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: Charles Venti
President, Inventive Strategies LLC
Vice Chair of the Board: Jennifer Robinson, Ed.D.
Executive Director, Center of Pedagogy and Professor of Teaching and Learning, Montclair State University
Chair of Finance Committee and Treasurer: Susan E. Flynn
Account Executive/Benefits Consultant, PeopleStrategy
Chair of Program Committee and Secretary: Alison Scott-Williams
President, Studio in a School, New York City
Chair of Fund Development Committee: Richard Trenk, Esq.
Director, Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian P.C.
Sitting Members
Darrin Anderson, Sr., MS, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer/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
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.
National Estate Tax Services Manager, Bank of America
Vito Gagliardi, Ed.D.
Educational Consultant
Stuart M. Grant, M.S.W.
Retired
Gail Houlihan (In Memoriam)
Emeritus Member, NJ State Child Placement Advisory Council Executive Board
Justin J. Kiczek
Executive Director, F. M. Kirby Foundation
Monica Lallo, Ed.D., MPA, MPM
Senior Vice President of Prevention, Youth, and Education Services, Acenda Integrated Health
Eileen Leahey
Director of External Affairs South, PSEG
Valerie Y. Mauriello
Retired
Richard Meth, Esq.
Retired
Jose Carlos Montes, M. Div.
Chief Executive Officer, PRAB, Inc.
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
Winifred Smith-Jenkins
Director, Zadie's of the Oranges and Senior Director, Zadie's Early Childhood Center, Zadie's Nurturing Den
Kendell Sprott, M.D., J.D.
Retired
Robert Sterling
Retired
Gerard Thiers
Retired
Sara D. Thom
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Research, Bedtime Math Foundation
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
