Pittsford Central School District
Board of Education Members

Ray Brown President 977 Pittsford-Mendon Road Pittsford, NY 14534 rbrown@canfieldtack.com 624-5506 Vice President Digital Services and Marketing for Canfield & Tack Printing. Member, Monroe County School Boards Association Executive Committee and Pittsford Leadership Team. Community Member of the Project Advisory Team and Communications and Planning sub-committees. Board Member, Rochester City Ballet, Past President, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Board of Directors. Science Action, YMCA Soccer, and Leadership Rochester volunteer. Attended K-12 in Pittsford Schools graduating from Pittsford Mendon HS in 1982. Holds a B.S. in biology from Denison University. Elected to the Board of Education in 2003, and re-elected in 2006. Elected president of the Board of Education in 2007.	Ray Brown
Kim McCluski Vice-President 10 Grandhill Way Pittsford, New York 14534 kjmccluski@rochester.rr.com 383-0575 Current vice president of PCSD Board of Education. Past president (2000-2003) and vice president (1997-2000) of PCSD Board of Education. Elected to Board in 1996; re-elected in 1999, 2002 and 2005. Past president of Monroe County School Boards Association. Former Area II ambassador and Federal Relations Network representative for NYSSBA. Past president of PTSA (1994-1996). Former member of Pittsford Leadership Team, District Planning Team, Instructional Leadership Council, Budget Review Committee, and representative to Pittsford Youth Services. Current board member and executive committee member for Golisano Children’s Hospital and Nazareth College; NYS Regents Advisory Committee; PCSD Negotiations Team; and, MCSBA Executive and Steering Committees. Leadership coaching consultant. Holds a B.S. in accounting from Ithaca College.	Kim McCluski
Brent Kecskemety 59 Caversham Woods Pittsford, New York 14534 bkecskem@rochester.rr.com 248-2791 Holds a B.S.E.E. from Case Western Reserve University and M.S.E.E. from Rochester Institute of Technology. Product Development Manager, Image Sensor Solutions, Eastman Kodak Company. Current or past school experiences as a member of the Budget Review Committee, Redistricting Advisory Committee, board representative to the PTSA, Pittsford School Foundation, Policy Manual Review, Labor Negotiations, and School Community Partnership Council. District representative to the Inter-municipal Opportunities Committee with the Town of Pittsford and Village of Pittsford. Member of Monroe County School Board Association Labor Relations. Elected to the Board of Education in 2000, and re-elected in 2003 and 2006.	Brent Kecskemety
Jill Harter Lennox 7 Crownwood Circle Pittsford, NY 14534 DDL92@frontiernet.net 381-5340 Holds a Juris Doctor from Albany Law School, B.S. in psychology/political science from St. John Fisher College. Currently serves the YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairperson of the Donor Development Committee. A past President of the Junior League of Rochester, she has held numerous positions in the Pittsford PTSA including Chairperson at Allen Creek Elementary School. She has served other community organizations, as a member of the Steering Committee and Board of Directors of the Leadership Rochester leadership-training program, and as a Community Advisory Board member for the Strong Families/Strong Communities program at Strong Memorial Hospital. Lennox was appointed to the Board of Education in September 2003,elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2006.	Jill Harter Lennox
Alka Phatak 8 Glenmore Circle Pittsford, New York 14534 alkaphatak@hotmail.com 381-6315 Holds a B.S. in nursing from SUNY Albany and is a Registered Nurse at Strong Memorial Hospital. Parent of three children, two graduates of Mendon High School and one current student of Calkins Road Middle School. Member of the Pittsford Board of Education since 2005. Member of the PCSD Negotiating Team. Member of and current co-chair of the Monroe County School Board Association’s Legislative Committee. Member of the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency’s HEALTHI KIDS Policy team. Meals on Wheels volunteer. Member and past delegate of the Chatham Woods Homeowners Association. Puppy raiser for Upstate Guide Dog Association 2002-2005. Odyssey of the Mind coach for six years. Past president of Pittsford QUEST. Active volunteer with several other school and community organizations.	Alka Phatak
Patricia Schwert 71 Knollwood Drive Rochester, New York, 14618 pschwert@schwert.ssb.rochester.edu 381-4406 PhD, University of Rochester, MBA University of Rochester, William Simon Graduate School of Business, B.A. in psychology, Brown University. Member of the Pittsford Leadership Team composed of School District, Town and Village elected officials. Past experience as Learning Needs Liaison, president Pittsford QUEST, member District Planning Team, Monroe County School Boards Information Exchange Committee, and Teacher Center Policy Board. Elected to the Pittsford Board of Education 2001, re-elected in 2004.	Patricia Schwert
Edmund Starowicz, Jr. 8 Stuyvesant Road Pittsford, NY 14534 estarowi@rochester.rr.com 248-8953 Served on the Catholic Charities of Rochester Board of Directors since 2003; Town of Pittsford Zoning Board Chairman, 1997-2003; Town of Pittsford Historical Preservation Commission Chairman, 1992-1993; Town of Pittsford Environmental Board Chairman, 1990-1991; Boy Scouts of America Troop 167 Chairman, 1996-2001. Holds an Associate Applied Science Degree from SUNY Alfred and serves as the Deputy Commissioner of Public Works for Town of Pittsford. Elected to the Pittsford Board of Education in 2007.	Edmund Starowicz, Jr.
Veronica Walker School District Clerk 42 West Jefferson Road Pittsford, NY 14534 Veronica_Walker@pittsford.monroe.edu 267-1004	Veronica Walker