NJ Council for the Humanities

 
 

NJCH Board members

The board is composed of elected members and gubernatorial appointees.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

NJCH is fortunate to have a dedicated and knowledgeable Board of Trustees. Our Board exercises important fiduciary, governance, and programmatic responsibilities and plays a central role in helping to raise public and private funds. Members of the Board also serve as ambassadors for the Council, promoting its work within their communities and with elected officials.

Gregory Waters, Ph.D.
Chair
Professor Emeritus of English at Montclair State University
Christopher Fisher, Ph.D.
Vice Chair
Associate Professor of History at The College of New Jersey
Michael Klein, J.D., PH.D.
Treasurer
Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government
Jacqueline Colgan
Secretary
Bloomfield College Board of Trustees Member
Sara D. Siegler, MLIS, QPA
Member-At-Large
Assistant Library Director at Ocean County Library
David Blake, Ph.D.
Professor of English at The College of New Jersey
Lacey Cotter
Manager of Events and Strategic Engagement at Regional Plan Association
Denise Coulter, Ed.D.
Dean, Liberal Studies at Atlantic Cape Community College
Cole Crittenden, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Princeton University
Laura S. Hertzog, Esq.
General Counsel at Noodle
Mark Hontz
Partner at Hollander Strelzik Law Firm
Tony Iacono, Ph.D.
President at County College of Morris
Theresa Jacks
President and CEO of Council of New Jersey Grantmakers
Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer, Ph.D.
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly, District 16, and postdoc at Princeton University
Howard Marchitello, Ph.D.
Professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden
Jonathan Mercantini, Ph.D.
Grants Committee Chair
Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of History at Kean University
Assemblywoman Carol Murphy
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly, District 7
Michael Perice
Senior Rabbi at Temple Sinai of Cinnaminson
Rayman Solomon
University Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus at Rutgers University-Camden
Lourdes Tango
Executive and Career Coach at Lourdes Tango Consulting
Lynne Toye
Executive Director, NJ Arts & Culture Renewal Fund at Princeton Area Community Foundation
Audrey Truschke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Asian Studies Director at Rutgers University-Newark
Alyson Wess
Vice President, Global Community Impact at Johnson & Johnson

NJCH Board Chairs 1973-present

Frank N. Elliott
Leonard Johnson
J. Harry Smith
Bernard Peltz
C.F. Main
Leah P. Sloshberg
Cole A. Lewis
Robert Hollander
Alan B. Donovan
Michael N. Gimigliano
Timothy J. Crist
Gregory Waters
Walter T. Savage
Jane Kenny
Theodore K. Rabb
Sondra B. Fishinger
Barry V. Qualls
Michael Bzdak
Debra K. Spruill
Zachary M. Narrett
Alice Chandler
Gregory Waters
Wendel A. White
Stan Katz
Linda Morgan
Doug Greenberg
Kiki Jamieson
Dan Fatton
Gregory Waters
“The humanities are the record of the human imagination and its role in nations, societies, and communities. It has been of the greatest honors and pleasures of my life take a part in the humanities in our state.”
– Douglas Greenberg, Ph.D.
“Through the humanities I develop a deeper, more accurate, and more active understanding of everything else in the world, including art, science, and the people around me.”
–Brett Bonfield
“Language makes us human. The humanities are defined by our writing, reading, speaking—the human form of expression.”
–Ruth B. Mandel, Ph.D. 

 

“The humanities help to make sense of what it means to be human—right here, right now. The New Jersey Council for the Humanities helps people to understand our complicated world. It is a treasure.”
–Kiki Jamieson, Ph.D.
“The humanities are critically important to our national identification as one nation. Shared culture and history binds us together as Americans. Through literature and art, we are able to connect.”
–Caroline Casagrande, J.D.
“Remember in “Manhattan” when Woody Allen lists what makes life worth living? Louis Armstrong’s Potato Head Blues, Flaubert’s Sentimental Education, Swedish films. The humanities give life its richness and interest.”
–David Greenberg, Ph.D.
“Humanities is about changing the world and fighting for what we believe in. It is about blending our love of learning with a civic responsibility to America.”
–Rosa E. Soto, Ph.D.

 

“If you believe every voice should be heard, you have come to the right place! The NJCH is proud to provide our friends and neighbors a platform to do so.”
– Shane Berger