HOW WOULD YOU DESIGN YOUR FUTURE?* WIT WONDERS:
Rob Astorino
Catherine Borgia
Michael Boriskin
Michael Botwinick
Rossanna Bressler
Stam Dewbury
Susie Eldred
Maryann Papasodero
Stephen Sinon
Robert Weisz
Ilana Wilensky
Mei Xu
“I’D SIT DOWN WITH MY WIFE AND WE’D FIGURE OUT WHERE WE’D WANT TO BE IN 30 YEARS AND HOW TO GET THERE. AND THEN WE’D ASK THE KIDS FOR HELP.” – Rob Astorino, Westchester County Executive, Mount Pleasant resident “I ALWAYS TRY TO GO WITH PASSION, SERVICE AND BEAUTY.” – Catherine Borgia, Majority Leader, Legislator, 9th District, Westchester County Board of Legislators, Ossining resident “I ALWAYS WANT TO BE THINKING CREATIVELY AND LOOKING FOR WHAT’S NOT YET THERE.” – Michael Boriskin, artistic and executive director, Copland House, Bedford resident “JUST LIKE MY PAST – BEING ON THE RIGHT CORNER AT THE RIGHT TIME.” – Michael Botwinick, director, Hudson River Museum, New York City resident
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“I WOULD WANT ALL OF US IN MY FAMILY TO LIVE ON THE SAME BLOCK ON A HUGE TRACT OF LAND.” – Rossanna Bressler, stay-at-home mom, Pound Ridge resident “I WANT MY KIDS AND ME TO BE HAPPY.” – Stam Dewbury, attorney, Carmel resident “I COMPLETED MY MASTER’S (IN MARKETING) AND PH.D (IN ANTHROPOLOGY) AT UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS (IN SCOTLAND). NOW I WORK AT THE (NEW YORK) BOTANICAL GARDEN, WHICH I LOVE....SOME PLANS YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE, LIKE A FAMILY. BUT YOU CAN’T BE SO RIGID. I THINK THERE’S A NEW ATTITUDE. SOME THINGS THAT YOU DON’T PLAN ON WORK OUT.” – Susie Eldred, retail marketing manager, the New York Botanical Garden, Manhattan resident
“I JUST WANT A BEAUTIFUL HAPPY FAMILY WITH GREAT KIDS.” – Maryann Papasodero, hair stylist and makeup artist, Mahopac resident “I’M THINKING ABOUT MY APARTMENT AND REDECORATING. I’VE LIVED THERE LONG ENOUGH AND IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE.” – Stephen Sinon, head of information services and archives, the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx resident “I’D LIKE MY FUTURE TO BE A CONTINUATION OF MY PAST. I LOVE WHAT I DO AND WANT TO DO MORE OF IT FOR A LONG TIME.” – Robert Weisz, CEO, RPW Group, New York City resident
“I THINK IT WOULD BE FULL OF FAMILY AND GOOD FRIENDS, AND, FROM A CAREER STANDPOINT, THAT I WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AMAZING DESIGNERS AND HELP THEM BRING THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE INTO THE WORLD.” – Ilana Wilensky, vice president, Jewel Branding & Licensing, Atlanta resident “I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO PEOPLE BUYING THINGS BECAUSE THEY LOVE THEM NOT FOR THE BRAND. I WANT PEOPLE TO APPRECIATE ART, CREATIVITY AND GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE….THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN IS THIS SLEEPING BEAUTY AND I WANT TO BRING IT FORWARD INTO POP CULTURE SO PEOPLE CAN DISCOVER IT AND BE INSPIRED.” – Mei Xu, owner and CEO, Chesapeake Bay Candle, which has a new line of NYBGinspired products, Bethesda, Md. resident
*Asked at ArtsWestchester’s “50 for 50” initiative launch, the New York Botanical Garden’s Chesapeake Bay Candle luncheon and Neiman Marcus Westchester’s event for shoe collector Kristina Cavallo.