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 […]

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 […]

Monique French-Brown (she/her) is a community volunteer and advocate. With nearly 25 years of experience in non-profit development, urban planning, and government contracting and compliance, Monique has utilized her skill […]

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 boys” and in […]

Jennifer Grin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a private practice serving adolescents and adults. Prior to her clinical work, she was Country Director for the Clinton Climate Initiative […]

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 […]

Meryl Hillsberg is the chair of the Management Committee and Vice Chair of The Montclair Foundation Board of Trustees. Meryl has nearly a 40-year career as an event planner with […]

Christine James recently retired as 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 […]

Madifing Kaba is a Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate Strategy, most recently at CAIS, a leading fintech platform specializing in alternative investments, where he built, launched and led the corporate […]

Joyce Manning Magrini recently retired as Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Burlington Stores. Joyce worked in retail for forty two years after graduating from Montclair State College and […]

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, […]

Jill has spent her career working in AdTech and has a passion for streamlining operations and boosting efficiency. A resident of Montclair since 2017, she lives here with her husband […]

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 & […]

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 […]

Laura recently retired from a successful career as a specialist in commercial construction and property insurance. A Montclair resident since 2019, she now enjoys being an active member of the […]

During an extensive legal career, Cal Trevenen has counseled and represented numerous clients in transactional real estate matters; land use (planning & zoning) cases; industrial, commercial and residential tax appeal […]

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 in financial services. Torben was born in Denmark and graduated from the Copenhagen Day and Night College with a BA. Torben and his wife […]

Christine Yewaisis is a Historic Preservation Specialist for New Jersey Transit. She is a passionate advocate for historic preservation and community engagement and serves as the Co-Chair of the Glen […]