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PROJECT LITERACY
Of Greater Bergen County, Inc.
PRESIDENT
Dean Sandra Sroka
Retired, Bergen
Community College
VICE PRESIDENT
Benedict A. Focarino
President, Passaic Leather
SECRETARY
Emmy Bledsoe
Co-founder, Project Literacy
TREASURER
Kunle Modupe, MS, FIH
Senior Vice President,
Hospitality Services,
Hackensack Meridian Health
MEMBERS AT LARGE
Dean Walter Hecht
Co-founder, Project Literacy
Jacqueline Millstein
Retired CCO, Co-Owner
RITTA Advertising/Marketing
Carol Polack
Business Manager,
Bergen County Workforce
Development Board
Trevor A. Taylor MSF
Vice President Regional
Manager Freedom Bank
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, the Gala Committee,
and the sta昀昀 of Project Literacy, thank you for joining us
as we honor New Jersey State Senator Holly Schepisi
and Audrey Murphy, Executive Vice President, Chief
Legal O昀케cer, Hackensack Meridian Health.
Your support helps make our mission possible. Through
the commitment of our volunteer tutors, adult learners
gain the skills and con昀椀dence they need to earn diplomas,
improve employment opportunities, become U.S. citizens,
strengthen 昀椀nancial literacy, pursue higher education,
and achieve personal goals. We also provide tutor training
in local libraries to expand English language learning
opportunities throughout our community.
A special thank you to our gala sponsors. Your generosity
helps bring the gift of literacy to our neighbors across
Bergen County and opens doors to brighter futures.
Together, we are changing lives through literacy.
Joan Voss, Ed.D.
Retired, Education
Commissioner Bergen County
John Policastro
Personal Touch
Catering Experience
Tamara A. Francis
Vice President Market Manager
Valley Bank
MEMBER EMERITI
Cynthia Forster
Director, Bergen County
Division of Cultural and
Historical A昀昀airs
Sandra Sroka
President Board of Trustees
