ACNJ’s Board of Trustees

ACNJ is governed by a board of 30 trustees who are diverse in professional, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. They are united by a deep concern for the well-being of New Jersey children.

Board of Trustees Officers      

President: Richard Trenk, Esq.

Administrative Vice President :  Kendell Sprott, M.D.

Program Vice President :  Gerard Thiers

Treasurer:  Naim Bulbulia, Esq.

Secretary: Eileen Leahey

Board of Trustees Members

John Boyne, L.C.S.W., Volunteer,

Naim Bulbulia, Esq., Partner, Hartmann, Doherty, Rosa, Berman & Bulbulia

Timothy Carden, Founding Partner, The Public Private Strategy Group

Brenda Considine, Considine Communication Strategies

Hendricks Davis, Volunteer

Louise Eagle, President, Gandma K.A.R.E.S.

Maurice Elias, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology & Director,  The Collaborative, Rutger's Center for Community-Based Research, Service, and Public Scholarship, Rutgers University

Vito A. 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

Nancy Lauter, Ed.D., Professor of Education, Montclair State University

Eileen Leahey, Manager, Regional Public Affairs, PSEG

Matthew Loncar, Esq., Senior Vice President - Assistant General Counsel, Toys "R" Us, Inc.

Yvonne Lopez, Executive Director/CEO, Puerto Rican Association for Human Development, Inc. (PRAHD)

Valerie Mauriello, Vice President,Risk Management, Prudential Financial, Inc.

Nicole McGrath, D.D.S., KinderSmile Foundation

Margaret McLeod, Member, Juvenile Justice State Advisory Committee

Jennifer Mermans, Board Member, The Merancas Foundation, Inc.

Maria Pinho, Volunteer

Clare Sapienza-Eck, Vice President of Business Planning and Physicians Services, South Jersey Healthcare

Kendall Sprott, M.D., Acting Chair of Pediatrics, UMDNJ Medical School

Robert Sterling, Volunteer

Gerard Thiers, Executive Director, ASAH- Serving the Private Special Education Community Since 1974

Richard Trenk, Esq., Partner, Trenk, DiPasquale, Della Fera & Sodono, P.C.

Charles Venti, President, Inventive Strategies