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Biographies
Sherri Albrecht
joined
The Conservancy’s Board of Trustees in 2006 and is a
resident of Rockaway Township. Sherri is a Senior
Environmental Scientist for URS Corp and specializes in
wetlands and permitting. She has an MA in Environmental
Science and a BS in Biology. Sherri has been a volunteer
and later treasurer with Tri-Boro Animal Welfare in
Butler. She was also a volunteer and later board member
with Brookview Wildlife Center, formerly of Boonton. She
currently volunteers with the NJ Division of Fish and
Wildlife through the Wildlife Conservation Corps (WCC).
Her main involvement as a WCC volunteer is with the
Endangered and Non-game species program conducting
amphibian crossing and vernal pool surveys. Sherri
enjoys outdoor recreation activities, particularly
kayaking, mountain biking, hiking and cross-country
skiing. She also enjoys gardening and spending time with
family and friends.
Jason Andris
is the
Managing Director of Venture Investment Associates, a
manager of private equity funds of funds based in
Peapack, NJ. Jason received an AB in history with a
minor in economics from Hamilton College, and his MBA
from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
He is also a graduate of the Peck School and St. Paul’s
School. Previously, Jason worked at Robertson Stephens
and Co. and Global Vacation Group, Inc. . He is a member
of the board of trustees and treasurer of both The Land
Conservancy of New Jersey and The Lamington Conservancy,
the founder and chair of the Friends of Hamilton Crew, a
Form Agent for St. Paul’s School, and has served on
various committees in Bedminster Township, including the
Planning Board.
Rory Corrigan
is a
long-time Morristown resident where he resides with his
wife Deborah and three children. Rory is a graduate of
the Lawrenceville School and Drew University where he
received a B.A. in English in 1972. Rory worked at
Jefferies & Company as Executive Vice President and
Director of Institutional Equity Trading and Sales until
his retirement in 2002. Rory currently serves on the
Board of Trustees for Drew University, and has served on
the Board of Trustees for The Land Conservancy of New
Jersey since 2002
John P. de
Neufville, Ph.D.
is the
President and founder of Voltaix, Inc., a manufacturer
and international supplier of electronic gases based in
North Branch, NJ. He started Voltaix, Inc. in 1986 to
capture the market for an obscure gas, germane, GeH4,
which is used in multi-junction solar cells based on
"amorphous silicon" to improve efficiency by better
converting the red and near infra-red portions of the
solar spectrum into electricity. He has a Ph.D. in
Applied Physics (specialty in Materials Science,
Harvard, 1969), an M.S. (Harvard, 1965) and a B.S.
(Yale, 1961) in geology, and is a self-taught chemist,
who has worked on advanced batteries, phase change
rewritable CD technology, catalysis, uranium exploration
technology and semiconductor physics at Energy
Conversion Devices in Troy, MI and Exxon's Corporate Lab
when it was in Linden, NJ. He was a Board Member of
Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey from
1994-1999, serving as Vice Chairperson in 1995 and
Chairperson in 1998. He has been a trustee on the board
at The Land Conservancy of New Jersey since 1995.
John Donofrio
is
co-founder and CEO of Briarpatch Games, Millburn NJ,
recognized as one of the fastest growing privately held
companies in America by Inc Magazine in 1998. Today
Briarpatch has earned more than 150 industry awards for
excellence and has build an impressive distribution in
independent specialty stores and mass market chains
nationwide and internationally. John has served on the
Board of Directors of the National School Supply and
Equipment Association, was a member of the strategic
planning committee of the Licensing Industry
Merchanisers Association, and Past President of the
Rutherford Kiwanis Club. John
enjoys tennis, hiking, cooking, and volunteering for
worthy causes such as The Land Conservancy of New
Jersey, where he served as a trustee since 2003.
Sally Epstein
is a
founding of Trustee of The Land Conservancy of New
Jersey. She has served as President and Chair of the
Executive Committee. Sally previously served as Director
of Development for St. Clare’s Hospital, the N.J.
Conservation Foundation, Drew University and Newark
Academy. She currently serves on the Board of the
Community Theatre in Morristown and previously served on
the Board of the Morristown Library. Sally enjoys
bicycling, traveling and spending time with her three
grandchildren.
John (Jack) F. Fritts
is a
partner in Cadwalader’s New York office. His principal
practice areas are general corporate, securities and
commercial matters. He handles corporate law issues for
numerous companies, including establishment, management,
financing, growth and restructuring. He is involved in
the structuring, negotiation and documentation of
complex transactions, including public and private
financings, mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and
start-ups, both nationally and globally. He is currently
active on behalf of businesses ranging from
biotechnology to the operation of public schools for
profit to ocean-going transportation, and in the
development of the firm’s Latin America practice. In the
past several years he has handled the creation of a
significant new media company, bought, sold and financed
a number of companies and large quantities of gold,
silver and other commodities, and represented the issuer
in several IPOs. He represented Paraguay in the
privatization of Yacyreta and the Argentine government
in the privatization of Argentina’s airports and a major
bank. He has recently represented Greek shipping
interests in rescuing a Swedish public company from a
hostile takeover attempt, he represents several public
companies on a continuing basis, and he has recently
been involved in going private transactions and MBO’s.
Mr. Fritts earned his undergraduate degree from
Princeton University and his law degree from Harvard Law
School. He has been a Trustee of The Land Conservancy of
New Jersey since 2001.
Clementina B. Gardner
joined The Conservancy’s Board of Trustees in 2005. A
mother of four and grandmother of ten, Clementina was an
elementary school teacher for ten years and upon
retirement went to Westminster Choir College and earned
a Masters in Music. She has played the piano most of her
life and now teaches and plays chamber music. Clementina
has been involved in the Madison/Morristown community
for the past 40 years. She has been active in the fields
of housing, the arts, social services and theatre.
Patricia Kennelly
has
been a Trustee of The Land Conservancy of New Jersey
since 1997. She resides in Harding Township with her
husband. She began her corporate career at Ziff Davis
Publishing in Operations and then moved to AT&T to work
in Consumer Marketing. After 10 years at AT&T, Pat left
to form her own consulting company to advise on Cause
Related Marketing for clients as diverse as the
Morristown Memorial Health Foundation and the Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame. While still occasionally doing
marketing consulting, Pat has found her new passion is
teaching Yoga.
Kerry Kittles
is a retired
professional basketball player with the New Jersey Nets.
He is currently pursing an MBA in Finance at Villanova
University. Kerry lives in Harding Township with his
wife, Adria and their three daughters. Kerry has been a
member of the board of Trustees for The Land Conservancy
of New Jersey since November 2008.
Dennis J. Krumholz
joined the Board of The Land Conservancy in 2010. He
is a partner in the Morristown office of Riker Danzig
law firm, where he directs the firm’s environmental
practice. Dennis’s practice emphasizes the remediation
of contaminated sites and includes litigation,
transactional and regulatory work. He is a former deputy
attorney general for the State of New Jersey and past
chair of the environmental law section of the New Jersey
State Bar Association. Dennis is named on the first tier
of New Jersey environmental lawyers in Chambers USA’s
annual attorney review, along with similar designations
by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers. He is former chair of
INFORM, a non-profit environmental research organization
based in New York City, and served as trustee and
general counsel to the Community Theatre of Morristown.
Dennis is a graduate of Oberlin College and Boston
College Law School.
John Lundberg
has been a Trustee of The Land Conservancy of New Jersey
since 1992. He practiced law in NYC for seven years.
John served as CEO of American Savings Bank in NYC and
of Crum & Forster, a national property and casualty
insurance company.
Peter Meyer
founded PPE
in 1977 and has been responsible for a broad range of
educational, institutional, commercial, recreational,
municipal and residential development throughout New
Jersey. Mr. Meyer is former Chairman of the Long Range
Planning Committee for the Consulting Engineers Council
of New Jersey. He is former Secretary of the Montclair
Environmental Advisory Committee and Professional
Planner to the Green Township Planning Board. He has
also served as a member of the Morris 2000 Land Use
Planning/Open Space Committee and the Morristown Long
term Facilities Planning Committee. He has lectured at
New Jersey Institute of Technology and Columbia
University. Mr. Meyer has been a Conservancy Trustee
since 1997.
Tracy Meerwarth Pester
joined the Board of Trustees in 2009. She graduated from
Bucknell University and received her Masters in Cultural
Anthropology in 2001. Tracy has published and co-edited
several articles and books on organizational studies
while working as a cultural anthropologist for General
Motor’s Research and Development in Warren, Michigan.
She is active member of the Junior League of Morristown
and is the owner and a Corporate Director of
Consolidated Bearings Co., Cedar Knolls, New Jersey.
Tracy has been a long time resident of Harding and
resides in town with her husband, Scott.
Bob Ward
is an
entrepreneur who has founded and managed twenty
companies including marketing, consulting, armored
trucking, construction, publishing, printing and real
estate management. Prior to devoting full time to
ANSERVE AMERICA, he was President and CEO of Carelli,
Glynn & Ward Advertising, which was ranked as one of the
ten largest advertising agencies in New Jersey for over
a decade. Bob served as an enlisted man in the U.S.
Marine Corps and as a Captain in the U.S. Army. Bob has
been a member of the Kinnelon Town Council, the
president of the local PTA, senior warden of his church
and is now on the boards of a number or non-profit
organizations. He has served as Trustee for The Land
Conservancy of New Jersey since 2001. He is married to
Nancy and has three grown children and has lived in
Kinnelon since 1966.
John Yingling
retired from
the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in Morristown in 2006.
He was Dodge's Chief Financial Officer, responsible for
administrative and financial matters in support of the
Foundation's program activities. Prior to his 18 years
at Dodge, John worked for 33 years for AT&T and its
subsidiaries in the Bell System. He started in
operations in Maryland in 1955. Later assignments
included organization planning, business information
systems planning, and corporate planning. After helping
plan the 1984 divestiture, he retired as
Director-External Relations in New Jersey in 1988. John
holds a B.A. in American Studies from Yale (1955), a
Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins (1967), and an
M.B.A. from NYU (1977). He married Nancy Shrop in 1957.
They have seven children and 14 grandchildren. John and
Nancy have traveled widely, including China, India, and
Antarctica. John has been a Trustee of The Land
Conservancy of New Jersey since 2007.
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