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

 

Frank Hawrusik, Vice-President, 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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Adam Brown

Founder of the Adam M. Brown Law Group, LLC. Adam has argued and won motions and trials on his client’s behalf from Gloucester to Sussex County; from the lower New York Civil Courts all the way up to the Appellate Division. New York Law School, J.D., 2007, University at Buffalo, B.A., 2003. Bar Admissions: New Jersey, June 2008, New York, September 2008. Member, Chamber of Commerce.

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Bruce Dalziel

Retired finance and technology executive; playwright, actor, currently working on a new piece. Former Chairman of Our House, Inc, active with non-profits serving people with disabilities. Former chair of Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, and board member for Peters Valley School of Fine Craft.

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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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