Our staff work hard to support the day-to-day operations of Special Olympics New Jersey. Want to get in touch? View each staff member by team.
Executive | Outreach | Sports and Competition | Corporate Development | Law Enforcement Torch Run | Marketing and Communications | Finance and Administration
Executive
Heather B. Andersen, President & CEO – hba@sonj.org
Vanessa Glenn, Executive Assistant – vg@sonj.org
Outreach
Carmen Bannon, Chief Program Management Officer – cb@sonj.org
William DePonte, Senior Director of Program Development – wjd@sonj.org
Kathy Brown, Grants and Technical Support Manager, Unified Champion Schools – kcb@sonj.org
Susan Colacello, Director of School and Youth Engagement, Unified Champion Schools – scc@sonj.org
Taisha Cullum, Program Outreach Assistant – tic@sonj.org
Amelia Hamilton, Healthy Communities Manager – arh@sonj.org
Judy Humza, Young Athletes Coordinator – jlh@sonj.org
Joanne Monaco, Senior Field Services Manager – jdm@sonj.org
Andrea Moore, Elementary & Early Childhood Director, Unified Champion Schools – avm@sonj.org
Chris Tobin, Field Services Manager – cat@sonj.org
Matt Willey, Field Services Manager – maw@sonj.org
Sports and Competition
Carmen Bannon, Chief Program Management Officer – cb@sonj.org
Jeff Baldino, Senior Director of Competition – jjb@sonj.org
Sam Cyliax, Sports Manager – smc@sonj.org
Kalee Iacoangeli, Sports Director – kmi@sonj.org
Susan Mejia, Games Systems Director – sm@sonj.org
Jon Sensi, Sports Coordinator – jrs@sonj.org
Amy Simmons, Director of Volunteers – ajs@sonj.org
Jess Stevenson, Unified Sports Coordinator – jns@sonj.org
Corporate Development
Diane Paraskevas, Senior Director of Corporate Development – dp@sonj.org
Christina Baldini, Corporate Events Director – cmb@sonj.org
Laura Contini, Special Events Manager – lac@sonj.org
Jeanene Leppert, Special Events Director – jcl@sonj.org
Beth Starr, Director of Corporate Partnerships – bas@sonj.org
Danella Vecchio, Development Assistant – dcv@sonj.org
Law Enforcement Torch Run
Jason Schubert, Senior Director of LETR Initiatives – jcs@sonj.org
Edward Dean, LETR Special Events Manager – end@sonj.org
Suzanne Parsons, LETR Operations Manager – sp@sonj.org
David Reed, Director of LETR Special Events – jdr@sonj.org
Marketing and Communications
Jeremy Davis, Director of Marketing and Communications – jld@sonj.org
Erica Hart, Marketing and Communications Manager – elh@sonj.org
Edward Hartman III, Visual Content Strategist – ejh@sonj.org
Sean Williams, Social Media and Digital Content Coordinator – sdw1@sonj.org
Finance and Administration
Brian Wertz, Senior Director of Operations – bmw@sonj.org
Lenny Yanchar, Operations Assistant – lwy@sonj.org
Cheryl Willis, Finance and Administration Director – caw@sonj.org
Tony Colon, Full Charge Bookkeeper – tac@sonj.org
Jimmy Moise, Bookkeeper – jvm@sonj.org
Ann Marie Lammerding, Office Assistant & Receptionist
Nate McMullan, IT & Database Manager – nlm@sonj.org
Kelly O’Sullivan, Receptionist
Becky Scheick, Receptionist
Lynda Swanhart, Finance Assistant – ls@sonj.org
Richard Wannamaker, Office Assistant – raw@sonj.org
Trish White, Human Resources Manager – taw@sonj.org