Board Of Directors

Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with our Board Members. Contact information for each member is provided below.

Wayne Mallette
President

Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
667 Westfield Avenue
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Wayne Mallette

Dave Westawski
President-Elect

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South
346 Clarksville Road
Princeton, NJ 08550

Email: dlwestawski @ gmail.com
Dave Westawski

William McDevitt
Executive Secretary-Treasurer

NJMEA
300 W. Somerdale Road Suite C
Voorhees, NJ 08043

Email: wmcdevittnjmea @ gmail.com
Office: 856-433-8512
Fax: 856-229-7424
William McDevitt

Patrick O’Keefe
Past President

Absegami High School
201 S Wrangleboro Road
Galloway, NJ 08205
Patrick O’Keefe

Yale Snyder
CJMEA President

Monroe Township School District
Yale Snyder

Chris DeWilde
NJSMA President

Anthony Wayne MS
Chris DeWilde

Lori Ludewig
SJBODA President

Collingswood Middle School & Oaklyn School District
Lori Ludewig

David Taylor
SJCDA President

Northern Burlington Regional High School
David Taylor

Dennis Argul
Administration and Advocacy

School District of the Chathams,
Montclair State University,
Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts,
and William Paterson University
Dennis Argul

Libby Gopal
Advocacy

East Orange Campus High School
Libby Gopal

Nancy Clasen
Band Festivals/Classroom Music

Thomas Jefferson Middle School
75 First Street
Lodi, NJ 07644
Nancy Clasen

Nick Mossa
Band Performance

Bridgewater Raritan High School
600 Garretson Rd.
Bridgewater Township, NJ 08807
Nick Mossa

Donna Marie Berchtold
Choral Festivals

Retired

545 S. Buffalo Ave
S. Egg Harbor, NJ 08215

Email: firesongwed @ gmail.com
Cell: 609-226-7751
Donna Marie Berchtold

Michael Doheny
Chorus Performance

Winslow Township High School
Michael Doheny

Joseph Cantaffa
Chorus/Orchestra/Jazz

Howell High School
405 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road
Farmingdale, NJ 07727
Joseph Cantaffa

Marie Malara
Conferences

34 Fanwood Drive
Sayreville, NJ 08872

Home: 732-238-0230
Cell: 732-887-2998
Marie Malara

Jayson Martinez
Guitar/Expanded Ensembles

Arts High School Newark
550 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Newark, NJ 07102

Jayson Martinez

Colleen Sears
Higher Ed/Research/Collegiate

The College of New Jersey
2000 Pennington Road
Ewing, NJ 08629
Colleen Sears

Shawna Longo
K-12 Ed Tech & Innovation

Durban Avenue School
Shawna Longo

James Frankel
Music Industry

MusicFirst
180 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10016
James Frankel

Susan Meuse
Orchestra Performance/Festivals

Hammarskjold Middle School
200 Rues Lane
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Susan Meuse

Amy Burns
PreK-8 General Music

Far Hills Country Day School
Rt 202/Box 8
Far Hills, NJ 07931
Amy Burns

Kathy Spadafino
Retired Members/Mentorship
Kathy Spadafino

Maureen Butler
Special Learners

Lake Drive School
10 Lake Drive
Mountain Lakes, NJ 07046
Maureen Butler

Andrew Lesser
Advocacy-Special Projects

Burlington City School District
550 High Street
Burlington, NJ 08016
Andrew Lesser

Matthew Skouras
Website

Bergenfield High School
80 S Prospect Ave
Bergenfield, NJ 07621
Matthew Skouras

Katy Brodhead-Cullen
IDEA

Newark Public Schools
Katy Brodhead-Cullen

Miguel Bolivar
Jazz Liaison

Highland Park High School
Miguel Bolivar

Jodie Adessa
Summer PD

Morris Knolls High School
Jodie Adessa

Casey Goryeb
Summer PD

Dennis B O’Brien Elementary School
Casey Goryeb