Board Members

 

Our Board of Trustees

Nicole Jackson, President Kathy Mone, Board Member Salvatore Risalvato, Treasurer Sam Mikhail, Board Member
Nicole Jackson
President
Kathy Mone
Board Member
Salvatore Risalvato
Treasurer
Sam Mikhail
Board Member
Nicole Jackson is an Operations Manager at HealthEquity, a provider of tax-advantaged employee benefits, such as consumer-directed accounts for healthcare and commuting expenses. She is also the mother of two BelovED students and a former officer of its Parents-Teacher Organization.
 Kathy Mone holds a Masters in Public Administration/Education Policy from Columbia University.  She served for 22 years at the New York City Board of Education as Deputy Budget Director for Special Education and Unit Budget Director for Bronx and Manhattan Schools as well as in the Division of School Facilities.  She has also served as School Business Administrator at Elysian Charter School, Ethical Community Charter School and Hatikvah Charter School in Hoboken, NJ, and provided volunteer, pre-opening business administration support for BelovED before becoming our founding Treasurer of Public School Moneys. More recently, Ms. Mone has served as Finance Manager for Academic Affairs at the City University of New York and as a consultant with The Center for Educational Innovation. Sal Risalvato is Executive Director of the Gasoline Retailers, Convenience Store, and Automotive Association of New Jersey and is a strong believer that business should support efforts to improve public education. Sam Mikhail is CEO of Jungle Communications (a full-service boutique Advertising Agency) and Executive Editor of EverythingJerseyCity.com (a City Guide & Destination site). He has over 30 years experience in marketing, advertising, media and an extensive background in radio broadcasting. Sam has developed marketing strategy, media plans and brand support for hundreds of organizations around the country and is also very involved with many community organizations in and around Jersey City. He and his wife Francine along with their 3 kids have been proud Jersey City residents their entire lives.
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John Giotis
Board Member




 John Giotis has been an educator focusing on urban and immigrant communities his entire career. John has been a classroom teacher as well as a Headmaster and currently serves on various boards in New Jersey. In addition, John is fluent in English, Greek, and Spanish, and is in the process of becoming fluent in Italian as well. In his spare time John enjoys traveling throughout Europe and the Caribbean. He lives in Raritan Township with his wife Karen and their daughters Isabella and Katerina.
 

Community Leaders Who Support Beloved

Bret Schundler, Former Mayor of Jersey City Kathryn Narramore, Assistant Professor of English at Hunter College in New York City
 
Bret Schundler Kathryn Narramore    
Bret Schundler, a former Mayor of Jersey City and Commissioner of Education for the State of New Jersey, has established an independent charitable organization, the Beloved Community Charter School Foundation, to raise money in support of our School.

 

Kathryn Narramore, an Assistant Professor of English at Hunter College in New York City and a Jersey City mother of three, was our Qualifying Founder and is now supporting the School through serving as the Beloved Community Charter School Foundation's Treasurer.