Keith, Jovanovich to Run On Slate with French

This week, Suzanna Keith and Peter Jovanovich announced their candidacies for City Council. Both are longtime volunteers in the community. Keith is a founding member of the Environmental Advocacy Group of Rye (EAGR) and was a past chair of Twig, Inc. Jovanovich is a member of the Board of Architectural Review and treasurer of the Friends of Rye Nature Center.

“Many of our citizens, from young families to empty-nesters to seniors, are struggling to live in Rye,” said Keith. “We must find a way to reduce our tax burden so Rye is sustainable.”

Jovanovich believes: “Rye faces serious economic issues, and yet our government has been slow to act. What is needed is a sense of urgency and decisiveness on all fronts.”

Keith and Jovanovich support Douglas French's candidacy for Mayor and expect, along with French, to receive the Republican nomination. This week, the Independence Party formally endorsed French, Keith and Jovanovich for Rye City Council.

Peter Jovanovich, 60, is President and Chairman of the Alfred Harcourt Foundation, which gives college scholarships to disadvantaged students, and works with them and the colleges to ensure high graduation rates. Jovanovich retired as CEO of Pearson Education, the world's largest educational publisher, after a 32-year career in book publishing. He graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in English.

Suzanna Keith, 42, has an MBA in Marketing and International Business from New York University. For the past eleven years, she has run her own marketing consulting firm focusing on new product launches and business development of consumer brands ranging from $5 million to $500 million in size.

Four seats are up for election this fall, including Mayor.