Porché Hardy is an arts administrator and philanthropic professional who brings deep expertise and experience working with teams in both government and non-profits. She works to develop programs to help build a stronger arts sector and a more equitable pathway to social change through arts funding and sector leadership. Her work bridges arts organizations and arts education. Porché is also a singer, actress, and coach who has spent over fifteen years combining her love of performing on stage with her passion for arts advocacy, equity in the arts, financial wellness, and public policy.

Joe Fruscione is the Managing Member of The Fruscione Company L.L.C., a commercial real estate development and management firm based in Hamilton NJ. Joe is a trustee of The Fruscione Foundation, a non-profit foundation focused on enhancing the educational opportunities available to Mercer County preparatory high school and college candidates. He is a former trustee of the Hamilton Area YMCA, on which he served for 12 years and was honored as Volunteer of the Year in 2007. Joe is also an active member of the Union League of Philadelphia.

Dr. Pamela Pruitt is the executive director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Rider University. She currently serves as the chair of the Northeast Tri-State Chapter (NY, NJ, PA) of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE). Dr. Pruitt is also the president of The Next Level Consulting LLC as well as a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University and lecturer at Rider University. She is an accomplished author and songwriter having written songs for Smokey Robinson, the Supremes, and others. Dr. Pruitt is a recognized community leader in the City of Trenton and serves on boards and committees for local and national organizations.

Cindy Carson graduated from Temple University with a BA in Communications, and a minor in dance. After college, she worked for Viacom in the Merchandising, Pay TV and Cable TV sales groups, and then moved back to NJ to Webcraft Technologies. While raising three sons in Hopewell, Cindy was active in community organizations. She served on the boards of Cherry Valley Nursery School and the Hopewell Valley Soccer Association, and was involved in the original Hopewell Valley Recreation Foundation. Cindy then obtained her teaching credentials and started teaching at Hopewell Valley in 2000, and then worked in Flemington Raritan School District in 2005. She taught general education for grades K-5 before switching to her current position, teaching gifted and talented programs, coordinating reading intervention programs, and coaching literacy.

Tanuja Dehne is the President & CEO of The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in Morristown, New Jersey. Established in 1974, The Dodge Foundation has distributed nearly $500 million in grants and technical support to New Jersey nonprofits, with a focus on the arts, education, the environment, “informed communities” (including local journalism), and poetry. As a former Dodge Trustee, Tanuja helped to shape the foundation’s new strategic plan, which envisions “an equitable New Jersey through creative, engaged, and sustainable communities.”

Tanuja is also a public company director and former C-level executive of NRG Energy, Inc., a Fortune 250 power company. She is a member of the Boards of Directors of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. and Advanced Disposal Services.

Tanuja served as a Senior Advisor on corporate governance matters for The B Team, an NGO focused on mobilizing global leaders to drive a better way of doing business for the well-being of people and the planet. Tanuja is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow and was recognized as one of the “2018 NACD Directorship 100.”

An active member of her community, Tanuja served on several non-profit boards, and currently serves on the Boards of Trustees of Lafayette College and New York Public Radio. Tanuja earned her undergraduate degree from Lafayette College, her Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and her Juris Doctor degree with honors from Syracuse University College of Law. Tanuja is also a 200HR RYT certified yoga instructor.

Joe Fruscione is the Managing Member of The Fruscione Company L.L.C., a commercial real estate development and management firm based in Hamilton, NJ. Joe is a trustee of The Fruscione Foundation, a non-profit foundation focused on enhancing the educational opportunities available to Mercer County’s preparatory high school and college candidates. He is a former trustee of the Hamilton Area YMCA, for which he served for 12 years and was honored as Volunteer of the Year in 2007. Joe is also an active member of the Union League of Philadelphia.

Joe obtained his BS in Accounting and Finance from the Boston College Carroll School of Management. He is a lifelong resident of Hamilton NJ, and is the proud father of his soon-to-be college bound daughter, Devon.

An award-winning business executive, thought leader and board director, Brenda Ross-Dulan is Principal of The Ross Dulan Group, a boutique strategy consulting firm designed for CEOs and executives to help them make better-quality decisions, leading to actions that drive long term success. As the firm’s leader, Brenda leverages her twenty-five year career in the ever-changing financial services industry to help clients.

Prior to launching her consulting practice, Brenda served as President of the consumer banking group of Wells Fargo & Company for half of the State of New Jersey ~ encompassing more than $12 billion in deposits, $5 billion in loans and 1,700 employees. Under her leadership, the region exceeded $500 million in annual revenue and was recognized as one of the best places to work in New Jersey.

Brenda has been ranked as one of the nation’s most powerful women in corporate America by Black Enterprise Magazine and has received dozens of accolades as a leading executive. She is the Chair of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber, Vice Chair of the Greater Trenton Initiative and has served on the boards of directors at NJTV, Cooper’s Ferry Economic Development Association, the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey,and College Achieve Charter School. She is also member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Brenda holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University in Washington, D.C. and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.

Stephen K. Shueh is a founder and Managing Partner of Roundview Capital — an investment firm that provides fully integrated family financial services.

He serves on the Board of Directors of The Bank of Princeton and Lightbox Ventures. He helps oversee the endowments of the United Way of Greater Mercer County, Grounds for Sculpture, and the Princeton Public Library. He has been involved with the Princeton Family YMCA over the years, and has served on the Board and has chaired the joint Trustees of the Princeton YMCA-YWCA.

Steve received an A.B. with honors from Princeton University, and he serves as President of his graduating class. He earned an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he was the recipient of the Dean’s Award.

He and his wife Joyce have three children: Grant (15), Audrey (11), and Zachary (9). In his free time, Stephen enjoys playing hockey, tennis, squash, golf, and basketball. His friends now wonder if he secretly aspires to be a dancer given all the time he is now spending at Fred Astaire!

Jeannine Cimino is a Senior Vice President and Regional Leader at Berkshire Bank and is a graduate of Brooklyn College. She is the Chairman of the Board for the Mid Jersey Chamber of Commerce as well as the Chairman of the Board for Ryan’s Quest, which is a non-profit that’s mission is to raise awareness of Duchenne muscular dystrophy with the purpose of allocating funds for research. Jeannine is also actively involved in various committees of the Hamilton Area YMCA and serves as the Treasurer for the St. Gregory the Great Academy PTA.

Jeannine has been recognized as a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey and she was awarded the Young Professional of the Year by Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton in 2011. She resides in Hamilton with her husband, John, and their two children AJ & Emma.

Carol Golden is an attorney by training and a mother who has made community service her career. While raising her two sons, she has been committed to using her skills and energy to volunteer for several non-profit organizations in the Princeton area and to try to improve the lives of her neighbors. Carol currently serves as the Chair of Housing Initiatives of Princeton (HIP), an organization that fights homelessness by providing transitional housing and emergency rental assistance to families in the Princeton area. Through her work with the Joint Consolidation Commission and the Affordable Housing Board of Princeton, Carol has learned and understands about the needs of those in our community who may need a helping hand to be able to thrive here.

Carol recently became the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Mercer County Community College. For many years, Carol was on the Board of Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central, and Southern New Jersey (PPNCSNJ) and is committed to the mission of ensuring quality healthcare to the women of New Jersey. She served as co-chair of the Board of 101: (formerly the Princeton Regional Scholarship Foundation), which awards scholarships to graduates of Princeton High School (PHS) who need financial assistance to go to college.

Carol obtained her JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and her BA in Psychology from the University of Virginia.

Tom Sullivan is the owner and CEO of Princeton Partners, a brand marketing and digital advertising agency that helps clients in financial services, healthcare and education to improve lives by advancing financial, physical-emotional well-being and lifelong learning. He is also the founder of the Princeton Innovators Guild and an education company called Activity Works which creates and brings curricula-based, classroom brain break to tens of thousands of elementary kids so they can learn while moving.

Tom has used Princeton Partners to advance the cause of non-profits in New Jersey on a pro bono basis. He has served in leadership roles on the boards of non-profit organizations including The Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, Susan G. Komen of Central and Southern New Jersey and The College of New Jersey Alumni Association. When serving as chairman of the board of Special Olympics, he helped the organization achieve unanimous board support to build a sports complex that would provide leadership and innovation in service to athletes with mental disabilities. Tom was a founding board member of the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness and spearheaded the development of its ten-year plan with a focus on ending family homelessness. He served as the marketing chair for the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton and Mercer County which resulted in the new Lawrenceville campus and the expansion of the Trenton facility more than doubling capacity.

Tom and his wife Jan live in Newtown, PA and enjoy traveling and keeping up with their four children, their spouses, and seven grandchildren who span from New York to Seattle.

In 2015, Jeffrey Vega joined the Princeton Area Community Foundation as its President & CEO. Serving the greater Mercer County region, the Princeton Area Community Foundation promotes philanthropy to advance the wellbeing of communities forever. Through the Community Foundation, individuals, families, businesses, and organizations can create permanent charitable funds to help communities meet the challenges of changing times. The Community Foundation invests and administers these funds, award grants and scholarships, and provides an array of services to promote philanthropy and support local nonprofits.

Prior to joining the Community Foundation, Mr. Vega served as President of New Brunswick Tomorrow, a private, non-profit organization established 40 years ago to revitalize the City of New Brunswick. The organization fosters public/private partnerships to improve the quality of life in New Brunswick. Mr. Vega joined the organization in 1993 and served as its President from 2000 to 2014. During his tenure, NBT raised funds and worked to find solutions to issues affecting youth, including gangs, truancy and lack of employment. The organization helped create before- and after-school and summer recreational programs in the city. In addition, NBT also spearheaded health and neighborhood revitalization initiatives.

In 1991, he was awarded a fellowship to study public policy at Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where he earned his Master’s Degree. For his undergraduate studies, Mr. Vega went to Cook College. He completed three majors — Urban Studies, Human Ecology, and International Environmental Studies — to earn his Bachelor’s Degrees.

Mr. Vega serves on the Boards of Center for Nonprofits, LeadNJ, and the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers. He is also a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s National Advisory Council for the New Jersey Health Initiatives.

Mr. Vega has been honored and recognized for his work by various nonprofit and faith-based organizations and government agencies. A resident of Monroe Township, NJ, he is married to Angela Klizos and they have a young son, Nico.

Stacy began her 25 year banking career at CoreStates NJ National Bank, predecessor to Wachovia Bank, spent 8 years with Chase Bank and now is a Senior Vice President at OceanFirst Bank. Over her career, Stacy has volunteered with Eden Autism Services, American Heart Association, and Thomas Edison State College, among others. She is the Immediate Past Chair of the Board of the MIDJersey Chamber of Commerce. Stacy is an avid photographer and loves attending her children’s sporting events. She lives in West Windsor with her husband, Mike, and their children, David and Kaity.

Michele is the Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity at Princeton University. Prior to that she worked in development at the College Board and Princeton University. She graduated with a BA from Yale and received an MFA in Theater from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Michele is a passionate community volunteer who serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees for Isles, Inc., in addition to past and current service on boards including the Princeton Library Foundation and The Princeton Area Community Foundation. She lives in Plainsboro with her husband, Jeffrey Yuan, and their children, Brian and Mira.

Carol is first and foremost a proud New Jerseyan. A graduate of Princeton University and Rutgers, she has spent the majority of her career working in Trenton on behalf of the state’s vibrant arts and history community. Most recently she served as New Jersey’s Assistant Secretary of State where she helped guide the work of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Her non-profit and volunteer work has included service on the New Jersey Cultural Trust, ArtPride New Jersey, Leadership New Jersey, the Friends of the State House and the Princeton Charter Club. A resident of Lambertville and a Princeton Day School parent, she is married to a great dancer, has two sons, and is delighted to be slipping on her dancing shoes for Young Audiences!

Dan is the Executive Director of the Work Environment Council of New Jersey. He received a Master’s in City and Regional Planning from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and a Bachelor’s in Media Arts and Design from James Madison University. Dan is Vice Chair of the Trenton Green Team, serves on the board of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, is the Immediate Past Chair of the Trenton Cycling Revolution, and served as a trustee and president of the I Am Trenton Community Foundation. Dan lives with his partner, Alex, in the 1865 Trenton home that they restored together.

Tamera started her career in Manhattan as an advertising executive in Ralph Lauren’s Home Furnishings Division. After moving to Princeton with her husband Joe, she opened Matteo & Co., a home furnishings store that she ran for 10 years. Tamera is an active community volunteer at her children’s schools and a member of various boards in Princeton, including McCarter Theater and the Princeton Adult School. Tamera is looking forward to being part of a great event to further an even greater cause – helping to raise support and awareness for Young Audiences.

Katie grew up in Princeton and is a graduate of Stuart Country Day School. After attending college in Ohio and living in San Francisco for 5 years, Katie moved back to Princeton with her husband, Aiden. When not busy caring for her 4 children, she enjoys spending time with friends, practicing yoga and running. Katie has served on the parent boards of the Princeton Academy and Stuart Country Day School. She currently serves on the boards of Bedens Brook Club and The Family Guidance Center of Central Jersey. She loves dancing and is excited to be competing at Dazzle and raising money for Young Audiences!

Bryce, a graduate of the University of Colorado, has been in the real estate business for over 30 years. He is the President of Lanwin Development Company and Great Locations, and a broker at Thompson Land Company. He served for three years on the board of the American Red Cross and is an avid sportsman who loves golf, tennis, skiing and racing sleds in Switzerland. Most importantly, he enjoys spending time with his wife Kristen, his son William, and his daughter Finley. Bryce LOVES to dance!

Jeff is Founder and Managing Director of Borden Perlman and is a graduate of Princeton Day School, Bucknell University and St John’s University. He is on the board of the Princeton Area Community Foundation and is the past president of Greenwood House, Home for the Jewish Aged. Jeff is immediate past chairperson of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce and served on the board of The College of New Jersey and the Ewing Lawrence Sewerage Authority. He resides in Princeton with his wife, Sharon, and their two children.

Barbara, a former Senior VP at Young & Rubicam, most recently co-chaired the first-ever capital campaign for Isles, Inc., and served as Vice Chair on the board of the Princeton Area Community Foundation. She is a trustee of The Friends of Ely Park and volunteers for Planned Parenthood. Barbara was recently honored by the Princeton YWCA for her community activism.

Jill is a Princeton resident and now a semi-retired employment lawyer and most recently a former partner with Morgan, Lewis and Bockius. Jill served on the Princeton YWCA board for nine years and founded and still runs the Princeton YWCA St. Nicholas Project. In 2011, Jill ran for Mayor of Princeton.

Chris is an owner/principal with Long Motor Company, comprised of Volvo of Princeton, Volvo of Bridgewater, Volvo of Edison and Mercedes Benz/Porsche of Atlantic City. Chris has worked from the Volvo of Princeton facility for the past 20 years.

Bobby, a New Jersey native grew up in Somerset County and attended Lehigh University. He is a Business and Estate Planner, working with start-ups to mature business owners throughout the country to help protect, grow and retire out of their businesses and maximize their wealth potential. He currently resides in Basking Ridge with his wife, Brooke, and his two boys, Aidan & Danny.

Trustee of Princeton Healthcare System’s Foundation and former owner/operator of Princeton BMW/MINI and Princeton Porsche.

President & CEO of The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, which supports arts, education, environment and media initiatives that work toward a better New Jersey.

Founder, co-owner and general manager of Double Brook Farm in Hopewell. The farm is a sustainable, all-natural livestock and vegetable operation.

Managing Director in Foreign Exchange Sales at BNP Paribas in New York City and co-owner of Tuscan Hills, which offers a collection of exclusive Italian home furnishings and accessories, in Kingston.