ADMISSIONS
THOMAS A. TORMEY, JR.
Richmond County Country Club welcomed 25 new
Members in 2016:
Kevin H. Conroy (G)
Robert J. Reilly (JG)
Robert T. Reilly (G)
Patrick T. Clifford (JGF)
Francis E. Gibbons (G)
Anthony LaRosa (G)
Flory M. Mahoney (H)
John Buonocore (G)
Cory Schifter (H)
Kelley L. Brooke (G)
Matthew K. Mobilia, Esq. (JLG)
Jordan E. Zotts (JG)
Daniel J. Holton (JG)
Joseph K. Iovino (H)
Andrew T. Petrone (JL)
Dr. Igor Rubinshteyn (H)
Dr. George S. Ferzli, Jr. (JLG)
Vadim Mostovoy (H)
Angelo Cannarella (H)
Jon M. Fundaro (JG)
Dr. Ryan T. Galligan (JLG)
Paul A. Montella (H)
Alexander Fang (JLG)
Philip B. Mancuso, Esq. (G)
Dr. Bryan D. Pieroni (GF)
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In addition to the hard work of my Committee
Members, the Club owes a great deal of appreciation
to Ms. Stephanie Bulone who was appointed to the
new job of Director of Membership. Ms. Bulone is a
tireless worker who has been implementing new
strategies to attract and retain new Members, in
coordination with our stated policies of admissions.
Her industry and pleasing personality helped to
jumpstart our successful year.
As you will recall, in 2015 the Committee oversaw
the implementation of our Club Ambassadors
Program. The Program was designed to create a path
to membership for individuals who do not know
Members who can serve as their Sponsor or
Seconder. This is often the case when a person is
new to the area or does not live on Staten Island.
The Ambassador Program is hard at work once again,
and our Ambassadors have begun to interview a new
candidate who we hope will be joining our Club in
the coming months.
This Program, along with the various Membership
Drives, helped to attract many new Members,
including many young people, thereby bringing the
average age of our Club Member down to be closer
in line with many other clubs of our size, as was
suggested by the consultants who were hired by the
Club.
A brief introduction to each new Member follows.
The Admissions Committee had one of the busiest
and most productive years in recent memory. The
Committee’s hard work and dedication resulted in the
largest number of new Members in the past few
years.
The Committee Members who were
responsible for this are John Alexander, Glenn
Carpenter, George Curis, Mary Gormley, Ralph
Lamberti, Charles LaRocca, Jeff Palmese, Colleen
Sorrentino and Dr. Nicholas Santoriello, and they
deserve our gratitude.
Dr. Santoriello, who was the longest-sitting
Admissions Committee Member and a stalwart
Member who carefully reviewed and questioned the
credentials of each candidate, resigned from the Club
at the end of 2016. He will be sorely missed. His
replacement, Dr. Vincent Frazzetto, will be taking
over as the Committee Chair upon the expiration of
my term.
Kevin H. Conroy, Golf (single) Member, and his
wife, Sally, have three children, twenty-nine-year-old
Dana, twenty-seven-year-old Marissa, and twentyfour-year-old James. Mr. Conroy is Senior Vice
President/Regional Managing Director for the New
York, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco
region of Wells Fargo Private Bank’s Legal Specialty
Group.
Robert J. Reilly, Junior Golf (single) Member, and
his wife, Alyssa, have two children, three-year-old
Lucianna and 7-month-old Lucas. Mr. Reilly is
Executive Vice-President/Chief Operating Officer of
RTR Financial Services on Staten Island. He is the
son of our new Golf (single) Member Robert T.
Reilly.
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Robert T. Reilly, Golf (single) Member, and his wife,
Mary, have one grown child—our new Junior Golf
(single) Member Robert J. Reilly. Mr. Reilly is
President of RTR Financial Services on Staten Island.
Patrick T. Clifford, Junior Golf (family) Member, is
Vice President, Westminster Research Associates,
LLC, in Manhattan. His wife is named Killian and
he is the son-in-law of Golf (family) Member
Thomas A. Tormey, Jr.
Francis E. Gibbons, Golf (single) Member, and his
wife, Diane, have three children, twenty-three-yearold Lauren, twenty-two-year-old Erin, and seventeenyear-old Allison. Mr. Gibbons is Chief Operating
Officer of Penguin Air Conditioning in Manhattan.
Having initially been welcomed aboard as a House
Member, Mr. Gibbons decided to join the ranks of
our Golf membership shortly thereafter.
Anthony LaRosa, Golf (single) Member, has three
children, thirty-year-old Nicole, twenty-seven-year-old
Michael, and twenty-four-year-old Sabrina.
Mr.
LaRosa is President of Food Nation Meat and Produce
Wholesale Distributors in Ridgewood, New York.
Flory M. Mahoney, House Member, and her husband,
Brian, have two children, fourteen-year-old Natalie
and eleven-year-old Melanie. Mrs. Mahoney is
Owner of Expedite – Dem, Inc. on Staten Island.
John Buonocore, Golf (single) Member, and his wife,
Donna, have two children, thirty-five-year-old
Danielle and thirty-one-year-old John Jr.
Mr.
Buonocore is Owner of Buono Jewelers on Staten
Island.
Cory Schifter, House Member, and his wife, Jessica,
have three children, five-year-old Cory, four-year-old
Kyle, and one-year-old Julia. Mr. Schifter is Owner
of Casale Jewelers on Staten Island.
Kelley L. Brooke, Golf (single) Member, is the
Founder and Director of Instruction of the Golf
Channel Academy with Kelley Brooke, with three
locations in the New York metropolitan area
(Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island). Ms.
Brooke is also Owner of Randall’s Island Golf &
Entertainment in Manhattan.
Matthew K. Mobilia, Esq., Junior Legacy Golf
(single) Member, is Assistant District Attorney,
Office of the Richmond County District Attorney, on
Staten Island. He is the son of Golf (single) Member
Dr. Keith A. Mobilia, and he and his fiancée,
Maureen McDonough, plan to host their wedding
reception at the Club in September.
Jordan E. Zotts, Junior Golf (single) Member, and his
wife, Jessica, have two children, two-year-old Harper
and one-year-old Quinn.
Mr. Zotts is
President/Owner of Sunrise Office Services on Staten
Island.
Daniel J. Holton, Junior Golf (single) Member, is a
mortgage originator with Peoples Bank on Staten
Island.
Mr. Holton and his fiancée, Jessica
DiMartini, plan to wed in June.
Joseph K. Iovino, House Member, and his wife,
Dana, have one child, two-year-old Olivia. Mr.
Iovino was a lead account manager – sales for
Facebook prior to becoming a self-employed finance
professional on Staten Island.
Andrew T. Petrone, Junior Legacy House Member, is
a physicist at Petrone Associates, LLC on Staten
Island. He is the son of House Member Dr. Thomas
J. Petrone.
Dr. Igor Rubinshteyn, House Member, and his wife,
Yuliya, have three children, thirteen-year-old
Andrew, ten-year-old Daniel, and one-year-old
Sophie. Dr. Rubinshteyn is an orthopaedic surgery
attending physician at Coney Island Hospital in
Brooklyn.
Dr. George S. Ferzli, Jr., Junior Legacy Golf (single)
Member, is an otolaryngology-head and neck surgery
resident physician at SUNY Downstate Medical
Center in Brooklyn. He is the son of Golf (family)
Member Dr. George S. Ferzli, Sr.
Vadim Mostovoy, House Member, and his wife,
Joann, have four children, nineteen-year-old Victor,
fifteen-year-old Sophia, and eleven-year-old twins
Elizabeth and Max. Mr. Mostovoy is Founder of
Lionhunter Capital Management, LLC in Manhattan.
Angelo Cannarella, House Member, and his wife,
Phyllis, have one child, thirty-three-year old Lauren.
Mr. Cannarella is Owner of Diker A & V Contracting
Corp. on Staten Island.
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Jon M. Fundaro, Junior Golf (single) Member, and
his wife, Dr. Stephanie Famulari, have one child,
one-year-old Avery. The son-in-law of Golf (single)
Member and current Club President, Dom R.
Famulari, Mr. Fundaro is Director of Marketing at
Tillman Brokerage Inc. on Staten Island.
Dr. Ryan T. Galligan, Junior Legacy Golf (single)
Member, is a partner at Drs. Galligan and Villa
Dental Studio on Staten Island. He is the son of Golf
(single) Member Dr. Thomas J. Galligan.
Paul A. Montella, House Member, and his wife,
Stephanie, have two children, eleven-year-old Paul
and nine-year-old Anthony. Mr. Montella is Owner
of PPR Restaurant, Inc. on Staten Island. His
restaurants include Nucci’s North, Nucci’s South,
Campania and Sonic.
Alexander Fang, Junior Legacy Golf (single)
Member, is a part-time consultant at Nanyang Realty
Corp. in Brooklyn while pursuing a postgraduate
degree at New York University. He is the son of
Golf (family) Member Harry Fang.
Philip B. Mancuso, Esq., Golf (single) Member, and
his wife, Miranda, have three children, seven-yearold Lola, six-year-old Ava, and four-year-old Philip.
Mr. Mancuso is an attorney and counselor at law at
Mancuso & Associates PLLC on Staten Island.
Dr. Bryan D. Pieroni, Golf (family) Member, and his
wife, Joleen, have three children, twenty-five-yearold Tyler, twenty-three-year-old Matthew, and
twenty-one-year-old Kierstyn. He is a doctor of
dental surgery with a Staten Island practice.
2017
I am pleased to report that 2017 is off to a great start.
As of this writing (April 1, 2017), five new Members
have already joined our Club. We also have one
candidate who has been posted and one candidate
who has already met once with our Club
Ambassadors. Other candidates are in the late, mid
and early stages of the Admissions process. The year
is starting off on a very positive note and with your
support could well turn into another banner year for
Admissions. Remember, a healthy roster benefits us
all.
A brief introduction to each of 2017’s new Members
follows:
Keith D. Duval, Golf (family) Member, and his wife,
Christina, have two children, fifteen-year-old Jesse
and thirteen-year-old Jack.
Mr. Duval is
President/Chief Executive Officer of Patriot Group in
Manhattan.
Anthony N. Fernicola, Golf (family) Member, and
his wife, Deborah, have two children, thirty-threeyear-old Anthony and thirty-year-old Danielle. Mr.
Fernicola is President/Chief Customer Officer of
Salesforce in Manhattan.
John M. McDonald, Jr., Golf (single) Member, and
his wife, Nora, have one child, sixteen-year-old
Kaleigh. Mr. McDonald is a project manager and
senior security project manager at DiNi
Communications, Inc. in New Jersey and MSA
Security in Manhattan, respectively. He is also
Owner of John McDonald, Jr., LLC, which
specializes in photo booth rentals for events.
Jacqueline M. Anzurez, House Member, and her
husband, Jose, have three children, eight-year-old
Olivia and seven-year-old twins Leonides and
Joaquin.
Mrs. Anzurez is Senior Vice
President/Operations Manager, Private Equity and
Real Estate, at Citco Fund Services in New Jersey.
David C. Casagrande, Esq., Junior Golf (single)
Member, is an attorney at Joseph Mure, Jr., &
Associates in Brooklyn.
On a final note, since my term on the Board of
Directors has expired, I can no longer remain in the
position of Admissions Chair. I enjoyed my years of
service in that capacity and was very happy to have
contributed, in a small way, to the growth and the
healthy preservation of our great Club. Although I
will miss working with the many Club Members who
serve as Sponsors and Seconders to bring new
Members into Club, I will miss working with the
dedicated Members of my Committee most of all.
Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity
to serve this great Club of ours.