With her husband, Mark, built the South Brunswick High School music program into a robust, nationally recognized and award-winning program over the past nearly 40 years with the District Retired in 2019 as the South Brunswick Choir Director Created a highly regarded and accomplished program with numerous performances at Carnegie Hall and at Library functions Visual Designer and … [Read more...]
Joyce Greenberg Lott
Born in 1938 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She earned her BA Degree at Douglass College in 1976, and a Masters of Arts Degree at Rutgers University in 1979 Was an English teacher at South Brunswick High School for 25 years. She founded the Creative Writing program there. She also wrote a book, A TEACHER'S STORIES, in 1994, about her experiences there Joyce Lott's chapbooks of poems are … [Read more...]
Andrea Brachfeld
Andrea Brachfeld started playing the piano at age six. At age ten she took up the flute in school. She entered the High School of Music and Art in 1969 and majored in the flute. While there, she got to play with such notables as Noel Pointer, Nat Adderly, Jr., Dave Valentin, Earl Macintyre, and Buddy Williams Her first jazz gig was at St. Peter's Church when she was sixteen. At this time, … [Read more...]
Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen is a 1970 graduate of South Brunswick High School and a 1974 graduate of Barnard College Worked as a reporter for the NEW YORK POST starting in 1974. She became a noted journalist and opinion columnist. Her NEW YORK TIMES column, "Public and Private," won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992 Left journalism to become a full-time novelist in the 1990s. Her … [Read more...]
Shirley Osipov
Shirley Osipov moved to South Brunswick in 1999. Around that time she founded a local chapter of Community Renewal. As Director, she was able to create seventy-five successful outreach programs connecting one group to another, such as high school students and senior citizens Was named the United Way of Central Jersey Hometown Hero of the Year in the Individual Adult Volunteer category on … [Read more...]
Dr. Genevieve Kumapley
Dr. Genevieve Kumapley is the Founder and Executive Director of MyGOAL Autism. MyGOAL Autism is an organization that exists to help people and families facing autism. This is done through education and providing connections to support, treatment, and advocacy for individuals in the autistic community Received her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree with Honors from the University of Illinois at … [Read more...]
Joyce Mehta
Is currently serving as Commissioner on the South Brunswick Commission on Women and the South Brunswick Board of Education Has worked with parents, students, and teachers to advocate for awareness of mental health and stress. This resulted in the District’s Homework Policy and Homework Free Holidays Was instrumental in organizing the South Brunswick Domestic Violence Awareness Walk … [Read more...]
Anne Zeman
Anne Zeman is an author who has spent her career in the publishing field Helped found and is the current Chair of the Kingston Village Advisory Committee Received the Barry Indik Memorial Award for her service to the South Brunswick Community Is a founding trustee of the Kingston Historical Society Is a longtime member of the League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area which … [Read more...]
Stella Andrassy
Stella Kuylenstierna Andrassy was a countess originally from Sweden. She emigrated to Hungary but had to flee with her husband, Count Imre Andrassy, when the Russians took over in 1945 Countess Andrassy came to New York City in 1948 and started writing a book on her specialty--solar energy devices In 1959, she and her husband moved to Kingston in order for her to be able to work for … [Read more...]
Debra Johnson
Debra M.S. Johnson immigrated to the United States from Jamaica in 1970 and moved to South Brunswick in 1972 Became Township Committeewoman in 1994 Became the first directly elected black mayor in 1997 Served on many South Brunswick Boards and Commissions such as the Planning Board, the Affordable Housing Commission, and the Women’s Commission. Served as liaison to various Township … [Read more...]
