This year a whopping 13 candidates are vying for four open seats on the Seward Park Cooperative Board of Directors. The candidates are:

#1 – Guido Hartray
#2 – Craig Lehner
#3 – Maria Ibanez
#4 – Lee Slater
#5 – Willow Ayers
#6 – Darcey Gerstein
#7 – Karen Suss Wolfson
#8 – Laryssa Shainberg
#9 – Jessica Kramer
#10 – Nicole Napolitano
#11 – Rachel Wilkerson
#12 – Kenneth Fried
#13 – Phung T. Nguyen

Darcey, Karen and Jessica are all incumbents seeking reelection. The fourth seat is being vacated by Betsy Jacobson, who was appointed recently to fill the vacancy left by Carol Anastasio’s resignation. Lee Slater previously served on the Board from 2006-2008. None of the other candidates previously served, although Nicole Napolitano is the spouse of former director Charles Liberman and Kenneth Fried is the child of former director Freda Fried.

Guido Hartray, Maria Ibanez and Richel Wilkerson have already circulated materials to a select group of shareholders saying they are running as a slate. So far, no other slates have emerged.