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OFFICERS & TRUSTEES

officers and trustees

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 
 
Tom Dunn
President
Retired attorney.  Resident of Mahwah since 1968.  Has served as member and chair of the Mahwah Board of Education, member and chair of Mahwah Chamber of Commerce, member and chair of the Ramapo College Board of Trustees and member of the Ramapo College Foundation, Board of Governors.
 
 
 
Charles Carreras.
Vice President.
 
Retired Professor of Latin American History at Ramapo College.  In charge of archiving for the Museum.  Also liaison to Ramapo College.  Member, Mahwah Democratic Club.
 
 
Bob Worth
Secretary/Treasurer
 
Retired executive at Werner & Pfleiderer in Ramsey.  Charter member of the Mahwah Museum Society Board and has served as Secretary/Treasurer since its inception.  Responsible primarily for liaison with the Township DPW and for operations of the facility, as well as being secretary and treasurer of the society.  Liaison to scout groups and others who want to see the Museum during the day. 
 
 
Bonnie Minery
Recording Secretary
Retired high school teacher.  Antique furniture expert.  Recording secretary to the Board.  
 
 
Clarissa Bruno,
Corresponding Secretary
 
Temporary secretary in various companies in Bergen County.  
 
 
Jane De Wan
Executive Committee
 
Part time escrow finance officer for the Township of Mahwah.  A lifelong resident of the Township and responsible for the archiving of the Lee Vold photo collection as part of the Archive Committee. 
 
 
Robert Adler
Executive Committee
 
Telecommunications Manager Fuji Film Company.  Responsible for operation of the Old Station Museum and the Donald Cooper Railroad.    Elder of the Consistory of the Ramapo Reformed Church.   Born in Mahwah and lived here since 1951, graduated from Mahwah HS.
 
 
Tetsu Amagasu
Trustee
 
Self- employed architect.  Responsible for the design of the interior of the museum, lighting, advertising materials, posters and displays. 
 
 
John Bristow.
Trustee
 
Retired school teacher and the official Historian of Mahwah.  Has been active in the Mahwah Historical Society since 1965 and was formerly the author of a weekly column about Mahwah History in the Home & Store News.
 
 
Carl Ceragno
Trustee
 
Construction supervision and estimating.  Carl is part of the Old Station Museum team.
 
William F. Dator.
Trustee
 
Commercial real estate broker and appraiser.  Lifelong resident of Mahwah.  Former Chief, Mahwah Fire Department Company #1,  Member Mahwah Charter Study Commission, Member, Mahwah Board of Adjustment.  Member, Mahwah Chamber of Commerce.  
 
Linda Dator
Trustee
 
Real estate salesperson.  Former chair of the Distinguished Citizens Dinner for the Ramapo College Foundation; member of the Board of the Greater Mahwah Chamber of Commerce.  Member of the New Jersey Historical Commission.  Founding member of the Mahwah Museum Society.  
 
Gail Doscher
Trustee
 
Retired elementary school teacher.   Program Chair.  
 
Carol W.Greene
Trustee
 
Independent author and historian.  The Mahwah Archivist. Past President of the Mahwah Historical Society and founding member and past President of the Mahwah Museum Society.  Liaison of the Museum to all external history organizations, such as the New Jersey W3R Committee and the Bergen County Historical Society.  Member of the Mahwah Historic Sites Preservation Commission.  Member State Board of W3R. Member of the Board of Trustees of the The Hermitage. 
 
Helen Kelly
Trustee
 
Administrative Assistant to the Athletic Director, Ramapo College.  Long-time Mahwah resident and Past President of Betsy Ross Home School Organization.  In charge of grant writing for the Museum and also the Museum Shop.  
 
Barbara Knichel.
Trustee
 
Retired former owner of a family plumbing business.  A founding member of the Mahwah Historical Society in 1965 and a founding member of the Museum Society. 
 
 
Tom O'Brien
Trustee
Retired independent business consultant.  Past President Mahwah Chamber of Commerce.
 

Gail Reynolds

Trustee

Retired teacher.