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
Chairperson of the Board: Sara D. Thom
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Research, Bedtime Math Foundation
Vice Chairperson of the Board: Charles Venti
President, Inventive Strategies, LLC
Chair of Finance Committee and Treasurer:
Kendell Sprott, M.D.
President/CEO, Matheny Medical and Educational Center
Chair of Program Committee and Secretary: Lorraine D’Sylva-Lee
Training and Consultation Specialist, Behavioral Research & Training Institute, Rutgers University
Chair of Fund Development Committee: Richard Trenk, Esq.
Member, McManimon, Scotland and Baumann, LLC
Sitting Members
Darrin Anderson, Sr., MS, PhD
Deputy Director, NJ Partnership for Healthy Kids
Lorraine D’Sylva-Lee
Training and Consultation Specialist, Rutgers-UBHC Behavioral Research & Training Institute Children’s System of Care Training & Technical Assistance Unit
Maurice Elias, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology & Director, The Collaborative, Rutgers’ Center for Community-Based Research, Service, and Public Scholarship, Rutgers University
Susan E. Flynn
Account Executive/Benefits Consultant, PeopleStrategy
F. Lee Forrester, J.S.C.
Retired Judge
Laurence E. Fundler, Esq.
Tax Attorney, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, LLP
Vito Gagliardi, Ed.D.
Educational Consultant
Stuart Grant
Senior Vice President, United Way of Central Jersey
Gail Houlihan
Emeritus Member, NJ State Child Placement Advisory Council Executive Board
Eileen Leahey
Manager, Regional Public Affairs, PSEG
Reginald Lewis
Executive Director, Newark City of Learning Collaborative, Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice School of Public Affairs and Administration Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Margaret McLeod
Member, Juvenile Justice State Advisory Committee
Jose Carlos Montes, M. Div.
Chief Executive Officer PRAB, Inc.
Dr. Jennifer Robinson
Executive Director, Montclair State University, College of Education
Alison Scott-Williams
Vice President, Arts Education, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
Kendell Sprott, M.D., J.D.
President/CEO, Matheny Medical and Educational Center
Robert Sterling
Volunteer
Richard Meth
Retired
Gerard Thiers
Executive Director, ASAH – Serving the Private Special Education Community Since 1974
Sara D. Thom
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Research, Bedtime Math Foundation
Richard Trenk, Esq.
McManimon, Scotland and Baumann, LLC
Charles Venti
President, Inventive Strategies
Valerie Mauriello
Retired