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; member of Creative Summit; pastel artist; former Editor of The Collection magazine

 

Joyce Hodgson Post, Vice-President

Retired in 2019 after serving as Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra; career also included ED of Little Theatre of Manchester (both in Connecticut); served as Chair of Manchester’s Arts Commission and Imagine Main Street

 

Frank Hawrusik, Treasurer

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

 

Dr. Paola A. Acosta-Díaz, Secretary

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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Trustees

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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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Fidel Garcia

Director of Development and Communications at Sage Eldercare in Summit; formerly held several positions with Janssen Pharmaceuticals/J&J; volunteered with State Theater of NJ, Hyacinth AIDS Foundation, The Theater Project, Miss America Organization

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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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