Officers and Trustees for 2011-2012
Officers
President: Elizabeth Del Tufo, tour leader and former chairperson, City of Newark Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission
Vice President: Peggy Dougherty, Linden, deputy director, The Newark Museum
Vice President: Matthew J. Gosser, professor and graduate studies director, New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture
Secretary: James Lewis, Newark, reference librarian, Newark Public Library
Treasurer: Richard Grossklaus, Newark, vice president, Integrity Inc. substance abuse rehabilitation program
Parliamentarian: Mark Gordon, Maplewood, consultant on preservation and real estate
Trustees
Dr. Marion A. Bolden, Education Consultant
Brian Hanlon, South Orange, property manager for U.S. District Courts
Samer Hanini, Newark, real estate developer and construction manager
Donald M. Karp, Short Hills, lawyer and retired vice chairman, Independence Community Bank (now Sovereign Bank)
James P. Lecky, Branch Brook Park Alliance
Catherine J. Lenix-Hooker, Newark, asst. manager, Newark Division of Recreation and Cultural Affairs
David Robinson,
Gisela Rodriguez, Newark, administrator, genetics center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Anthony Schuman, Montclair, professor and graduate studies director, New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture
Victoria Snoy, Newark, executive director, Newark Boys Chorus School, and past president, Newark Arts Council
Rose M. Spears, Newark, retired official, Internal Revenue Service
Zemin Zhang, Newark, psychologist, James Street Hitoric District activist
Staff / Consultants
Executive Director, Douglas Eldridge (part-time) East Orange, a former newspaper editor and city official.
The Committee's primary consultants are:
Rev. Rosalind Nichol, Orange, Co-pastor, Deliverance Evangelistic Center Newark, Public Relations / Communications Design
Ulana Zakalak, (Zakalak Associates LLC), restoration specialist and architectural historian
Joan Bloomer, Controller
Much of the Committee's work is done by volunteers.
