BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Board of Trustees of the Community Refuge Education & Recreation Center (CRERC) is its governing body and is responsible for all affairs of the organization. This board represents an impressive cross-section of backgrounds, experiences, and vocations. 

CURRENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Pat Boddie: Financial Secretary - Community Refuge Church of Christ, Manalapan, NJ; Operations Director - Colson Services Corp., New York, NY

Shevaun Brown: Elementary School Teacher, NY City Public School System

Doreen Bryant: Entrepreneur - d.bryant Designs; Corporate Event Planner - Johnson & Johnson; Media and Marketing Team Leader - Bethel Emanuel Temple COGIC

Glenda Fitzpatrick: Administrative Assistant - Community Refuge Church of Christ, Manalapan, NJ

Rose Mintz: Director of Childcare Services, Community YMCA, Matawan, NJ

Debra Napier: Senior Administrator - New Brunswick Public School System; Member - Mt. Zion AME Church; Steward and Director - Youth Usher Board

Bishop Fred Rubin: Pastor - Community Refuge Church of Christ, Manalapan, NJ; Registrar and Instructor - WL Bonner College, Columbia, SC

Martin A. Scott: Senior Associate, Calyon Corporate & Investment Bank

Cortinzia Witcher: Director, Addie's Place, Lakewood, NJ

Lillian Woolfolk: Sunday School Teacher - Community Refuge Church of Christ, Manalapan, NJ;     
Director - South County Day Care Center, Helmetta, NJ

ADVISORY BOARD

Ernie Jackson: Pastor, First Pentecostal Church, San Francisco, CA

Nicole Lancaster: President/CEO - Yours & Mine, Inc.; Certified/Bonded Notary Public for the State of Pennsylvania

Donna Lee: Publicist, Selah Media, Los Angeles, CA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Carmen Rubin: Founder - Community Refuge Education and Recreation Center, Manalapan, NJ; Teacher - Freehold Learning Center Freehold, NJ

PROGRAM DIRECTORS

Lee Rubin: Former Captain - Penn State Football; Corporate Recruiting Professional

Natasha M. Rubin: Founder & Coordinator - Women of Purpose Book Club, Manalapan, NJ; Program Administrator - NJ Teen Prevention Education Program (Teen PEP), Princeton, NJ

LEGAL ADVISOR

Larry Shapiro: Attorney - Ansell, Zaro, Grimm and Aaron, Ocean, NJ