Category: Members (Page 5 of 27)

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.

After graduate school, I was commissioned in the army. Two years later, I started work at one of the big 8 accounting firms as a CPA. After 8 yrs, I went on to be the CFO of several small companies.  I then went off on my own as a financial consultant which I did for the rest of my career.

When my two children moved to Rowayton, we did as well.  When I was younger, I was an avid tennis player and skier.  Now we have the pleasure of spending time with family watching our 6 grand children grow up.

Frank Persico was born and raised in New York City. He has been a resident of Darien for almost 35 years. He received a B.A. from Hunter College, an M.S. in chemistry from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from New York University.

He retired after a long executive career at Pfizer Inc., PricewaterhouseCoopers and, most recently, IBM.

He has two adult children, a son and a daughter, both of whom are products of the Darien school system and both are married.

Frank is a lifetime learner with a wide range of interests. For fun, he collects and restores art, and he is an avid book reader and collector.

George Hawes was born in 1944 in Sea Girt, N.J., and graduated from The Peddie School in 1962, where he was on the swimming team and played lacrosse and football. He received a B.S. degree in finance in 1966 from Lehigh University, where he was on the lacrosse and rugby teams and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He then served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years as a naval aviator and was pilot of a Huey Gunship in Vietnam. George began a career in finance in 1971 with Citibank’s private banking department and then worked in the bank’s bond department. Later he went to work for Eastbridge capital in marketing investment management and later joined Fairview Partners LLC in 1995 in marketing alternative investments, where he continues to this day. George and his wife Liz live in Rowayton. He has four adult children and seven grandchildren. He is a member of the University Club, Wee Burn Country Club and the Leadership Committee of the Hyde Charter School. His interests include paddle ball, pickleball, golf, history, travel and current events.

Stephen (Steve) Flynn

Steve was born in New York City and was raised on City Island in the Bronx. His father, grandfather and great grandfather were all City Island residents. From this small historic shipbuilding community, Steve has enjoyed the opportunity to live and work in Switzerland and Germany as well as work in many other countries including Australia, Brazil, England, India, Japan, Mexico, and Scotland.

Steve received his BA from Binghamton University and his MBA from Cornell University and is a retired financial services executive. Steve spent the first 20 years of his career at Accenture (the former Andersen Consulting) where he was a Partner and leader of the technology practice for global financial markets. He subsequently held senior executive positions at GoldenSource, BearingPoint, TIBCO, Oracle and OpenLink.

Steve and his wife, Ivelisse, married in 1987 and had two children. Before moving to Darien in December 2021, they owned a home in Pleasantville, NY for the previous 25 years. They love being close to their daughter, son-in-law, and their twin three-year-old grandsons who live nearby. Steve and Ivelisse are members of Saint Thomas More Parish and Steve recently became a Board member and Treasurer for the nonprofit Middlesex Genealogical Society.