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.

2018 - 2019 Board Members & Committees

PRESIDENTS  :  Katie Tully (Co-President), Lisa Olaharski (Co-President), & Elisa Stern (Co-President)

TREASURER  :  Lisa Faduski

SECRETARY  :  Deb Melkonian

COMMITTEES  :

CHILDREN'S EVENTS

• Organize our exciting events including our Halloween Parade & Party, Families and Fire Trucks, Barnyard Babies and more!
• CO-CHAIRS  :  Kathy Ocheandara, Lindsay LaBarr, Cate Sheehy, & Jessica Christensen

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  :  Andrea Poole & 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  :  Elisa Stern

PARENT EVENTS

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

PLAYGROUPS

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

PUBLICITY

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

SPONSORSHIP

• Maintain and seek new relationships with and sponsors.
• CHAIR  :  Sonya Rao & Jing Ma

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  :  Marcia Velencia McDonald

VOLUNTEER

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