New Trustees: (top) Hooper and Wachsler; (bottom) Andrade and Velez Contributed photosThe Westport Public Library today announced the appointment of four new members to its Board of Trustees. John B Hooper and Robert A. Wachsler were appointed by the Library Board, and Eduardo N.T. Andrade and Linda V.Velez were appointed by the Representative Town Meeting (RTM).
Hooper, 64, recently retired from Eastman Kodak Co. where he was director of research and development. He has a Ph.D from Carnegie-Mellon University, a M.A. from Clark University and has completed a fundraising essentials graduate course at Columbia University.
Wachsler, 71, is a former marketing and market research consultant and has a Ph.D. in psychology from Ohio State University. He is vice chairman and one of the founding trustees of The Medici Archive Project of Florence, Italy, and a trustee of The Goodspeed Opera House in Haddam, Conn.
Eduardo N.T. Andrade, 36, is vice president, associate general counsel for Priceline.com Inc., and has a J.D./MBA from the Georgetown University Law Center/McDonough School of Business. He is a trustee and chairman of the executive committee for the Rectory School in Pomfret, Conn.
Velez, 40, is senior sales and property tax manager for GE Commercial Finance. She has a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law. While living in Manhattan, she served on the executive board for the Battery Park City Block Party and the New York Police Department First Precinct Community Council Executive Board.
The Westport Public Library Board of Trustees meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. The meetings are open to the public. For dates and times, consult the library Web site, www.westportlibrary.org
