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: Sara D. Thom
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Research, Bedtime Math Foundation
Vice Chair of the Board: Charles Venti
President, Inventive Strategies, LLC
Chair of Finance Committee and Treasurer:
Kendell Sprott, M.D., J.D.
Retired
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.
Trenk Isabel PC
Sitting Members
Darrin Anderson, Sr., MS, Ph.D.
Executive Director/CEO New Jersey, YMCA State Alliance
Monique Baptiste
Vice President, Workforce Readiness, Global Philanthropy, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Bianka Douglas
Vice President, Lead Human Resources Business Partner, Prudential
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
Laurence E. Fundler, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Fiduciary Tax Services, Bank of America
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
Justin Kiczek
Executive Director, F. M. Kirby Foundation
Monica Lallo, Ed.D., MPA, MPM, Senior Vice President, Acenda Integrated Health
Eileen Leahey
Manager, Regional Public Affairs, PSEG
Valerie Mauriello
Retired
Margaret McLeod
Member Emeritus
Jose Carlos Montes, M. Div.
Chief Executive Officer PRAB, Inc.
Dr. Jennifer Robinson, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Montclair State University, College of Education
Alison Scott-Williams
President, Studio in a School, New York City
Kendell Sprott, M.D., J.D.
Retired
Robert Sterling
Volunteer
Richard Meth, Esq.
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.
Trenk Isabel PC
Charles Venti
President, Inventive Strategies
