2020–2021 GSBC Officers + Trustees
About the GSBC Board
All Officers, Trustees, and Committees are volunteers and are not compensated in any way — we thank you for your service to the society!
Officer, Trustee, and Committee terms run from 1 December–30 November. Officer and Trustee elections are held at the November GSBC Annual Meeting, on the 4th Monday in November @ 7pm at the Ridgewood public Library and/or online.
All board members can be reached through contact@njgsbc.org, unless where otherwise indicated, below.
Get Involved—Serve on the GSBC Board!
To nominate yourself, or another, for a leadership position with the GSBC or for more information about serving with the GSBC, please send an email to contact@njgsbc.org.
We are always on the lookout for those willing to bring their expertise to our society — which have included educators and authors, bookkeepers and accountants, lawyers, writers and editors, historians and librarians, those with technology backgrounds, and anyone who has an interest in family history — to support our educational efforts.
| President | Barbara Ellman, MS, MBA |
| 1st Vice President—Program Chair | Lauren Maehrlein, MA |
| 2nd Vice President—Library Chair | Lucille Bertram, MLIS |
| 3rd Vice President—Membership Chair | Mary Beth Craven |
| Treasurer | Lea Schwarzwalder |
| Recording Secretary | Jo Ann Berkenbush |
| Corresponding Secretary | Geraldine Mola (Tribute Cards; By-Laws) |
| Webmaster | Michelle D. Novak (Social Media Chair; Editor, The Archivist) |
| Past President | Margaret Kaiser |
| Trustee | Don Casey, PhD (Audit: Hospitality; Long-Range Planning) |
| Trustee | Carol DeWitte |
| Trustee | Steve Gabai (Publicity) |
| Trustee | Barbara von dem Hagen |
| Trustee | Fred J. Voss (Education Chair, BCC ILR Instructor, Long-Range Planning) |
| Trustee | Allison Wallin (Speakers’ Bureau) |
| Trustee Emeritus | Maria “Ree” Jean Pratt Hopper |
| Ridgewood Public Library Liaison | Sarah Kiefer, MLIS Local History Librarian, Bolger Heritage Center Ridgewood Public Library 125 No. Maple Ave. Ridgewood, NJ 07450 201-670-5600 ext. 135 skiefer@ridgewoodlibrary.org |