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: Gerard Thiers
Executive Director, ASAH – Serving the Private Special Education Community Since 1974
Vice Chair: Sara D. Thom
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Research, Bedtime Math
Chair of Finance Committee and Treasurer: Darrin Anderson, Sr., MS, PhD
Deputy Director, NJ Partnership for Healthy Kids
Chair of Program Committee and Secretary: Sara D. Thom
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Research, Bedtime Math
Board of Trustees Members
Darrin Anderson, Sr., MS, PhD
Deputy Director, NJ Partnership for Healthy Kids
Brenda Considine
Considine Communication Strategies
Cynthia Crenshaw
Retired
Lorraine D’Sylva-Lee
Training and Consultation Specialist,
Rutgers-UBHC Behavioral Research & Training Institute,
Children’s System of Care Training & Technical Assistance Unit
Louise Eagle
President, Grandma K.A.R.E.S.
Maurice Elias, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology & Director, The Collaborative, Rutgers’ Center for
Community-Based Research, Service, and Public Scholarship, Rutgers University
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, LSW ACSW
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
José Carlos Montes, M.Div.
Chief Executive Officer, PRAB
Nicole McGrath, D.D.S.
President & CEO, KinderSmile Foundation, Inc.
Margaret McLeod
Member, Juvenile Justice State Advisory Committee
Jennifer J. Robinson, EdD
Executive Director, Center of Pedagogy, Montclair State University
Kendell Sprott, M.D.
President/CEO, Matheny Medical and Educational Center
Robert Sterling
Volunteer
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
Richard Trenk, Esq.
Partner, Trenk, DiPasquale, Della Fera & Sodono, P.C.
Charles Venti
Executive Director, The Nicholson Foundation