Management Moves
Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton 08540. 609-924-8777. Adam Welch, executive director. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.
The Arts Council of Princeton has announced that longtime Princeton resident Liza Peck has been named director of development, effective March 3.
Peck has spent nearly a decade at HomeFront, playing a critical role with HomeFront’s community engagement team to achieve its mission to end homelessness in central New Jersey. At HomeFront, Peck partnered with the Arts Council to ensure that HomeFront’s clients had access to ACP offerings. Before her tenure at HomeFront, she served on the board of the Arts Council of Princeton and the Friends Council at Princeton Public Library. Early in her career, she also worked at Michael Graves Architecture and Design.
Peck holds degrees in art history and design from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the Parsons School of Design, respectively. She and her family have lived in Princeton for more than 25 years.
“I am overjoyed to be joining the passionate and talented staff at Arts Council of Princeton,” Peck said in a statement.
“We are beyond thrilled and more than fortunate to have Liza Peck joining our dedicated team,” ACP Executive Director Adam Welch said. “Liza has exhibited her deep and sustained interest in the arts, education and our work in the community. Most importantly, Liza brings with her a knowledge and admiration of the town of Princeton and a deep and meaningful history with the Arts Council.”
Bryn Mawr Trust Wealth Management, 47 Hulfish Street, Suite 400, Princeton 08542. Jennifer Dempsey Fox, president. www.bmt.com.
WSFS Financial Corp., the parent company of Bryn Mawr Trust Wealth Management, has announced that Stephanie Saint-Cyr was named senior vice president, director of wealth advisory services in Princeton.
Saint-Cyr will serve as wealth adviser, working with wealth director Brian Taylor, for clients of the Princeton office. In her new role she will also lead all wealth advisers across the Bryn Mawr Trust Wealth Management footprint.
“Our clients and their overall experience are incredibly important to us, and we look forward to the positive impact Stephanie will have for them,” said Jennifer Dempsey Fox, president of Bryn Mawr Trust Wealth Management, in a statement. “In this role, Stephanie will help deepen the relationship and enhance the planning experience between our clients and their advisers who protect their assets and manage their complex trust matters. Her addition emphasizes our commitment to the Princeton area and to our clients.”
Saint-Cyr was most recently vice president and relationship manager at Wilmington Trust and has worked with high-net-worth clients and trusts and estates administration for more than 20 years.
“I am looking forward to working with the collaborative team at Bryn Mawr Trust Wealth Management to best meet our client needs in the Princeton area and across our entire portfolio,” Saint-Cyr said in a statement. “It is an exciting time to join with the recent combination of WSFS and Bryn Mawr, and I am eager to continue building upon their storied history of service.”
Capital Area YMCA, 431 Pennington Avenue, Trenton 08618. 609-599-9622. Ayo Marie Richardson, interim CEO. www.capitalymca.org.
The Capital Area YMCA in Trenton is celebrating the end of one era and the start of a new one. Daniel R. Brenna Jr., chair of the board who has served for past 15 years, has stepped down, and board member Patrick L. Ryan, president and CEO of First Bank, is assuming the role of chair.
During Brenna’s tenure, the Capital Area YMCA launched the Greenwood Avenue Farmers Market, which provided the Trenton community with access to healthy, fresh, and culturally appropriate food, while enhancing the buying power of families on government assistance. The partnership includes local, county and state organizations committed to creating a higher quality of life for working professionals, seniors, children and families.
“Organizations tend to be a reflection of their leadership,” said interim Capital Area YMCA CEO Ayo Marie Richardson. “On behalf of our staff, I would like to thank Dan for his leadership over the years. I would also like to welcome our new board chair, who has a long-standing record of giving back and building communities. Our organization provides vital youth development, nutritional, and educational services to our communities. Strong leadership is what helps us achieve our mission.”
“It was an honor to serve with a team of individuals who are driven by making tomorrow better,” Brenna said. “This organization is in great hands, so I’ll still be involved in the mission moving forward.”
“I look forward to continuing the legacy of Dan’s strong leadership,” Ryan said. “These are big shoes to fill but we have a great board and a great management team, so I know we’ll be successful.”
Acquisitions
Cranbury-based medical media company MJH Life Sciences has acquired media company CSC Events LLC of Baltimore, it announced February 21. CSC — short for Cannabis Science Conference — organizes and hosts scientific and medical cannabis events that include cannabis industry experts, instrument manufacturers, testing laboratories, research scientists, medical practitioners, policy-makers, and others.
CSC Events will become part of MJH’s cannabis portfolio, which also includes the Cannabis Science and Technology and Cannabis Patient Care multimedia platforms. Josh Crossney, the founder and CEO of CSC, will become the director of cannabis events at MJH and will continue leading CSC’s conferences.
“We are thrilled to procure the Cannabis Science Conference as we continue to offer the latest education on testing methods, groundbreaking research, best practices and patient stories that will hopefully continue to move the cannabis industry forward,” said Mike Hennessy Jr., CEO and president of MJH Life Sciences, in a statement.
“My team and I have worked tirelessly to reduce the stigma surrounding cannabis and to bridge the gaps between cannabis, science and medicine,” Crossney said in the statement. “I am very proud of the work Cannabis Science Conference has achieved globally, and I am excited to join forces with MJH Life Sciences to take it to the next level. With the power of MJH, we will expand on our original mission of advancing cannabis science and reach an even broader audience.”
Deaths
Mel A. Adlerman, 90, on February 20. After serving in the U.S. Army he joined his father’s insurance business, the Adlerman Agency — later known as Adlerman Click & Co — of which he served as managing partner until the business was sold in 1998. He then restarted the original Adlerman Agency.
Mary S. Halloran, 89, on February 26. She worked as a secretary at American Steel & Wire. She later worked as a secretary for the Diocese of Trenton.
Joyce F. Reed, 87, on February 25. She worked as a waitress at the Annex Restaurant in Princeton for 27 years.
Joseph C. Angelillo, 80, on February 25. He worked for the state Department of Community Affairs as a construction code inspector and was the proprietor of Trenton Tire Town.
Wilma M. Gruzlovic, 92, on February 24. She was an executive secretary at the Children’s Hospital of Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and later at Johnstone Training Center in Bordentown before retiring from the State of New Jersey after 30 years.
Mary S. Morino, 76, on February 20. Trained as a social worker, she later became active in environmental issues, opposing a proposed trash incinerator at the Homasote site in Ewing. She worked with the state Department of Environmental Protection and the EPA on other projects and was named by Senator Bill Bradley to a UN Commission addressing environmental impacts on local communities. She also served on the Ewing Township Zoning Board.
She also worked for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as the coordinator of the Ewing Township Senior Citizens program, and program coordinator and assistant superintendent of the Mercer County Correctional Center.
William H. McCarroll, 91, on February 23. He started his career at RCA Laboratories and later was a member of the chemistry department at Rider University.
Sara Mills Schwiebert, 86, on February 19. She was an elementary school teacher at Johnson Park School in Princeton and in the Lower School at Princeton Day School before becoming head of the Lower School, a position she held for more than 20 years.
