ACNJ is governed by a volunteer board of trustees who are diverse in professional, educational and cultural backgrounds. They are united by a deep concern for the well-being of New Jersey's children.
Board of Trustees Officers
Chair of the Board: Jennifer Robinson, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Center of Pedagogy and Professor of Teaching and Learning, Montclair State University
Vice Chair of the Board: Susan E. Flynn
Account Executive/Benefits Consultant, PeopleStrategy
Chair of Finance Committee and Treasurer: Richard Meth, Esq.,
Chair of Program Committee and Secretary: Valerie Y. Mauriello
Retired
Chair of Fund Development Committee: Justin Kiczek, President and Executive Director, F. M. Kirby Foundation
Sitting Members
Rosy Arroyo, M.S.
Program Manager, Innovations Unit, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
Heather Baker
Banking Center Manager, Provident Bank
Monique Baptiste
Chief Program Officer, STRIVE
Lorraine D’Sylva-Lee
Senior Training and Consultation Specialist, Rutgers-UBHC Behavioral Research & Training Institute, Training & Technical Assistance for the NJ Children's System of Care
Maurice Elias, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Director, The Collaborative, Rutgers Center for Community-Based Research, Service, and Public Scholarship
Susan E. Flynn
Account Executive/Benefits Consultant, PeopleStrategy
Laurence E. Fundler, Esq.
Manager for the National Estate Tax Services, Bank of America, Co-Owner of Jola Coffee
Vito Gagliardi, Ed.D.
Educational Consultant
Stuart Grant, M.S.W.
Retired
Justin J. Kiczek
President and Executive Director, F. M. Kirby Foundation
Monica Lallo, Ed.D., M.P.A., M.P.M.
Senior Vice President of Prevention, Youth, and Education Services, Acenda Integrated Health
Eileen Leahey
Retired
Valerie Y. Mauriello
Retired
Richard Meth, Esq.
Retired
Jose Carlos Montes, M. Div.
Chief Executive Officer, PRAB, Inc.
John J. Mulholland, Jr.
Executive Director, ASAH
Arnold B. Rabson, M.D.
Laura Gallagher Endowed Chair of Developmental Biology and
Director, The Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Professor of Pharmacology; Pediatrics; and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Rutgers-RWJMS
Jennifer Robinson, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Center of Pedagogy and Professor of Teaching and Learning, Montclair State University
Alison Scott-Williams
President, Studio in a School, New York City
David E. Sims
Director of Stakeholder Engagement at NJ Safe Babies Court Team/Child Focus
Kendell Sprott, M.D., J.D.
Retired
Robert Sterling
Retired
Gerard Thiers
Retired
Richard Trenk, Esq.
Director, Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian P.C.
Douglas W. Turnbull
Regional Vice President, SVP, Regional Commercial Banking, TD Bank, Piscataway, NJ
Charles Venti
President, Inventive Strategies LLC
