Board of Trustees

Georgian Court's Board of Trustees provides the governance and strategic oversight that keeps the university true to its Mercy mission while planning for its future. Trustees bring backgrounds in education, business, healthcare, law, ministry, and philanthropy — many as GCU graduates themselves, giving them a firsthand understanding of what a Georgian Court education means.

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Contact Information
President's Office
Kingscote
732-987-2252
Office Hours

Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm

Georgian Court University Board of Trustees

(FY 2026–2027)

  • Michele Teresa Aronica, RSM, Ph.D. – Chair
  • Deacon James J. Knipper ’15, H’17 – Vice Chair
  • Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D. – University President (Interim)

Trustees

  • Alicia Cook ’08
  • George Destafney
  • Nancy E. Donovan, RSM, BCC
  • Kenneth M. Esser, Jr.
  • Regina Foley, Ph.D., MBA, RN
  • Mary Ellen Fuhrman, RSM
  • Nancy H. Gartenberg, Ed.D. ’90, ’97
  • Marilyn E. Gonyo, Ed.D.
  • Joyce A. Heckman ’83
  • Marianne Holler ’81, DO, FACOI, FAAHPM
  • Mary Jo McKinley, Ed.D. ’90
  • Michael A. Noone
  • Linda M. Orlando ’07
  • Tammi C. Redd, Ph.D.
  • Reverend Monsignor Joseph N. Rosie
  • Jennifer MacGregor Safeer, CPA, ’92
  • Very Reverend G. Scott Shaffer
  • Alice Bosies Velez ’84, ’93
  • Charles Venti

Trustee Emeriti

  • Patricia Smith Heanue ’68
  • Patricia E. Koch, Esq. ’69
  • Amelia Alonso McTamaney ’67
  • Elizabeth Healey Mulvihill ’66
  • M. Deborah Hanley Williams ’68

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