Board & Staff

Lissa Barrett served as President of the Jr. League of Montclair-Newark, Treasurer of the United Way of North Essex, and Treasurer and Finance Chair of the Garden Club of Montclair. […]

Andie Bertsche is a Broker Associate with Stanton Company Realtors, an affiliation that stretches over more than 40 years. She specializes in residential and commercial real estate sales in Montclair […]

Peggy Murphy Deehan recently retired as a Senior Vice President in the Global Commercial Banking Group of Bank of America. She has worked in finance, commercial banking and investment banking […]

Jeff Delaney is a Strategic Partner Lead within Google’s Global Partnerships Organization. There he manages advertising serving and monetization partnerships with some of the largest media and entertainment companies in […]

Hailing from Dublin Ireland, Emer settled first in New York and then in Montclair New Jersey , a very long time ago. In her work life, she has been a […]

Richard Ferrari is currently President and CEO of Retail Brokerage, Northeast Division of Douglas Elliman Real Estate and a member of the Board of Governors  of the Real Estate Board […]

Cathy retired in 2019 after a career in corporate lending for PNC, Bank of America and, most recently, Citi. Cathy is an experienced banking professional, now retired, with strong relationship […]

Jeanie Givens worked for 10 years in clinical research at Hoffman La Roche. A life-long resident of the greater Montclair area, Jeanie has immersed herself in raising her “brood of […]

Neil Hillsberg served as Capital Campaign Chair for purchase of the Red Gables School building on South Fullerton Ave. for B’nai Keshet. He also served as Vice-President/Treasurer for B’nai Keshet […]

Deborah Jeanne Hirsch was a professional actor for 20 years. Deborah volunteered for Montclair Public Schools and Montclair Kimberley Academy. She served on the Executive Board of the Montclair Art […]

Christine James is a managing director at Allspring Global Investments Previously, she served as COO of fixed income. She earned a BSBA and MBA from Villanova University and the right […]

Wade recently retired after a 30-year career as a media and entertainment finance banker. He has worked at the Bank of New York, GE Capital and most recently as Group […]

Eliot R. Mosby is the Managing Owner of the Montclair Diner located in Upper Montclair, NJ . Prior to acquiring the diner, Eliot work for 15+ years in Corporate America […]

Betty Jagoda Murphy – “Live Every Day As Big As You Can” Betty Murphy was President and Managing Member of ReGenesis LLC, a new products development company for 40 years […]

Amy Owens, has been a Realtor since 2005, currently with Keller Williams NJ Metro Group. With over 400 career transactions, she is the recipient of the Circle of Excellence Platinum […]

Raina Marie Pitts is Counsel with Methfessel and Werbel, P.C., where her legal practice focuses on employment and education defense Raina joined the Montclair Foundation Board of Trustees in September […]

Marisabel Raymond served as President of the Van Vleck Board of Management and Vice Chairman of The Montclair Foundation.  She chaired the Garden’s successful $2,000,000 capital campaign, co-chaired its implementation, […]

Daren Rogers is a graduate of the Montclair school system (MHS c/o 2000) who resides in town with his wife, Lauren Hooper, a fellow Montclair-ite. After graduating with a Bachelors […]

Marc recently retired after a more than 50-year career as an Actuarial Consultant and as an actuary and financial officer in the life insurance industry. During his career he was […]

Joaquin F. Stearns is the Senior Vice President of Development for Extell Development Company, a nationally acclaimed real estate developer, where he is responsible for overseeing the development and execution of high […]

Ginger is an accountant and runs Steuart Accounting. Prior to that she was the CFO for an architectural firm and worked in SF and London for KPMG and Coopers & […]

Annette Strickland, a forty-nine year resident of Montclair, has had a distinguished career in public service and philanthropy.  She recently retired as executive director of the Schumann Fund for New […]

Alan Trembulak is a partner in the Montclair law firm Ashenfelter Trembulak McDonough Golia & Trevenen. A Montclair resident since 1984, Alan has served as Montclair Township Attorney and attorney […]

Kathy is the Secretary of the Montclair Foundation and has held many positions on the Board of Management of Van Vleck House & Gardens. These include chairing the Nominating Committee, […]

Torben Winther is a Compliance Director at Wells Fargo, with a current focus on Policy, Training and Awareness and Audit Management. Torben was born in Denmark and graduated from the […]

After serving in the administrations of two New York Governors, Peter served as Chief of Staff for both the Marketing and Human Resources divisions at American Express. In his time […]