Tarrytown School Board Members Running Uncontested

 

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. – Three incumbents will be running uncontested for their seats on the board of education of the public schools of the Tarrytowns.

 

B. Joseph Lillis, Mimi Godwin and Craig Laub have all filed petitions to run in the election, according to District Clerk Nelly Valentin. Candidates had until April 16 to file a petition to run.

 

School board elections and the budget vote will take place on May 15 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

 

Tarrytown residents will vote at Washington Irving Intermediate School. Sleepy Hollow residents will vote at Winfield L. Morse Elementary School.

 

Residents in both villages can register to vote in the school elections in the office of the district clerk from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. when school is in session until May 10. A special voter registration drive will take place in the administration building from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on May 8.

 

School board members serve three-year terms.

 

Lillis is the current school board president. He earned a bachelor’s degree and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin. He also holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School.

 

Laub works in the investment and insurance industry at Klingman & Associates, LLC. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University and an MBA from the Fordham Graduate School of Business. He is a former member of the Sleepy Hollow Board of Trustees.

 

Godwin has served as school board president, president of the PTSA and vice president of the Westchester District PTA. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Marymount College and a master's degree from Duke University.

 

 

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