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Board of Trustees
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Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House
Board of Trustees and Officers
About the Board
The mission of the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House is to restore, develop and operate the Vanderveer House property, significant in United States military history, as a nationally important historic site and an educational and community resource
Effective January 2010
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
- President - John Smith - Personnel Committee (Chair), Long Range Planning Committee, Bylaws Committee
- 1st Vice President - Leslie Mole - Development Committee, Colonial Christmas Committee, Long Range Planning (Chair), Furniture Committee, Personnel Committee
- 2nd Vice President - Doal Sanderson -Long Range Planning Committee, Exhibit Design Committee, Nominating
Committee (Chair), Personnel Committee, Bylaws Committee
- Treasurer - Karen Mlynarksi - Finance & Budget Committee (Chair), Public Education Committee
- Assistant Treasurer - Diane Gibson - Development Committee (Chair), Colonial Christmas (Chair), Finance & Budget Committee
- Secretary - Robin Ray - Development Committee, Colonial Christmas (logistics & student tours), Public Education Committee, Bylaws Committee
BOARD AT LARGE:
- Tina Anagnostis - Communications Committee (Newsletter), Public Education Committee
- Brooks Betz - Communications Committee (Webmaster), Public Education Committee (Docents), Long Range Planning Committee, Exhibit Design Committee
- Diane Covello - Colonial Christmas Committee, Furniture Acquisition Committee
- Madeleine Fleming - Development Committee, Long Range Planning Committee, Furniture Acquisitions (Chair)
- Jeanne Galbraith - Colonial Christmas Committee, Exhibit Design Committee, Furniture Acquisition Committee
- Julie Goetz - Public Education Committee, Long Range Planning Committee, Exhibit Design Committee, Nominating Committee
- LeeAnne Lan - Communications Committee (Chair), Colonial Christmas (Boutiques Chair), Furniture Acquisitions Committee, Bylaws Committee
- Jeanne Maass - Long Range Planning Committee, Nominating Committee
- Clair Martin - Development Committee, Finance & Budget Committee, Long Range Planning Committee, Nominating Committee
- Chris Merton - Development Committee, Public Education Committee, Exhibit Design Committee
- Jay Petrillo - Public Education Committee, Finance & Budget Committee, Personnel Committee, Bylaws Committee (Chair)
- John Philips - Public Education Committee (Chair), Exhibit Design Committee
- Dan Powell - Exhibit Design Committee
- Marthe Smith - Communications Committee (Photo Imagery), Exhibit Design (Chair)
- Doug Stevinson - Finance & Budget Committee, Personnel Committee, Bylaws Committee
- Nancy Weeks - Colonial Christmas (Cocktail Party Chair), Furniture Acquisitions Committee, Bylaws Committee
CONSULTANTS:
- Phyllis Shapiro - Development Committee, Finance & Budget Committee, Personnel Committee
HONORARY & ADVISORY BOARDS:
- Advisory Trustees: Joe Metelski (Honorary Chairman), Laurie Brueckner
- Honorary Trustees: Grania Allport, Pam Vanderveer Jeanes, Nancy Pyne, Ellen Vreeland
- Honorary Chairman of the Board: Christopher Kip Forbes
About the Board
There shall be a Board of Trustees which shall meet regularly to conduct official business:
To formulate and implement policies and plans and to raise and manage the funds necessary for this purpose.
Board Limitations
The Board of Trustees shall consist of not more than twenty four (24) Trustees, who must be individual members of The Friends, and shall include a representative of the Bedminster Township Committee and at least one and not more than two members of the Bedminster Township Historic Preservation Commission. The Trustees shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Friends.
Terms
Approximately one-third (1/3) of the membership of the Board of Trustees shall be elected each year for a term of 3 years. A full term of office begins with the installation at the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held immediately following the Annual Meeting of The Friends.
Vacancies
A vacancy on the Board of Trustees shall be filled by the President with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Any Trustee so appointed shall hold office until the next succeeding Annual Meeting or until election of a successor.
Succession
No Trustee shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.
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About the Vanderveer/Knox House & Museum
& the Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment
For over two centuries, the Jacobus Vanderveer House has been at the center of Bedminster Township’s rich and colorful history. The house is the last surviving building in Bedminster associated with the Vanderveer's, a family prominent in Bedminster Township history from its earliest settlement through the mid 19th century.
The Vanderveer house served as headquarters for General Henry Knox during the winter of 1778-79, when the Continental Army artillery was located in the village of Pluckemin during the Revolutionary War's Second Middlebrook Encampment. The house is the only known building still standing that was associated with the Pluckemin Artillery Cantonment. The artillery park and military academy is considered to be the first installation in America to train officers in engineering and artillery and predates the United States Military Academy at West Point (est.1802) by twenty four years.
The Vanderveer family house was later enlarged with two additions in the nineteenth century, remodeled in the twentieth century, and subsequently abandoned. The Township of Bedminster purchased the home and the surrounding area as part of River Road Park in 1989. The home has been restored by The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House, a non-profit group of inspired volunteers dedicated to use the home as a museum and educational center.
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The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House |
P.O. Box 723, Bedminster, New Jersey 07921-0723
908 - 212 - 7000 ext. 611 |
| www.jvanderveerhouse.com |
info@jvanderveerhouse.com |
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