On Saturday (Dec. 5) 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 Directors, all incumbents, 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.

(SOA of NY)