Kate Bialo (President & Executive Director) – Ms. Bialo is an attorney admitted to practice in New York and Texas with extensive corporate legal experience as in-house counsel to several international corporations. She is a Past President of The Junior League of Westchester on the Sound and was the driving force in the founding of Furniture Sharehouse.
Ken Bialo – Mr. Bialo is a lawyer in NYC with 37 years of experience in litigation of complex cases in the US and Canada. A former Mayor of Larchmont, Mr. Bialo is currently Vice Chair of the NYS Municipal Bond Bank Agency and head of the litigation practice at Emmet, Marvin & Martin, a 204 year-old law firm located on Wall Street.
Patricia Brown – Ms. Brown is a Principal with the international tax & accounting firm of KPMG, where she has specialized in international assignment tax and global mobility services for 14 years. Ms. Brown was also Treasurer for two years and Ways & Means Vice President for one year of The Junior League of Westchester on the Sound.
Rebecca Mazin – With more than 20 years of Human Resources experience, Ms. Mazin co-founded Recruit Right to provide consulting and training for both public and private organizations. The co-author of The HR Answer Book, published by AMACOM in 2004, she is currently writing The Employee Benefits Answer Book.
Sheila Lahey – Ms. Lahey specialized in radio advertising market reporting services for 30 years and founded the firm Radio Rep Reports to provide market share reporting to a variety of communications clients. She has recently completed the course requirements for qualifying as a certified teacher in New York State and is a high school teacher in the Bronx. She is also a Past President of The Junior League of Westchester on the Sound.
Jennifer Servedio - Ms. Servedio is an active member of the Junior League of Westchester on the Sound and sits on the League's Furniture Sharehouse steering committee. She has a background in grantwriting and development and most recently worked at the Columbia University Institute for Not-for-Profit Management before making the decision to stay at home with her two young boys. She is currently working towards a certification to teach childbirth education classes.
Advisory Board
Furniture Sharehouse has a Community Advisory Board which includes representatives of our Member Agencies, former clients, and knowledgeable and influential community members who provide valuable insight and feedback to the Board of Directors about policies and procedures.
Junior League of Westchester on the Sound
Furniture Sharehouse was founded by The Junior League of Westchester on the Sound (JLWOS) and is supported as a Community Project by JLWOS with generous funding and volunteers. JLWOS is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women, and improving the Sound Shore communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
The JLWOS operates the Golden Shoestring, a "nearly new" shop in Larchmont, as its primary fundraiser to support its community projects, including Furniture Sharehouse and help fund scholarships and community grants.
JLWOS also provides a volunteer Steering Committee to assist Furniture Sharehouse with many aspects of its operations, including fundraising, marketing, communications and technology. The 2009-2010 JLWOS Steering Committee includes:
Deena Demasi Gillian Pinchin Jean Chambers Jennifer Servedio Laurie Forkas Lucy Moore Monica Flaherty
