REMS Task Force Members

Patrick Piegari, Ed.D.
Middlesex County Executive Superintendent of Schools

Karen McCloud-Hjazeh, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Middlesex County Vocational-Technical Schools (LEA for REMS)

Brian Loughlin
Assistant Superintendent
Middlesex County Vocational-Technical Schools (LEA)

Gail Reynolds, LCSW, Ed.D.
Project Director-REMS

James Polos
Freeholder, Middlesex County

John Pulomena
Freeholder, Middlesex County

Christopher Rafano
Freeholder, Middlesex County

Marcia Sass
Assistant Professor
UMDNJ-NJ Center for Public Health Preparedness
(Evaluator for REMS)

David Papi
Director, Middlesex County Public Health 

John Dowd
Middlesex County Public Health

Stephanie Brown
Middlesex County Public Health

Richard Leatherow
Sergeant, Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office

Rory Zach
Coordinator, Middlesex County Emergency
Management

Lori Dillon
Director, Middlesex County Human Services
Division of Behavioral Health & Children’s Services

Wanda Dillon
Administrator
Middlesex County Human Services
Office of Children’s Services

Penny Grande
Division of Behaviorial Health and Children’s Services
Middlesex County Department of Human Services

Theresa Sinatra-Pollifrone
Superintendent of Schools, Metuchen Public Schools

Thomas Collow
Chief of Police
Old Bridge Township

Donna Amundson
LCSW Program Manager
UMDNJ-Traumatic Loss Coalitions for Youth