Our Governing Board

  • Arcelio Aponte | Interim Senior Vice Chancellor for Administration and Economic Development, and Chief Financial Officer, Rutgers University - Newark

  • Adenah Bayoh | Founder and President, Adenah Bayoh & Companies

  • C. Lawrence Crump | Municipal Council President, City of Newark

  • Dennis Bone, Emeritus | Executive in Residence Feliciano School of Business – Montclair State University

  • Richard Dunn | Senior Vice President, Paramount Assets

  • Nicole Gallant | Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, US & Europe

  • Dr. Angela Garretson | Chief of Public and Community Affairs, NJIT

  • Christopher James | Vice President, Government Affairs, RWJBarnabas Health

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    Nemin Jaya | Executive Director/ Administrator, The Salvation Army Newark

  • Celia King | CEO, Leadership Newark

  • Calvin Ledford | President, PSEG Foundation & Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, PSEG 

  • Emily K. Montagna | Associate, Genova Burns

  • Eric S. Pennington, Esq. | Business Administrator, City of Newark   

  • Lata Reddy, Board Chair | Senior Vice President, Inclusive Solutions Prudential Financial, Inc.; Chair, The Prudential Foundation

  • John Saraceno, Jr | Co-Founder & Managing Director, Onyx

  • John Schreiber | President and CEO, NJPAC

  • Suzanne Spero | Executive Director, MCJ Amelior Foundation

  • Evan Weiss, Ex-Officio | President and CEO, Newark Alliance