Bergen Community College Foundation Announces Appointment of New Officers and Members to its Board of Directors

The Bergen Community College Foundation recently announced the appointment of new officers and members to the Foundation Board of Directors for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. The board is comprised of community leaders from the public and private sectors who work closely with the College to develop fundraising opportunities to meet the needs of the institution.

The Foundation elected the following new officers to the Board of Directors:

� Robert Hekemian Jr., Chairman
� Paul A. Meyer, Vice Chairman, Special Events
� Dale A. Creamer, Vice Chairman, Membership
� Seta Albrecht, Vice Chairwoman, Major Gifts and Special Projects
� G. Jeremiah Ryan
President, Bergen Community College
� Anthony Persico, Treasurer
� V. Peter Traphagen Sr., Assistant Treasurer
� Ira Kaltman, Secretary
� Gordon Hamm, Assistant Secretary
� Robert D. Boyle, Foundation Historian,
� Robert Dill, Immediate Past Chairman

The Bergen Community College Foundation announced the appointment of the following new members to the Board of Directors:

� David Alai
� Fred Daibes
� Gary Glanzberg
� William Heller
� Barbara Heiser O�Neill
� Thomas Rodgers McVeigh
� Gil Medina
� Laszlo Moharita
� Steven Napolitano
� Kevin O�Connor

The following members have also been approved for another term of office to the Board of Directors:

� Seta Albrecht, Vice Chairwoman, Major Gifts and Special Projects
� Donnett Barnett Verley
� Robert D. Boyle, Foundation Historian
� Louis L. D�Arminio
� Robert Dill, Immediate Past Chairman
� Stephen Duess
� Richard Garcia
� Frances Hoffman
� John Johl
� Ira Kaltman, Secretary
� John A. Trobiano

The BCC Foundation is a separately incorporated foundation whose mission is to raise funds to support student scholarships, faculty and staff development, construction, and other special projects and programs. Since its 1982 inception, the Foundation has received over $14 million in total contributions.

Bergen Community College is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling nearly 17,000 students in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs and certificate programs. More than 15,000 students are enrolled in non-credit, professional courses through the Division of Continuing Education, the Institute for Learning in Retirement, the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, located at 355 Main Street, Hackensack, and Bergen at the Meadowlands, located at 1280 Wall Street West, Lyndhurst. Information about the College is available at www.bergen.edu or by phoning the Welcome Center at (201) 447-7200.


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