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