Helen Knapp is running for a second term as Village Trustee.  Knapp was born in Bronxville and attended the Bronxville School K-12. After graduation, she went on to the University of Virginia and then to The John Hopkins University, where she obtained an MA in International Relations.

Knapp spent almost 15 years with Citicorp first working in corporate finance and then in international private wealth management. She then worked for a NY-based global not-for-profit, developing partnerships between private philanthropists, governments and businesses to create long-term solutions to poverty, social inequality in developing countries.

Knapp and her husband, Charles, moved to Bronxville in 2002 to raise their family. They have two daughters who attended the Bronxville School and are currently in college.

Knapp has been involved with the Bronxville School, serving on numerous committees and as President of the Bronxville School PTA. She has also been a member of the Bronxville Non-Partisan Committee. Knapp also served as a Governor of the Bronxville Field Club for six years. She was also an alternate on the Village Planning Board for two years. She currently serves as a guide at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Knapp describes her two years on the Board as a "challenging yet exciting time to be part of the village government."  She has really enjoyed developing a deeper understanding "of the committed individuals, community groups and professional institutions that contribute to the strength of our unique community" and the " incredible team at Village Hall, in the Police Department and at the DPW."  She particularly enjoys "being part of a team that listens and is responsive to our local residents and businesses, understands our fiscal responsibilities and has the ability to reach and implement consensus decisions after a thorough, open process of analysis and discussion."

Going forward, Knapp's focus will include working closely with the Chamber of Commerce to support and strengthen our local business community. She also thinks it's important the Bronxville continue to improve the Village’s aging infrastructure, particularly around the area of sewer maintenance and flood mitigation as well as making our streets safer for pedestrians.  Finally, she is actively involved in working with the village's Green Committee on programs such as the extension of the gas-powered leaf blower ban and the implementation of the Food Scrap recycling program, and I will continue focusing on issues of environmental stewardship.

Mary Taylor Behrens is running for a second term as Village Trustee.  Behrens moved to Bronxville in fourth grade and has lived here for 37 years. She graduated from the Bronxville School. She went onto Georgetown University, where she ran track, becoming captain of the team in her senior year, and graduating with a BA in Government.

 

Behrens spent over 20 years in the finance industry in New York City, holding various investment banking positions, including managing director and member of the Executive Committee at Merrill Lynch & Co. She was the most senior woman at Merrill and was running the $360 billion asset management division when she retired. She then served on the board of three public healthcare companies.

Behrens' two sons also graduated from the Bronxville School.

Behrens has served as Chairman of the Bronxville School Foundation, Senior Warden at Christ Church Bronxville, and a member of the board of NewYork Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital.

Behrens is running for re-election for Village Trustee for a second term. She is "excited to continue to serve the Village as a Trustee. "Working closely with the Mayor and the other Trustees has resulted in some exciting new initiatives for the Village such as the new monthly newsletter entitled "One Square Mile", a safe streets initiative, new updated solar panel ordinance, joining the County HUD Consortium that resulted in a $75,000 grant for Pondfield and Midland intersection, bringing Congressman Bowman and the Army Corps of Engineers to the flood zones of Bronxville, and hiring of four new Police Officers."

Behrens is looking forward to continuing the important work of the Village. She says the focus going forward will include:
-building the crosswalk across Rt 22. The NY State Department of Transportation gave this project the green light,
-a tree ordinance,
-a sidewalk ordinance,
-continuing the work of the Safe Streets initiative,
-seeing various capital projects to fruition, including important intersections and the stormwater study,
-making sure the Picture House Bronxville and Iona have the recourses they need from the Village to succeed.