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OFFICERS 2024

President – Timothy Molyneux

Timothy Molyneux is a dual Canadian and Irish national residing in the Var. For the last 30 years he has been the Director of Teldata Consulting Ltd. - an International Telecommunications and Data Consultancy organization. In addition to being President of the American Club of the Riviera, he is a member of the Steering Committee for the Association of American Clubs, and an Honorary member of the Riviera Business Club. Timothy is also a member of the Lions Club of Brignoles - St. Maximin acting as President English Communications and Marketing for Lions Club International. His hobbies include charitable works, swimming, skiing, biking, computers, martial arts and amateur radio. His French amateur radio call sign is F4WBS.
president@americanclubriviera.com

1st Vice President – Daniel Lacy

Dan was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. The son of a US Navy Officer and a French/Danish mother and grew up on military bases in the U.S. and overseas. After graduating from Occidental College in Los Angeles, he began his career in Strategic Planning, Branding and Advertising working at multinational marketing communications agencies including Young & Rubicam, Ogilvy & Mather, and J. Walter Thompson.  Dan served in senior management positions in Los Angeles, New York, Singapore, and Tokyo. Clients included Walt Disney Company, Visa International, Volvo, Colgate-Palmolive, MontBlanc, Kellogg’s, Princess Cruises, Sony, Frito-Lay, Piaget, Citibank and Adobe Software. After years on the Agency side, Dan was recruited to the Client-side and joined the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Neenah, Wisconsin. Dan recently celebrated his 30 year wedding anniversary with his wife Michelle. They have one son Grant who lives in New York. Dan has been coming to the Cote D’Azur since 1958 where both his grandparents and parents retired. The Lacy’s are now the third generation to live in their family’s Riviera home. 1stvicepresident@americanclubriviera.com

2nd Vice President – Shae Clements

Shae was born and raised in New Orleans, LA and has dual citizenship with the United States and Germany. She settled on the French Riviera in October of 2020, after living in several locations throughout America and Asia. She was the CEO of Shae’s Fine Finishes, offering painted wall finishes, murals, staging, and design. Shae has found it important throughout her life to volunteer her time organizing events as the President of The ConocoPhillips Family Network, The Whatcom Children’s Museum, Women Helping Others, as well as volunteering countless hours at animal shelters. She created animal welfare workshops for students within the International School in Malaysia where her daughters attended. Shae enjoys tennis and padel in her free time, acting with the Drama Group of Monaco and traveling. 2ndvicepresident@americanclubriviera.com

Secretary & Legal Advisor- Sandra van Essche

Sandra was born in New York City and raised both in the U.S. and the South of France/ Monaco. She is a U.S. trained corporate and securities law attorney with experience in international commercial transactions, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments. She has worked both at law firms and in-house, spending ten years at a global satellite telecommunications provider and three years at a publicly traded hedge fund. Sandra moved back to Monaco about seven years ago, where she is an independent business development consultant. She has worked with a variety of clients, including most recently, a private healthcare investment fund (part of a Swiss pharmaceutical group) that invests in biotech and MedTech startups. She is on the Board of the Princess Grace Foundation USA – a US charity that supports emerging artists in theatre, dance, and film. She has a B.A. from Smith College and a J.D. from New York Law School and is a member of the NY Bar.
secretary@americanclubriviera.com & legal@americanclubriviera.com

Treasurer – John Di Rico

John Di Rico began translating in 2005 and specializes in legal, financial, and marketing translation from French to English. He currently works as the Sales and Marketing Manager for Wordfast and runs a small translation business—ApexTra—in France. He is a sworn translator and interpreter for the French courts (traducteur-interprète assermenté), member of the French translation professional association (Société Française des Traducteurs) and has an MA in Translation and Localization Management from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS). treasurer@americanclubriviera.com


GOVERNORS 2024

Membership Coordinator & Communications - Katrina Donaldson

Katrina was born in the UK and commenced Her career in the Hairdressing industry in Mayfair London. Katrina began working for large American companies within stores learning the business then worked for a couple of British companies around the UK with managing their chain of salons. Eventually she owned her own company with a small chain of salons. Today, retired, She llives in the Var amongst the vineyards with her husband, dogs and cats. news@americanclubriviera.com

Membership Secretary - Ameena Gorton

Ameena Gorton is an International Marketing Consultant who has started businesses in the Middle East and France. With almost 20 years of international marketing experience, she’s worked with multinational companies, government agencies, NGOs, small business and solopreneurs. Ameena is a citizen of the world, she’s half English, half Egyptian, born in Dubai. She has a Masters in Marketing, an Honors Degree in History of Modern Art and a background in Fine Art. A true francophile, she’s been based in a small Provençal village for the last 15 years. website@americanclubriviera.com

Lizabeth Nicol

Lizabeth spent her childhood in Cleveland, Ohio, and came to France in 1972, as a young graduate student.  She decided to remain in Paris and went on to pursue an international career in training and communications in such diverse sectors as education, energy, hospitality/entertainment and gastronomy.  Her professional experience includes Maître de Conférence at L’Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA),  Project Manager at TOTAL opening international training centers (Abu Dhabi, Cameroon, China, and Indonesia), HR & Communications Manager at EuroDisney as part of the Executive Opening Management Team for the Resort Hotels and Restaurants, and  Director of Le Cordon Bleu, Paris L’Ecole de Cuisine.

She has been an active member of several Franco-American associations. She was President of The American Institute of Wine & Food, French Chapter and served on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Culinary Professionals. She has degrees in Political Science and Fine Arts from Syracuse University. Her interests include food & wine, film, theater, music, art/museums, and travel.

Jackie Gintell

Jacqueline Gintell (Jackie) is currently a Director on the Board of IWCR. Jackie has been a forerunner at the head of companies such as Carmen Curler Co. Ltd. (International), The Porchester Group (UK) (which became the largest life insurance company in the UK), French Riviera Property Search (France). She won the Queen’s award for industry whilst running Carmen and became the Business Woman of the Year (1985) whilst running the Porchester Group.

Jackie was a Governor on the Board of American Club of the Riviera when her husband, Burton -President Emeritus, was still alive. Jackie returns to the board to concentrate on a Film Festival lunch as previously Burton did in addition to finding new events.

Ulla Schrödel

Ulla was born in Malmö, Sweden and studied English and German at the University of Stockholm. After graduation she left Sweden to realize her dream of living in Munich, Germany where she worked for a very well known music firm which sent music books all over the world such as the coronation of Shah Rheza Palevi. 54 years ago, Ulla met her husband Helmut, whilst living in Germany, who proposed 10 days later! Together they have two sons and two grandchildren who are now grown up and both students.

After 7 years at home raising her sons, Ulla worked at a scientific center in Munich, and then had the opportunity to become the Chief of the Congress Department. The center had different departments such as radiation protection and many regarding health. She was responsible for organizing numerous events in Munich, Bonn (the former capital) and in different cities all over Germany which attracted, at times over 1,000 participants from all over the world. When Ulla retired in 2003 she moved to Italy with her husband and is enjoying life on the Riviera.

Cynthia Milani 

Cynthia Milani is an international speaker, consultant and trainer. She has worked with clients from over 50 countries to enhance their international business skills and understanding of cultural differences and leadership. Cynthia is a certified Neuroanthropologist, with over 30 years of experience developing Global Competencies for multinational corporations throughout Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East. She is author of Brand Italy: A Guide to the Italians (Olive Mill Press: 2009), and NeuroDiversophy, (diversophy.com , 2019), as well as the Change Your Brain; Change Your Game Seminars.

Cynthia began her work with the National Institute of Health’s Biofeedback Program before working with leading industries, Fortune 500 companies and expatriating families. She is currently teaching Olympic champions and world class athletes to master their thoughts to enhance performance. Cynthia Milani is the director of the IgD Center for Neuroleadership & Diversity, a consortium of highly experienced intercultural trainers and consultants. They hold workshops on a variety of subjects at Le Moulin des Trois Arcs, the Center’s16 th Century olive mill in the South of France.

Jeryl Stilli  

Jeryl Stilli grew up on Long Island, NY. After graduating college, she worked in Frankfurt am Main, Manhattan and Milan as a CPA and financial manager. Later on, she furthered her professional development by obtaining an MBA, which paved the way for subsequent employment in Switzerland. She has worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, CBS, Coca Cola and VF Corporation. Presently, she devotes her time mainly between Sanremo and Milan where she participates in various social groups and embraces an active lifestyle in skiing, playing music, and honing her skills in padel.

Since 2005, she has proudly founded the Benvenuto Club of Sanremo, an organization dedicated to fostering a warm and inclusive environment for English-speaking individuals residing in the area. Additionally, Jeryl was a past board member of the Benvenuto Club of Milano, and the International Ladies of Padova. Married to an Italian for 24 years, she raised three children in Italy who are currently studying in the USA.

Peggy Simon 

Born in the Fiji Islands, British of Indian origin, Peggy moved to Sydney, Australia in her late teens and went to work at the largest medical center in Sydney. She then moved to LA and studied clinical psychology and also dabbled in acting, appearing in «IRONSIDE » alongside Raymond Burr. She declined an offer to become part of the cast as she wanted to travel, to visit Europe and to live in Chelsea, London. 

In Europe, she met and married Jean-Pierre Simon, and after living in France and Abidjan, Ivory Coast they were transferred to New York where Peggy went to work for the United Nations. Jean-Pierre’s career brought them to Noumea, New Caledonia, then back to France and New York where Peggy always helped various organisations and worked for a Franco/American company in difficulty.

Peggy speaks English, French, Hindi and has notions of Fijian native languages as well as Italian and Spanish which she is currently learning. Peggy and Jean-Pierre retired in Nice. Their son is married to an American. They have 5 lovely and beautiful grandchildren.



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