The 2021-2023 North Westwood Neighborhood Council took office Wednesday.
The election results for the 2021-2023 NWWNC were certified at the council meeting, and executive board positions were selected by an internal vote Wednesday. The board also selected six applicants for seven council seats that were left vacant in the election. One undergraduate student member seat remained vacant as of Wednesday.
The NWWNC represents Westwood Village, the North Village and UCLA’s geographic boundaries to the Los Angeles City Council.
The council selected two executive officers by an internal vote.
Furkan Yalcin, who was appointed as at-large stakeholder, will serve as the president.
Andrew Lewis, who was elected as general resident stakeholder, will serve as the vice president.
No council members were nominated for secretary and treasurer.
The graduate student member office was one of three contested seats in the election. Ernesto Arciniega won the single available seat. His opponent was Matthew Nolan Gray, whom the council appointed Wednesday to fill a vacant at-large stakeholder seat.
The other contested seats were the two organizational stakeholder seats. Evan Farrar and Peter Clinco won the two available seats. The third candidate, Philip Gabriel, was not appointed to a vacant seat.
Seven seats remained vacant following the election because not every available seat had a candidate running for it, including one business stakeholder, two at-large stakeholders, one university staff or administrative member, two undergraduate student members and one homeowner stakeholder.
The council appointed six individuals to fill vacant positions at its meeting. One undergraduate student member seat remained vacant.
Since the council did not select a treasurer, it tabled its nomination process for financial officers to the next council meeting in July.
The 2021-2023 NWWNC is the second full-term council elected, as the NWWNC was formed by subdividing Westwood in May 2018. An interim board served for the first year, and the 2019-2021 council was the first full-term board elected into office.
Election results:
Renter stakeholder
Erin Coutts
Vignesh Senthilkumar
General resident stakeholder
Nuha Khalfay
Andrew Lewis
Business stakeholder
Kevin Crummy
Maikel Kohanhediud
Worker stakeholder
Rachel Gonzalez
Graduate student member
Ernesto Arciniega
Faculty member
Catherine Sarkisian
Organizational stakeholder
Evan Farrar
Peter Clinco
At-large stakeholder
John Sischo
Appointments:
Business stakeholder
Josh Trifunovic
At-large stakeholder
Furkan Yalcin
Matthew Nolan Gray
University staff or administrative member
Wren Reynolds
Undergraduate student member
Sachi Cooper
Homeowner stakeholder
Flint Dille
