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Board Of Trustees of Healing The Children, Midlantic Inc. governs the activities
of the organization. Each Board member has been active in all phases of
the organization. Decisions voted on by Board members require a simple majority.
The members of the Board are: |
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Evelyn Dudziec,
Founder and Executive Director. Mrs. Dudziec directs HTC Midlantic
and conducts all the business of the organization from an office in her
Kinnelon, NJ home. She and her husband have five children, 4 of whom are
adopted. Mrs. Dudziec founded HTC Midlantic in 1981, she has been its Executive
Director since that date. She and her family have been host to more than
50 children since the founding of HTC Midlantic.Mrs. Dudziec served 2 years
as Board Member for the Maternal Child Health Consortium of Northern NJ
and and recently started a new organization called “Katie’s House Inc.,
an assisted living facility for adults with developmental delays. She has
been recognized with many honors, including Citizen of the Year (’84), the
Wm. F. Johnson award from St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center (’91),
Humanitarian of the Year Award (’93), Imagine Award (’94), the First Cathedral
Honor Award at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist-RC Diocese of Paterson
(1998). She has been featured Ch 9’s “NJ People”, Ch 5’s “Unsung Heroes”
and “Goodday America” and Ch 4’s “Local Heroes”. In 2003 she was presented
the Russ Berry Award for “Making a Difference” at New Jersey’s Ramapo College. |
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Frank Light, M.D. -
Trustee and Vice President. Dr. Light first joined the HTC Midlantic
team in 1988 as the medical team’s chief anesthesiologist. He and his wife
have hosted several HTC children. In 1989 he accepted the position of Trustee
for HTC and also the position of Director of Medical Trips. Dr. Light is
a graduate of the New Jersey College of Medicine and is a Board certified
anesthesiologist. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Light was President
of the Board of Trustees of John E. Runnel Hospital and was a member of
the Board of Trustees of Family and Children’s Services. He has been recognized
for his many contributions by receiving HTC’s Sergio Award (1994), Rahway
Hospital’s Humanitarian Award (’86), The Russ Berry “Making a Difference”
Award at Ramapo College (’00). |
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Tom
Ferry - Trustee and Treasurer. Tom Ferry and his wife
Gail have been volunteers for HTC Midlantic since 1984. Of their four
children their youngest son John joined their family through Healing the
Children. John is visually impaired and was born in the Bahamas. Tom graduated
from Colgate University and retired from Xerox Corporation after 35 years
of service in various sales, marketing and training positions, including
Sales Manager and Major Account Manager. Tom is a board member of Parents
of Blind Children of NJ of which he and Gail are founding members; Tom
is also a volunteer at the Good Shepherd Mission in Paterson, a coach
for various local sports teams and a high school chaperone. His hobbies
include boating, water skiing, fishing, scuba diving and snow skiing.
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Rena Tolsma, Trustee
and Secretary. Mrs. Tolsma joined HTC Midlantic in 1995 as a host parent
for children traveling to the United States for medical care. She has continued
serving the organization, as a host parent, as translator and as a guest
speaker. She also serves on the HTC Fund Raising Committee. She was appointed
to the Board in 2003. Mrs. Tolsma has served as a volunteer for the Eastern
Christian Middle School and has been a member of the Luke Society, traveling
to Honduras on medical trips. |
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Donald Cinotti, M.D. - Trustee.
Dr. Cinotti has volunteered his expertise to HTC locally and internationally
since 1989. He joined HTC Midlantic’s Board in 1994 and also serves as Trip
Chief for HTC’s ophthalmology medical trips. He is a Board certified Ophthalmologist
who received his undergraduate degree from Wabash University and his professional
degree from the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. He is a member of
the faculty of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey as
a Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and was Director of Trauma
for the Eye Institute of New Jersey and UMDNJ. He has also been a recipient
of HTC Midlantic’s Sergio Award (1994). |
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Sister Jane Frances Brady,
Trustee.
Sister Jane served as President & CEO of St. Joseph’s Hospital
Medical Center for 26 years. Since 1981 she has been part of HTC by accepting
children for free medical care at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Shehas participated
in HTC Midlantic’s medical trip effort since 1991 when she was part of the
volunteer team on its first trip to Kenya. She was appointed to the Board
of Trustees in 1995 and continues to share her administrative skill supervising
the details of patient care for HTC medical teams. She has been a team member
on medical trips to Panama, El Salvador, Morocco, and the Dominican Republic.
Sister Jane has received numerous awards recognizing her contributions,
including Woman of the Year Award (’90, ’92, ’95, ’96, ’99), Citation of
Merit-NJ Association of Nonprofit Homes for the Aqing (’87), Wm Patterson
College Foundation Legacy Award (’90), Palestinian Heritage Foundation Humanitarian
Award (’97), Pro Ecclesia Et Pontifice Award-Diocese of Paterson (’98),
NJ Pride Award-NJ Monthly Magazine (’98). |
