Executive Director
Nancy Gagnier

Program Director
Audrey Rowe

Officers
(Officers are trustees elected by their peers to serve for one year leadership terms)

William "Chip" Madsen, Chair
Alice Baldwin-Jones, Vice Chair
Carol Barry-Austin, Vice Chair
Bruno Lee, Vice Chair
Barbara Heisler Williams, Vice Chair
Meredith Sue Willis, Vice Chair

Ex officio trustees are appointed by their elected bodies to serve one-year terms as Coalition trustees and serve as liaisons between the Coalition and their respective elected body.

Committees

• Financial Incentives Committee explores programs that use a variety of incentives to support pro-integrative real estate activity. Work on this committee involves researching programs and determining their applicability to our community.

• Interfaith Outreach Committee works with the faith communities of our towns to engender support and to serve as a vehicle for further communicating our goals.

• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Committee suggests particular methods for assessing performance and impact of Coalition initiatives. This committee serves to identify baseline data and methods for updating and comparing sales activity, rental activity, housing prices, and the effectiveness of our brokers and marketing programs.

  A subcommittee of MER, the Real Estate Practices Committee works with a regional fair housing council, MUSE, to ensure compliance with fair housing standards.

• Neighborhood Association and Civic Life Committee focuses on the development and support of neighborhood associations and specific ways to promote greater participation by all sectors of our community in the general civic life of the Maplewood and South Orange community.

• Ordinance Review Committee compares and contrasts our municipal ordinances with model ordinances in several areas in order to encourage ordinances that support pro-integrative moves and up-keep of housing stock.

• Promotions/Marketing Committee is charged with leading our marketing program to raise awareness of the special qualities Maplewood and South Orange have to offer. This committee serves as the major public communicator for Coalition events, issuing relevant press releases and community communications and works with our publicist to generate national press about our community.

  This committee has formed two subcommittees. One is made up of real estate professionals in our two towns who work as advisors to several of our committees to assist us in reaching our goals. The other focuses on College and Corporate relocation offices. The committee also supervises the Coalition advertising, literature, realtor relations programs and web site.

• Schools Committee is charged with working toward seeing the school district stably integrated overall, within academic levels, and within schools. It works toward a time when students of all races are expected and encouraged to excel in a community that is proud and supportive of its students.

• Touring Committee conducts one-hour South Orange-Maplewood tours for prospective home buyers and follows up with potential neighbors who have received our information packet or tour.

• Finance & Development Committee This committee provides support and oversight of the financial affairs of the Coalition by working closely with the Executive Director on: Budgeting, Regular review of spending, Regular financial reporting to the Coalition Board, municipalities, foundations, and the community at large, and Maintaining tax exempt status. The committee also works to assure adequate funding for Coalition activities from: Municipal governments, Foundations, Community members, Coalition trustees, Private donors, Fund raising events.