MOUNT OLIVE (12/15/06) – If there were any doubts about appointing five new members to take the reins of the seven member Library Board concerns were put to rest last week when the new board re-organized without a hitch.

Normally, the appointments are for periods so that one or two members are appointed every year.

The previous board had been a source of contention with the township’s governing body almost from the day the new library opened in January, 2005. It was mostly about control of the board’s finances.

When Mayor David Scapicchio took office last month there were two seats that hadn’t been filled by the former mayor, Richard DeLaRoche, and two seats, including that of the president, who had been appointed by DeLaRoche, had never won confirmation by the Township Council.

The president, Gerald Sheard, told Scapicchio he didn’t wish to be reappointed. The other member not re-appointed was Cathleen Sullivan.

Scapicchio, as mayor, is a constitutional member of the board and he named as his alternate, Chris Kenny, to succeed Robb Pearson, who was DeLaRoche’s alternate. The other constitutional member is Superintendent of Schools Dr. Rosalie Lamonte and her alternate is Noreen Risko. The only remaining member of the former board was Joan Young, who has been a member for five years. Her appointment expires December 31, 2007. She was the board’s treasurer.

The new members and their terms of office are: Judith Hirky of Budd Lake, December 31, 2008; Suzanne Jeska, December 31, 2009; Stephanie Sherman, December 31, 2010; and Stanley Miller. His appointment expires at the end of this month.

After introductions of the new members last Wednesday, the first order of business was the election of officers.

Three of the appointees are residents of the Flanders section of the township: Suzanne Jeska was elected president, Stephanie Sherman, vice president and Stanley Miller, secretary. Young will continue as treasurer. All of the elections were unanimous.

Suzanne, a mother of three, is a professional Web designer and president of her own business, (MRN Web Designs www.MRNwebdesigns.com.) She has lived in Mount Olive 12 years with her husband David, a director of Pearson Education of Upper Saddle River, a textbook publishing company. They have three children, Michael, 10; Rachel,7 and Nicole, 4. Michael and Rachel are enrolled in the Tinc School and Nicole, the Hillside Nursery School.

Suzanne is a former vice president of the Tinc School Parent Teachers Organization and manages the school’s Web site. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and holds a graduate degree from Perdue University.

She was born and raised in Chester and lived in Morris Plains a year before moving here. She is a lector in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Flanders and has taught Confirmation classes there for 12 years.

Judith Hirky was born in New York and has lived in Budd Lake 34 years. She still retains her wonderful New York accent. She presently is the Chairman of the township Environmental Committee, was a founding member of the Open Space Committee and has been a member of the Historical Society for 20 years. She also was one of the four women who conceptualized and got the effort moving for the purchase of Turkey Brook Park . Judith also served on the Planning Board in 1989. She is the widow of Theodore Hirky, has a daughter, Ann Elizabeth, a psychologist who lives and practices in New York.

Judith received her RN degree from Beth Israel School of Nursing in New York and a BA degree from Jersey City State College. She worked as the school nurse and was a teacher of Health Education at the Sandshore School for 20 years.

Stanley Miller has lived in Flanders with his wife, Tina, for 11 years. He has a background in marketing and sales. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Temple University and has taken additional courses in computer science and marketing at the County College of Morris.

Stephanie Sherman is a partner in the Family Wealth Management Group, LLC and an investment advisor representative of Prudential Financial Planning Services. She is a frequent lecturer on wealth management issues including charitable giving, estate planning, investment planning and asset allocation, education planning and retirement planning. She has been a member of the Million Dollar Round Table since 2003.

She is involved in the Gill Bernards’ School Parent Assn. Network, is Manager of the NJ Colonials Ice U 14 Girls Ice Hockey Team and the Jewish Community of Metrowest.

Stephanie also is the chairperson of the Book Club for Beyond 9 to 5 subgroup (professional women), part of the Epstein Leadership Program, recently co-chaired the Jewish Community Foundation all day financial seminar and was a founding member of the Jewish Community Women’s Foundation which is focused on, among other things, empowering women and girls.

She earned a Bachelor of Science in business degree in Accounting from Bucknell University and dual degrees from the American University; a Masters in Business Administration in Finance from the Kogod School of Business Administration and a Juris Doctor from the Washington College of Law.

Chris Kenny, a lifelong resident of Mount Olive, is a supervisor of special services in the Madison school system. He and his wife, Suzanne, have three grown children, Matthew, an artist in New York City; Chris, a history teacher in Morristown High School and Elizabeth (Betsy) a student in the University of Kansas.

He graduated from Benedictine College with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary/Special Education; an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from William Paterson University; and an M.A. degree in Human Service Leadership from the College of St. Elizabeth. He has his Supervisor Certification Program from Rutgers University and is certified as a principal, supervisor and teacher of the handicapped.

He also has a home study certification as the Complete Manager from Cornell University and a certification of Management Training from the Path Mark Corp. .