Meet Our Board of Directors
Officers
President & Representative to the NJ Council for Young Children: Rebekka Zydel
President Elect: Appointment Pending
1st Vice President: Vacant
2nd Vice President: Maria Clifford
Secretary: Casey Orlando
Treasurer: Kimberly Bowe
Immediate Past President: Cynthia Soete
Members at Large
- Michelle Burress
- Angie DeFazio
- Nicole Garibaldi-DeNude
- Michele Gregorio
- Karen Humphris
- Alicia Jenks
- Beverly Lee
- Melissa Rivera-Serna
- Jen Santana
- Kathryn Simone
- Lorri Sullivan
Chapter Presidents
Northwest: Carmela McCleary
Northeast: Kaitlyn Sweeny
Central: Maribel Tapia
South: Elmoria Thomas
Advisory Board (non-voting)
- Renee Brady
- Terri Buccarelli
- Linda Carter
- Gerard Costa
- Valeria Erdosi-Mehaffey
- Barbara Kiley
- Arlene Martin
- Kathleen Mulrooney
Liaisons (non-voting)
- Beth Gardiner: National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
- Erika Kelley: NJ Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood Education, Office of Preschool Education
Coordinator/Consultant (non-voting)
- Cathie Chmielewski
- Helen Muscato