C-Change Conversations
C-Change Conversations, a non-partisan organization providing science-based climate change information, has announced that Molly Jones has joined the C-Change Conversations as the director of development and outreach.
Jones will support development and outreach efforts by promoting C-Change Primer presentations throughout the country and driving the organization’s mission to facilitate ongoing conversations about climate change. Developed in consultation with scientists, business leaders, and public policy experts, the C-Change Primer is a seminar that introduces the science of climate change and the impact it has on our health, economy, and global security.
To date, it has been shared with over 16,000 people across 30+ states.
“We look forward to tapping her considerable skills to help educate more people about the urgency of addressing climate change and sharing her insights from successfully leading community-based climate action with the C-Change network and others across the country,” C-Change founder and president Kathleen Biggins said.
Jones has spent two decades working with multiple nonprofit organizations, including the Watershed Institute in Hopewell and Sustainable Princeton. As executive director of Sustainable Princeton, Jones oversaw the development and implementation of the Princeton Climate Action Plan, an initiative that has united community efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the community’s resilience to the impacts of the changing climate.
More information: www.c-changeconversations.org.
Mercer Street Friends
The Quaker-affiliated, nonsectarian organization Mercer Street Friends has appointed two new leaders for their Board of Trustees, Gerald Delk and Bill Heinemann, as part of their equity work in the areas of food, families and education.
Mercer Street Friends has a mission to nourish minds and bodies, as well as empower families and communities by providing comprehensive programs to address poverty and the physical and emotional trauma that results for children, families and the community.
Delk is the vice president of education for Church Pension Group, an organization that provides financial services to members of the Episcopal Church, while Heinemann, a partner of Espenshade Nonprofit Consulting, is a returning member of the board.
“As a new trustee, Gerald, and returning trustee, Bill, are joining Mercer Street Friends at a time of growth,” Bernie Flynn, the CEO of Mercer Street Friends, notes. “They will help steer the organization during critical moments that determine the success of Mercer Street Friends’ ability to serve our neighbors in need. Their dedication to Mercer Street Friends, Trenton, and greater Mercer County will ensure that our mission remains strong and secure. We are thrilled to be working with Gerald and Bill and we thank them for joining the Board as we forge the future of Mercer Street Friends.”
More information: mercerstreetfriends.org.
Princeton Senior Resource Center
The Princeton Senior Resource Center (PSRC), a community nonprofit where aging adults and their families find support, guidance, education, and social programs, has named three new members of their Board of Directors: Bradley A. Bartolino, The Rev. Dr. Deborah K. Blanks, and Barbara Lawrence.
Bartolino is a licensed CPA and corporate controller for a privately held contract packaging and logistics company headquartered in Florence. He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Mount St. Mary’s University in 2009 and his master of accountancy degree from Rider University in 2010.
Previously, Bartolino served on the PSRC board from 2013 through 2019, and he is also the financial secretary of his local Knights of Columbus council in Allentown.
The Reverend Dr. Deborah K. Blanks has served as pastor of Princeton’s historic Mount Pisgah AME Church since 2019. Prior to her “first” pastoral appointment to Allen AME Church in White Plains, New York, Blanks was the associate dean of religious life and the chapel at Princeton University for nearly two decades.
Her professional and vocational ministry began initially as an active-duty United States Navy chaplain stationed at commands in Virginia, Florida, and North Carolina. She was honorably discharged at the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserves.
Blanks earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Douglass College at Rutgers University; her master of divinity from Turner Theological Seminary at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia; master of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary; and her doctor of ministry from Drew University in Madison.
Blanks currently serves as a trustee on the board of Princeton Community Housing, a group that advocates for safe and affordable housing in Princeton, as well as a member of the military services board for Centerstone, a national organization providing health care services to active-duty members and veterans.
Lawrence brings to PSRC her expertise as a strategic planner, nonprofit fundraising consultant, and a researcher with clients such as Trenton’s Free Public Library and the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers. She is also the former executive director at Princeton’s Newgrange School and director-at-large for the Princeton Photography Club, with past board experiences at entities like the Grounds for Sculpture.
Lawrence has a bachelor’s in chemistry from the University of Vermont, a Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale University, and is the co-author of the third edition of “The Nonprofit Policy Sampler.”
More information: princetonsenior.org.
