FAN Board & Committees

FAN is an organization that is run entirely by volunteers.  This includes our dedicated board members who give their time to lead each committee.  If you are interested in helping with one - or more - committees, then please contact info@fanwinchester.org today.

2019 - 2020 Board Members & Committees

PRESIDENTS  :  Elisa Stern (Co-President) & Kathy Ochandarena (Co-President)

TREASURER  :  Lisa Faduski

SECRETARY  :  Claudia Mitchell

COMMITTEES  :

CHILDREN'S EVENTS

• Organize our exciting events including our Halloween Parade & Party, Families and Fire Trucks, Barnyard Babies and more!
• CO-CHAIRS  :  Cate Sheehy, Shannon McCormick, Bian Yu & Lu Wang

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

• Organize collections of charitable donations at FAN events and plan family projects to help teach our children the importance of giving back to the community.
• CO-CHAIRS  :  Sonya Rao, Denise Vosseller & Suzanne Wasserman 

MEMBERSHIP/MEMBER DISCOUNTS

• Welcome new FAN members, maintain FAN's membership database, and oversee our membership renewal process; coordinate discounts and create/distribute member discount card
• CO-CHAIRS  :  Thuy Buonocore & Anthea Brady

NEWSLETTER

• Publish six newsletters a year providing information and resources to our members.
• CHAIR  : Jenna Brown

PARENT EVENTS

• Plan events geared towards parents' interests, including the Welcome Party, Ladies Nights and special events.
• CO-CHAIRS  :  Brittany French & Lindsay LaBarr

PLAYGROUPS

• Run our weekly flagship playgroup, organize in-home, age-based small playgroups and weekend playgroups.
• CO-CHAIRS  :  Joanna Boyle & Sara Devitt

PUBLICITY

• Disseminate event information to various outlets (i.e. flyers around town and press releases to local newspapers).
• CO-CHAIRS  :  Thuy Buonocore & Arianna Blaine

SPONSORSHIP

• Maintain and seek new relationships with and sponsors.
• CO-CHAIRS  :  Jing Ma & Kate Putnam

SURVEYS

• Organize the Preschool Survey and annual member survey.
• CHAIR  :  Anthea Brady

TECHNOLOGY

• Maintain FAN's Wild Apricot member platform and the content and layout of the public website, fanwinchester.org.
• CHAIR  :  Molly Ryan

VOLUNTEER

• Manage the volunteer opportunities across all of FAN's committees. 
• CHAIR  :  Andra Lutai