TRUSTEES

Trustees share governance, fiduciary responsibility and general oversight of CivicStory.  Board meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month, for approximately an hour. 

Nicholas Dnistran

Morris County, NJ -- Mechanical Engineer, currently works in the commercial space industry at a leading aerospace firm; experience in machine design, plastics and managing engineering projects; Chair of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Metropolitan Section; past participant in the Rutgers Collaborative for Technology Entrepreneurship and
Commercialization (CTEC) initiative; volunteer at Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit, Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry in Boonton, and environmental groups in Morris County. BSME NJIT.

Marian Glenn, Secretary

Ithaca, NY -- Ardent native plant enthusiast, specializing in miniforests; Professor of Biology, Ecology and Honors Humanities at Seton Hall University (1985 to 2015); BA Middlebury College (Chemistry); PhD Tufts University (Biology).

Susan Haig, Vice-President

South Orange, NJ -- CivicStory founding trustee; NJ Sustainability Reporting project initiator; past creative director (2009 - 2019); Conductor, South Orange Symphony; past conductor with Florida, South Dakota, and Windsor (Ontario) symphony orchestras; program co-chair, Summit-New Providence Rotary; South Orange green team; BA Music, Princeton University; MM, DMA, Stony Brook University.  

Radhika Iyengar, Co-President/Treasurer

Millburn, NJ --Director of Education, Center for Sustainable Development, and Associate Research Scholar at Columbia University; Ph.D. in Economics and Education, Columbia University (2011); Master’s in Economics, Delhi University (2001); and Co-Founder of Millburn for Climate Action.

Genevieve Manderville, Co-President

South Orange, NJ -- Franchise business consultant; entrepreneur and founder of The Pearl Pathway of Wellness LLC, and GEM Franchise Consulting Inc; 25+ years in banking (JP Morgan Chase), regulatory, compliance, customer and account servicing; experience in HR policies and procedures; NJ licensed insurance broker.

ADVISORS

Advisors provide special support to the CivicStory board from time to time, as needed. This group does not meet formally; advisors offer expertise as financial committee and search committee members, editorial advisors, forum interviewers, guest speakers, and general consultants.

Geoffrey Belinfante

External Relations Director, Jersey Access Group

Lee Clark

Project Manager, Funding Navigator Program, New Jersey Future

Maya Curry

Vice President, Communications and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Newark Regional Business Partnership

Andrew Howell

Senior Director of Sustainable Finance, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY

John Mooney

Founding Editor, NJ Spotlight News

Daniela Shebitz (PhD)

Associate Professor, Sustainability Sciences, Kean University

Jennifer Sneed

Principal, Gateway Affairs LLC (project management & government relations); Manager, State of Good Repair Program (SGRP), NJ Transit