Board of Trustees
Officers
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.
Trustees
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.
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.
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