Board Member Bios

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2004. A resident of Clinton Township, Wise is President and Chief Executive Officer of Hunterdon Medical Center.

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2017. A resident of Readington, Bateman is the owner of Shoebox Computer Services, Inc. of Somerville.

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.

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 1986 and also served as Chairman from 2013-2015 and 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.  

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2014. A resident of Gladstone, Howes is a Partner with Howes & Howes Attorneys at Law in Raritan.

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2018. A resident of Stockton, Locandro and his wife Holly own and operate a construction company, Roger Locandro Jr., Inc.; Pun’kin Hollow Farms; and Energy Smarts Mechanical.

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2018. A resident of Basking Ridge, McNally is an attorney who most recently served as Senior Deputy Chief Counsel to Governor Chris Christie.

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2017. A resident of Bedminster, Nace is the owner of Partners 4 Educational Change, an international education consulting firm.

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2017. A resident of Basking Ridge, Rica has served as Partner/CFO of Rica Properties, LLC in Warren since 1990.

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2018. A resident of Whitehouse Station, Simon served two terms as a member of the NJ General Assembly.

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2014. A resident of Piscataway, Torres is the Interim Executive County Superintendent of Schools of Hunterdon and Somerset counties.

Member of the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2014. A resident of Montgomery Township, Windrem has more than 15 years of experience as a marketing professional in the pharmaceutical industry.

Alumni representative to the RVCC Board of Trustees since 2018. A resident of North Plainfield, Neira is a student at Rutgers University focusing on Finance and Leadership and Management.