Boys & Girls Club Starts Young Professionals Group

The is making a new push to get support from young adults by setting up a group for likeminded people.

On Monday night at in Mount Kisco, members of the Young Professionals Advisory Council held their inaugural outing to kick off what will become a new network.

The new advisory group will have several purposes, organizers explained. They include connecting with people who participated in the club as kids, as well as non-alumni and to persuade them to give philantropic support.

Todd Rockefeller, who is the vice president of the club's board, also noted that the council will help provide for networking opportunities, and over time members themselves could seek board seats.

The age range for prospective members is wide, explained council co-chair Emily Alfieri-Weinberg.

“I think right now we’re probably under the age of 45 but there’s no hard limit," she said.

Alfieri-Weinberg, a vice president for commercial lending at TD Bank's Purchase location, grew up in Bedford Corners and participated in the club's Marlins swim team. She first got interested by looking for ways to give back. She got involved with the club professionally first by joining its program committee, and wants to see younger people also give back.

“It’s nice to be involved with something that has a tangible impact," said Jon Marwell, who is the other co-chair for the committee, said about the club's impact on people.

Marwell, who grew up in Mount Kisco and is now involved with commercial real estate through Princeton Realty Group, said he saw the club's impact on people he grew up with. He got interested in becoming involved through seeing the involvement of his relative, Stuart Marwell, who is a board member.

Members of the current board see the advisory council as being good for philanthropy.

Stuart Marwell, who is also CEO of Mount Kisco-based , likened the council to being a board in training.

Board member Seema Boesky expressed similar praise for the philanthropic side.

“I think it’s very exciting," she said.

The council has more social outing planned, said Lisa Keogh, who is the club's director of development. They include a golf tournament on May 15 at the Brynwood Golf & Country Club in Armonk, and an outdoor picnic at Boys & Girls Club's Mount Kisco site.