Andrea Colangelo is a Family Founder and Board Director, serving in the roles of Vice President and Secretary. The mother of Christopher, Andrea and her husband James started the Christopher Colangelo Home Care Fund at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital after their son's death in 1981. The Home Care Fund, designed to help families largely with palliative care, was the earliest seed of the Family Reach Foundation. In her full-time career, Andrea serves as the District Supervisor for Special Education for the Perth Amboy Board of Education in New Jersey. She provides management and development of staff administering special education programs for grades seven through twelve. Andrea holds Masters degrees in Psychology and Administration Supervision. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Saturday Morning Family Program and resides in Union, NJ with her husband James.
Lucille Ditta
Lucille Ditta is a Board Director, serving in key roles including a member of the Fundraising and Family Case Review committees. Lucille has led several recent efforts to tap into new individual and business sponsors for the Foundation and helped achieve record fund raising results with a number of events. In her full-time career, Lucille serves as a Securities Trader with Wien Securities Corporation in Jersey City, NJ. She resides in Berkeley Heights, NJ with her husband Vincent.
Richard J. Morello
Rick Morello is the President and volunteer Executive Director of Family Reach Foundation. The brother of Kristine, Rick manages the overall strategic direction of the organization and manages a number of day-to-day activities including marketing, financial and business development functions. In his full-time job, Rick serves on the management team of Proventys, a venture-backed company that provides cutting-edge risk prediction models and decision support to clinicians in oncology, emergency medicine and other areas. Prior to Proventys, Rick was the Vice President and Managing Director of the Strategic Initiatives Division of Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. He also served as CEO of Veraxa Health, a company founded by Joslin to develop and market a breakthrough retinal imaging device for detection and management of diabetic eye disease. Before joining Joslin, Rick was a partner in the strategy and healthcare practice at Mercer Management Consulting where he managed engagements with large pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer products companies.
Rick received a B.A. degree in economics from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
John Priori
John Priori is a Board Director, serving in key roles including the Chair of the Programming and Events committee. John was instrumental in creating one of Family Reach's primary fundraising sources through the annual Friends of the Colangelo/Morello-Wiatrak Cancer Fund in 2000. The event is now under the formal umbrella of Family Reach and will continue as a hallmark fundraiser. In his full-time career, John has spent 28 years in healthcare services. He is a licensed physical therapist and currently serves as the Manager of Acute, Sub-Acute and Long-term Care in Rehabilitation Services of St. Clare's Health System in New Jersey. John resides in Randolph, NJ with his wife Marilyn.
Donna Cunningham
Donna Cunningham serves as Treasurer of Family Reach Foundation and is a member of the Board of Directors. She has been an active advisor and volunteer for the foundation for several years. She has been involved with many fundraising events for Family Reach and her agency is a corporate sponsor for many of Family Reach's annual events.
Donna is president of ADP/Statewide Insurance Agencies, Inc. in Cedar Knolls, NJ. She also serves as a Vice President of the Professional Insurance Agents of NJ and serves on its Board of Directors. Donna serves on several insurance company/agent councils. She is past president of the Orange Chamber of Commerce, the Manton B. Metcalf Memorial Association, and the Orange Head Start Program. Donna resides in Florham Park, NJ.
Paul Monacelli
Molly Ginish
Molly Ginish Nazzaro is a Board Director, serving in key roles including Event Chairperson and Advertising/Marketing Consultant. She has been instrumental in increasing our brand awareness and extending our fundraising network.
Molly is Founder and President of Imagery II, a promotional consulting company serving corporations, nonprofit organizations and educational institutes across the country. She served on the Board of Directors of the Specialty Advertising Association of Greater NY. Molly currently is a trustee for the SAAGNY Foundation and recently was honored with the Sam Turkus Volunteer of the Year Award. She has served and chaired on various committees for the National Promotional Products Association, was an advisor for the Promotional Products Wearables Board, and is on the Editorial Council for the National Promotional Products PPB Publication. Molly is the co-founder of SBW, a Women's Business Group that is the first in the Promotional Product Industry.
Molly received her BS from Maryland University. She lives in Wyckoff NJ with husband Roger, and her two children Jonathan and Alexis.
