Monday, March 18, 2024
Ravens Crest East Board of Directors
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The Board of Directors is an elected body that represents the Ravens Crest East Membership.

Duties

  • Attend various Board and Committee meetings
  • Interface with Management, staff, legal counsel, engineering staff, accountants and a multitude of vendors
  • Provide direction to management to carry out the policies and procedures of the Board of Directors for our Association
  • Develop, review and revise proposals, specifications, contracts, written communications and various other documents
  • Review Homeowner correspondence
  • Carefully monitor how contracts are drafted and enforced to ensure that our Association receives the highest quality of contracted goods and services
  • Analyze and review financial reports including budgets, bank statements, audits and other accounting reports
  • Comply with New Jersey State Condominium laws, Ravens Crest East Bylaws and Master Deed
  • Work toward the proper completion of the upcoming renovation project
  • Interview vendors and other possible future directors when vacancies arise

Board members, who are required to be Unit Owners, are responsible for the overall management of the property, affairs and business of 612 homes and investments, including your own, at Ravens Crest East At Princeton Meadows Condominium Association, Inc. The Board consists of seven (7) seats, which include four (4) officer positions: President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary.

A seat on the Board is a volunteer position with no monetary compensation. The term that a Board member serves normally consists of a two (2) year commitment.

A Board member has the privilege of representing our “entire” Association. The Board follows the democratic tradition where no one seat dominates the business of the Association. However, each individual seat can make significant contributions to the Board, and our Association. That is, “one person can make a positive difference.”

 

  
Tara Strickland, President
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Tara Strickland has lived in Ravens Crest since 1997, and has been an owner since 2000. She joined the RCE Board of Directors in 2010.  She spent nearly 10 years working on the editorial side of textbook publishing before taking a job with a private university as Assistant Editorial Director in 2005. In that role, she edits, writes, and directs university publications, including the biannual magazine; writes press releases and works with the media to develop stories about the university; and functions as a member of the marketing team to create a consistent, positive brand across all communications.

She has previously served as the chair of the RCE Social and Welcoming Committee and participated in the search for the new management company in 2003.

  
Neil Sutter, Vice President
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Neil Sutter has been serving on the Board since August 2002. He has served as Director, Secretary, President for 17 years and currently serves as the Vice President. He has resided here since 2000. He has been instrumental for the financial turnaround of the Association in 2003 as well as one of the primary architects of the Renovation Project ($12 million). He also arranged for the project funding of $6 million as well as later negotiating the refinancing of the loan through a complex derivative swap agreement saving the Association money.  This loan was fully re-paid and ahead of schedule. He has also assisted in organizing social events such as pool parties, Easter egg hunts, Earth Day cleanups and Valentine's day parties. He also helped support the start up of the Neighborhood Watch Patrol and developed the photo ID pool pass system which reduced pool issues. He has also been a catalyst in making the Association one of the more technically advanced in the state to create a fast paced and efficient office. Through foresight he arranged for conduits to be run to every unit so that fiber could be run allowing Verizon FiOS to be installed. Additionally, pushed for LED lighting to be installed on the entire property, becoming one of the first in New Jersey to have LED lighting. This created a bright and safe community and often referred to the gold standard for lighting. He also worked to make Ravens Crest East a smoke free community.

He currently works for Fulton Bank based in Lancaster, PA as an IT Enterprise Content Management Architect. There he improves the business processes of streaming-lining how documents flow through the bank. He is also responsible for the technical architecture of the enterprise content management system as well as the corporate strategy for content. Prior to Fulton Bank, Neil worked at AIG, a world leader in insurance services and is a fortune 100 company, as a Senior Business Systems Analyst working on enterprise wide document management system solutions to make the claims and underwriting process paperless. While working at AIG, he traveled the globe extensively to five continents making them paperless and improving the business processes. He has also worked in various capacities in the past in the printing, publishing and photo journalism fields. Mr. Sutter also served on the Board of Directors for the Central New Jersey Syracuse University Alumni Club.

  
Patricia Kuntz, Secretary
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Patty Kuntz has lived in Ravens Crest East since 2001 and was appointed to the Board February 2012. She was elected to the Board by membership in March 2012.  

She worked at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for 12 years working in the area of Grants Results Production.
Richard Naldoza, Treasurer
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Richard was elected to the Board in March 2016.
Barbara Amideneau, Director
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Joyce was elected to the Board of Directors March 2021.
Joe Ketchel , Director
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Joe Ketchel has lived at Ravens Crest for 20+ years. He was previously on the Board of Directors and resigned to perform the duties of Renovation Project Facilitator.  After serving as the Renovation Project Facilitator he was re-elected to the board of directors. Joe most recently was elected to the board March 2021.

He played a large part of getting the Renovation Project defined and has been instrumental in various efforts, like the Water Heater replacement, and Washing Machine hose replacement resolutions.

His professional background includes experience as an insurance underwriter for Blue Cross & Blue Shield and as a call management coordinator for Diebold. Currently, he provides drafting services as an independent contractor.

  
Joyce Lazar, Director
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Joyce was elected to the Board of Directors March 2021.
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