Christina Cecchi ’85, President, Board of Trustees joined the board in 2011 and has been an active member of the Development, Buildings and Grounds, Trustees, and Strategic Planning Committees. While Vice President, Christina served as Chair of the Head of School Search Committee and was a key member of the Rowan Hall Building Committee. Prior to joining the Board, Christina was a Member at Large of the Society of Graduates and a volunteer in the Development Office since 2003. In addition to being an alumna and a lifer, she has two children, Sabina’ 21 and Daria ’24 enrolled at Doane Academy since Kindergarten and PreK. Christina has a BA in Economics and Italian Literature and a MBA in Marketing/Market Research. Christina owns and manages several small real estate holding companies and Networking Matters, Inc., an IT consulting firm specializing in the design, building, implementing and managing of LAN and WAN infrastructure. Clients include independent schools, public schools, universities, healthcare and sports venues. Christina was previously the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Operations at LSI Group, a consulting group specializing in association marketing, direct response, marketing plans, business development and business plans for insurance companies, banks and associations. Christina is also a former adjunct Professor of Micro Economics at Rutgers Camden.

Joseph M. Garemore ‘85 is a partner with the law firm Brown & Connery, LLP, in Woodbury, New Jersey and concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, including litigation in the Bankruptcy Court and matters relating to creditors' rights, and in business transactions. Joe attended St Mary’s Hall -Doane Academy from 1978-1985, where he played varsity baseball and soccer, participated in the Quiz Bowl team, and served as class vice president and was the 1985 recipient of the Head Boy cup. Joe graduated from Franklin & Marshall College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, and earned his law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, where he served as an Associate Editor of the Rutgers Law Journal. After law school, Joe served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Myron H. Gottlieb of the Superior Court of New Jersey in Burlington County. Joe is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and also before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the New Jersey and Burlington County Bar Associations, as well as the American Bankruptcy Institute and is certified by the American Board of Certification as a Creditors' Rights Specialist. Joe joined the Doane Academy board in 2016. He is the board Secretary, chairman of the Finance Committee, and the Vice President of the Society of Graduates. Joe is also actively involved at the Epworth United Methodist Church in Palmyra where he is the Chairman of the Staff-Parish Relations Committee. Joe lives in Cherry Hill with his wife Holly, daughter Grace and son, Tim, Doane Academy class of ’19.

Jeanette Smith Cureton ’63 joined the board in 2015, serves on the Committee on Trustees, which she previously chaired, and on the Head Relations Committee. Jeanette is a retired higher education researcher, author, and lecturer. Independently and with scholar Arthur Levine, she conducted national research on contemporary college students, resulting in a jointly authored book, a series of journal articles, and more than 30 presentations. She also worked as a research assistant at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and as assistant to the president at Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts. More recently, she completed nine years as a Trustee of Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, and currently serves on the Vestry of Bruton Parish Episcopal Church in Williamsburg, Virginia. Jeanette is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bates College, holds Master’s degrees from both Johns Hopkins and Harvard Universities, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Elmhurst College in Illinois. Together with her husband Bryant, president for 14 years of that liberal arts college in suburban Chicago, she thoroughly immersed herself in campus and community life and in the national work of the Council of Independent Colleges. Prior to being active in higher education circles, Jeanette had teaching experience at the high school level. While a student at St. Mary’s Hall, Jeanette was the first exchange student to attend its then-sister school by the same name in Brighton, England. She was married in the Chapel of the Holy Innocents and is following a family tradition as her father also served on the school’s Board of Trustees.

Kelly Dun is the Executive Director of the Give Something Back Foundation (GSBF) based in Pennington, NJ. GSBF provides support and scholarships to help low income high school students get to and through college. Kelly is currently overseeing the foundation’s expansion into the mid-Atlantic states. Kelly Dun joined the Doane Academy board in 2015 and serves on the Strategic Planning Committee. Kelly brings a wide range of independent school experience to the board. Kelly earned a M.S.Ed., Educational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Spanish Language and Literature from the University of New Hampshire. Before moving to the non-profit sector, Kelly worked at multiple independent schools for 25 years with experience in teaching, leadership, admissions and financial aid. Kelly was the Director of Enrollment Management at Princeton Day School for 12 years and during that time, she was active in state and national admission organizations, including being co-chair of the Admission Leadership Council for SSATB. Kelly also has presented at multiple enrollment workshops for independent schools and has provided consulting services for several east coast independent schools. Kelly, her husband, and their two children reside in Hopewell, NJ.

Alita T. Wingfield is an Executive Director and Global Head of Compliance Training and Governance at Morgan Stanley. Previously, she was the Head of Bank Non-Market Risk at Morgan Stanley Bank N.A. She started her career at Morgan Stanley as the Managing Attorney of the Global Litigation Group. She is the former Chair of the Legal and Compliance Division’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee where she also served as Chair of the Supplier Diversity Initiative, aimed at increasing use of minority and women-owned law firms. In recognition of her diversity and inclusion efforts, Ms. Wingfield was awarded the 2013 New York City Bar Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award and the 2013 Corporate Counsel Women of Color Individual Star Diversity Award of Excellence.

Ms. Wingfield is on the Board of Directors of Sanctuary for Families and is also on the Advisory Council of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF), a nonprofit trade association comprised of minority and women-owned law firms. She graduated from Spelman College, summa cum laude, with a B.A. in Political Science. She also holds a J.D. from Howard University School of Law, cum laude. She has also earned an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy, cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law.

Ms. Wingfield and her husband are residents of Burlington and have four children, including two who are students at Doane Academy.

Ted de Villafranca comes to the Board with 30 years of experience in all areas of admissions work, from selective college and university admissions to independent boarding school admissions. He worked at the Peddie School for 17 years as the Director of College Counseling and later as Dean of Admissions and College Counseling. He also served on the Arts Faculty as a choral director. Mr. de Villafranca directed the college counseling program at Berkshire School, where he was also Sixth Form Dean and advisor to the newspaper and tennis coach. He also directed the college counseling program at Virginia Episcopal School, where he was a dorm parent, tennis coach, and English teacher.

Prior to college counseling, Mr. de Villafranca worked in college admissions at Manhattanville College and the University of Richmond. Known within the admission and counseling community as someone who works tirelessly for his students, Mr. de Villafranca has a broad and deep network both in the United States and Canada. Mr. de Villafranca, having traveled and recruited abroad, knows school systems far and wide. He has presented at national and regional conferences and sits on the advisory board of the Fiske Guide to Colleges. Often quoted in the New York Times, Mr. de Villafranca most recently served as their on-line expert for college admissions. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the American Gap Association.

Mr. de Villafranca is a graduate of the Kent School in Connecticut. He earned his undergraduate degree from Rhodes College and a master's from Columbia University. He is also a graduate of Harvard's Summer Institute on College Admissions.

Shaniece Johnson is a mother, wife, and successful business entrepreneur. From 2007 through 2010, she was the owner and operator of a Coldstone Creamery in Hamilton, New Jersey. As such, she was involved in all aspects of the business, including but not limited to financial strategies, management, marketing, staffing, and growth.

Since 2008, Mrs. Johnson she has been a proprietor of K Johnson Enterprises, LLC. (KJE), located in Bordentown, New Jersey. KJE is a company that focuses on Health and Wellness in all its various aspects. KJE’s Team Campus in Bordentown, New Jersey is comprised of an 80,000 Sq. Ft., state of the art fitness facility, three medical office buildings, and a retail location.

In 2016, Team85 Fitness & Wellness, LLC, was opened by Mrs. Johnson, who has been responsible for ensuring the Health Club’s success. Team85 employs almost 200 individuals, and Mrs. Johnson helps to oversee all the individual job functions and the financial aspects of the company.

In addition to her familial responsibilities and professional accomplishments, Mrs. Johnson is heavily involved in her community. Since 2015 she has been the Youth Director of the Greater Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church located in Hamilton, New Jersey. In 2016, Mrs. Johnson was appointed as a Trustee of the church, where she assists with the finance and upkeep of the church’s facilities.

Mrs. Johnson and her husband, Kevin, have been active in the Doane community for many years and are the parents of three children, including their daughter, who currently attends Doane Academy in grade six.

Holding the position of Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University (2018-19), Dr. Adam Potkay ‘78 comes to us with over 40 years of teaching experience. Dr. Potkay is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Humanities at the College of William and Mary. He has been a Visiting Professor at Columbia University, Washington University, and the University of Aberdeen. His writings explore literature's connections to ethics, theology, and rhetoric. His most recent books are "The Story of Joy from the Bible to Late Romanticism" (Cambridge, 2007), awarded the Harry Levin Prize by the American Comparative Literature Association, and "Wordsworth's Ethics" (Johns Hopkins, 2012). While at Princeton he will be working on "Hope: A Literary History."

Dr. Potkay specializes in eighteenth-century and Romantic literature at the William and Mary, where he has taught since 1990; his appointment as William R. Kenan Professor of Humanities began in August 2009. He was Chair of the department from July 2013 to June 2016. Professor Potkay is the recipient of numerous honors for teaching and scholarship; he is a prolific writer and the author of An Education on the Delaware: St. Mary’s Hall and Doane Academy, 1937-1999.

Dr. Potkay, a 1978 graduate of St. Mary’s Hall - Doane Academy, holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University, in English, an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University in English, and a B.A. from Cornell University, Arts & Sciences.