Mayor Mike Spano appointed Sheila Greenwald to fulfill the remainder of former Board Vice President Judith Ramos Meier’s five-year term, which runs through May 2023.
Ms. Greenwald joins the Yonkers Board of Education after recently serving as a teaching coach and facilitator for Bank Street College of Education where she coached Prekindergarten classroom teaching teams. Her duties included facilitating workshops for school principals and supporting staff. Previously, Ms. Greenwald taught for nearly 30 years in the New York City Public Schools, specializing in early childhood education. Ms. Greenwald also worked as Director of the Family College Program at Mercy College in which she oversaw the Prekindergarten program for children of full-time college students. Ms. Greenwald holds a Master of Science in Education and Bachelor of Arts from Lehman College.
A former Yonkers Public Schools parent, Trustee Greenwald resides in Yonkers with her husband New York State Supreme Court Judge Hal Greenwald.