Officers

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Diane Gallo, President  

Former Vice-President of the area League of Women Voters; former member of the Mayor’s Partnership for Summit Public Art; former Secretary of the Contemporary Art Group; member of Creative Summit; pastel artist; former Editor of The Collection magazine 

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Frank Hawrusik, Vice-President 

Engineering consultant, retired; former Vice-President, Summit Playhouse Association, Inc 

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Georgette Barnes, Treasurer

Currently the Retail Private Banker, Vice President at a prominent bank in Summit, NJ.  Over 35 years of professional banking experience. Past six years: board member for Premier Community Development Corporation (PCDC), of Plainfield NJ. Business Advocate for the Sustainable Committee for the City of Summit in 2008-2010. Education: Morgan State University in Baltimore, Md. (Accounting). Kean University of Union, NJ (Management Science).

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Secretary 

TBD

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Trustees

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Dr. Paola A. Acosta-Díaz  

Current president of Speak Up Summit, a 25-year-old, non-profit organization that advocates for quality public education in Summit. Volunteer, bilingual reading programs for children, Summit Public Library. Member, Anti-Racism Committee of the Summit Interfaith Council. Awarded 2019 Shaping Summit Together MLK Jr. Keepers of the Dream award for advocacy work. Co-founder, Empowering Kids Organization, a local non-profit with the mission of creating strategies and programs to empower underprivileged kids to access equal opportunities in education. 

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Jill Bernstein 

Active in local and school theatrical productions as producer and director; volunteer chair of First Night Summit for two years 

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Lisa Brown 

Masters in Creative Art, Exhibiting Artist, Art teacher and workshop facilitator for "Art as Therapy" programs I developed; East Coast Supervisor for Creative Journal Expressive Arts program; Board of Interweave for 20 years 

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Joyce Hodgson Post

Former Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager - Hartford Symphony Orchestra; Former Executive Director- Little Theatre of Manchester; Former Executive Director- Malta House of Care Foundation, Hartford; Former Executive Director - Connecticut Mental Health Center Foundation, New Haven; Community Relations and Development Director - The Salvation Army, CT and RI; Former Vice President of Development - Easter Seal Society of Connecticut, CT; Former Public Relations Director – Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford; Former Chairperson and Program Director, Imagine Main Street, Manchester, CT; Former Chairperson, Manchester Arts Commission
 

Terri Tauber 

Retired; member, Summit Elks Lodge 1246;  Treasurer, Summit Democratic Committee; Campaign Treasurer for 

local/state Democratic candidates; coordinator, Summit High School Project Graduation 1998-2017;candidate for Summit Common Council, 2006, 2007 and 2008 

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Heather Pistell (Emeritus) 

Independent child care consultant; Instructional aide for the Summit Public Schools; former Youth Director for The Connection for Women and Families in Summit; Co-chair of Music and Fine Arts Committee for Christ Church in Summit; past president of SPARC

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