Rehoboth Beach Main Street welcomes new board members
Rehoboth Beach Main Street announced the appointment of four new board members: Richard Byrne, Jill Dunham, Mike Edelin and Robyn Rosenfeld-Aburrow.
Each brings exceptional skills to help deliver more for RBMS affiliates. All were appointed to three-year terms that began at the Dec. 16 meeting.
After 40 years serving as a schoolteacher, community outreach educator and university administrator, Richard Byrne retired and has been serving the larger Rehoboth community as a board member with Delaware SPCA, Sussex Family YMCA, Cape Henlopen Senior Center and Clear Space Theatre Company. He served as an elected City of Rehoboth Beach commissioner from 2018-21, providing leadership on environmental and animal issues. Byrne has lived full time in downtown Rehoboth Beach since 2009, serving as president of his homeowners association. He lives with his wife Sherri Wright, and a rescue dog and cat.
A Taylor University graduate with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and an emphasis in accounting, Jill Dunham worked 22 years in the private sector. In 2001, she began her federal career in budget and finance. She retired from the National Gallery of Art in October 2019. She became a full-time resident of Delaware, where she lives with her spouse and their two rescue dogs. In addition to supporting many Rehoboth Beach community functions, Dunham began volunteering as assistant treasurer for Rehoboth Beach Main Street. In January 2022, she was elected treasurer and now serves on the Main Street board.
Mike Edelin is the marketing manager at Jack Lingo Realtor. He is a Delaware native, born and raised in Bridgeville. He studied digital publishing and print design for four years at Sussex Technical High School in Georgetown, then received his associate degree in advertising design-visual communications from Delaware Technical & Community College. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in digital publishing-digital media from Wilmington University. Edelin has worked with a myriad of projects and brands involving graphic design; social media, digital and email marketing; printing; advertising; multimedia; strategic planning and more, ranging from real estate, development and construction to commercial, retail, office, hospitality, sports, nonprofit organizations and start-ups. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends, traveling, trying new restaurants and going to the beach. Edelin serves as co-chair of the the Rehoboth Beach Main Street communications committee, and is a reporter and editor for the Main Street newsletter.
Robyn Rosenfeld-Aburrow and her husband Paul Aburrow retired from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and moved to Lewes in 2016. Throughout her food industry career, she served as regional manager for Quaker Oats, Pompeiian Olive Oil and Paul Newman Popcorn before owning Hn’M Associates/RG Food Brokerage. She has worked with a myriad of charities and served on many boards, taking active roles in the planning and execution of large fundraising events, including co-chairing the Beebe Bash in 2018 and 2019. Rosenfeld-Aburrow currently serves on the Beebe Medical Foundation board and the Harry K Foundation board. She co-chairs Main Street’s communications committee.
