Montclair State University campus bell tower among green trees.

Board Members

Chair

Gregory Collins

BS, Accounting – Montclair State University
Current: Director, Facilities & Special Projects Brick Education Network
Certified Public Accountant
Former: Managing Director of G. Collins & Company, LLC and was a tax partner in the Sports and Entertainment Division of Mitchell & Titus, LLP.

Vice Chair

Anthony M. Carlino

BA, Political Science – Montclair State University
JD, Seton Hall University
Former: Partner in the law firm McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLC. and co-chair of the Litigation and Insurance Services Group.
Former: Served a judicial clerkship for The Honorable Fred C. Galda, A.A.J.S.C., and was an Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor.

Treasurer

Robert Iacullo

BA, Business Administration – Montclair State University
MBA, Finance – Fairleigh Dickinson University
Former: Executive Vice President at United Water Resources, Inc. and President of United Water Resources, Inc. and Chief Operating Officer.

Secretary

Penelope Vance

BA, Psychology — Mount Holyoke College
Current: Fiduciary Managing Director, PNC Wealth Management
Former: Senior Vice President, PNC Wealth Management, Assistant Vice President, Corporate and Foundation Giving, Montclair State University

Board Members

Keith Ansbacher

BS, Business Administration – Montclair State University
JD, Rutgers University
Former: Retired VP and Associate General Counsel and then as Interim General Counsel at BASF before retiring in 2014.

Gerald Appelstein

SB, Chemical Engineering – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Current: President, Appelstein, LLC
Former: Vice President, Tauber Oil Company and executive for Exxon and Starsupply GFI

Dennis Bone

BS, Mathematics – West Virginia University Institute of Technology
MBA, Finance and Economics – Rutgers University
MS, Counseling – The Johns Hopkins University
Current: Executive in Residence, Feliciano School of Business at Montclair State University.
Former: President of Verizon New Jersey

Kevin Bradley

BS, Accounting- Montclair State University
Former: Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for United States Steel Corporation

Harold Bryant

BA, Theater and Minor in Business – Rutgers University
Current: Executive Producer and Senior Vice President of Production at CBS Sports, New York, New York.

Rose Cali

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.

Angelo J. Genova

BA, History – Montclair State University
MA, Industrial and Labor Relations – Rutgers University
JD, Rutgers University
Current: Partner and firm co-founder of Genova Burns. He is a leading member of the New Jersey Bar in the practice areas of Labor and Employment Law, Election Law and Complex Litigation and Appeals.

Beth Gottung

BS, History – American International College
MA, American Studies – Trinity College
MA, Communications – Montclair State University
Current: Executive Director for Montclair Film

Marilyn Grabowski

BS, Chemistry- Franklin Marshall College
Current: President and Founder of Atlantic Infra

Robert S. Gregory

Williams College
JD, New York Law School
Current: Founder, Imagination Management Group
Former: Chief Business Officer and Managing Director of Atlas Development Corporation

Erik Jacobson

BA, Wesleyan University
Ed.M., Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Ed.D, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Current: Associate Professor, Teaching and Learning at Montclair State University

Jeffrey Johnson

BS, Business Administration – Montclair State University
Current: President and Owner of MBM Business Systems, Inc.

Jonathan Koppell

BA, Harvard University
MA, University of California – Berkley
Ph.D., University of California – Berkley
Current: President, Montclair State University
Former: Dean, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions and Vice Provost for Public Service and Social Impact at Arizona State University; Director, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University; Endowed Lattie and Elva Coor Presidential Chair as Professor of Public Administration and Policy, Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration

Nadine Leslie

BS, Civil Engineering – Faculté des Sciences, Haiti
Current: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SUEZ North America.
Former: Senior Vice President, Group Health, Safety and Security, SUEZ North America

Robert Jay Lieberman

BA, University of Buffalo
JD, Brooklyn Law School
Current: Founder and president of All-Ways Advertising Company, the Bloomfield, New Jersey-based promotional advertising and marketing provider.

James Merli

BS, Business Administration – Montclair State University
Current: Executive in Residence, Feliciano School of Business at Montclair State University
Former: Retired managing director and global head of Debt Syndicate and head of Global Finance Americas for Nomura Securities International.  Former head of US Primary Market Syndication for Fixed Income at Barclays Capital.

Steven Resnick

BA, English – Montclair State University
JD, Rutgers University
Current: Counsel at Resnick Law Firm, LLC
Former: Counsel at Ziegler, Zemsky & Resnick, LLC
Shareholder at Budd Larner, P.C.

Denise Rover

BA, Speech and Theater, Montclair State University
Current: Account Manager, NBCUniversal Owned TV Stations
Former: Account Manager for WNJU-TV/Telemundo

Judith Schumacher-Tilton

Current: President of Tilton Automotive Group, parent company of Schumacher Chevrolet in Little Falls, Clifton and Denville. Serves as the Vice Chairperson of the General Motors Women’s Retail Network and the General Motors Minority Women’s Council.

Gregory Shanaphy

BA, Political Science/Economics, Montclair State University
JD, Seton Hall University
Current: Senior VP, Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services – The Poppo Group

Julyne Derisse Simmons

BAS, French
MBA, Human Resources – New York Institute of Technology
Current: Vice President and Chief Resource Offices for Transform Materials, LLC

Lester Taylor

BS – Political Science – Montclair State University
JD- Howard University School of Law.
Current: Partner at Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor, LLC
Former: 2014 to 2017, served as mayor of the City of East Orange.

Rita Walters

BS, Accounting – Fairleigh Dickinson University
MA/Graduate Certificate – Johns Hopkins University
Current: Vice President of Development, Montclair State University
Former: Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations, Union Theological Seminary

Cynthia Watson

BS, Business Administration – Montclair State University
Current: Internal Auditor, Sumitomo Corporation of America
Former: Internal Audit and Internal Controls Leader – TikTok; Internal Controls Sr. Manager, Honeywell

David Wertheim

BA, History – Montclair State University
JD, Seton Hall University School of Law
Current: Vice President and General Counsel, Ferrari North America