NJ Council for the Humanities

 
 

The board (a portion is pictured here) is comprised of elected members and gubernatorial appointees.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

NJCH’s Board exercises important fiduciary, governance, and programmatic responsibilities and plays a central role in helping to raise public and private revenues. Members of the Board promote the Council within their communities and with elected officials.

Dan Fatton
Chair
New Jersey State Director of Energy Foundation
Bhavini Doshi, J.D.
Treasurer
Partner at McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC
Michael Klein, J.D., PH.D.
Grant Review Chair
Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellow, Rockefeller Institute of Government
Michael Robertson, Ph.D.
Development Chair
Professor of English at The College of New Jersey
Gregory Waters, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of English at Montclair State University
Assemblywoman Carol Murphy
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly, District 7
Christopher Fisher, PH.D.
Vice Chair
Associate Professor of History at The College of New Jersey
Jacqueline Colgan
Member at Large
Bloomfield College Board of Trustees Member
Howard Marchitello, Ph.D.
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School at Rutgers University-Camden
Sadaf Jaffer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University
Laura S. Hertzog, Esq.
General Counsel at William Paterson University
Michael Perice
Senior Rabbi at Temple Sinai of Cinnaminson
Lourdes Tango
Executive and Career Coach at Lourdes Tango Consulting
Alexis Pedrick
Secretary
Manager of Public Programs at the Science History Institute
Jennifer J. Sancton
Governance Chair
Nonprofit Consultant
Lacey Rzeszowski
Co-Founder of Summit Marches On
Mark Hontz
Partner at Hollander Strelzik Law Firm
Sara D. Siegler, MLIS, QPA
Assistant Library Director at Ocean County Library
Rosa Farias
Deputy Executive Director at the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
Tony Iacono, Ph.D.
President at County College of Morris
Audrey Truschke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Asian Studies Director at Rutgers University-Newark
“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