farm in January 2020. Bridget lives with her husband and two children in Katonah and is passionate about being an involved member of her community.
MIKE SURDEJ
Mike is a retired medical and pharmaceutical salesman who has devoted countless hours to local nature and sustainability programs. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Westchester Land Trust and is a member of the Local Open Space and Preserves Advisory Committee. In addition, Mike has served as the construction advisor for several Boy Scout Eagle projects where CCC was the beneficiary recipient. He is active in Lewisboro and was the construction advisor on the John Jay Cross Country trail development project. He loves working with young people and the outdoors.
LAUREN MOUNTY – SECRETARY
Lauren Mounty, Ph.D. is a senior enrollment executive within Higher Education, with over 30 years of comprehensive expertise in all facets of admissions, marketing and communications, student success/retention and financial aid. She is currently a consultant to College Presidents and was a former board member for Make A Wish Hudson Valley.
Lauren’s daughter was a CCC graduate and has since become a Speech Pathologist at an elementary school. She attended camp and had a wonderful experience with CCC’s programs until she graduated to enter elementary school. I look forward to lending my support to this wonderful organization and helping to give back to the community.
DIANE SWERTFAGER
I am a former teacher and coach of 41 years, proud mom and grandmother. I am the owner of the Prodigy Athletic Center. Our facility includes Pickleball, 26 volleyball teams, adult volleyball, youth clinics as well as a state-of-the-art fitness center. We are located on route 100 in Somers. We hots over 300 athletes, both boys and girls. We also offer martial arts, bootcamp, yoga and just opened a state of the art fitness center. A very exciting time for me!
NINA PATTON
THOMAS MCSHANE – VICE PRESIDENT
Tom is lawyer by training who has spent the past 22 years working for a consulting firm that specializes in corporate investigations, monitoring and regulatory compliance. Tom began his career as a local prosecutor on Long Island and later served as counsel to the New York State Commission on Government Integrity and as Chief Counsel to the
New York State Temporary Commission on Local Government Ethics. Subsequently, Tom practiced law for ten years at a boutique New York City law firm where he specialized in civil litigation, trials and appeals. Tom and his wife, Kitley Covill, have lived in northern Westchester County since 1987, spending the first four years in Lewisboro and the last 33 years in Katonah. His family’s association with CCC began more than 30 years ago when his two children attended
CCC as infants and toddlers. That association continued when both children returned to CCC as summer camp counselors.
Tom returned to the CCC board in September 2024, having previously served on the board during the 1990s.
RICHARD STRATTNER