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Board of Trustees

    LEAP Academy University Charter School is a public school chartered in New Jersey.   The school is governed by Board of Trustees with responsibility for policy making and oversight in all operational areas, including curriculum, personnel and finances.
     The Board is comprised of three representatives from Rutgers University (including the Board Chair ), four Parent Representatives, and Public Members representing local and regional stakeholders.
     The Board meets six times per year (bi-monthly) and discusses major action items and all business related to the school. All meetings are open to the public.

OFFICERS

Chair		Dr. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago - Current Term: Through Nov. 2012
		Dr. Santiago is a Distinguished Service Professor at Rutgers University and Director of the Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership. She led the efforts to establish LEAP Academy and is a staunch supporter of charter schools statewide. At Rutgers she teaches in the Graduate Department of Public Policy & Administration.

Vice-Chair		Mary T. Sheil - Current Term: Through Nov. 2011
		Ms. Sheil is a retired state employee who worked for 25 years in the Dept. of Environmental Protection. She is now a property manager for her own small business and is a philanthropist with interests in the arts and education.

Treasurer		Peter Burke - Current Term: Through June 2012
		Mr. Burke is the Principal of Brandywine Senior Care in Moorestown, NJ. Mr. Burke serves as Board Treasurer but is a non-voting member.

Secretary		Odessa Ingram-Edmond - Current Term: Through May 2013
		Ms. Edmond is a Program Specialist with the Camden Board of Social Services and a Pastor of a congregation in Camden City. She is appointed as a Parent Representative and serves as the Board Secretary.

RUTGERS REPRESENTATIVES

Dr. Wendell Pritchett Current Term: Through July 2012	Dr. Luis Garcia Current Term: Through Nov.2011

Dr. Pritchett is the new Chancellor for the Rutgers University– Camden campus and a former professor and Associate Dean for the Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School.	Dr. Garcia is the Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Rutgers–Camden and a Professor with the Department of Psychology.

PUBLIC MEMBERS

Jeremy Sunkett Current Term: Through Jan. 2010	Dr. Eduardo J. Gomez Current Term: Through Nov. 2011	Cynthia Quinton Current Term: Through July.2012

Mr. Sunkett works on economic development and is currently on the staff of the NJ Casino Reinvestment Authority.	Dr. Gomez is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University–Camden and works in the Graduate Department of Public Policy & Administration.	Ms.Quinton is the Vice President of Development & Board Relations Symphony in C

Adam Szpreingel Current Term: Through Aug. 2011	Jennifer Perkins Young Current Term: Through Oct. 2010	Dyanne P. Westerberg, D.O., FAAFP Current Term: Through June 2012

Mr. Szpreingel is a Rutgers–Camden graduate and currently works as a Finance Specialist with Vanguard.	Ms. Young works for Verizon as the Vice President for Public Affairs and is also involved in several community ventures.	Dr. Westerberg has practiced medicine for over 25 years and is a Medical Chief in Cooper Hospital’s Dept. of Family Medicine, a faculty member at UMDNJ and RWJ Medical School, a Medical Director at the Coriell Institute, and the new Resident Physician at the Rutgers/LEAP Health Center.

Robert Everingham Current Term: Through July 2012	Dr. Ali A. Houshmand Current Term: Through July 2012	Manuel Delgado Current Term: Through July 2012

Mr. Everingham is the founder of Everingham & Kerr, Inc, a merger and acquisitions firm in Mt.Laurel, NJ.	Dr. Houshmand is the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs for Rowan University; at Drexel University he is the Dean of the Goodwin College of Professional Studies and a Professor in the College of Engineering.	Mr. Delgado is the Executive Director of the Cramer Hill Community Development Corporation (CHCDC).

Jill Friedman, Esq. Current Term: Through Feb.2012	Joseph P. Tredinnick Current Term: Through July.2012	Raymond Yannuzzi Current Term: Through July.2012

Jill Friedman is a professor for Rutgers University Law School and is a pro bono administrator and is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.		Dr. Raymond Yannuzzi, is a President Camden County College

PARENT REPRESENTATIVES

Maria E. Miranda Current Term:Through Sept. 2010	Hector Nieves Current Term: Through Sept. 2011

Ms. Miranda works for Cooper Hospital and is a member of the LEAP’s Parents Council.	Mr. Nieves is a parent of two students at LEAP and a local business leader in the City of Camden.

BOARD LIAISON

Wanda Garcia

Ms. Garcia is the Associate Director of the Rutgers Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership, and serves as liaison to the Board of Trustees, which is a non-member/non-voting post.

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