A distinguished panel of community leaders helps to shape the Bergen LEADS program and curriculum.

Debbie Aronson
Volunteer Center Board of Directors

Ellen Jacobs
National Council of Jewish Women

Alan Levine
Marketing Director
Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard

Rev. Dr. Wanda M. Lundy
The Church on the Edge, Edgewater
Bergen County Jail Chaplain

Dr. Peter Mercer
President
Ramapo College

Susan Russ
Director, Global Communications
Reader’s Digest Association

Dr. G. Jeremiah Ryan (LNJ ’04)
President
Bergen Community College

Frank Scandale
Editor
The Record

William “Pat” Schuber
LEADS Seminar Director
Former Bergen County Executive

Richard Segall
Acting Superintendent
Englewood Public Schools

Norman Seiden
Philanthropist

Janet Sharma
Executive Director
Volunteer Center of Bergen County

John R. Smith (LNJ ’06)
Director, Corporate Responsibility
PSE&G

Tom Toronto (LNJ ’94)
President
Bergen County 's United Way

David Warshaw (LNJ ’07)
LEADS Chairperson
Principal, VISTAS Volunteer Management Solutions
(Former GE executive and head of GE’s global volunteer program)
Volunteer Center Board Member

David Yanagisawa
Senior Vice President
TD Banknorth
Volunteer Center Board Member