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RVCC Board of Trustees




Dr. Catherine McVicker
Catherine Hebson McVicker, Chair
Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 1986 and served as chair since November 2011. McVicker, a resident of Califon, is retired. She previously served as executive director of the Hunterdon Economic Partnership.



Peter Schoberl
Peter G. Schoberl, Vice Chair (Somerset)
A member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2009. A resident of Hillsborough, Schoberl serves as chairman, president and CEO of Community First Bank.




Robert Wise
Robert P. Wise, Vice Chair (Hunterdon)
A member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2004. A resident of Clinton Township, Wise is president and chief executive officer of Hunterdon Healthcare System.



Raymond Bateman
Raymond H. Bateman
Former chairman of the RVCC Board of Trustees for 25 years and member since 1979. Bateman, a resident of North Branch and former State Senator, is president of Public Affairs Consultants in Somerville.



Dr. Paul Hirsch
Paul J. Hirsch
Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 1986 and served as chairman from 2008-2011. Hirsch was instrumental in the establishment of the College’s Institute for Holocaust & Genocide Studies. Hirsch, a resident of Bridgewater, is an M.D. practicing at BioSport Orthopedics in Bridgewater.



Michael Kalafer
Michael Kalafer
Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2013. Kalafer, a resident of Somerset (Franklin Township), is retired. He previously served as president/partner of Flemington Chrysler and Dodge, president/partner of Flemington Infiniti, owner/chief executive officer of Clinton Honda, co-founder/co-owner of Somerset Patriots Baseball Club and a legislative aide to Assemblyman Peter J. Biondi.



Lisa Midgette
Lisa Midgette
A member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2011. A resident of Franklin Park, Midgette is an Assistant Vice President at Guy Carpenter & Company LLC.




Ella Rue
Ella Rue
A member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2011. A resident of Califon, Rue serves as Assistant to the Dean of the William J. Maxwell College of Arts and Sciences at New Jersey City University.



Dr. Frederic C. Sterritt
Frederic C. Sterritt, Treasurer
A member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2005. Sterritt, a resident of Neshanic Station, is an orthodontist at Raritan Valley Orthodontics with offices in Belle Mead, Raritan and Brunswick Valley.



Gerald J. Vernotica
Gerald J. Vernotica
A member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2013. A resident of Long Valley, Vernotica currently serves as the Interim Executive County Superintendent of Schools.



Tracy DiFrancesco Zaikov
Tracy DiFrancesco Zaikov, Secretary
Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2011. A resident of Watchung, Zaikov has 15 years of experience as a marketing, advertising and sales executive, most recently working as a sales representative for Merck & Co, Inc.



Maria Palar, Alumni Representative
Dianne Francel C. Bautista
Alumni Representative to the RVCC Board of Trustees for 2012-2013. A resident of Raritan, Bautista graduated from RVCC in May 2012. She is continuing her education at Ramapo College of New Jersey.