Sunday, February 05, 2012
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.”

 

  
Neil Sutter, President
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Neil Sutter has been serving on the Board since August 2002. He has served as Director, Secretary and currently serves as the 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. 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.

He currently works for Chartis Insurance, 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 process paperless. He has also worked in various capacities in the past in the printing, publishing and photo journalism fields. Mr. Sutter also serves on the Board of Directors for the Central New Jersey Syracuse University Alumni Club.

  
Garrett McGrath, Vice-President
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Garrett Mcgrath has lived in Ravens Crest for the previous two years. He has been working for a local University for the last two and a half years as a Systems Administrator, Software Engineer and IT assistant.  He spent the previous 5 years at Drexel University acquiring degrees in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

  
Tara Strickland, Treasurer & Secretary
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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.

  
Zeida Jimenez, Director
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Zeida joined the board in March 2011.

  
Joe Ketchel , Director
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Joe Ketchel has lived at Ravens Crest for 10 years. He was previously on the Board of Directors and resigned to perform the duties of Renovation Project Facilitator.  Joe is no longer Renovation Project Facilitator and has been re-elected to the board of directors.

He has been 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.

He is currently employed at a survey research center located in a New Jersey university.

 

  
Jeff Simonsen, Director
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Jeff moved to Ravens Crest East in February 2006 and has been an active member of the Neighborhood Watch Patrol and a member of the Plainsboro Community Emergency Response Team before joining the Board in March of 2008. You’ve probably also seen him at the volleyball and bowling leagues. He lives in building 900 and works for an environmental consulting company as a geologist and project manager investigating and cleaning up hazardous waste sites for redevelopment into housing developments. Current hobbies include writing short stories, boxing, and travel.

  
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