Aubin Z. Ames was a member of the original
Montclair Foundation board and one of the founders of the Van
Vleck House & Gardens. She serves on the board of the Schumann
Fund for New Jersey and is a past President of The MKA Board of
Trustees. She has served on boards of the Montclair Public
Library, and the Junior League of Montclair/Newark.
Lissa Barrett, Vice Chairman is an active
community volunteer who has served as President of the Junior
League of Montclair/Newark, as Treasurer for the United Way of
North Essex, and on the Executive Committee of the Montclair Art
Museum’s Volunteer Council. Currently, she is Treasurer of the
Van Vleck House and Gardens Capital Campaign Committee.
Robert C. Butler served as the CFO for a number
of major corporations including Celgene Corporation,
International Paper, and NBC. From 1997 to 2001 he chaired the
Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council. He currently
serves on the boards of the Montclair Art Museum, COPE Inc.,
Studio One Networks, and NVR Corp.
Ellen Culbreth
Emer Featherstone is Chief Financial Officer
for Programs for Parents, Inc., a county-wide non-profit
organization. She serves on the boards of Bloomfield College and
Senior Care in addition to The Montclair Foundation. A founder
of the South End Community Day Care Center, she is also a former
President of the Junior League of Montclair/Newark.
Barbara S. Fox is a Montclair attorney who
represented The Montclair Foundation in the acquisition and
development of the Van Vleck property. She has served on the
boards of the Adult School of Montclair, the Montclair Chapter
of the American Red Cross, and the Montclair Volunteer Ambulance
Unit.
Peter Frank is the Senior Managing Director of
the GSC Group, an investment firm headquartered in Florham Park,
NJ. He has served on numerous professional and volunteer boards,
including the boards of Bloomfield College and the Winston
School.
Gordon A. Hunziker, is Vice President in the
Professionals Group of Valley National Bank (Wayne, NJ). He has
been active on the Van Vleck House & Gardens Board of Management
and chaired its Long Range Planning Committee.
Susan Jones formerly worked in the development
office of The Montclair Kimberley Academy. She has served on the
boards of the Montclair Art Museum, the Parents’ Association of
MKA, the Montclair Adult School, and the Van Vleck House &
Gardens Board of Management.
Leslie M. Krauter is a former advertising
account executive who serves on the Van Vleck House & Gardens
Board of Management. She has served on the Volunteer Council of
the Montclair Art Museum, the Junior League of Montclair/
Newark, the Parents’Association of The Montclair Kimberley
Academy, and the Upper Montclair Business Association.
Fred Langbein is the Chief Operating Officer of
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, an international law
firm. He is currently a trustee at the Montclair Art Museum, and
has served on the vestry of St. James Church.
Jerome E. Raymond, Chairman, is President of
Datamation Systems, Inc. in South Hackensack, NJ. He is Director
and former Treasurer of Preservation of New Jersey and former
Vice Chair and Grants Chair of the New Jersey Historic Trust.
Glen Reiter is a partner in Simpson Thacher &
Bartlett LLP, an international law firm headquartered in New
York City. He is a corporate attorney who represents leading
U.S. and non-U.S corporations and banks. He is a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Kessler Foundation as well as of the
Yale Law School Fund.
Michelle Ruggiero
Marianne Smith
Judith C. Turner, is an honorary member of the
Van Vleck House & Gardens Board of Management and an active
community volunteer. She has served on the boards of the Garden
Club of Montclair, the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, the Mental
Health Resource Center, and the Montclair Chapter of the
American Red Cross.
JoAnn Weisel
John H. Wessling, III is the President and CEO
of Haven Savings Bank. He currently serves as the Chairman of
the New Jersey League of Community Bankers. He also serves on
the boards of the Hoboken University Medical Center Foundation
and the Hoboken North Hudson YMCA.
Honorary Trustees
Brenda Bingham is a former Vice Chair of the
Van Vleck House & Gardens Board of Management. A Master
Gardener, she serves on the boards of the Montclair Garden Club
and the Garden Club of New Jersey, and is a National Garden Club
Master Judge. She is a past President of the Montclair Art
Museum.
George R. Harris was the first Chairman of The
Montclair Foundation Board of Trustees. He is a past President
of The Montclair Kimberley Academy Board of Trustees and a past
President and former Trustee of the Schumann Fund for New
Jersey. He currently serves as Chairman of the Jackson Hole
Institute, Chair of the Coalition for Educational Freedom as
well as board member of Excellent Education for Everyone(E3).
John R. Helm has served on The Montclair
Foundation Board of Trustees for over a decade and was a
founding member of the Van Vleck House & Gardens Board of
Management. He has volunteered with Senior Care and Activities
Center, COPE Counseling Center and the Montclair Red Cross.
Jacqueline McMullen is one of the original
members of the Van Vleck House & Gardens Board of Management. A
long-time resident of Montclair, she serves on the Advisory
Board of the Salvation Army and is a former trustee of the
Montclair Art Museum, where she also serves as Chair of the
Women’s Committee.
Anne E. Westerman is one of Howard Van Vleck’s
twelve grandchildren and provides a liaison between the Van
Vleck family and The Montclair Foundation and Van Vleck House &
Gardens. A resident of Southbury, Connecticut, she serves on the
board of Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust in nearby Woodbury.
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