Our Team

At the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, we believe in the power of art to inspire, amaze, and enrich. Together with a dedicated Board of Trustees, a talented staff, and a faculty of professional artists, the Art Center team strives to create an inclusive and welcoming community where lives are transformed and enriched through the shared experience of art.

The Visual Art Center of New Jersey’s Board of Trustees

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2019–2020

Lisa A. Butler, Chair
Anne Grissinger, Vice Chair
David Hardin, Vice Chair
Paul Ciraulo, Secretary
David O’Neill, Treasurer

Dylan Baker
Katherine Buchanan
Lori Bush
Siobhan Creem
Neelavathy Pushparaj
Joseph R. Robinson
Diego Rotsztain
Joanie Schwarz
Deborah Schwarzmann

VISIONARIES

Mr. & Mrs. William B. Nicholson
The Wilf Family Foundation

HONORARY TRUSTEES
Sally Abbott
Virginia Fabbri Butera, Ph.D.
Marie J. Cohen
Millie Cooper
Estelle Fournier
Elizabeth C. Gump
Roland Weiser

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Melanie Cohn

Staff

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Melanie Cohn
ext. 212
mcohn@artcenternj.org