Board of Trustees

Appel Farm is accepting nominations for it’s Board of Trustees!

Appel Farm Board of Trustees

*Executive Committee = Officers and Committee Chairs

Officers

Danielle Shylit, President*
Vice President of Academic Affairs, String Theory School of Design
Director of Innovation, String Theory Schools
Committees: Executive (Chair), IDEA

Lourdes Starr, Vice President*
President & CEO, Astral Artists
Committees: IDEA (Chair), Nominating and Governance

Darin Pfiefer, Secretary
Associate Vice President, Administration and Protocol, Drexel University
Committees: Executive, Nominating and Governance, Finance

Denise Hayman-Loa, Treasurer*
Owner, Acadia Farm
CEO, Carii, Inc.
Committees: Finance (Chair), Executive

Trustees

Katie Babin*
Chief Administrator, Congregation Beth Torah
Committees: Fundraising/Outreach, Finance

Bob Cimprich*
Retired, Information Systems Strategy
Committees: Facilities (Chair)

Ronnie Cimprich, VMD
Retired, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Committees: Nominating and Governance, Fundraising/Outreach

Lauren Cordova
Program Associate, Education Programs and John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution, Morris K. & Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Committees: IDEA, Fundraising/Outreach

Emma Frost, MD
Doctor of Medicine, Neurology, Cooper University Health Care
Committees: Facilities, Nominating and Governance

Maury Peiperl*
Dean of the Business School, George Mason University
Committees: Nomating and Governance (Chair)

Kelli Randle
Income Maintenance Administrator 1, Commonwealth of PA
Committees: IDEA

Olivia Roche
Complex Commercial Litigation Law Clerk, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Committees: Fundraising/Outreach

Matt Rose*
Photographer and Lecture/Adjunct Faculty California
Polytechnic University, Pomona – College of ENV
Committees: Programming (Chair), Fundraising/Outreach, Facilities

Gina M. Roswell, Esq.
Partner, Brown & Connery, LLP
Committees: Executive (Legal), Finance

Craig Getting, Ex Officio
Executive Leader of Advancement, Appel Farm
Committees: Nominating and Governance, Fundraising/Outreach

Kristina Hill, Ex Officio
Executive Leader of Education, Appel Farm
Committees: Programming, IDEA

Dani Cooke, Ex Officio
Executive Leader of Infrastructure, Appel Farm
Committees: Facilities

Advisory Board

Toby Appel
Viola & Chamber Music Teacher, The Juilliard School
Violinist, Violist, and Narrator
Committees: IDEA, Facilities

The Honorable Jack Cimprich
Former Mayor, Upper Pittsgrove Township

Dr. Wally Kappeler, Ex Officio
Principal, Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School

AD HOC Facilities Committee Members:

David Descalzi, Chair
Owner/Director, Asphalt Solutions LLC

If you would like to contact a member of our Board, please email board@appelfarm.org.