Board of Directors

embrella Board of Directors

Maria Longo

Chair

COLLEEN OTREMSKY

Vice Chair

Mary Hallahan

Secretary

Danielle Rosen

Treasurer

Millicent Barry

Anthony Cullen

Marysue Dondiego

Sue Dondiego

Chris Ellis Jr. Esq.

J.T. Falcone

Annika Lombardi

Lisa Macaluso

Kim McNear

Kamara Russo

J. Kelly Reyher

Tangela Thompson

Advisory Council Members

Thomas Blatner
President and CEO
Janus Solutions
Board President, Family Success Institute

Lisa Chapland, Esq.
Senior Managing Director Government Affairs
New Jersey Bar Association
Vice Chair – NJ Task Force for Child Abuse and Neglect Staffing Oversight Review Subcommittee
Kinship Parent

Mary Grace Dondiego
Former embrella Board Chair

Kaysie Getty
Senior Program Analyst
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Former NJFC Scholar

Theodora McCormick, Esq.
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

John Sciamanna
Retired Vice President of Public Policy
Now Senior Policy Consultant
CWLA (Child Welfare League of America)

Jenene Thomas
CEO
JTC IR – Jenene Thomas Communications
Former embrella Board Vice Chair

Cecilia Zalkind
Retired CEO
Now Senior Advisor
Advocates for Children of NJ

Founded in 1972 and incorporated in 1974, embrella, formerly Foster and Adoptive Family Services, serves foster, adoptive and kinship parents in communities throughout NJ. We provide services, support and training opportunities for foster, adoptive and kinship families. We help foster children by offering programs to support them from childhood to young adulthood.