Category: Members (Page 4 of 27)

Reed Nolte was primarily raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and has resided in Darien since 1985.  He graduated from Denison University with a degree in economics in 1977 and received an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1979.  He retired in 2020 after a forty-year career in corporate financial management, including over two decades working for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and 21st Century Fox.

He and his wife Leslie raised three children in Darien. All three having attended the Darien public school system and were active members of Post 53.  His older daughter lives in Huntsville, Ala., with her husband and seven-month-old son, and Reed’s other daughter and son live in New York City.

Reed and family spend a fair amount of the summer on Martha’s Vineyard, where Reed enjoys his passion of saltwater fly fishing as well as hiking and biking.  Other interests include traveling, skiing, cooking, and staying abreast of financial and political news.  He is a member of the The Country Club of Darien, the Darien Boat Club, and the Ocean Club of Florida in Ocean Ridge, Florida.

Jim Tweedy grew up on Nearwater Lane in Darien with his parents and three brothers in the house he lives in today. He attended Hindley and Mather Junior High in Darien and graduated from The Taft School in 1973. He graduated from Colorado College in 1978 and Columbia Business School in 1981. In 1987, Jim and a partner purchased a manufacturing business in Milford, Conn., which they operated for 35 years.

In 1985, Jim married Meg McGoldrick, who grew up in Darien and graduated from Darien High School in 1975. They raised two boys in Darien who attended Hindley and Middlesex Middle School and who currently live and work in New York City.

Jim likes to play tennis, paddle tennis, golf, pickleball and guitar. He also likes to ski and boat. He is a member of the Tokeneke Club, the Silvermine Golf Club and the Darien Boat Club.

George Reilly was born in Norwalk and graduated from King School in Stamford, Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., and Fordham Law School. George married Darien native Lynn Oakford and raised his three sons in Darien.  He now has three grandchildren.

George has practiced law in and around Darien for more than 40 years. His first years were with McAnerney & Millar and Rucci Burnham in Darien. In 2009, he co-founded Siegel Reilly & Conlon in Stamford, which was a boutique family law firm concentrating on matrimonial matters. In 2019 George retired from matrimonial litigation and rejoined the Rucci firm, now known as Rucci Law Group. He continues working with the attorneys in the firm in real estate, estate planning and small business matters.

George has made pro bono work part of his career since he started practicing law. He was a longtime member of Darien’s Kiwanis Club. He served as a trustee of King School, his high school alma mater, as well as board president. He was a member of Darien’s Charter Revision Commission in 1999, and then he served as a selectman. He joined the Board of Education in 2002, where he served until 2011. He also chaired the Police Headquarters Building Committee in 2008 – 2010.  Soon after leaving the Board of Education, George joined the Norwalk Community College Foundation, where he became chairman and is now a director emeritus.

Henry (Hank) J. Gioiella, Jr. was born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., in 1948. He grew up in Crestwood, N.Y., and graduated from Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., in 1966, where he played baseball and was active in drama. In 1970, he received a B.S. degree in finance from Fairfield University and was a member of Phi Kappa Theta fraternity. He received an M.B.A. degree in finance in 1973 from Iona College. Upon graduating, he served in the U.S. Army 42nd Military Police. Hank began his career on Wall Street in 1962 while still in high school, working part time in the summer at the Irving Trust Company. He went on to work as a senior trader at Kidder Peabody, Lehman Brothers and Cantor Fitzgerald. He currently is with Williams Capital.

He and his wife Joan live in Darien and have one son. Hank is a member of the Darien Boat Club, the Darien YMCA and the Connecticut Options Association. He is a board member of the Piedmont Club and Fairfield University Alumni Association. He enjoys painting, boating, photography and traveling, mostly to Italy. He also is an avid car collector, and his collection includes an automobile previously owned by John Lennon. His cars have won awards at the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance and the Porsche National Meet.

I have been a resident of Darien off and on since 1962.  I was born in 1951 in Minneapolis, MN and lived in Arkansas and Mississippi prior to moving to Darien.  I spent sixth grade in Tokeneke Elementary School, graduated from Mather Junior High School in 1966, and graduated from Darien Hih School in 1969.

I graduated from the U.S Naval Academy in 1973 with a B.S. in mathematics.  Then I spent five years on active duty and twenty-five years in the Reserves. My shipboard time was in Charleston, SC with approximately 50% of the time at sea. The last year of my active duty was at UCLA teaching Naval ROTC.

After leaving active duty, I attended Harvard Business School and graduated in 1980 with an MBA. I worked for Westvaco for two years and then IBM for the next 26 years primarily in financial functions.  My last assignment was with the IBM Pension Fund.

I took early retirement from IBM in 2008 and spent the next seventeen years as the Chief Financial Officer of three school districts – Ridgefield, Plymouth, and Trumbull. I retired from Trumbull on June 30, 2025, and currently do interim work for school districts.

In Darien I was a coach for youth basketball and baseball. I am currently a member of the Darien Board of Finance and in prior years was a member of the Board of Selectmen. My wife Joan is the Darien Town Treasurer. We have a son Robert who lives in Chicago.

Tim recently retired from the IBM after a career that expanded over forty years where he held executive positions in Sales and Financing. While at IBM, Tim had the opportunity to travel extensively and has visited over 60 countries.

Tim has an undergraduate degree from Saint Bonaventure University where he received an athletic scholarship for Division 1 basketball.  He also has an MBA from Syracuse University and a master’s in finance from NYU.

Tim recently returned to Darien after living for the past ten years in Boulder, CO and Charleston, SC with his long-term girlfriend.  Prior to that, Tim lived in Rowayton for three decades.

Tim enjoys the outdoors, staying active and is looking forward to getting involved in the various activities the Darien Men’s Club has to offer.

Peter Ritchey is brother to current DMA member Brooks Ritchey, as well as son of former DMA member, Jack Ritchey.
He is 63 years old and lived in Darien for 10 years from 1995 to 2005.
His 2 daughters attended Darien schools.
He was elected for 3 terms to the RTM representing District V and served as Secretary for the “Town Government, Structure and Administration” sub-committee.

Peter’s 40+ year professional career focused on HR leadership roles supporting and advising organizations from entry-level employees to C-suite executives across 4 different industries (Financial Services, Telecommunications, IT Managed Services and Retail) and 2 municipalities (Norwalk Board of Education and Town of Fairfield).

Peter is an active USTA tennis player and competitive sailor where he enjoys competing at the regional level in both sports.

His sponsor is Doug Bora Jr.

Marlon has been a Stamfordite for over five decades, living in Noroton Heights for a stint

A Graduate of the University of Connecticut

He is currently Vice President at Charles Schwab in Stamford, providing investment management advice to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, corporations, and other select long-term investors  

He previously served High Net Worth and ultra-HNW investors, Merrill Lynch of Stamford, and a boutique firm in Westport, CT

Where he Concentrated on foreign currencies, natural resources, and commodities as well as precious metals

Marlon Began Wall Street Career at Oppenheimer & Co., NYC

And Currently holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 registrations

 Marlon is President, Board Member, Volunteer and previous Vice President, for F.I.S.H. of Stamford, Inc. a 501(c) nonprofit

 He is a Member of:

Equinox Club, Darien

Darien Men’s Association

New Canaan Men’s Club

The World Affairs Council of CT (participant, 2^nd Mondays @ Mcarter & English. LLP)  

Newly remarried, lives in Stamford and Fairfield  

Husband to Anastassia, stepdad to Jazlyn, and cat dad to our Bengal Kitten, Bingo

Chuck Holek was born and raised in Lindenhurst, Long Island.  He received a B.S. in business from SUNY Oswego and an MBA in finance from Baruch College.  He and his wife Meleisa married in 1986 and have lived in Darien since 1999.  They have two daughters, Samantha (31), who resides in San Diego, and Lindsey (28), who resides in Stamford.  

Chuck recently retired from New York Life Insurance Company as a Corporate Vice President, where he had a 40 year career in Finance.  He is an active member of the Darien United Methodist Church where he participates in various mission and outreach activities and is a Trustee and Treasurer of the church.  Chuck is an avid Mets fan who follows the team closely and attends several games a year.  He also spends his spare time playing pickleball and working out at the gym.