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Board Members

Michael Tokarz

Michael Tokarz, serves as the Chairman of the PEPA Board Mr. Tokarz is a senior investment professional with over 30 years of lending and investment experience. Mr. Tokarz also serves on the Board of the University of Illinois Foundation and its Investment and Executive Committees, as well as Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committees.

He is also active on the Endowment Committee and Board of Directors of the National Wildlife Federation. He received his undergraduate degree with High Distinction in Economics and MBA in Finance from the University of Illinois and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Richard Berman

Richard Berman is the Founder and CEO of LICAS, an international consulting firm focusing on Health Care, Education, Housing, and Youth development.Having sevred as the immediate past president of Manhattanville College for 15 years he knows the Purchase community.

His leadership activities include leadership activities including acting as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Seeds of Peace, Board Member of Emblem Health (HIP). He also serves on the Commission on Advancement of Racial & Ethnic Equality of the American Council on Education.

Earl H. Doppelt

Earl H. Doppelt, is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Information Services Group, Inc (ISG) Based in Stamford, Conn., ISG is an information-based services company that acquires and grows businesses in advisory, data, business and media information services.

Prior to November 2006, Mr. Doppelt served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of VNU, now The Nielsen Company, a leading global information and media company. He has lived in Purchase for 26 years.

Peter Flanigan

Peter Flanigan is a lifelong Purchase resident. He works as an advisor of UBS Warburg. He is also the Founder of the Student-Sponsor Partnership and the Patrons Program, former Chairman of Children First America, Co-Chairman of St. Ann's School in Harlem, Board Member of the Children's Scholarship Fund and the I Have a Dream Program, Founder of the Center for Educational Innovation, and former Director of the White House Council of International Economic Policy.

Fran Klingenstein

Fran has over 20 years of real estate experience in Westchester County, specializing in sales and listings in the communities of Rye, Rye Brook, Harrison and Purchase. Fran is a member of the National Association of Realtors, the New York State Association of Realtors, the Westchester County Board of Realtors and the Rye/Harrison Multiple Listing Service.

She also acts as volunteer and supporter of many nonprofit organizations including the Purchase College School of the Arts. She has been a resident of Purchase for over thirty years and is a graduate of Connecticut College.

Staff Members

Anne Gold

Anne Gold is PEPA's Executive Director as well as Secretary to the Board. She has extensive experience in developing and managing communication strategies for nonprofit organizations.