Our Leadership | New Jersey
Professional Staff Members
Richard K. Gorab, President / CEO
Edward G. Philipp, Senior Vice President / COO
Alisa D. Vural, Chief Financial Officer
Shamida Marc, Chief Human Resources Officer
Deborah Kessler, Chief Development Officer
Greg Albers, Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Brian Sheafer, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
Joe Penska, Director of Information Technology
Tim Smith, Controller
Bill Sanfilippo, Director of Business Development
Leah Greene, Interim Executive Director, East Orange YMCA
Marc Koch, District Executive Director, Fairview Lake YMCA Camps
Jason Kelly, Executive Director, YMCA of Greater Bergen County - New Milford Center
James Goodger, District Executive Director, South Mountain YMCA
Corey Brown, Executive Director, Sussex County YMCA
Cheryl Tuturice, District Executive Director, West Essex YMCA
Board of Directors
Peter H. Tanella, Chairman
Dan Borgna, Vice Chairman
Jose Briones, Treasurer
Reyna Burger, Secretary
Daren Phil, Immediate Past Chairman
Richard K. Gorab, President/CEO
Dan Borgna, VP, The Dale Group
Jose Briones, Senior Partner PennantPark
Reyna Burger, President, Suburban Consulting Engineers
John Conforti, President, Air Group LLC
Valerie W. Crawford*, Owner, Livingston Collision, Inc.
Mike D’Alessandro, Market Business Director, Optimum
Kristi D’Angeli, CEO and Founder, Jersey Staffing
Chris Erb, Executive Vice President, Russo Development
William Esposito, Hypelite
Stacey Staaterman Feeney, Founder & CEO, Staaterman Coaching & Consulting
Shannon Fischer, Senior Tax Manager - Fulton, Menfi, Frega, Staubinger & Berlamino
Ted Foung, Consultant, CapGemini
Jose A. Galvan, Managing Director, Natixis
Paul A. Gomperz* , Voluntary Benefit Systems of America
Staci Grant, VP Benefits Division, Henry O. Baker Insurance Group
Christel Hyden, Ed.D., Public Health Research Consultant
Matthew B. Jarmel, Principal, Jarmel Kizel Architects and Engineers, Inc.
Branden Jones, Managing Director & CMO, BlackRock Aladdin
Jonathan Kristofich, Vice President, NAI Hanson
Mark Lewis, Managing Director & Sr. Banker, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Sameer Malhotra, Malhotra Development LLC, Managing Member
Stephen M. Mellett, Sr., President/Co-Founder, Vericon Construction Company
Andrew Pfaff, Sovereign/Santander Bank/Santander Holdings USA
Daren J. Phil, Executive VP, Suburban Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Toni Pinkett
William R. Ruhl, Physics & STEM Teacher, Golda Och Academy
Peter Schofel, Partner/Owner, Eastman Companies
Ronald Schwarz*, Retired Sr. EVP/Chief Operating Officer, Lakeland Bank
Alex Serrano, CPA, Co-Managing Partner, Citrin Cooperman
Peter H. Tanella, Esq., Attorney, Mandelbaum Barrett
Himanshu (Hams) Tripathi, Vice President, Kushner
Stuart Vorcheimer, SMD/Market President, Peapack-Gladstone Bank
Marlene Waldock, Owner/President 1st Impressions Communication
Christopher Wolverton, Partner/Principal, HQW Architects
Jennifer Yager, Valley Bank
* Emeritus
