Twelve people were appointed last month to Community Board 1, replacing members who stepped down. Appointments to the 50-member board are made by Borough President C. Virginia Field and Councilman Alan Gerson.

Gerson named four new members:

Edward “Ro” Sheffe has lived in the financial district for 10 years and also works Downtown, as general manager of a corporate communications firm and partner in a biotechnology investment company. His primary interest is “livability,” he said. “My hope is to contribute whatever I can to rebuilding quickly and responsibly, in ways that improve both the commercial and residential quality of life in Lower Manhattan.”

John Fratta, who grew up in Little Italy, has lived for eight years at Southbridge Towers, where he is director on the co-op board. He is a Democratic district leader Downtown and is the district manager for Community Board 11 in the Bronx. He said he is particularly interested in quality of life issues, such as construction and bar noise, and public safety issues. He is married with two grown children.

Michael Connolly, a corporate attorney, has lived in Tribeca since 1983 and is president of the condo board at 27 N. Moore St. He has been a public member of CB1 for a year, working on the Tribeca, WTC Redevelopment and Quality of Life Committees, and is interested in Downtown rebuilding, traffic and air pollution issues, and preserving and creating open space. He is married with two teen-age sons, and has been a coach and sponsor in the Downtown Little League and Soccer League.

George Olsen, an attorney and former Marine platoon commander, is a 20-year Tribeca resident. He and his wife have a son at P.S. 234, where Olsen is the outgoing PTA president, and he has worked with CB1 on various youth and school issues, including the development of the Millennium High School. He is also interested in land use issues, particularly the future development of Site 5B, behind P.S. 234, and Site 5C, across the street.

Fields named eight new board members:

Tom Goodkind, an accountant and a CB1 public member this past year, has lived with his wife, Jill, in Battery Park City for 14 years. With two daughters, one in the eighth grade at I.S. 89 and one in the first grade at P.S. 89, he said his top priorities are school and youth issues, and creating more affordable living space Downtown for families. He also wants to ensure that the Battery Park City Authority and the owners of the World Financial Center are responsive to residents’ needs.

Arthur Gregory, a Fulton Street resident, owns the A&M Roadhouse restaurant on Murray Street and a new food kiosk at the South Street Seaport. A founding member of From The Ground Up and a director on the board of the Tribeca Organization, both post-9/11 business groups, he is concerned about difficulties facing retail businesses Downtown as well as residents’ quality of life issues. He and his wife, Ellie, are expecting their first child this month.

Mark Hsiao, who lives in Battery Park City with his longtime partner, works at the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and previously worked at the Department of Transportation and the Art Commission. He is interested in development, quality of life and waterfront issues. “I want to give something back to the city,” he said.

Joel Kopel is vice president of the co-op board at 3 Hanover Square and general manager at William Barthman Jewelers in the Financial District, where his wife, Renee, also works. Their daughter graduated last year from I.S. 89. “We need to do something for stores that are struggling to stay down here,” he said, and he wants to promote “a better balance between the residential and business communities Downtown.” He is on the Downtown Alliance’s board of directors.

Pat Moore, a sweater and jewelry designer, has lived at 125 Cedar St., across the street from the World Trade Center, for 25 years—except for the 16 months after 9/11 when she and her husband, Andy Jurinko, were displaced. That experience led her into civic activism, as she fought on behalf of her building’s tenants, and she wants to continue working on WTC reconstruction issues. “People need to be aware that there are many of us living south of Liberty Street,” she said.

Sheila Rossi lives at Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City, where she moved in 1995 from Tribeca. She is a trial attorney for the city’s Corporation Counsel and is interested in Downtown rebuilding issues, reviving local retail stores and “restoring the wonderful community in Battery Park City, which was devastated after Sept. 11.”

Angela Sales is the director of community and government relations at Borough of Manhattan Community College in Tribeca and has worked in the CUNY system for almost 30 years. She said she is interested in education issues, WTC planning, and promoting health and fitness.

Ingrid Maurer, a costume designer, lives with her husband in Chatham Towers in Chinatown. She’s been active in the Park Row closing issue and is interested in landmarks preservation and economic development.