Dennis Bone , Chair

Robert Santare , Vice Chair

Council Members

Carmelita Acciola, Retired

Virginia S. Bauer, New Jersey Commerce Economic Growth & Tourism Commission

Hal Beder, Rutgers University

Norma Blake, New Jersey State Library

Elizabeth Christopherson, New Jersey Network

Marshall Cooper, Newark Economic Development Authority

Paula Davis, Crate & Barrel and Jade Management

Lucille Davy, New Jersey Department of Education

Elissa Director, Literacy Volunteers of America

Charles Epps, Jr., New Jersey Assembly

Nancy Fisher, Jewish Vocational Services

George W. Hayman, New Jersey Department of Corrections

Susan Bass Levin, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs

Jill Lewis, New Jersey City University

Jane Oates, Commission on Higher Education

Henry Plotkin, New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission

James W. Smith, Jr., New Jersey Department of Human Services

Julio Sabater, Universal Communication Enterprise

Barry Semple, New Jersey Association of Lifelong Learning

David J. Socolow, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Wendell Steinhauer, New Jersey Education Association

Shirley Turner, New Jersey Senate

Charles Wowkanech, New Jersey AFL-CIO