BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS:

President
1.  ELIZABETH DEL TUFO:  Former President of the Newark Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission.  Director, Newark Boys Chorus Schoool.  Newark Tour Guide, Community Activist.

Vice President

2.  ANTHONY SCHUMAN:  Professor of Architecture Emeritus after a 44-year teaching career at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design at NJ Institute of Technology.  Received the Roberts W. Van Houten Award for Teaching Excellence from the NJIT Alumni Association.  Currently retired.  President of Board of Trustees of the Lincoln Park Cultural District in Newark.  Co-editor of "Newark Landmark Treasures."

Secretary

3. TOM ANKNER:  Head Librarian, Charles F. Cummings Information Center, Newark Public Library.  Curator of historic exhibits.

Treasurer

4. TOM ALRUTZ:  Former Director and Trustee at the Newark Public Library.

Parliamentarian

5.  MARK W. GORDON:  Principal, Urbans Consulting, LLC.  Vice Chair, Greater Newark Conservancy.  

Co-editor of "Newark Landmark Treasures."

TRUSTEES:

6.  MICHELE BUTCHKO:  Urban Management and Planner.  Co-Chair Forest Hill Community Association.

7.  ANNE ENGLOT:  Professor of Practice, Architecture and Humanities, Rutgers University in Newark. 

8.  LINDA FORGOSH:  Retired Executive Director and Curator for the Jewish Historical Society of NJ.  Author of "Louis Bamberrger" and Arcadia Images of America book, "Jews of Weequahic."

9.  SAMER HANINI:  Managing Partner, The Hanini Group, LLC, an award-winning real estate firm with experience in sustainable urban development and historic building renovation.

10.  CATHARINE LONGENDYCK:   4th generation Newarker living in the Forest Hills Historic District.  

Co-author of two Arcadia Images of America books, "Branch Brook Park" and "Forest Hill."   Co-Chair of the Historic Preservation Committee of the Forest Hill Community Association.  

11.  LINDA P. MORGAN:  Executive, RBH Group.

12.  LAUREN SAMUEL:  Vice President, Markets Regulatory Group at Barclays Investment Bank in NYC.  Board Chair of the HOPE program , a workforce development organization.  Serves on the Historic Preservation Committee of the Forest Hill Community Association.

13.  ANKER WEST:  Newark artist featuring ceramics, sculptures, and paintings.  Owner of the  historic Dietze building in the Ironbound section of Newark.

14.  PHIL YOURISH:  Founding Executive Director, Weequahic High School Alumni Association.  Former Executive Director of the Newark Literacy Campaign and Independenc High School.  Born, raised and worked in Newark.

15.  ZEMIN ZHANG:  Psychologist.  James Street Historic District activist.  Former Newark Landmarks Executive Director.