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The Newark Preservation & Landmarks Committee Saving a City's Heritage |
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NPLC's Officers and Trustees for 2007-2008 The Newark Preservation & Landmarks Committee is a private, not-for-profit corporation, with no formal ties to any government agency or other private organization. The Committee is governed by a board of 18 unsalaried trustees. They are elected by the general members, usually for overlapping three-year terms, at the Committe's annual meeting. Officers are chosen by the trustees for two-year terms.
Some past and present leaders of NPLC gathered at its 25th anniversary party at the Newark Public Library in 1998. From the left are Doug Eldridge, Rose Spears, Cathy Lenix-Hooker, Alma Flagg, Bill Mikesell, Susan Newberry, Vickie Snoy, Richard Grossklaus, Sam Miller, Liz Del Tufo, and Charles Cummings Officers President: William Mikesell, Newark, N.J., architect and planner Vice President: Rose M. Spears, Newark, retired official, Internal Revenue Service Vice President: Victoria Snoy, Newark, executive director, Newark Boys Chorus School, and past president, Newark Arts Council Secretary: James Lewis, Newark, reference librarian, Newark Public Library Treasurer: Richard Grossklaus, Newark, vice president, Integrity Inc. substance abuse rehabilitation program
Elizabeth Del Tufo, Newark, tour leader and former chairperson, City of Newark Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission Peggy Dougherty, Linden, deputy director, The Newark Museum Mark Gordon, Maplewood, consultant on preservation and real estate Brian Hanlon, South Orange, property manager for U.S. District Courts Donald M. Karp, Short Hills, lawyer and retired vice chairman, Independence Community Bank (now Sovereign Bank) Catherine Lenix-Hooker, Newark, asst. manager, Newark Division of Recreation and Cultural Affairs Susan Newberry, Maplewood, former education director, The Newark Museum Rev. Rosalind Nichol, Orange, co-pastor, Deliverance Evangelistic Center, and artist Mary Sue Sweeney Price, Newark, director, The Newark Museum Gisela Rodriguez, Newark, administrator, genetics center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Anthony Schuman, Montclair, professor and graduate studies director, New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture Nakia J. White, Newark, real estate agent, 8th Avenue neighborhood leader Zemin Zhang, Newark, psychologist, James Street Hitoric District activist
Staff The Committee's staff consists of a part-time executive director, Douglas Eldridge of East Orange, a former newspaper editor and city official. The Committee's primary consultants are an architectural historian, Ulana Zakalak, with an office in Red Bank, and a controller, Joan Bloomer. Much of the Committee's work is done by volunteers.
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