Meet Three of Garden City's Library Trustees

The Garden City Public Library Board is comprised of five trustees. Chair J. Randolph Colahan and vice chair Gloria Weinrich have served since 2002 and 2003 respectively. John Schultz has served as a trustee since 2012.

Lola Nouryan was appointed this year by the Central Property Owners' Association and approved by the library board to fill the remaining trustee term of Brudie-Martis, who resigned. Read more about Ms. Nouryan here.

Fellow resident Peter D'Antonio, PhD, took the oath of office as a new board trustee on June 10. Read more about Mr. D'Antonio here.

J. Randolph Colahan: J. Randolph Colahan, chair of the Garden City Public Library Board of Trustees, has been a trustee since April 2002. He has served as chairman since January 2007 and previously served as vice chair. Randy has lived in Garden City for most of his life. He and his wife, Elena, have three daughters, Kathryn Schmidt (Erik) in Chicago, IL; Elizabeth in Brooklyn, NY; and Claire in Wilmington, DE.

Professionally Randy is executive vice president and director of corporate accounts for FLM Graphics of Fairfield and Princeton, NJ and New York, NY. Prior to joining FLM Graphics, he was a part owner of two printing firms. He has received numerous industry awards including the PIA Power of Communications Franklin Award in 2004.

Randy is a graduate of Garden City High School and Duke University. He holds an MBA in corporate finance from Adelphi University. He served for many years on the Duke University Alumni Admissions Committee and is a past member of the Adelphi University Presidents Advisory Council.

Locally Randy has been involved in many organizations. He is a past president and vice president of the Estates Property Owners' Association and has held many other positions within the organization. He has also been a past president and vice president of the Garden City Centennial Soccer Club and has held many positions within that organization. In addition, he coached numerous intramural and travel girls soccer teams. He is a past director of The Men's Association where he co-chaired three Father–Daughter Dances, a past director of the Turkey Trot Race Committee and a past director of the Friends of the Garden City Arts, Parks and Recreation.

Gloria Weinrich: Gloria Weinrich, vice chair of the Garden City Public Library Board of Trustees, has been a trustee since December 2003. She has served as vice chair since 2007. Gloria is a long time resident of Garden City. Her son, Russell, now lives in Lake Grove with his wife, Betsy Thompson Weinrich, and their sons, Austin and Troy.

Professionally Gloria has been an educator who has always been active in the field of education as an innovator and motivator. She has written a syllabus for social studies, was on the committee to write the first state charter in education for SUNY at Old Westbury, and has mentored the student teacher program in the Carle Place Schools. She was the first vice president of the Carle Place Teacher’s Association and the first president of the Carle Place Retired Teacher’s group. She continued as president and vice president for many years and is presently secretary and historian for that organization.

Upon graduation from Washington Irving High School in NYC, Gloria attended Hofstra University where she received a BA in history and MA in education. She went on to continue her education in both education and other fields. Gloria was president of the Alpha Upsilon Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International, an organization of exceptional educators, where she successfully conducted a NY statewide conference. Since 1997 she has been listed in Who’s Who of American Women and in 2010 she received the “Woman of Distinction” award from the New York State Assembly.

As a world traveler who has visited all of the continents, Gloria has brought travel programs to many local organizations and schools. She is active in senior affairs and is presently a member of the Senior Advisory Committee as well as on the board of other groups. In addition, she is an 18-year member of the board of the Western Property Owners' Association. Gloria’s activities have been wide spread. She has also worked with the Friends of the Garden City Library both on the board and as a “bookworm.” Gloria continues to conduct her well-received book discussion groups for the Friends of the Garden City Library.

John D. Schultz: John D. Schultz has been a trustee of the Garden City Public Library Board since January 2012. He and his wife, Lisa Lehnert, M.D., moved to Garden City seven years ago and are the parents of three daughters, who attend Garden City’s Stewart School, Hemlock School and nursery school. John grew up in Stewart Manor and his wife was raised in Garden City.

Professionally John is the controller for a small manufacturing company on Long Island. His professional experience includes work relating to global finance, budgeting and planning, forecasting, resource management, mergers, financial modeling and analytics, profitability, securities pricing and accounting. John has a BS in accounting from Penn State and an MBA from Fordham in finance and economics.

John is a member of the Eastern Property Owners' Association. He served as a director on the board of the EPOA in 2008-2009 and as chairman of the EPOA's Seven Member Nominating Committee in 2009.