Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • October 22, 2014 Area Candidates prepare for school board election by Frank J. McMahon The candidates for election to the Franklin Lakes (K-8) and Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School boards of education are entering the final weeks of their campaigns leading up to the general election on Nov. 4. There is no competition in the Ramapo Indian Hills election, where six incumbent candidates are running unopposed. Eric David Becker, a Wyckoff resident on the regional board, filed for a full three-year term; Jane Castor, an Oakland representative, filed for a one-year unexpired term; Teresa Kilday, also an Oakland representative, filed for a three-year term; Thomas Madigan, a Wyckoff rep- resentative, filed for an unexpired two-year term; Lisa Sciancalepore, a Franklin Lakes representative, filed for a one-year unexpired term; and Sadie Quinlan, an Oakland representative, filed for a three-year term. In the K-8 board of education campaign, however, there are six candidates seeking election to three available seats. Incumbents Laurence Loprete of White Pine Road and Susan McGowan of Cinnamon Lane are seeking election as are Randy Lee Dixon of Ashmont Road, Victoria E Holst of Pulis Avenue, Peter John Koulikourdis of Shirley Avenue, and Jennifer Marcus of Shinnecock Trail. Dixon has lived in Franklin Lakes for 15 years after living in Connecticut, New York City, and Washing- ton, D.C. He graduated with a degree in sociology from Towson University in Maryland and he has two children: a daughter entering seventh grade at Franklin Avenue Middle School and a son entering third grade at Woodside Avenue School. He is presently the business manager/director of sales for the Ivanka Trump Footwear division of Marc Fisher Footwear, a position he has held since the product launch in 2010. Prior to joining Marc Fisher, he was employed by Nina Footwear as a vice president for 11 years. Dixon has been a Parent Teacher Association member at Colonial Road School, Woodside Avenue School, and the middle school. Holst has been a Franklin Lakes resident since 2007 and has twins who will be entering third grade at Wood- side Avenue Elementary School. She holds a BS in mar- keting and journalism from the University of Wisconsin -- Madison. Her career in marketing and sales has been primarily in the pest management industry, where she served for over 12 years as technical representative in Canada and the northeastern U.S., growing multi-mil- lion dollar territories, teaching continuing education, and serving on the boards of the New Jersey and Mas- sachusetts pest management associations. She currently manages her own business, Twin Grove Marketing, which provides pest control products and consulting to the pest management industry. Koulikourdis was born in the Bronx, New York in 1965. He moved to Bergen County in 1976 and to Franklin Lakes in 2000. He also received his New Jersey real estate license that year. He attended intermediate school and high school in Fort Lee. In 1986, he received a BS degree in management with a minor in marketing. He attended the Quinnipiac School of Law and received a juris doctor degree in 1989. He is currently licensed to practice law in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, and Washington, D.C. In 2007, he was certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a criminal and civil trial attorney and he has been certified by the New Jersey Superior Court as an arbitrator. He has four children who attend the Woodside Avenue School. Loprete is the current president of the Franklin Lakes Board of Education. He has served as a Franklin Lakes school board trustee for the past four years, having been appointed in September 2010 and then elected to a full three-term in April 2011. He became the board’s president in May of 2013. He has also been the vice president and serves ex officio member of all the board’s committees. He earned a BA degree from Providence College in 1986 and currently works as a senior director in the com- pliance department at McGraw-Hill Financial in New York City, where he has been since 2009. Marcus has lived in the borough for eight years and has children at Colonial Road School and Indian Hills High School. She is an anesthesiologist who practices in sur- gery centers throughout Bergen County. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, attended the Ross University School of Medicine, and completed her residency in New Jersey. McGowan has served as a Franklin Lakes trustee for the past four years, having been appointed in August 2010 and elected to a full three-term in April 2011. She is chair- person of the board’s Policy Committee, NJSBA/BCSBA representative, PTA liaison, and a member of the Technol- ogy and Personnel committees. McGowan has served as board president and on the board’s Curriculum, Instruc- tion, and Negotiations committees. She has also been the board’s Municipal Alliance representative. She earned a BA in economics from LaSalle Univer- sity and her career included seven years as accounting supervisor for Simpson Thacher and Bartlett in New York and two years as a human resources analyst for KPMG in Montvale. Broadway star to lead workshop The Wyckoff Family YMCA will present a Musical Theater Workshop with Broadway star Jessica Lea Patty on Sunday, Oct. 26. The program will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Wyckoff Family Y, 691 Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff. Designed for children in grades three and up, this work- shop will focus on giving young actors the tools necessary to help them stand out from the crowd and take their audi- tion and performance skills to the next level. Students will also take part in a Broadway Movement Master Class. The program will include a musical warm-up, song interpretation and coaching, improvisation, dance combi- nation, and a question and answer session. Each student should prepare one musical theater song of choice for this class, be prepared to dance, and dress comfortably. Stu- dents are also asked to provide sheet music in the correct key. Patty has starred on Broadway as Wednesday Addams in “The Addams Family,” Eva Peron in “Evita,” and in the revival of “A Chorus Line.” She and a professional music director will work with students in this special one day workshop at the Wyckoff Y. The fee is $125 for members and $150 for non-members. Registration may be completed online at www.wyckof- fymca.org or by calling (201) 891-2081. For more informa- tion, contact Laura Toth at laurat@wyckoffymca.org.