Y’s Men Membership News

Saturday, December 21, 2024

Thursday’s Holiday Party drew 140 at the Patterson Club. The only glitch was a car crash (no Y’s Men involved) before the event that delayed some members' arrival.  President Bruce Borner was among those taking photos, look for them on the Private Y’s Men Facebook. 


Knocking out the tunes was a band of doctors (DNR). One Y’s Man remarked that if you were going to have an incident, this was the party to have it happen between the band members and all the Y’s Men doctors in the room.


Thanks to Dewey Loselle for organizing the event in a new way that expedited check-in and bar tickets, and to Susan Loselle and Lauren Siegert for quadruple-checking the ticket list and name tags. 


The Report

The Y’s Men Membership Committee, including Nabil Atweh, Bill Blaufuss, Ron Holtz, Steve Kunkes, Harvey Luft, and Baxter Urist, met on Tuesday to discuss plans for the New Member Luncheon in February. The luncheon is funded separately through initiation fees and is to introduce new members to leaders of the 35 Y’s Men activities.

  

New Intro Format

 New Member Intros is a popular feature here. It started with very brief intros. We expanded them. Some members like them longer, others pushed back, saying they read this newsletter on their smartphones and seek a shorter version.


Thanks to Communications Director Dick Kalt, we will be featuring both versions. You will see the brief intro and a link that will put you into Y’s Men’s Bios & Photos page that Bruce created earlier this year. It may require a one-time login but you should enter automatically next time.


New Members

Lee Schwartz:

From parking lots to fintech, nightlife to utilities, Lee Schwartz’s entrepreneurial journey is a rollercoaster of innovation and determination. Born in Miami, educated at Tulane, and battle-tested in the crucibles of South Beach and Manhattan, this 57-year-old, now settled in Westport with his family, is not ready to hang up his business hat just yet.

Lee Schwartz



Clarence Hayes interviewed Lee. Click here to see the full story. 

We introduced Bill Agnello last week but let’s do it again with the new format.


Bill Agnello:

Born in Chicago, Bill Agnello's career path went from accounting to corporate real estate. It took an unexpected turn when he joined the Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps in 1969. After his military service, he discovered his passion for corporate real estate while working as an accountant. Bill's career highlights include:


- VP of Real Estate at Baxter Healthcare

- Launched CBRE's corporate services business

- Senior VP of Workplace Resources at Sun Microsystems


Bill retired at 54 and co-founded the Business Advisory Council at Lake Forest Graduate School of Business. Recently, he and his wife moved to Westport to be closer to their daughter and grandson.

Bill Agnello


Clarence Hayes interviewed Bill. Click here to see the full story. 

We thank these Y’s Men who have referred new members during this fiscal year!

Win Allen

Larry Ackerman

Nabil Atweh

Woody Bliss

Bruce Borner

John Brandt

Marshall Breines

J. Scott Broder

Keith Brooks

Steve Chodroff

Robert Cohen

Ed Diamond

Mitch Fitter

Art Gang

Ron Holtz

Ted Horowitz


George Kalan

Preston Koster

Steve Kunkes

Bruce Leavitt

Floyd McCoy

Bob Mitchell

Vito Palermo

Bob Rosenkranz

Steve Rothenberg

Allan Siegert

Nick Snow

Don Sullivan

Philip Trifiletti

Baxter Urist

Joe Wiles

Stan Winnick

Pete Wolgast

Warm regards,

Allan Siegert

Membership Chairman

Y’s Men of Westport/Weston

 

597 Westport Ave. B240

Norwalk, CT 06851

(203) 246-0385

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