Yonkers, NY — On Saturday (Dec. 5) at 3 p.m., a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Standardbred Owners Association of New York was held virtually via Zoom Video Conferencing. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual December General Membership meeting of the Association was postponed to an unannounced later date.

At the Board of Directors meeting, it was announced that the following, all incumbent Directors, were re-elected without opposition:

Michael Forte (Driver/Trainer category)
Jordan Stratton (Driver/Trainer category)
Tom Ceraso (Owner category)
Sandra Kaufman (Owner category)
Stanley Noga (Owner category)

The following Officers were elected to serve for one year terms:

Joseph A. Faraldo, President and Executive Committee member
Peter Venaglia, 1st Vice President, and Executive Committee member
Irv Atherton, 2nd Vice President, Treasurer and Executive Committee member
Chris Wittstruck, 3rd Vice President
Peter Younger, Secretary

The following Executive Committee were elected for 2021:

Joseph Faraldo
Peter Venaglia
Irv Atherton
Jordan Stratton

The following Trustees of the Retirement and Welfare Funds were elected for 2021:

Peter Venaglia (Chairman)
Joseph A. Faraldo
Irv Atherton
Chris Wittstruck
Peter Younger
Jordan Stratton (1st Alternate)
Ray Schnittker (2nd Alternate)
Tom Ceraso (3rd Alternate)

In addition, the Directors engaged in an extensive discussion regarding the SOA’s legislative and administrative priorities for 2021. Additionally, various Directors provided an update concerning the Association’s recent interactions with track management regarding a variety of issues.