CANDIDATE FOR VILLAGE TRUSTEE:

MARLENE KOLBERT - Background & Reasons for Running Again

(January 26, 2006) Larchmont Village has been my home since June 1966 – almost 40 years. My husband, Gerry and I raised our family here in Larchmont and our children attended local public schools. I have worked as a volunteer in my community during all these years. Twice I sought elective office – once as a member of the Mamaroneck Board of Education and as a Larchmont Village Trustee. I served two terms on the Board of Education, 4 years as its President from 1980-84 and have been a Larchmont Village Trustee since 2002.

During the early 1990’s, as chief fund raiser for Save Davids Island for the Citizens, I was instrumental in preventing major development in the middle of Long Island Sound, for which I received the 1991 environmental award by Federated Conservationists of Westchester County. I worked with WRAIN to prevent IKEA’s New Rochelle project. In 2000, as a member of the 2020 committee, I worked with a bi-partisan group of volunteers who went out into the community to find common ground on issues facing the Larchmont of the day and taking a peek into the future.

I have worked with all corners of our extended community and have always been a consensus builder, trying to bring people of differing views together to find the best solution to the issue at hand. This was especially apparent during my tenure as School Board President when contentious issues and factions pulled the community in many directions. These same skills have served me well on the Village Board, and I have worked hard on behalf of the citizens of the Village and reached out to members of the Larchmont Village Staff who do an outstanding job in keeping this Village running on a daily basis. If the voters return me to office for a third term, I will continue to give my best efforts on behalf of our community.