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Dotty Porcaro

Board President

  • Elected to the Board in November 2011
  • Served as Vice President in 2013
  • Chosen to be President in 2014 and have held that position ever since
  • Manalapan resident for almost 30 years
  • Married to husband Ken and proud parent of a daughter and a son who both graduated from the district
  • 1st Grade CCD teacher at St Thomas More Parish
  • A member of the Manalapan Englishtown Community Alliance for the Prevention of Drugs and Alcohol, Manalapan Township Special Needs Committee and Monmouth County Medical Reserve Team

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Brian Graime

Vice President

Elected to Board in 2010
2 children in district schools
Manalapan Resident since 2002
Attended University of Maryland
Active in Manalapan Baseball and Softball

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Lori Semel

Member

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Gerald Bruno

Member

  • Board member since 2014
  • Resident of Manalapan since 1994
  • Served 25 years with the Manalapan Township Police Department 
  • Married with three children who all attended Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Schools
  • Member of the Accident Review Board
  • Works in both private and government security 

 

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David Kane

Member

  • Member of the Board of Education since January of 2020
  • Previously, served a three year term as an elected member of the Manalapan Township Committee
  • Appointed member of Manalapan’s Planning Board and Environmental Commission
  • An attorney since 2008 after attending Rutgers University and then Boston University School of Law
  • Moved with his wife to Manalapan in 2011 and now have three children
 

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Christine Parisi

Member

  • Elected to Board in November 2013
  • Three children who attended district schools
  • Current teacher in public education
  • Ex-officio trustee for The Foundation for MERS
  • Member of the Board of Education Accident Review Committee
  • Member of the Board of Education School Reopening Committee
  • Member of the Board of Education Graduation Committee - 2020
  • Delegate Assembly Member

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Joanne Schechter

Member

First elected to the Board of Education in 2012
Lived in Manalapan for 53 years and graduated from our schools
Involved with PTA's and Girl Scouts
College daughter is also a graduate of our schools

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Ryan Urgo

Member

Board Elected in 2020

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John D'Amato

Member

Elected to the board in 2021

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Veronica Wolf

Board Secretary

Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Schools Business Administrator Board Secretary since 2008
Former Assistant Business Administrator in Manalapan-Englishtown for 8 years