Meet the Honorees
John was brought up locally and graduated from Mamaroneck High School in 1960 and started his community service in 1968 as president of the Mamaroneck Larchmont JC’s.
As a member of the Harbor Island Conservancy, John chaired the building of the Harbor Island playground some 20 years ago.</div>
<div>He was also one of the founders of the Mamaroneck Schools Foundation, is a Board member of Hope Community Services in New Rochelle and was a recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. award.
John and his wife Marty, have been longtime members of the Larchmont Avenue Church and have been very active in community affairs.
John is semi retired but is still active in several family businesses.</div>
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Nina Recio has been a member of the board of directors of the CRC for ten years, serving for the last three years as board secretary. Most recently, Nina was a member of the CRC Rebuild Committee, helping in the effort to restore the physical facilities of the CRC that had been severely damaged by the massive flooding in 2021. Fluent in Spanish, she has found working with the Hispanic community through the CRC to be an incredibly rewarding experience. She has lived in the Town of Mamaroneck with her husband, John Cuddy, since 1985, where they raised their three children. Two of their three children and their families live locally. Nina has served as Mamaroneck Town Prosecutor and a member of both the Zoning Board of Appeals and Town Ethics Board, as well as a member of the Local Summit board. She also served for a number of years as the head of the Midnight Run for St. Augustine’s Church, providing food and clothing to the homeless in New York City.
Len’s participated in restoring New York City’s finances during the City’s fiscal crisis in the 1970s and designed small business loan programs to increase jobs. He was president of the hospital closest to the World Trade Center on 9/11, which treated more than 1,000 patients that day. Len also was Vice President for finance & facilities at a university with campuses in New York, the Middle East and China. Since the 1980s, he has been part of teams or directly supervised construction projects totaling more than $1billion. Active in local affairs, Len and his wife Kathy Savolt have lived in Mamaroneck for nearly 35 years.
Carol served as a member of the board of directors of the CRC for over ten years, serving for the last seven years as the Board Chair. Carol was a member of the CRC Rebuild Committee, which focused on rebuilding the CRC’s facilities at 134 Centre Ave. Born and raised in the Bronx and of Puerto Rican descent, Carol is a steadfast supporter of the dignity and rights of the immigrant community. Carol considers her work with CRC a privilege and is grateful for her time on the board. In addition to her role with the CRC, Carol serves as a Board member for Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic (PPHP), the Agatha Durland Foundation, and an Executive board member of Impact100 Westchester. Carol and her husband, Michael, raised their three children in Rye and now live in Harrison.
Volunteer of Honor
Mr. Feinbloom is the founding partner of FEINBLOOM BERTISCH LLP, a boutique immigration and nationality law firm with offices in Manhattan and Westchester County. A graduate of Northwestern University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Mr. Feinbloom is a nationally recognized expert on US immigration law and has over 29 years of experience practicing in the field. His firm specializes in both business- and family-based immigration as well as naturalization, removal defense and federal court litigation. Throughout his long and distinguished career, his firm has successfully represented countless individuals and businesses before United States government agencies and the federal courts, with multiple published decisions to his credit. His clients include both well-established and emerging companies, particularly in the technology sector; foreign-national investors, employees, students, and intending immigrants; and individuals sponsoring family members. In 2021, Mr. Feinbloom won a landmark victory before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, re-establishing the doctrine of equitable estoppel in immigration cases and securing a six-figure fee award for his client. From 2006–2009, he was deeply engaged in the successful litigation, media and lobbying campaign that ended the ‘widow penalty’ and resulted in Congress enacting benefits for surviving relatives. For a decade, he served as Adjunct Professor at the City University of New York, teaching classes on immigration law and naturalization. He has served as a panelist and moderator at numerous legal conferences and has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 1997. Jeffrey lives in Mamaroneck, NY with his wife and three children (and their sheep-doodle).
