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Committees

BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES

The Summit Educational Foundation (SEF) Executive Committee and full Board of Trustees meet formally seven times a year.

All members are volunteers. Executive Committee Members are in bold.    

BOARD OFFICERS

Melissa Madden Co-President

Heather Thomas Co-President

Theresa Cowing Treasurer

Amy Burke Secretary

TRUSTEES

Chelle Donnelly

Susan Daniel

Dawn Rempell

Lauren Post

Lori Tulloch

Tim Erday

John Mell

Pete Pardo

Lesley Arlein

Grants Chair

Asst. Grants Chair 

Grants Review Chair

Communications Chair

Asst. Communications Chair

Investment Chair

Asst. Investment Chair

Audit Chair

Development Chair

Kiera Mathey

Jodi Englert

Teal Rodriguez

OPEN 

Laura Madden

Matthew Carder 

Sunita Viswanath

Rachel Callahan

Kelly Stanton 

Trustee-At Large

Events Chair

Asst. Events Chair

Teacher - MS

Teacher - Elementary 

Teacher - Elementary 

Teacher - SHS

Representatives Chair

Board of Education Representative

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Yon Cho

Amy DiSibio

Leah Griffith

Irene Murdock

Christine Murray

Diana Sajer

Laura Schaffer

Susan Thatch

Committees
GRANT COMMITTEES

Grant committees meet four times during the year to review, evaluate, and vote on grants submitted by the district and teachers. Grant committees are organized by grade levels and are overseen by the Grants Chair. *Teacher

Kate Wenger

Lauren Gleason

Jen Salzman

Becky Zacharias

Robyn Greenstein

Amy Losavio

Kim McGovern

Teresa Solano

Anne Whitman

Kelly Pellicci

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 

Amanda Darnowski

Rob Gannon*

Kirsten Dalton

Kate DeOssie

Nicole Abbott

Trudy Cohen*

Stephanie Sen

Ian Bell

Jenni Shah

Tenecia Valerio

Lisa Kessler

Laura Lameo

Catherine Liguori

Trish Murphy

Lisa Parkes

Donna Patel

Amy Sweeney*

Corey Walsh*

LCJSMS/SHS 

Julie Armour (Jones)

Milissa Aronson

Allison Busam

Sharon de Gier

Natalie Dougherty

Karen Forgione*

Jen Fout*

Lisa Hartman

Caroline Heyer

School Reps

SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES

Representatives in each of the schools focus on encouraging enthusiasm and awareness of SEF by working with and supporting SEF's Communications and Events Chairs. *Reps are school admins.

Melissa Nassaney* 

Anne Paris * 

Melinda Fleissner 

Michelle O’Driscoll 

Rana Barclay  

Emily Staniszewski 

Jess Whitehorne

Michael Dy 

Primary Center

Primary Center

Brayton Elementary 

Brayton Elementary 

Franklin Elementary 

Franklin Elementary 

Jefferson Elementary 

Jefferson Elementary 

Jen Salzman 

Abby Horev    

Claire Delong 

Kelly O'Kelly 

Jessica Lemkau 

Erin Pesant 

January Hagan

Lincoln-Hubbard

Lincoln-Hubbard

Washington Elementary 

Washington Elementary 

Lawton C Johnson Middle 

Lawton C Johnson Middle

Summit High School

ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES

AUDIT COMMITTEE

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

Tim Erday

Theresa Cowing

Brianne Finnegan

John Mell

Ajay Shroff 

Pete Pardo

Kiera Mathey

Amy Burke

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