About JANJ - JA of New Jersey Staff

Name	Position	Email
Catherine Milone	President	cmilone@ja-nj.org
Amy Boroff	Director of Development and Marketing	aboroff@ja-nj.org
Charles Brown	Senior Program Manager	cbrown@ja-nj.org
Alicia Fusco	Senior Program Manager	afusco@ja-nj.org
Celeste Hardrick	Senior Education Manager	chardrick@ja-nj.org
Susana Monteiro	Senior Program Director	smonteiro@ja-nj.org
Stacy Halk	Director of Finance Park	shalk@ja.org
Jenifer Conte	Operations Associate	jconte@ja.org
Morgan Rogers	Marketing Manager	morgan.rogers@ja-nj.org
Dawn Schwartz	Vice President Development and Marketing	dschwartz@ja-nj.org
Michael Troutman	Senior Development Manager	mtroutman@ja-nj.org
Roslyn Chao	Development Manager	mailto:rchao@ja.org

JANJ Staff Bios

Catherine Milone-Richards

President
Catherine Milone, President of Junior Achievement of New Jersey (JANJ), has 20 years of business experience in the corporate and nonprofit sectors. Prior to JANJ, Catherine worked at ADP and had also served as the Vice President of Marketing for Junior Achievement of New York where she began her post college career. At ADP, she received the prestigious Presidents Club Award in FY ‘99. In 2004, the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of New Jersey appointed Catherine as President, where she is charged to manage statewide operations that will impact 46,000 students in nearly 2,000 classrooms annually.

In her tenure, Catherine has hired an impeccable staff that has grown to twelve full-time professionals and turned JANJ into a thriving, fiscally-responsible nonprofit organization. Headquartered in Princeton, she manages a Board of Directors consisting of 30 senior-level executives from businesses that operate in New Jersey.

In addition, Catherine is Co-Chairperson of the Education Committee for the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA) and is a Vice President for the Board of Directors YWCA Trenton. Catherine also serves on Junior Achievement USA’s Board Implementation Team, as well as Junior Achievement USA’s HR Committee. In 2010, Catherine was a member of the Steering Committee for the New Jersey Department of Education’s Financial Literacy Summit, and is a graduate of Leadership New Jersey 2011.

Catherine earned her B.S. in Business and Marketing at Utica College of Syracuse University. Formally of Rockville Centre, Catherine resides in historic Mill Hill, a community of Trenton, NJ.

Amy Boroff

Director of Development and Marketing
Amy Boroff, Development Manager, Junior Achievement of New Jersey (JANJ), joined the staff in February 2007. Prior to joining the JANJ staff, Amy worked for several years fundraising in the non-profit sector and coordinating corporate events. She served as a Manager at the National MS Society in the New York City office and spent several years managing events and conventions for John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Her focus at JANJ is raising funds for the organization through events such as Bowl-a-Thons and Golf Outings, while developing relationships with new partnering companies.

Amy is a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts. She studied and graduated with a BA in Elementary Education and Sociology. She currently resides in Fanwood, NJ with her husband Demian and daughter Aliette.

Alicia Fusco

Senior Program Manager
Alicia Balestrieri is from Lawrenceville, NJ and began working with JANJ on September 15, 2005 as a Program Manager for Northern New Jersey. Prior to working with JANJ, she worked at the Journal Register Company for three years and Summit Bancorp for eight years. She currently resides in Middlesex, NJ and is a proud member of the Mercer-Burlington USBC Bowling Association. In her spare time, she takes care of her pet ferret named Valentine and her two cats named Piper Marie and Shorty Louise. Alicia also notes, "I come from a family of bowlers which I enjoy as well as spending time with my family and watching my favorite TV shows Prison Break, One Tree Hill, and MTV The Hills." As of October 18th, she will be named Mrs. Alicia Fusco!

Charles Brown

Senior Program Manager
With over 12 years of dedicated service in the field of Youth Development, Charles A. Brown currently serves as Senior Program Manager with Junior Achievement of New Jersey. Before joining the JANJ team, Charles worked as the AmeriCorps Program Manager, Service Learning Program Manager, and Health Initiatives Program Manager with New Jersey After 3 (NJA3), the nation’s first statewide public/private partnership created to expand and improve after school opportunities for youth. Prior to joining the team at NJA3, Charles worked with the Adolescent Development House in Newark N.J. where he served as the Afterschool Program and Substance Abuse Awareness Program Manager. He also worked as Program Associate in the physical education and afterschool programs department with Newark Public Schools. Charles was also able to strengthen his interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills and talents through his employment with W&W Public Relations, Inc. During his tenure at W&W Public Relations, Charles earned his Associates Degree from Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) and Bachelor’s of Arts degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Celeste Hardick

Senior Program Manager
Celeste Blackmon- Hardrick hails from Trenton, NJ. She began at JANJ on October 2002 as a Senior Education Manager. She is a graduate of Hightstown High School ’80, the Cittone Business Institute ’93, and the George C. Weiss Insurance School ’02. She has since obtained a Professional Certification in Business Administration.

Prior to working at JANJ, she was a Physician Underwriter at MIIX Insurance Group located in Lawrenceville, NJ where her responsibilities included writing new and renewal business policies for individual and group physicians as well as preparing and presenting detailed account data for management approval for major accounts over $250,000. She also was the liaison for five major broker agencies responsible for servicing their accounts and responsible for the training of new hires and underwriting assistants.

She currently resides in Burlington Township, NJ with her husband, David Hardrick III, and has three children. She is an active member of Vessels Inc., and her favorite flavor of ice cream is Butter Pecan. In her spare time, she enjoys dancing, cooking, traveling, and reading the Bible.

Susana Monteiro

Senior Program Director
Susana Monteiro joined Junior Achievement in October of 1998 after graduating from Montclair State University with a Bachelors of Science in Non-Profit Management. As Sr. Program Director for Junior Achievement of New Jersey she runs and oversees all programs in Northern New Jersey. Susana is responsible for After-school and In-School Programs. Under her administration Northern programs have grown over 100% since 1998.

Stacy Nielsen

Director of Finance Park
Stacy Nielsen hails from Baltimore, Maryland. She is a graduate of Towson University and has her Bachelor’s degree in Speech Pathology. Stacy’s Junior Achievement experience began at JA of Central Maryland on June 2nd, 2008 as an Administrative Manager. While working for JA of Central Maryland, she coordinated special events, recruited and trained volunteers, and acquired elementary education for JA BizTown. She moved to Pennsylvania during the summer of 2009 and became a Director at The Goddard School in West Chester. As a Director at The Goddard School, her responsibilities included managing payroll and expense accounts, preparing lesson plans and updating curriculum, hiring and training new teachers, and planning and marketing events within the community. After a year, she missed JA and joined JANJ in August 2010 as an Operations Manager. She currently resides in Langhorne, PA with her fiancé, Jim Halk. Her favorite foods are pizza and sushi, and in her spare time, she enjoys camping, hiking, dancing, and kickboxing.

Roslyn Chao

Development Manager
Roslyn is originally from Knoxville, Tennessee and joined the JANJ staff in July of 2011. She currently serves as the Development Manager where she handles grant management, special events, stewardship and community outreach. Roslyn’s nonprofit career has been aimed toward providing students with greater opportunities in education at organizations including The Council on Legal Education Opportunity of the American Bar Association, EducationWorks, and the Historical Society of Princeton. She has also served on the board for Princeton Young Achievers and the Princeton Education Foundation and is now a member of the Gift Planning Council of NJ and Women in Development. Currently Roslyn lives in Princeton with her two sons. She enjoys swimming, running, yoga, and cooking.

Jenifer Conte

Operations Associate
Born and raised in New Jersey, Jenifer began working with Junior Achievement of New Jersey in July 2011. As operations associate, she is responsible for the internal management of the day to day operations of the office. Previously, Jenifer held sales/sales support and marketing operation jobs at Dow Jones, Summit Bank of NJ (now Bank of America) and Prudential. She lives in Montgomery with her husband Nick, sons, Daniel and Joseph and cat, DJ. Jenifer enjoys reading, biking, baseball, traveling.

Morgan Rogers

Marketing Manager
Morgan Rogers hails from High Point, NC and began working with JANJ as a Development Manager on August 16, 2010. Morgan received her B.S. in Parks, Recreation, & Tourism Management, concentrating in Sports Management, at NC State University in 2006. Prior to working with JANJ, she worked as the Assistant Director of Marketing in the NC State University’s Athletics Department, marketing and promoting the women’s basketball and softball teams and coordinating their WITH Partners Sportsmanship Program. She also assisted in game day promotions during football season and a plethora of post-season events including the NCAA Basketball Tournament, the College Cup, and the NCAA Baseball Regional. She currently resides in Hamilton, NJ with her husband, Michael Rogers and their pet beagle, Oakley. She enjoys playing tennis, running, and watching sports, especially the Boston Red Sox and Dallas Cowboys.

Dawn Schwartz

Vice President Development and Marketing
Dawn Schwartz, Senior Development Director, Junior Achievement of New Jersey (JANJ), has been a part of the Junior Achievement organization since she graduated college. Her first position was with the Junior Achievement of New York offices as one of their program managers. Over several years, she held a variety of positions with them to include Events Manager, Grants Manager and eventually, Manager of Development. After leaving JANY, Dawn worked and consulted for a number of other non-profits such as ORT and JCCs in such areas as capital campaigns, annual giving campaigns, special events, board development and grant writing.

Dawn is a graduate of Arizona State University where she received a BA in Business Communications with a minor in Psychology. She grew up in Bergen County New Jersey but now resides in Livingston with her husband David, daughter Samantha, and son Nathan. Dawn is an avid spinner and enjoys a good game of tennis.

Michael Troutman

Senior Development Manager
Michael began working with JANJ on September 1, 2006. He is a graduate of Brown University '04 with a double major B.A. Economics and B.A. Visual Arts. Prior to working with JANJ, he obtained three years of broadcast production and design experience, including 2.5 years at Viacom - Black Entertainment Television (BET) and MTV Networks, and 3 years with Exit4 Holdings LLC. Current Exit4 partners include BET's Creative Services Department, Infinite Productions (Hip Hop Saved My Life), and Sleeping Dragon Entertainment. He also obtained three years of sales/marketing experience at 95.5 WBRU-FM in Providence , RI ; Banana Republic; Target Stores; and PECO Energy Co. He is currently a member of Brown University Inman Page Council, the Brown Alumni Schools Committee (BASC), Building Our Youth’s Development (B.O.Y.D.) of NJ, and the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce Education Committee.

He currently resides in Hamilton, NJ with his wife Tannisha, son Michael "Tre' " Troutman III, and their newest arrival, Peter Corey. His favorite books are Hinds Feet on High Places By Hannah Hurnard, The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, and Rich Dad, Poor Dad By Robert Kiyosaki. He enjoys drawing, painting, creating music, and playing basketball.