Julie is an independent consultant focused on strategy and change management. Formerly, she was Executive Director of the Schumann Fund for NJ, Project Director for the Human Resources Administration (City of NY) and Consultant for Bain & Company. Julie serves on the Board of Visitors of Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering and is a trustee of the Evermore Global Value Fund and TEAM Academy (KIPP). She is a former trustee of the Summit Educational Foundation.

Sandy currently serves on the board of the Summit Free Public Library, and previously served on Summit’s Board of Education and Zoning Board. She was president of Temple Sinai and a founding member of the Summit Mayor’s Valuing Diversity Forum. In 2018, she received the Good Scout Award for her civic contributions. Sandy and her family have lived in Summit for more than 40 years, prior to which she practiced labor law in Washington, DC.

Frank serves as chair of Overlook Medical Center's Community Advisory Board and as a trustee and officer of Summit Park Line Foundation and of HTTV, Inc., the local access television station. He is the former board chair of Summit Speech School. From 2004 to 2009, Frank served on Summit’s Common Council as councilman at large and as council president in 2005 and 2006. Frank practiced law for 30 years with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., where he headed the firm’s corporate law department and served as general counsel for various business units.

Martha is a founder of Destination College, a nonprofit that supports first-generation, college bound students from ninth grade through college. She served as grants chair of the Summit Educational Foundation, and as a consultant of NJ Seeds, a CAAP mentor at Summit High School, and a trustee of Summit’s PEP Program. Martha spent 30 years at Sotheby's Inc., most recently as senior vice president of business development. She serves on the PEP board.

Irene has worked with a variety of local nonprofits. She served as president, grants chair and events chair of the Summit Educational Foundation, a board member of the Summit Women's Lacrosse Association, and a board member on the finance committee of The Connection. She most recently was treasurer of the Summit Boosters Association. She is a former vice president in the credit risk management division of JPMorgan.

Jack served as president of The Summit Foundation for 28 years. He served as a trustee with many other local nonprofit organizations, including Overlook Hospital Foundation, SAGE Eldercare, Northern New Jersey Estate Planning Council, Summit Area United Way, Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad, Summit Family Service Association, Summit Speech School and Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child. Cooper was a partner at Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook and Cooper, P.C.

Julie is office manager at Willow St. Inc. She previously worked as communications manager of the National Council of State Housing Agencies, and as an editor at New Orleans Publishing Group in New Orleans, LA. She previously served as co-president of the Summit Junior Fortnightly Club and helped with marketing and fundraising campaigns at EducAid, a London-based network of free schools in Sierra Leone.

Celia is a trustee of St. Barnabas Medical Center, Colgate University and the Summit Free Public Library, and also serves on the board of directors of UNCF (the United Negro College Fund). She is a past president of the Summit Board of Education. Celia spent more than 25 years at Merck & Co., most recently as senior vice president, secretary and assistant general counsel.

Katie has been active in community causes such as Franklin School PTO, Santa Claus Shop Chair, The Connie Dwyer Breast Cancer Foundation, Overlook Auxiliary and the Summit Lacrosse Club. Katie began her career at Merrill Lynch. She has since worked in the financial and nonprofit sectors and is currently on the advancement team at Oak Knoll School. In March 2020, Katie founded the Front Line Appreciation Group of Summit (FLAG).

Regina is treasurer of the board at Saint Vincent Academy in Newark, where she has also served as an advisor and student mentor. She served as bookkeeper of Student/Partner Alliance. Regina is assistant treasurer and bookkeeper for Franciscan Charities, a Newark-based soup kitchen. Her Summit volunteerism includes: Summit Education Foundation, Community Preschool at St. John’s, and Brayton Elementary PTO. Regina was a financial counselor for Affiliated Private Investors in Far Hills for 17 years.

Amy was a director in the institutional equities division Salomon Smith Barney and since retirement has devoted her time to several local organizations. She currently serves as a trustee on the Connie Dwyer Breast Cancer Foundation and the Summit Lacrosse Club boards. She is a former president of the Summit Educational Foundation, the Summit Boosters Association and the Summit Women’s Lacrosse Association. Amy also served as chair and vice-chair of The Colgate University President's Club.

Before he retired, Jim was managing director at Kennebec Capital Management. Fleischmann formerly worked at TIAA-CREF and Salomon Brothers Asset Management. He has served on the library boards at the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University and the Summit Free Public Library, as well as the Summit Area YMCA and Homeless Solutions Board.

Patricia is an adjunct professor in the STEM department at Union County College. She is the Hispanic Community Liaison for the Summit schools and co-founder of Empowering Kids Organization. She formerly worked at Rutgers University and the Public Health Research Institute at the International Center for Public Health at the New Jersey Medical School.

Chuck was a practicing physician specializing in nephrology and primary care for 30 years. Gelber most recently practiced at Summit Medical Group. Since retiring in 2017, Gelber has served as a physician in underserved area clinics with the Summit Medical Group Foundation and has traveled on medical missions to the Dominican Republic with Waves of Health. Since 2010, he has volunteered with the Summit Juvenile Conference Committee, which adjudicates cases involving first-time juvenile offenders.

Leah is managing partner of Watts Consulting and formerly worked at Mitchell Madison Group and Pfizer Inc. She is past president of the Summit Educational Foundation, serves on the board of Family Promise National and is a trustee of Central Presbyterian Church.

Katherine is a non-executive director of Genfit, a French biotech company and also serves on the board of several private companies, including Brown Advisory, Clinical Genomics, & Primari Analytics. She is a trustee of the Summit Area YMCA and a past president of the Summit Board of Education. Katherine spent more than 20 years in healthcare, most recently at Celgene, where she led corporate strategy, and at Johnson & Johnson, where she held leadership roles in marketing, sales and new business development. Prior to that, Katherine was a partner at McKinsey & Co.

Eric is co-founder, president and a director of Evermore Global Advisors, LLC, an investment management firm in Summit, NJ. In addition to serving as a trustee for The Summit Foundation, Eric previously served as a trustee for the Summit Educational Foundation, as well as on the finance committee of the Summit Area YMCA.

Drew is a senior director at BNY Mellon. He formerly worked at Merrill Lynch & Co. and Fidelity Institutional Brokerage. Maldonado’s community involvement includes co-chairing the fundraising committee for the Summit Community Center, as well as serving on the boards of the Summit Educational Foundation and Summit Junior Baseball.

Dana is an active volunteer having served NJ nonprofits in the areas of financial administration, educational program development, community engagement, and grantmaking. She most recently was grants and membership specialist at Visual Arts of New Jersey and is a former managing director of Deltec Asset Management in New York.

Mark Yeager is founder and principal of MRY Associates, LLC, a private equity real estate organization based in Summit, New Jersey. He worked at Nabisco and CB Commercial before serving as president and chief investment officer at Gale Real Estate Services Company. He was also executive vice president of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation. He served on the board of trustees for the Tri-County Scholarship Fund and Daytop and is a current board trustee at Lehigh University. In 2003, he was honored with the Huber Award for Outstanding Voluntary Leadership. Yeager supports two endowed scholarships at Lehigh University.