August 28, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 11 Ridgewood Simoncini named Meadowlands Area Y’s president Ron Simoncini of Ridgewood has been named president of the Meadowlands Area YMCA Board of Directors. The announcement was made by Jane Egan, CEO of the Meadowlands Area YMCA, at the group’s 13 th Annual Golf Outing. A member of the Meadowlands Area YMCA Board since 2010, Simoncini suc- ceeds interim president John Mazur, who will remain the Y’s vice president. Simon- cini’s Y service includes chairing a new Building Development Committee and co-chairing the organization’s Gala and Golf committees. He also has co-chaired the Strong Kids Campaign, the primary fundraising vehicle for the Meadowlands Area YMCA. Simoncini is the founder and presi- dent of Axiom Communications. He also serves as co-chairman of the Marketing Committee for the “Huddle Zone,” the local organizing committee charged by the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee to promote Super Bowl-related events and activities in the Meadowlands region. Simoncini is a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Ridgewood and Glen Ridge Country Club, and has coached Little League Baseball and other youth sports since 1999. He and his wife Sharon are the par- ents of three children: Matthew, a junior at Susquehanna University; Andrew, an incoming freshman at Ursinus College; and Reid, who is president of the 2013-14 junior class at Ridgewood High School. financed by Sussex Bank. The building’s seller will continue to occupy the space in a “sale-lease-back” while the Y finalizes its development plans. The facility, which will be constructed in phases, will com- plement the 300 programs the “Y without Walls” currently runs out of more than 30 community centers, schools and churches in Bergen, Passaic, and Hudson counties. “Our past president Dennis Maycher, who we lost tragically and unexpectedly last October, was doggedly determined that the Y should have walls,” Simoncini said. “His leadership over more than 20 Ron Simoncini Development plans outlined During the Golf Outing, Simoncini announced that the 93-year-old Meadow- lands Area YMCA has purchased its first facility and will develop it into a tradi- tional 58,000 square foot full-service Y. The $5.3 million transaction, for what is currently a warehouse on Murray Hill Parkway in East Rutherford, was years allowed the Y to amass the funds necessary to purchase a building and begin this awesome process of creating a home, and as I take office I want to credit him and devote our board to fulfilling his vision.” CEO Egan added, “We remain com- mitted to a footprint in the broader com- munity that will continue to sustain local programs, but our own building will allow us to operate on a larger scale and offer programs including a fitness center, day care, senior care, swimming, nutri- tion, sports leagues, and other activities.”