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About Tri-County

THE LEADERSHIP

Board of Trustees

Since 1981, some 200 business, educational and religious leaders have served on the board of Tri-County.  Each of them has been motivated by one compelling passion: to change the life trajectories of hundreds of children with the transformative power of a great education. They were always insistent about one thing: every school would be open to any child in need.  

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Today, Tri-County is governed by a large and diverse board of men and women. Trustees come from many fields: Law, Medicine, Finance, Accounting, Banking, Human Resources, Pharmaceuticals, Publishing, Real Estate, Technology, Social Media, Interior Design, Wealth Management, Business and Business Management Consulting as well as entrepreneurs, private foundations and leaders in the non-profit sector.

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Chair

Joseph W. Spada
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Vice-Chair

Frances Howard
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Treasurer

Fred P. Pierce
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President, Ex Officio

Prudence A. Pigott
Private Wealth Advisor
Summit Financial
Senior Vice President
Borealis Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley
Tri-County
Scholarship Fund

Trustees

Juan C. Andrade

President & CEO

USAA

Cathleen Callahan

Managing Director

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Rick Debel

Chief Financial Officer

Eastern Christian Schools

Kenneth M. Donovan

President

Fiddler's Elbow Country Club

Juan D. Gamarra, P.E.

Principal Engineer, Mechanical

Marotta Controls

Michael Goldman

Vice Chairman

NFP

Elizabeth R. Hennessy

Executive Director

Edward L. Hennessy &
Ruth S. Hennessy Foundation

Theodore J. Knauss

Senior Vice President

PNC Bank

Nancy A. Lottinville, Esq.

Attorney

Prime, Tuvel & Miceli

Justin Marcucci

President

Apexon

Lina M. Martinez, Esq.

Assistant General Counsel,
MedTech Supply Chain

Johnson & Johnson

Trish O'Keefe, PhD., RN

President

Atlantic Health
Morristown Medical Center

Reema Puri

Sr. VP Human Resources (Retired)

Nevakar, Inc.

Drew Spitzer

Treasurer

Chubb

Fr. Michael A. Tidd, O.S.B.

Headmaster

Delbarton School

Charles Varvaro

Vice President, Managing Director

IBM

Roberto Yanez

President & Reg. GM Northeast & Mid-Atlantic

TelevisaUnivision

Carolyn Badenhausen

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Robert W. Cavalero

CEO

Catholic Book Publishing Co.

Lisa Donini

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Kristine K. Donovan

Kevin R. Gardner, Esq.

Partner

Connell Foley, LLP

Joseph A. Gonnella

Chief Development Officer

Boy Scouts of America

Michael Hochkeppel, RPLU

Head of Specialty Casualty Reinsurance

Navigators Re
A Brand of The Hartford

Anne M. Schmidt Krump

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Ann Marie Manahan

President

Kate Ryan Foundation

Sacha Marcucci

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Patrick F. McGovern

Senior Vice President

Chubb Group

Paul L. Onderdonk

Associate Director

SIG LLP

MaryBeth Savas

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Joseph F. Stefans

Vice President Business Development

First Bank

Victoria Tizzio

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Robert J. Waldele

Managing Director
Wealth Management

Merrill Lynch

Michael C. Zogby, Esq.

Partner

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Mark D. Bode

Partner

PwC

Brian J. Clark

Regional Head of Commercial
for New Jersey

M&T Bank Corporation

John R Donovan III, CFA

Managing Director

TowerBrook Capital Partners, L.P.

Timothy I. Duffy, Esq.

Partner

Schenck Price Smith & King, LLP

William C. Gascoigne

Senior Managing Director
Professional Services Group

Peapack Private

Robert Hagemann

Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (Retired)

Quest Diagnostics

Trevor Jones

Managing Director

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Scott L. Lenz, Esq.

SVP, Deputy General Counsel &
Chief Tax Counsel

New York Life Insurance Company

John J. Marchioni

Chair, President and CEO

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

Mari Marques-Thomas

VP, Impact & Belonging

Crum & Forster

A. Quentin Murray III

Managing Director

R. Seelaus & Co., Inc.

Yvonne Previdi

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Ami E. Simunovich, PharmD, JD

Global Head of Quality, Regulatory & External Affairs

Roche Diagnostics

Most Reverend Kevin J. Sweeney

Bishop

R.C. Diocese of Paterson

Ashley Travers

Vice President Strategic Partnerships

KGPCo.

Susanne C. Waldele

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Emeriti

William J. Cozine

Managing Partner (Retired)

KPMG LLP

Robert A. Sameth

President (Retired)

Western Pest Services

Thomas J. Healey

Trustee

Healey Family Foundation

George J. Rachmiel

President (Retired)

Ridge Reinsurance Limited

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© 2026 by Tri-County Scholarship Fund

14 West Main Street

Mendham, New Jersey 07945

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Federal Tax ID # 22-2354475

Tri-County Scholarship Fund is recognized as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization by the Internal Revenue Service.

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