Riconda fills one of three Exec. Board vacancies

Petitioning ended April 22 to fill three mid-term vacancies on the PEF Executive Board.

As the only certified candidate for Board Seat 325, Gerard Riconda has been seated and now represents PEF members at Hudson River Psychiatric Center (PC), Mid-Hudson PC, Central NY PC, and in some cases, the state Office of Mental Health (OMH) Main Office.

Multiple candidates were certified for Board Seats 210 and 230 and will compete in elections for those seats.

Matthew Litt, Carl Franklin, Mark Seidner and Catherine Kozlowski are candidates for Seat 210. It represents all PEF members at the state Insurance Fund statewide who work in field services, premium auditing, customer service, underwriting and vocational rehabilitation.

Helen Esposito, Sally Weibel and Robert Varano are candidates for Seat 230, representing all PEF members at the state Labor Department in PEF Regions 5-7.

Ballots were mailed to those constituencies May 12. They must be returned to the American Arbitration Association by June 3, for counting June 4 in New York City. — Sherry Halbrook