Board of Directors

embrella Board of Directors

George Blue

Chair

COLLEEN OTREMSKY

Vice Chair/Secretary

Maria Longo

Treasurer

Mary Sue Dondiego

Sue Dondiego

Lisa Macaluso

Kim McNear

Danielle Rosen

Millicent Smith

Mary Hallahan

Advisory Council Members

Thomas Blatner
President and CEO
Janus Solutions
Board President, Family Success Institute

John Sciamanna
Vice President, Public Policy
CWLA (Child Welfare League of America)

Cecilia Zalkind, CEO
Advocates for Children of NJ

Lisa Chapland, Esq.
Director of Governmental Affairs for the New Jersey Bar Association
Kinship Parent

Theodora McCormick, Esq.
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

Kaysie Getty
NJ Scholars Program

Jenene Thomas CEO
Jenene Thomas Communications

Mary Grace Dondiego
Former embrella Board Chair

Founded in 1972 and incorporated in 1974, embrella, formerly Foster and Adoptive Family Services, serves foster, adoptive and kinship parents in communities throughout NJ. We provide services, support and training opportunities for foster, adoptive and kinship families. We help foster children by offering programs to support them from childhood to young adulthood.