Education Law Center Staff

Board of Trustees
ELC is governed by a Board of Trustees composed of
lawyers, educators and parents.

Officers
Paul Tractenberg, Esq., Chair,
Professor, Rutgers School of Law-Newark (History of ELC)
Fred Frelow, Vice Chair,
Director of the Early College Initiative, The Woodrow Wilson Foundation

Trustees
Robert Bonazzi, Principal Partner, Princeton Organizational Advisors Vince Giordano, Executive Director, New Jersey Education Association Keith Jones, Assistant to the President, Public Service Electric and Gas Helen Lindsay, Education Activist Lawrence S. Lustberg, Esq., Partner, Gibbons Del Deo, Newark Mary Nash, Education Activist Geraldine Sims, Retired Principal	Michael Smith, General Manager of Operations, Forbes.com Rebecca K. Spar, Esq., Attorney, Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A. Philip Thomas, President, Performing Arts Services Linda Torres, Esq., Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey Jeffrey Venezia, President, Design Ideas Group Junius W. Williams, Esq., Director, Abbott Leadership Institute, Rutgers University

Staff
David G. Sciarra, Esq., Executive Director
Administrative Staff: Theresa Luhm, Esq., Managing Director Jiten K. Vakani, Secretary/Treasurer Jane Tervooren, Fundraising Director Chantelle Brown, Fundraising and Event Coordinator Cynthia Triminio, Receptionist Student Rights Project: *(Description)* Elizabeth Athos, Esq., Senior Attorney Ruth Deale Lowenkron, Esq., Senior Attorney David Giles, Esq., Of Counsel Aimee Roche, Intake Coordinator	Abbott Schools Initiative: (Description) Joan M. Ponessa, Senior Consultant Ellen M. Boylan, Esq., Preschool Advocate Lesley Hirsch, Research Director Stan Karp, Director, Secondary Reform Project Lauren Hill, Community Advocate Deborah Splansky, Esq., Marilyn Morheuser Fellow National Initiatives: Ellen M. Boylan, Esq., Director, "Starting at 3" Dan Goldman, Esq., Staff Attorney Molly Hunter, Esq., Director, Education Justice

Education Law Center

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E-Mail: elc@edlawcenter.org