ABOUT SIOBHAN

I am a proud graduate of the Ridgewood public school system (Orchard, GW Middle School, and RHS ’91). I earned a BA in engineering from Lafayette College and an MBA from Fordham University School of Business. I worked at Tiffany & Co. for almost ten years, where I was Director of New Product Development & Engineering. I later founded Womily LLC, a small company that specialized in custom design jewelry, and I am currently employed part time at Borobabi, a sustainable clothing company headquartered here in Ridgewood. 

Experience and Community Involvement

One Village One Vote. In 2020, I was one of five petitioners who spearheaded the One Village One Vote (OVOV) initiative, which succeeded in allowing Ridgewood residents to decide for themselves whether the Village’s expensive, low-turnout, off-cycle spring elections should be moved to November. Ridgewood residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of the move and are now reaping its benefits.

Ridgecrest. For almost a decade, I have volunteered with the wonderful staff and residents of Ridgecrest Senior Housing in Ridgewood, where, among other things, I founded Toiletry Tuesday with my children — an annual toiletry drive supported by our schools and numerous other organizations —and helped found the annual Giving Thanks Elder Dinner.

RHSAA. I helped create and start the Ridgewood High School Alumni Association in 2014 and served as one of its ten founding Trustees and its first Secretary. I was instrumental in originating and running several ongoing RHSAA programs, including, for example, the RHS Commemorative Brick Campaign, RHS Alumni Wear Store (as well as the alumni t-shirt gift to all graduating RHS seniors), the RHS Alumni Party in the Park, and the reintroduction of the RHS Distinguished Alumni Award. In addition to their other benefits, RHSAA has raised over $1 million through these and other programs to help further strengthen our public high school.

HSAs. I have served on the Orchard Elementary School, George Washington Middle School, Ridgewood High School, and Federated HSAs during which time I ran the Orchard School auction, helped launch the Stop Look & Wave Program as Orchard’s safety chair, and got the county to clean up and install lights at their own cost in the Ackerman underpass, which many of our children use every day walking to and from town and school.

Community Boards and Committees. I have served our community in a number of other ways during my time in Ridgewood, including:

  • Ridgewood League of Women Voters (Director)
  • Ridgewood Guild Advisor (Canopy Committee founder)
  • Feed the Front Lines initiative (social media coordinator)
  • Ridgewood Mom & Dads Facebook website (Co-Moderator)
  • Ridgewood Community Relations Advisory Board
  • Ridgewood Pride Committee (original petitioner)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Ridgewood and Glen Rock
  • Women for Progress
  • 2020 Complete Count Census Committee
  • RHS Reunion Committee (Co-Chair since ’91)
  • Lafayette College Reunion (Co-Chair since ’95)
  • Project Graduation (Baby Photo Chair — Congratulations Class of 2022!!).