Board of Directors
| Bernadette Waterman, President | Diane Baker, Board Member | Jennifer Luckart, Board Member |
| Phillip Essenhigh, Vice President | Todd Johnston, Board Member | Claire-Anne Meskers, Board Member |
| Sue Torres, Secretary | Don Landry, Board Member | Karen O’Brien, Board Member |
| Fred Tencic, Treasurer | Ann Leibell, Board Member | Barbie Powell, Board Member |
| Andrea Waterman, Assistant Treasurer |
Bernadette Waterman, PresidentBernadette has been ELF President since June 2008, prior to that she served as ELF Treasurer. In her previous work experience, she was a CPA at various public accounting firms. Bernadette has been an Easton resident since 2004. She has three children; her oldest graduated from Easton schools, and her other two are current Easton students. |
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Phillip Essenhigh, Vice PresidentPhillip has been a member of the ELF board since 2009 and he has also been on the Board of Directors of Homes with Hope (www.ihawestport.com) for the past eight years. He has been in the metals industry for 30 years. Phillip has lived in Easton since 2005 and has one child, currently attending Easton schools. |
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Sue Torres, SecretarySue has been ELF Secretary since June 2008. Sue has previously worked in fashion as well as the banking industry. She has lived in Easton since 2000. Sue has three children; the oldest two graduated from Easton schools, and her youngest is a current Easton student. |
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Fred Tencic, Treasurer |
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Andrea Waterman, Assistant TreasurerAndrea has lived in Easton since 2004 and is a graduate of Joel Barlow High School. She is a College of Business Administration student at Fordham University. |
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Diane Baker, Board MemberDiane joined the ELF board in 2010. She has previously worked as an art consultant, manager, and buyer for an art gallery and retail stores. Diane has been an Easton resident since 1998. She has three daughters; the oldest two have graduated from Easton schools and one is a current Easton student. |
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Todd Johnston, Board MemberTodd joined the ELF board in 2010. Todd is a Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Financial Services Advisory practice based in Stamford, Connecticut. During his 17 years of consulting, Todd has worked globally with clients across the financial services industry including banking, insurance and capital markets. Todd has been an Easton resident since 2008 and has three young children; the oldest two are attending Easton schools. |
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Don Landry, Board MemberDon joined the ELF board in 2009. He is employed at GE as AVP, Risk Analytics. Don has lived in Easton since 1993 and has two children attending the Easton schools. |
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Ann Leibell, Board MemberAnn is a founding member of ELF and served as its first president when ELF began in 2004. She has continued as a board member and as Vice President. She also teaches at a local nursery school. Ann has lived in Easton since 2002 and she has two children in the Easton schools. |
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Jennifer Luckart, Board MemberJennifer has been a member of the ELF board since 2008. She is employed as a school based Speech-Language Pathologist. Jennifer has lived in Easton since 2007 and has two children attending the Easton schools. |
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Claire-Anne Meskers, Board Member |
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Karen O’Brien, Board MemberKaren is a founding member of ELF and served as Vice President from 2004–2009. Currently, she remains an active board member of ELF. In her previous work experience, she was the Manager of Events Planning for Pitney Bowes Corp. in Stamford. Karen has lived in Easton since 1998, and she has two children in the Easton schools. |
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Barbie Powell, Board MemberBarbie has been a member of the ELF board since its inception in 2004, and served as ELF Secretary 2005–2008. She currently works at a local nursery school and she substitute-teaches at Samuel Staples Elementary School. In her previous work experience she was a high school social studies teacher. Barbie has been an Easton resident since 1991, and she has four children, all currently attending Easton schools. |
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