Board of Trustees

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

Vice-Chair  |  Jennifer Perkins Young
Ms. Young is the Vice President for Public Affairs for Verizon New Jersey and is also involved in several community and charitable ventures.

Treasurer  |  Peter Burke
Mr. Burke is the Executive Vice President of Development for Brandywine Senior Living in Moorestown, NJ. Mr. Burke serves as Board Treasurer but is a non-voting member.

Secretary  |  Hector Nieves
Mr. Nieves is a small business owner in Camden City, NJ and is the parent of a current LEAP Academy student and a LEAP graduate who is currently in college at Rutgers-New Brunswick.

Members

Wendell Pritchett  |  Rutgers Representatives, Ph.D.
Dr. Pritchett is the Chancellor for the Camden campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. He is a former professor and Associate Dean for the Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School.

Danielle N. Askew-Lopez
Ms. Askew-Lopez is a parent representative for the board and is also a Secretary at the Office of Graduate & Undergraduate Admissions at Rutgers University–Camden.

Frederic M.N. Bertley, Ph.D.
Dr. Bertley is the Vice President of Science and Innovation at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Manuel Delgado
Mr. Delgado is the Executive Director of the Cramer Hill Community Development Corporation (CHCDC) in Camden, New Jersey.

Luis Garcia, , Ph.D.
Dr. Garcia a retired Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Rutgers–Camden and a Professor Emeritus with the Department of Psychology.

Marleen Gonzalez
Ms. Gonzalez is a parent respresentative on the LEAP Board of Trustees.

Adam Lorber
Mr. Lorber is the General Manager of the Camden Riversharks, a professional baseball team in Camden, New Jersey.

Maria E. Miranda
Ms. Miranda is a parent respresentative who also works as a Practice Administrator for Cooper University Hospital.

Brenda Ortiz
Ms. Ortiz is a parent representative and also works as a Language Secretary at the Community Leadership Center at Rutgers University-Camden.

Benedetto Piccoli, Ph.D.
Dr. Piccoli is the Joseph and Loretta Lopez Chair Professor of Mathematics and a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, both at Rutgers University–Camden.

Joseph P. Tredinnick
Mr. Tredinnick is the Regional Vice President of TD Bank.

Jeremy Sunkett
Mr. Sunkett is a Policy Specialist for the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Authority.

Dr. Krishna Thiagarajan
Dr. Thiagarajan is the President of Symphony in C, an orchestra and music company in Camden, New Jersey.

Dyanne P. Westerberg, D.O., FAAFP
Dr. Westerberg has practiced medicine for over 25 years and is a Medical Chief in Cooper Hospital’s Department of Family Medicine and is also a faculty member at UMDNJ and RWJ Medical School and a Medical Director at the Coriell Institute. She is the chief physician at the Rutgers/LEAP Health Center, a health clinic on-site at LEAP Academy.

.Raymond Yannuzzi, Ph.D.
Dr. Yannuzzi is the President of Camden County College.

Wanda Garcia (Board Liaison)
Ms. Garcia is the Associate Director of the Community Leadership Center at Rutgers University-Camden and serves as liaison to the LEAP Academy Board of Trustees, which is a non-member and non-voting post.