Past Presidents
We extend our sincerest gratitude to our past presidents for their vision and dedication to advancing planned giving in New Jersey.
NJCGP Presidents
Left to Right.
Front row: Jane Danek, Elizabeth Truslow, James Spencer.
Back row: Greg Ellmer, Jackie Bartley, Lynn Ierardi, Ron Brown

2023 – 2024
-
Anne DeVivo DeMesa, University of Pennsylvania
2021 – 2023
-
Bryan Nemeth, Rutgers University
2019 – 2021
-
James S. Hohn, CFRE, Thompson & Associates
2017 – 2019
-
Greg Ellmer, CFRE, RWJ Barnabas Health
2015 – 2017
-
Jane Danek, Princeton University
2014 – 2015
-
James Spencer, CAP, College of New Jersey
2013 – 2014
-
Kenneth D. Cole, Overlook Foundation
2012 – 2013
-
Elizabeth Truslow, Rutgers University Foundation
2011 – 2012
-
Kenneth D. Cole, Overlook Foundation
2009 – 2011
-
Jacqueline Bartley, Rutgers University Foundation
2007 – 2009
-
Ralph Serpe, Princeton Area Community Foundation
2005 – 2007
-
James J. Dawson, Rutgers University Foundation
2003 – 2005
-
Ronald A. Brown, Princeton University
2001 – 2003
-
Lynn Malzone Ierardi, JD, NYU Langone Health
1999 – 2001
-
William F. Mosconi, Rutgers University Foundation
1997 – 1999
-
Alison W. Lahnston, Peddie School
1995 – 1997
-
Richard D. Arnold, Rutgers University Foundation
1993 – 1995
-
Chase S. Hunt, Princeton Theological Seminary

