Up2Us Values Champion - Holly McCall

Holly McCall

Holly first joined our Wall of Champions in 2021. In 2025 Holly is running for reelection to the Town Board of New Castle.

Holly McCall is a founding member and current Treasurer of Up2Us. Holly was elected to the Chappaqua Central School District Board of Education in 2018. As a key leader in an organization substantially larger than the Town government, Holly has focused on responsible fiscal management, race, equity and social justice in the school community. She served on the Strategic Planning Committee, Facilities Committee, Health & Safety Committee and was Co-Chair of the Community Advisory Board on Racism and Equity. Prior to serving on the Board of Education, Holly was the Vice Chair and then Chair of the PTA at Roaring Brook Elementary School and is currently Co-Chair of the Bell Middle School PTA’s Annual Craft Fair.

Holly earned a BS in International Business and Business Management and after graduating from college, worked in financial services project management in Florida and Virginia.

In 2012, Holly led a successful national effort seeking fair access to credit for stay at home parents and has also served as a Board Member for the Family and Home Network, an organization supporting families through information and advocacy. She is a member of the New Castle League of Women Voters, and continues to serve as a founding Board member of Up2Us. She is an animal lover who enjoys spending time with her family.

up2us Values Champion - Ellen Hendrickx

Francesca Hagadus Democrat for Mount Pleasant Town Board

Up2Us is proud to add Ellen Hendrickx to our Wall of Champions.

After 20 years as founding partner of an architectural design firm handling corporate interiors for companies nationwide, Ellen became involved in government in 2010. She first worked as Legislative Aide to MaryJane Shimsky and later added the concurrent position of Committee Coordinator for The Public Works Committee in the County Legislature. Ellen later joined CE George Latimer's Senior Staff as Assistant Director of Intergovernmental Services, and in 2019, she served on the Greenburgh Town Council to fill out the late Kevin Morgan’s term.

During her years as DL and Chair, she has worked on and run many campaigns to elect Hastings’ Mayors, Trustees and esteemed Judge DiSalvo. She has also worked on many other campaigns and staffed campaign committees for Legislator Shimsky, Greenburgh Town Judge Delores Scott-Brathwaite, Family Court Judge Arlene Gordon-Oliver and County Executive Latimer. 

Hendrickx has always had an impulse to help others—she was an active supporter of the Westchester County Immigrant Protection Act from its inception - within County Government and outside. Likewise,  with the NYS Green Light Law, she  was instrumental in putting together a group of volunteers to help ready an extension of Neighbor's Link in Nodine Hill in Yonkers.

Hendrickx’s experience as Democratic Chair, Legislative Aide and Committee Coordinator for the Westchester County Board of Legislators and then Assistant Director for the County Executive, all contribute to a breadth of experience that she can call upon to make a substantive contribution to the community.

The main issues Hendrickx will focus on include actively encouraging developers to build affordable housing, including adaptive reuse of former corporate and retail properties; realizing revenue from innovative sources that don’t rely on taxing Greenburgh residents such as implementing a demand/response program and actively seeking shared service opportunities to reduce expenditures; and stabilizing existing businesses and attracting new one. She also wants to explore finding ways to nurture small businesses that had started up online during the pandemic and helping them grow. 

Ellen was a resident of Hastings-on-Hudson from 1999 until 2012 before moving to Clarewood in unincorporated Greenburgh though with a Hastings address. During that time, she served as a member of the Hastings Architectural Review Board; was selected as a member of the Comprehensive Plan Committee; and was subsequently appointed as a member of the Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee. She became a District Leader in 2007 and has served as Chair of the Hastings on Hudson Democratic Committee since 2010.

up2us Values Champion - Lisa Tannenbaum

Lisa Tannenbaum received her BA from Carnegie Mellon University and her MBA from Northwestern University. She worked in the corporate world until 2016 when she transitioned to a career in politics and government. She was a Fellow in the Hillary for America campaign and helped to manage the office in White Plains. She later was Regional Field Director for George Latimer and Field Director for Andrea Stewart-Cousins. Most recently she served as Director of Community Outreach for Congressman Eliot Engel.

Lisa, a Democrat is running for Rye City Council on the Democratic line to bring her vast experience in business, politics and government to serve the people of Rye. If elected her goals are to preserve the character of Rye while meeting the evolving needs such as clean energy, wetlands protection and housing needs; fostering a welcoming community; enhancing infrastructure.

Lisa has been championing Democratic values throughout her career. She is committed to working to achieve equity for all races and is a strong advocate for Criminal Justice Reform. She believes in offering legal status and a pathway to citizenship for immigrants who call this country home. She strongly supports equal protection from discrimination for the LGBTQ+ community and has been endorsed by the Hudson Valley Stonewall Democrats. Lisa understands that climate change is a crisis. If elected one of her initiatives would be to make it easier to install clean energy such as solar. Many municipalities have adopted a NY State common permit process. Currently Rye delays installment by requiring a complex, multi-step process. Lisa is staunch advocate for common-sense gun legislation to reduce gun violence. She adamantly believes in women’s reproductive rights.

The Up2Us Board of Directors is proud to announce that Lisa Tannenbaum is an Up2Us Values Champion.

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