Board of Trustees

Vernon M. Endo is the former Chief Executive Officer and board member of RAM Holdings Ltd. and RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd., Bermuda based companies, where he served for seven years. Mr. Endo joined RAM from GFGC LLC, a start-up venture formed to establish a European-based financial guaranty company, where he was CEO and co-founder. Prior to GFGC, Mr. Endo was a managing director and board member of FGIC, a financial guaranty insurance company based in New York. Earlier in his career, he was a managing director responsible for the Mortgage Finance unit and a member of the Financial Institutions Group at Prudential Securities. He began his career at Citibank.

Mr. Endo attended Williams College where he earned a B.A. in political science.

Mr. Endo was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2010.

Joanne Marren brings over 20 years of experience in financial services institutions, as well as an extensive track record in higher education to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees.

Beginning her career in law, Marren was an associate at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher in New York City. She then served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel for Shearson Lehman Hutton Incorporated from 1986-88. She then took the role of Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for The Equitable Companies Inc. – now AXA Financial – a position she held until 1996.

A move to Gruntal Financial, LLC followed for Marren, who served as the company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer and Director until 2001. Marren has worked in a pair of roles since her stay at Gruntal, including as a Litigation Consultant for Transonic Systems, Inc. (where she served on the organization’s Board of Directors) and in law firm client development training at Stackhouse Garber & Associates.

In the field of education, Marren has served as a Trustee on boards at various levels, including a term as Board Chair of Nativity Middle School in New York. Concurrently, Marren served in various capacities at LeMoyne College from 1992-2005, including stints as Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Chair of Academic Affairs and Student Development. Most recently, she has served as a member of the Board of Trustees at Xavier High School in New York, as well as co-Chair of the school’s Presidential Search Committee. Also involved in teaching, Marren served as Adjunct Professor at Passaic County Community College from 2005 to 2013, and has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Montclair State University.

A graduate of LeMoyne, Marren received her law degree from St. John’s University and participated in Harvard University’s Advanced Management Program in 1990. She continued her studies by earning a CELTA Certification in ESL from Cambridge University in 2005 and a Certificate in Teaching English Language from New School University in 2008. Her final degree was earned in 2011, with Marren earning a Master’s Degree in Applied Linguistics from Montclair State University.

Marren was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2013.

Maureen C. Grant is a part-time member of the faculty at Marymount Manhattan College, where she also served as Senior Vice President and Acting President.From 1989-1997, Dr. Grant was Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at Bloomfield College, and from September 2019 to May 2020, she served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty.Prior to joining the Bloomfield College community, Dr. Grant served as Academic Dean, Associate Academic Dean, Director of Arts and Science, and Associate Professor of English at Felician College.Before that, she was Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at the College of Saint Elizabeth.

Dr. Grant participated in the Visiting Scholar Program at Wolfson College of Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, during the fall of 1995 and the spring of 2005. She also was appointed Visiting Scholar with the Faculty of History of Cambridge University. Dr. Grant holds a B.A. in English and Philosophy from Marymount Manhattan College, an M.A. in English Literature from St. John’s University, and a Ph.D. in Nineteenth Century Studies from Drew University. In 1997, she received the Bloomfield College President’s Medal.

Dr. Grant initially served on the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees from 1999 to 2019, and she was reelected in 2020.

On June 1, 2019, Marcheta P. Evans, Ph.D. became the first woman and African American president to lead Bloomfield College in its 150-year history. She was unanimously selected as the institution's 17th president by the College's Board of Trustees after a nationwide search.

Dr. Evans has served in transformational leadership roles in higher education for more than 30 years at both public and private institutions, with the majority at Minority Serving Institutions (MSI's). Bloomfield College is the only four-year institution of higher learning in New Jersey designated a Predominantly Black Institution (PBI), a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and a Minority Serving Institution (MSI). The College was recently ranked the highest private college in the state of New Jersey and #18 nationally among 210 national liberal arts institutions in U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges listing of Top Performers on Social Mobility.

Previously Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU), Dr. Evans sequentially served as Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean at OLLU and Associate Dean and Department Chair at University of Texas at San Antonio. She has served as a faculty member for over 26 years and has the rank of Full Professor. Dr. Evans is a past President and Fellow of the American Counseling Association, past President of the Association for Creativity in Counseling, and is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions. A small sampling of these recognitions includes the NAACP President's Award, Excellence in Education Award, NJ Legislative Black Caucus Foundation's Black Excellence Award, Outstanding Multicultural Leadership Award, Yellow Rose of Texas Lifetime Educator Award, and Counselors for Social Justice Ohana Award.

Dr. Evans has authored numerous articles and book chapters, focusing on issues of diversity, multiculturalism, women's issues, and leadership. She has presented over one hundred times at the state, regional, national, and international levels addressing topics such as empowerment, multiculturalism, diversity, and leadership. In her international work, Dr. Evans has traveled extensively, including a length of time in the African country of Malawi where she worked with educators and counselors on literacy initiatives sponsored by USAID.

During her tenure at Bloomfield College, she has worked tirelessly to improve the morale and support of the College as it goes through these unprecedented times with COVID-19. Additionally, her work on finding a strategic partner that will take the College to new heights is a tribute to her commitment to serve the students, faculty, staff and community of Bloomfield College stakeholders.

Dr. Evans graduated from the University of Alabama with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Counselor Education and Supervision, specializing in Student Affairs, Administration in Higher Education, and Human Resource Management. Additionally, she has a Master of Arts degree in Education in Elementary Education from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, a Master of Arts degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Alabama.

Dr. Evans and her husband, Edgar, are exceedingly proud parents of six children, five of whom graduated from minority-serving institutions.

Melissa Bastan has over 20 years' experience working with health systems, universities and foundations on capital structure and strategic opportunities. She is a Managing Director, Healthcare, Higher Education and Non Profit - Northeast (Commercial Bank) at JP Morgan. Prior to that role, Melissa was a Managing Director at Wells Fargo Securities and Head of Not-for-Profit Healthcare Investment Banking, within WFS’ Public Finance group. She led a national team providing investment banking and strategic advisory services to health systems and academic medical centers.

She joined Wells Fargo in 2014 from The Yuba Group, where she advised higher education and NFP healthcare clients on developing capital markets and investor strategies, and coordinated public and private debt transactions. Prior to this role, Bastan served as an Executive Director across Morgan Stanley's NFP Healthcare and Higher Education Public Finance teams for ten years. Previously she served as practice manager for The Healthcare Advisory Board focused on strategic and financial planning for NFP healthcare entities.

Bastan earned her BSBA at Georgetown University and her MBA with a focus on Finance and Public Policy at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She holds Series 7, 24, 53, 63 and 79 licenses. She lives with her husband and five children in Montclair, NJ.

Nicholas Carlozzi, Ph.D., is Fixed-Income Portfolio Manager, Tocqueville Asset Management LP, New York, an investment firm with more than $11.4 billion of assets under management. He specializes in developing and executing fixed-income investment strategies for individual and institutional clients. Previously, he was a principal of Robert R. Meredith & Co., a registered broker/dealer, and director of fixed-income portfolio management for Ascent/Meredith Asset Management, a registered investment advisor.

Dr. Carlozzi began his career in 1978 as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, where he briefed senior managers and conducted research on issues in macroeconomics and international finance. In 1983, he joined James J. Lowrey & Co., New York, where he served as Director of Research and a financial advisor to issuers of tax-exempt debt. Before joining Meredith in 1996, he was a financial and management consultant, serving as Senior Executive in several start-up and turnaround situations.

Dr. Carlozzi is a member of the advisory board of the Salvation Army citadel in Montclair and a Trustee of the Nicholas H. and Margaret H. Carlozzi Charitable Foundation, Inc. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. degree in Physics and Mathematical Economics from Denison University. Dr. Carlozzi is a member of the American Economic Association and has served as a lecturer in international finance at the Wharton School.

Dr. Carlozzi was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2004.

Mrs. Jacqueline Colgan was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2016. She is a member of the Student Affairs Committee and the Committee on ITPS.

Colgan attended Rutgers University (New Brunswick) where she earned bachelor degrees in International/Intercultural Communications, French, and Spanish. While both undergraduate students at Rutgers, she met her husband of over 30 years, Bill Colgan, a successful, local commercial real estate developer.

A natural linguist, she is fluent in French and Spanish, conversational in Italian, and has also studied German and Ukrainian. While in college, she studied abroad at the Université de Grandmont in Tours, France, as well as at the Universität Konstanz in Constance, Germany.

For ten years she worked for Club Eductour Voyages, a company in Nice, France, organizing the programming for groups of French exchange students to the United States, as well as the placements of students with host families. She also taught French and Spanish at Voorhees High School in Hunterdon County.

Colgan has dedicated her life to raising her three children. She served on many committees while her son, Billy, was a student at Delbarton School, including serving on the Executive Committee of the Mothers’ Guild, and was the President of the Wrestling Boosters. She also served as class mom at Oak Knoll School in Summit while her daughter, Samantha, attended there. Her philanthropic ventures include actively participating in the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation, where she chaired the NJ chapter’s largest fundraising event. She was heavily involved in fundraising for CF for 20 years, leading up to the death of her daughter, Lauren, to the illness in 2007.

Colgan and her husband, Bill, have been financially supportive of Bloomfield College for quite some time, and have made a personal commitment to help the Township of Bloomfield reach its full potential through various projects throughout the downtown.

For the past 12 years, Sandra Gonzalez has served Goya as in-house counsel. Her focus has been managing a variety of complex real estate transactions and commercial contracts for the Company. She negotiated and oversaw contracts and incentives for the acquisition and development of Goya’s largest expansion in the Company’s history of its manufacturing and distribution facilities in the United States, totaling in excess of 2,000,000 square feet. She has also negotiated multi-million dollar licensing agreements that have comprehensively changed the way Goya forecasts and manages its purchases (demand planning) and inventory (warehouse management system) throughout Goya’s facilities worldwide.

IIn addition, Ms. Gonzalez oversees and provides counsel to various business lines within the Company on a broad array of legal, risk management, and compliance issues. She also manages the Company’s corporate governance and works closely with Goya’s outside counsel on a variety of litigation matters and commercial disputes.

Prior to her position at Goya Foods, Ms. Gonzalez acquired over 10 years of experience working as an associate at various firms throughout New Jersey including Graham Curtin, P.A., where she focused on transactional work, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she advised on tax minimization strategies.

The first in her family to go to college, she earned a BA in Political Science from Penn State, Taxation LL.M from Georgetown Law, and her JD from Fordham University.

While a law student at Fordham, Ms. Gonzalez served as an intern to both The Honorable Stuart M. Bernstein, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the S.D.N.Y, and The Honorable Denis R. Hurley, U.S. District Court Judge for the E.D.N.Y.

Ms. Gonzalez was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2017.

Neil Jasey is a retired corporate lawyer who from 2014 to 2017 served as a Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey. He had a long career with Prudential Financial, Inc. where he was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel and supervised legal teams supporting Prudential Financial’s domestic businesses, a segment with 130 lawyers, 150 support staff and an operating budget of $50 million. 

While at Prudential as Vice President, Enterprise Planning, he led the unit that ran the strategic planning process for Prudential and conducted research for Prudential’s executive office including analysis of potential acquisition targets and new lines of business. Earlier, he was Vice President & General Counsel of Prudential Property and Casualty Company.

After retiring, he served a short stint as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance during the Corzine Administration.

Mr. Jasey’s prior board experience includes a term as President of the Board of Trustees of Family Connections, Inc., a mental health and social service organization serving minority and low-income families in Northern New Jersey. He was the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cristo Rey High School in Newark that was supported by major corporations, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Newark Archdiocese. Previously, he was appointed to the Advisory Committee that developed the proposal for this innovative high school.

Mr. Jasey has served on several corporate boards of entities affiliated with Prudential. He is currently a board member and member of the Audit Committee of Plymouth Rock Management Company of New Jersey.

Mr. Jasey graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Princeton University and holds a law degree from Columbia University. He and his wife, Mila, reside in South Orange. They have three adult children and six grandchildren.

Dr. James Lee Jr. was born in Orange, NJ to Joan and Dr. James Lee Sr. He attended Columbia, HS in Maplewood, NJ graduating in 1994. Dr. Lee Jr. had early exposure to patient care having both parents in the medical field. His mother Joan was a nurse for 25 years in New York and his father is a practicing Orthopaedic surgeon.

At the age of six, Lee Jr. would accompany his father to the hospital on weekend rounds learning the art of medicine. This activity would later evolve into observing surgeries and attending clinic at Orange Memorial Hospital. Dr. Lee Jr.’s sports education in Highschool would continue on the sidelines of the football fields in the Newark public school system. Under the tutelage of his father, 2007 Hall of fame inductee Dr. Lee Sr., Junior would learn the art of sports medicine as Sr. cared for the city’s athletes.

Junior would eventually enroll at Emory University where he played college basketball for coach Pete Manuel and graduate with a degree in anthropology. James would continue his education at Temple University Medical School graduating in 2002. The summer of 2002 he began is Orthopaedic Surgical residency in Newark, NJ graduating in 2007. Jr’s. sports medicine education was fine tuned in Washington, DC where he completed his sports medicine fellowship in 2008.

Lee Jr.’s first Newark public school was Barringer HS where he served at the Blue Bears team physician from 2008-20016. Since 2008 Dr. Lee Jr. has served as a sideline physician for every Newark Public school at least once. In ten years of service this amounts to over 75 games of service. On numerous occasions Jr. has fielded phone calls from an Athletic Director or Athletic Trainer in desperate need of physician and found away to either cover the game or find another physician.

Junior served as Chief of Sports Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center from 2008 to 2015. He worked in various capacities ranging from the sports medicine clinic, the general orthopedic clinic, emergency room coverage. He also taught medical students, nurses, as well as other physicians.

Dr. Lee Jr. continues to serve the Greater Newark community as the head team Physician for Weequahic Highschool, East Side Highschool, and East Orange Campus football. In addition, Lee serves as head team physician for Bloomfield College.

His devotion to the community continues as a proud member of the Alpha Alpha Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc. as well as being a board member of the New Jersey chapter of the National Medical Association.

Dr. Lee Jr. is Board certified in orthopaedic surgery, currently owns a private practice in West Orange, NJ, and is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Rutgers University.

Dr. Lee Jr. is married to his lovely wife, Asha and is a proud father of Nahla, Brooks, and Cy Lee.

Craig Lindsay ’76 is currently Senior Partner at Hong Kong based China Alpha Fund Management (HK) Limited.  Lindsay earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting from Bloomfield College in 1976 before earning his MBA in Finance from Rutgers University Business School in 1979.  Lindsay has extensive experience in asset management and related financial fields and was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs and Co for 16 years in New York, London, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Zurich.  Lindsay is the past Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities Institute and past – President of the Hong Kong American Club and currently the Honorary Treasurer of St. John’s Cathedral in Hong Kong and continues to serve as a director at the Hong Kong Securities and Institute and also a director at a number of funds.

He was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2016.

Alisa Norris drives transformation and complex change, specializing in the areas of sales and marketing, business and product strategy, and operations. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Standard Motor Products, a NYSE-listed company in the automotive aftermarket industry. Alisa brings a passion for customer success to her work and a belief that quantifiable results are what matter most. She has a proven record driving growth across a diverse set of companies in technology, manufacturing, financial services and business services.

Recently, Alisa served as Chief Marketing Officer at RR Donnelley, a Fortune 300 company. She created new marketing capabilities to support the company’s diverse world-wide businesses. She led the transformation of the RR Donnelley brand from being North America’s largest printer to becoming a leading global communication services provider which helped the company achieve record-breaking financial results in 2014. As a member of the company’s executive leadership team, Alisa played a critical role in the success of vital strategic initiatives, such as mergers and acquisitions, and the integration of acquired companies into the RR Donnelley portfolio.

At RR Donnelley, Alisa worked closely with leaders throughout the organization to support the go-to-market strategies of 17 lines of business. She launched numerous new solutions and market specific offerings, and built a sales platform to support the company’s 1,500 sales representatives. She directed brand strategy and created entirely new capabilities across product marketing, market and customer insights, internal and external communications, and marketing operations. Her responsibilities also included overseeing the development of workflow solutions that allow healthcare, retail, and financial services companies to seamlessly manage and measure communications initiatives. With a passion for mentorship and talent management, Alisa founded RR Donnelley’s first New York-based women’s network, where she served as executive sponsor.

Prior to joining RR Donnelley, Alisa was an executive at a leading private predictive analytics company, Opera Solutions. She played a leading role driving the company’s growth strategy to quadruple in size and establishing its culture. As Principal she led a multi-year series of engagements critical to its transformation of focus and core capabilities. Later, as Chief People Officer, Alisa led all aspects of staff operations and human capital management. Her achievements included double-digit improvements in the firm’s utilization rate by driving new business processes and disciplined metrics-based management. She was also instrumental in operationalizing the firm’s on-shore and offshore delivery model.

Alisa came to Opera Solutions from Zeborg, a procurement software solutions company, where she led marketing and indirect sales. She began her career as a strategy consultant working at A.T. Kearney, and, then Mitchell Madison Group where she became Partner and a member of the Executive Operating Committee. As a consultant, Alisa served Fortune 500 companies, developing and implementing strategies to enable her clients to enter new businesses, accelerate growth, and improve financial performance. Throughout her career, Alisa has demonstrated a passion for empowering children from under-resourced communities.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the New York City Chapter of Step Up Women’s Network. Alisa holds a BA from Trinity College and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School.

Alisa was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2015.

Mr. Prater is managing partner of Ridgecrest Partners, a major hedge fund. He is the former senior partner and general portfolio manager with Ardsley Partners. Prior to Ardsley Partners, he was with Oppenheimer and Company where he served in various capacities including president of Oppenheimer Investment Advisors, co-chairman of Oppenheimer’s Investment Policy Committee, and manager of Catalyst Partners, a private investment limited partnership.

Mr. Prater received a B.A. in international relations from the University of Virginia. He currently serves on the board of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, New Alternatives for Children, and the Clairoan Foundation. He has served on the boards of the McCallie School, the New Jersey Chamber Music Society, Lees-McRae College, Mid-American Lines, Allen Freight Lines, and Tesoro Petroleum Corporation, as well as serving on the Diaconate of the Congregational Church of New Caanan, Connecticut, and Montclair, New Jersey.

Mr. Prater was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2009.

George A. Pruitt currently serves as President Emeritus and Board Distinguished Fellow at Thomas Edison State University.

Dr. Pruitt was appointed the institution’s third president in December 1982 and served for over 35 years. He is among the longest serving public university presidents in the nation and was identified as one of the country’s most effective college presidents in a study of presidential leadership funded by the Exxon Education Foundation. Prior to his tenure at Thomas Edison State University, he served in executive leadership positions at Illinois State University, Towson State University, Morgan State University, Tennessee State University and the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning.

Dr. Pruitt is active in the formulation of educational policy nationally and within the State of New Jersey. He has served five secretaries of education under three presidents of both parties during his tenure as a member of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, which advised the United States Secretary of Education on the recognition of accrediting agencies. He is the recipient of six honorary degrees, numerous awards, honors and commendations and has consulted widely in higher education, business and government.

He is a member and past chairman of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, member and past chairman of the board of directors of SEEDCO (Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation), and chair of the advisory committee of Greater Trenton, Inc. He is a former member of the board of directors of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. He is the former chairman of the board of trustees for the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL); former vice chair, National Commission on Higher Education Attainment; and former member and chairman of the board of trustees of The Union Institute & University and Rider University. He is a former member of the boards of directors for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, American Council on Education, Choose New Jersey, Inc., Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Greater Trenton, Inc. (founding member), New Jersey State Planning Commission, Mercer Medical Center, Millennium Leadership Initiative, Sun National Bank and The Trenton Savings Bank. He is a former advisor of the Kellogg National Fellowship Program, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, past member and chairman of the New Jersey Presidents’ Council, and of the board of directors of the MidJersey Chamber of Commerce and Capital City Partnership.

The board of trustees of Thomas Edison State University established the Center for Leadership and Governance in 2018 as a platform to support Dr. Pruitt's post-presidential initiatives.

He has an adult daughter, Shayla and grandson, Landon. He and his wife, Pamela reside in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

Glenn Reiter is a retired partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, an international law firm headquartered in New York City. While in practice, he advised clients on a broad range of corporate transactions. He represented U.S. and non-U.S. corporations, government-related entities and leading investment banks in equity offerings, debt offerings, liability management transactions, and merger and acquisition transactions.

Mr. Reiter joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in 1978 and became a partner in 1984. He became of counsel in 2013 and retired from the firm in 2014.

Mr. Reiter received a B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Yale University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received a J.D. degree from Yale Law School, where he was Note Editor of the Yale Law Journal. He served as a law clerk to The Honorable Arlin M. Adams, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, following graduation from law school.

Mr. Reiter is a member of the Bar of the States of New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Reiter currently is a chair of the board of trustees of the Kessler Foundation, a public charity dedicated to improving the lives of persons with disabilities, and a member of the board of trustees of Partners for Health, a charity that promotes health initiatives in the greater Montclair, NJ area. He is also chair of the executive council of the Yale Law School Fund, the development advisory board of Yale Law School.

Mr. Reiter was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2011.

In addition to serving as President of Passaic County Community College, Dr. Rose serves in the capacity as an adjunct professor at Rowan University in the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership. He is an officer of the New Jersey Presidents’ Council, the New Jersey Association of Colleges and Universities, the United Way of Passaic County and the Passaic County Community College Foundation.

Dr. Rose is a board member of the Greater Paterson Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Paterson Opportunities Industrialization Center, the Passaic County Workforce Investment Board, and the College of Saint Elizabeth. He previously served on the Boards of the Greater Newark Alliance for Minority Participation, Barnert Hospital, and the North Jersey Partners Wired Grant. Dr. Rose previously held the positions of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at Passaic County Community College and Director of Admissions at Wagner College.

Dr. Rose is a graduate of Muhlenberg College with a BA in Political Science, holds a Master of Education degree from the University of Vermont, and has a Doctor of Education degree from Rutgers, the State University.

Dr. Rose was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2009.

Lawrence I. Sills is Executive Chairman of Standard Motor Products, Inc., an NYSE Company, manufacturing automotive replacement parts, headquartered in New York City. Sales volume is approximately $1 billion. The Company began doing business in 1919. Mr. Sills represents the third generation of family management.

Mr. Sills joined the Company in 1967 and in his early years held a variety of sales, marketing, and operational positions. From 1986 to 2000, he was President and Chief Operating Officer. He served as Chairman and CEO from 2000 through 2015 and is now Executive Chairman.

Mr. Sills graduated from Dartmouth College in 1961 and received an MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 1964.

Mr. Sills has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of SEEDCO, a nonprofit organization located in New York City and on the Corporate Advisory Boards of Queens College, SUNY at Stony Brook, and Montclair State. Mr. Sills has served on various boards in the automotive industry.

Mr. Sills resides in Brooklyn with his wife of 52 years, Susan Sills, a professional artist. His children and five grandchildren live in the New York City metropolitan area.

Mr. Sills was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2015.

Adebola is the Finance Transformation Leader of the Engineering Organization at Verizon. Her previous roles at Verizon include Business Excellence Leader where she implemented Zero Based Budgeting and led operational excellence to achieve significant (10B) cost savings over four years and drove efficiencies across Verizon.

Adebola was also a Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Project Management Officer at Verizon, responsible for ensuring Verizon's entity-wide compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404 internal control requirements. She led the annual SOX risk-based scoping process at the account and process level, and provided governance, risk and compliance guidance to process owners. She played a vital role in the success of IT integration and training of the Yahoo Global Compliance team on the AOL environment.

Adebola has over 15 years of combined experience in a variety of finance functions including Auditing, Financial Planning & Analysis and External (SEC) Reporting. She previously served in Finance and Audit roles at Johnson & Johnson, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Prudential. She is a CPA with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Bloomfield College, New Jersey.

Adebola has a passion for community service and has worked with various not-for-profit organizations, including a previous role as Director of Scholarships on the National Association of Black Accountants Board - NJ chapter.

Adebola was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2016 and became an Executive Member in 2018 - Chair of the Student Affairs Committee. In this role, she has gained a reputation as the "student's advocate" as she supports students by providing Accounting scholarships, mentoring and career development. She has also been a member of the Bloomfield College Alumni Association and has served as the Acting Secretary.

At Verizon, she led various diverse recruiting efforts and is an active member of all Verizon's Employee Resource Groups.

In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and exploring different cultures all over the world.

Hank Uberoi is currently the CEO of EARTHPORT PLC in London and Managing Partner, HU Investments LLC, as well as an investor in private and public companies globally. He is a Director of several companies and organizations in the US, UK, and India. His primary focus is on companies related to Investments, Cross-Border transactions, Trading, other financial and technology, with a significant emerging markets focus. He has previously served on the Board of an NYSE listed company.

In November 2006 he was appointed as the Chairman of the Technology Governing Board for the State of New Jersey, a role he served until 2008. Until April 2004 he was the Chief Operating Officer and head of the Equities Long/Short Business at Citadel Investment Group in Chicago where he was on the Management Committee of the firm. Hank joined Citadel in 2002 from Goldman Sachs, where he spent 14 years, most recently as a partner and co-COO of the Technology Division. While at Goldman, he spent 5 years in London and served on several firm-wide governance boards, including the firm’s Compensation Committee. He graduated from Williams College, Massachusetts with a BA, Magna Cum Laude in 1985, where he was a Haystack Scholar and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Uberoi was elected to the Bloomfield College Board of Trustees in 2002.