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Our Team

Elaine Buck

Elaine Buck

Co-Founder

Elaine is a thirty-year Trustee of the Stoutsburg Cemetery Association, a historic cemetery for people of African descent located on Sourland Mountain.

John Buck

John Buck

Founding President

John has been a lifelong resident of Hopewell Borough. He is retired from Princeton University Civil Engineering Department where he worked for 17 years.

Stephanie Adkins

Stephanie Adkins

Treasurer

Stephanie Adkins is the Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer at the Bank of Princeton.

Jacqueline Carrera Fay

Jacqueline Carrera Fay

Trustee

Jackie Fay is the Chief of Staff to New Jersey Assemblyman Anthony Verrelli, whose District 15 includes Central Jersey municipalities such as Ewing, Hopewell, Lambertville, Lawrence, Pennington, Trenton, West Windsor.

Martin Sumners

Martin Sumners

Trustee

Martin is a native Trentonian with family roots in New Jersey for over 100 years, and has spent almost two decades of service in state government.

Isabela Morales

Isabela Morales

Exhibition & Education Manager

Isabela is an author and historian who received her PhD from Princeton University.

Heather Ciociola

Heather Ciociola

Trustee

Heather brings over 30 years of corporate, government, and nonprofit experience in the areas of marketing, communications, research, and policy to the SSAAM board.

Beverly Mills

Beverly Mills

Co-Founder

Beverly is the first African American woman to hold the elected position as a Councilwoman in Pennington Borough, NJ, her ancestral home and current residence.

Catherine Fulmer-Hogan

Catherine Fulmer-Hogan

President

Catherine is a native of the Sourland Region with over 25 years of professional experience in Finance & Administration.

Pat Payne

Pat Payne

Secretary

Growing up in Skillman and Pennington, Pat can trace her heritage to a fourth great paternal grandfather, Friday Truehart, a slave brought to Hopewell from Charleston, South Carolina.

Marion Gill

Marion Gill

Trustee

Marion is the Associate Director of Special Projects at Princeton University, and has been a leading figure in the museum world for over 30 years.

Jonathan Lloyd

Jonathan Lloyd

Trustee

Jonathan is a member of Mt. Pisgah AME Church.

Caroline Katmann

Caroline Katmann

Grant Writer

Caroline was a New Jersey public school teacher, staff developer, and district-level administrator for 31 years before retiring from public education in 2005.

Tokz Gabriel

Tokz Gabriel

Social Media and Marketing Manager

Tokz Gabriel brings over 5 years of experience in content creation and digital marketing.

Donnetta Johnson

Donnetta Johnson

Executive Director

Donnetta Johnson became SSAAM's Executive Director in October 2021. She is a community leader and Hillsborough business owner who began her career as a pioneering Black woman in technology.

Bruce Daniels

Bruce Daniels

Vice President

Bruce has lived on or near Sourland Mountain for most of his life. Recently retired from Grounds For Sculpture (GFS), Bruce was the Facilities Director and Project Manager there for more than 30 years.

Ian Burrow

Ian Burrow

Trustee

Ian has been an archaeological and cultural resource management professional since 1975, firstly in England and, since 1988, in the United States.

Edwin Lloyd

Edwin Lloyd

Trustee

Reverend Edwin Lloyd is a pastor of Allen Chapel AME church in Asbury Park, NJ.

Marylou Millard Ferrara

Marylou Millard Ferrara

Advisory Board

Marylou is a former mayor of Hopewell Township and graduate of Rutgers School of Law.

Rob Flory

Rob Flory

Advisory Board

Rob brings an interest in the intersection of growing things, the environment, history, and social justice. He is a member of the Outdoor Equity Alliance, and serves on the board of the Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space.

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