MTCA Board of Director candidates announced

1-Apr-08 – Candidates for MTCA board of directors have been announced. Election materials are being mailed to unit owners by the CPA firm of Picker & Associates. Each candidate has submitted written information and will be allowed a three-minute presentation at the annual meeting scheduled for Monday, April 28, at 7:00 p.m.

With ten candidates and ten board positions, everyone running will be elected. The only question is who will have a regular two-year term and who will serve out the remaining year for two board members who did not finish their two-year terms. Edwena P. Monago resigned from the board shortly after she was elected last year. Berry T. Stevens died in February 2008.

According to the MTCA election notice, “the eight candidates receiving the highest number of votes will serve for two years and the remaining two elected candidates will serve for one year.”

Click on a candidate’s name to view their candidate information form…

Robert Abell is an architect. He has been a resident for 17 years and an owner for six years. For the past two years, he has been co-chair of the Building & Grounds Committee.

William Balcerzak is a computer consultant for Agilysys Inc., a provider of IT services to retail and hospitality markets. From 1980 to 1983, he was a Peace Corp volunteer, serving in Micronesia, an island country in the western Pacific Ocean. A unit owner for two-and-a-half years and a resident for one-and-a-half years, he is married and has a son.

Harold G. Bellamy is an Air Force and National Guard veteran originally from East Chicago. He was 74 years old last August when he competed in the National Veterans Golden Age Games, “the largest sporting event in the world for senior veterans.” He placed third in the air rifle competition. An owner for 24 years and resident for 12 years, he was appointed to the board last November to fill the remaining term of Berry Stevens.

Albert S. Colley Jr. is a retired educator and administrator. He has a doctorate in organization and leadership from the University of Illinois. He has lived at Marina City for 14 years and been a unit owner for 11 years.

Phyllis M. Hartford is a resource manager for Illinois Department of Natural Resources. She was president for two years of the Society of Government Meeting Professionals, of which she has been a member for 23 years. She has been an owner and resident for 15 years.

Sandra Lapping is Chief Accountant for Cook County, a resident at Marina City for 27 years and owner for 23 years. She is chairperson of the Election Committee and serves on the Building & Grounds, Management & Attorney Review, and Social committees.

Maureen A. Leonard is an elementary school teacher. She has lived at Marina City for 23 years with her parents, MTCA president Donna Leonard and John Leonard, a real estate lawyer. A deed to a unit was quitclaimed to her about one-and-a-half years ago.

Donald J. O’Malley is Director of Labor Relations for the City of Chicago. He has been a resident for ten years, owner for five years, and board member for four years.

Marc Straits is an interior designer and owner of Straits Design Associates. He was a style and design consultant to The Oprah Winfrey Show. He has been an owner and resident for two-and-a-half years.

James F. Ward was CEO of Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund from 1967 to 1997. An owner/resident for 23 years, he has been a board member for four years.

Up for re-election next year will be Donna Leonard, Dr. Michael Louvain, Ellen Chessick, Peter Desch, Gautier Laude, Hugh Savage, and Ken Schuch.