Leadership

Board of Trustees 2023-2024

President
Nancy Kegelman, Ed. D. 
Associate Vice President of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness
Brookdale Community College

Vice President
Stephen F. Bell
Vice President of Financial Planning and Budget
Hospital for Special Surgery

Secretary
Christine Russell Gray
Chief of Staff, Commercial Lending Member
OceanFirst Bank

Treasurer
Philip Nisbet
Director of M&A Member
World Insurance Associates LLC

Members at Large

William P. Collopy
Oceanic Partners, LLC

Joel Goldfinger
VP of Finance
LENNAR

Thomas F. Hayes
Director, Customer & Community Relations
New Jersey Natural Gas Co.

Kanesha Jones
Director, Product Quality Vigilance
Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Stephan Lowy
Chief Executive Officer
Lowy’s Moving Service

Victor Sbailo
Community Volunteer

Marilyn Shapiro
Community Volunteer

Kelly Siegfried
Community Volunteer

Dr. Vincent J. Vivona, DO, JD
DeNoia Tambasco & Germann
Attorneys at Law

Executive Staff

Patricia Carlesimo
Executive Director

Lisa Graul
Associate Executive Director,
Children’s Services and Information Technology

Celeste Smith
Associate Executive Director,
Adult Services and Facility Operations

Barbra Bowers
Director, Family Support
and Related Services

Heather Cavise
Director, Human Resources

Crystal Fitzpatrick
Director, Finance

Luisa Vroman
Director, Development
and Community Relations

Dr. Steven Streit
Medical Director