Y’s Men Membership News

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Hello, Y's Men:

This week we welcome another great new addition to our community, Tom Sansone. Tom’s background includes accounting, human resources, and business leadership. 

Writers Needed

We’re seeking enthusiastic Y’s Men to:

• Craft engaging member spotlights for our membership newsletter

• Capture the excitement of Y's Men events in our regular newsletter

• Promote upcoming activities that will spark interest

• Showcase the diverse range of our group’s pursuits

No prior experience needed – just bring your enthusiasm and fresh perspective!

Ready to flex your creative muscles? Reply to this email. Together, we’ll make our publications as dynamic as the Y’s Men community!

Calendar Reminders … don’t miss out:

New Members Luncheon

Thursday, February 27. New Members Luncheon at Gabriel’s of Westport - if you joined starting June, 2024 and haven’t confirmed, please contact: news@siegert.us. The event is close to capacity.

Pancake Breakfast

If you are available to volunteer at the Breakfast (to check in arrivals or help in some other way), please call the event organizer, Ron Holtz at (203) 993-4970).

Tuesday, February 11, 8:00 am

The Original Pancake House, 43 Main Street, Westport

 $12.50 Total (tax & tip included—no “egg-flation” here!)

What’s included: Coffee/tea, two eggs your way, three pancakes, and meat (bacon, sausage, patties). Menu is fixed to keep things smooth.

Secure your spot now (click here). 

New Member Spotlight: Clarence Hayes interviewed new member Rick Honey for this week’s spotlight:

Rick Honey

Born in 1947, Rick grew up in a small upstate New York town of just 2,500 people. He graduated from high school in 1966, where he was an all-sport athlete and served as student council president. In 1970, he pursued his interest in writing and earned a BA in English from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

After college, Rick worked as a counselor at a Boys Club in an inner-city Pittsburgh neighborhood for two years. At a friend’s suggestion, he moved to Ridgefield, CT, where he held various odd jobs while trying to break into the newspaper business. He approached the publisher of four weekly newspapers in the area and managed to get a shot as a reporter, thus launching a seven-year career in local journalism that culminated in his role as editor of The Redding Pilot. 

Rick transitioned from local newspapers, serving as an editor of Patient Care—a magazine for physicians—from 1979 to 1981, before moving into corporate communications, a field in which he remained until retirement. He spent two years at St. Regis Paper Company before joining Pfizer in 1983.

When Pfizer spun off its minerals business in 1992, Rick followed the Pfizer CFO to join Minerals Technologies Inc., an R&D company focused on producing a variety of minerals used in different industrial products and processes. For more than 25 years, he managed investor relations, corporate communications, media relations, internal communications, and occasional political lobbying, becoming a corporate officer in 2001. During that time the company grew revenues from $350 million to $2.2 billion under four different CEOs.

In 2004, Rick moved from New York City to Weston. He has three grandchildren in Westport who keep him on this toes!

A voracious reader who now writes simply for pleasure, Rick eagerly looks forward to forging new friendships and taking part in Y's Men activities.

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

Robert Israely

George Kalan

Preston Koster

Steve Kunkes

Bruce Leavitt

Harvey Luft

Floyd McCoy

Paul Muller

Bob Mitchell

Denis Mittleman

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

News@siegert.us