Photo of ariel view of campus buildings.

Board of Trustees

Current Trustees

Voting Members

ANTHONY ABRANTES (appointed 2024)

BA  – Montclair State University ‌

Current: Assistant Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Eastern Atlantic State Regional Council of Carpenters

Photo of Rose C. Cali

ROSE L. CALI (appointed 1991)

BA Anthropology – Montclair State University ‌

Current: Education Advocate; Founder, Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
Former: Volunteer services coordinator for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; public relations officer for training center

Photo of Mary A. Comito

MARY A. COMITO (appointed 2017)

MA – George Washington University
MBA – St. Johns University
BA – SUNY Albany

Current: Insurance and Financial Advisor, State Farm Insurance

Photo of Francis M.C. Cuss

FRANCIS M. CUSS (appointed 2009)

MB, BChir – Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, UK‌
BA Natural Sciences, MA – King’s College, Cambridge University, UK
FFPM (Fellow Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine)
FRCP (Fellow of Royal College of Physicians)

Former: Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, R&D – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (Retired)
Former: Senior Vice President, Discovery & Exploratory Clinical Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Former: Senior Vice President, Schering-Plough Research Institute; Director of Pulmonary Clinical Research, Glaxo

Photo of Jean Marc De Grandpre

JEAN MARC DE GRANDPRE (appointed 2017)

BS and MBA – Southern New Hampshire University ‌

Current: General Manager of the New York Red Bulls and Red Bull Arena

Photo of Dr. Tracy Higgins

TRACY HIGGINS (appointed 2021)

JD – Harvard Law School
AB – Princeton University

Current: Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law and Co-Director, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice

Sreeni Kutam

SREENI KUTAM (appointed 2021)

MBA – Purdue University
BA Computer Science – Andhra University, India

Current: Chief Human Resources Officer, ADP

Photo of Ralph A. Larossa

RALPH A. LAROSSA (appointed 2004)

BE Industrial Engineering – Stevens Institute of Technology

Current: President and Chief Operating Officer, PSE&G Power
Former: President and Chief Operating Officer, PSE&G and a variety of management positions in PSE&G’s gas and electric operations

Photo of William T. Mullen

WILLIAM T. MULLEN (appointed 2004)

‌Current: President, New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council AFL-CIO and
Former: President, VP, Business Manager, Iron Workers Local 11; President, Essex County Building Trades

Photo of Preston D. Pinkett III

PRESTON D. PINKETT III (appointed 2002)

MBA Management Strategy – Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania‌
BS Economics – Cornell University

Current: Banking Executive
Former: Vice President, Social Investments, Prudential Financial, Inc., Senior Vice President at New Jersey Economic Development Authority, PNC Bank, Chemical Bank New Jersey; Senior Planner, NJ Council on Affordable Housing; associate, Summit Group

Photo of Kent Sluyter

KENT SLUYTER (appointed 2016)

BS Mathematics – Lafayette College

Former: President of Prudential Annuities

Student Representatives

Mariana Luna-Martinez

Mariana Luna-Martinez – Student Trustee (appointed 2022)

Artem Beliavski – Student Trustee (appointed 2023)

 

Non-Voting Members

 

President

Jonathan Koppell

JONATHAN KOPPELL (appointed 2021), non-voting

Ph.D., Political Science – University of California, Berkeley
M.A., Political Science – University of California, Berkeley
A.B. , Government – Harvard College

Current: President, Montclair State University
Former: Vice-Provost for Public Service and Social Impact, Arizona State University; Senior Advisor to the Provost, Arizona State University; Dean, Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions, Arizona State University; Director, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University; Director, Associate Director, Millstein Center for Corporate Governance & Performance, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Faculty Representative

S. Collins

Prof. Saundra Collins

BA, Point Park College

MA, University of Maryland

PhD, University of Maryland

Current: Professor of Psychology

Trustee Emeritus

Photo of George J. Hiltzik

GEORGE J. HILTZIK

JD – Columbia University School of Law
BS Industrial and Labor Relations – Cornell University

Current: Principal at Hiltzik Strategies
Former: Senior Executive, N. S. Bienstock talent agency
Former: Vice President for Policy and Planning and other positions at National Broadcasting Company; legal positions in various firms