MEF's Trustees
| John Dux - Chairman | John Dux is a parent of two graduates of Millbrook High School. He’s an engineer at IBM in East Fishkill, NY, he and his wife Abby live in Millbrook, NY. |
| Dr. Jan Robinson Peterson -Vice Chairman | Jan E. Robinson Peterson, DVM, is the parent of two Millbrook High School students. She operates Hudson Valley Veterinary Imaging, PLLC. Her husband, Dr. Alan Peterson, is the owner of Community Animal Hospital. Their family resides in Clinton Corners. |
| Tom Donovan - Treasurer | Tom Donovan is a parent of three graduates and one high school student of Millbrook High School. He’s an engineer at IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY, he and his wife Terri live in Verbank, NY. |
| Jodi Fernandes - Secretary | Jodi Fernandes has a son at Elm Drive. She brings 12 years of nonprofit experience to MEF and in December will complete a Master's Degree in Public Administration with a major in nonprofit management. |
| Dr. R. Lloyd Jaeger - Superintendent of Schools | Dr. Jaeger has been Millbrook’s Superintendent since 2006, joining the district at the time of the inaugural opening year of the new Millbrook High School. He has been a school administrator for over 25 years in multiple districts throughout Dutchess County. “Millbrook Central School District is deeply fortunate for MEF’s support for innovation and program development. |
| Thomas Hurley - President, Board of Education | Tom Hurley is a charter member of MEF. He’s a local contractor and has a daughter at Millbrook High School. He and his family reside in Clinton Corners, NY. |
Didi Barrett |
Didi Barrett has lived in Millbrook for 24 years. She has been a leader in the not-for-profit community for more than two decades. She has two kids aged 19 and 21 and attended public schools through college. |
| Fernando Guarin | Fernando Guarin the father of 3 graduates of Millbrook High School. He is a senior engineer/scientist at the IBM Microelectronics Semiconductor Research Development Center SRDC in East Fishkill NY. He and his wife Diane have lived in the Millbrook area for 22 years. Dr. Guarin is also active in mentoring Hispanic students in the Poughkeepsie school district in math and sciences. |
| Deirdre Houston | Deirdre Houston lives in the village of Millbrook along with her family. Both her daughters attend school in the Millbrook Central School District. She works as a floral designer at the Millbrook Florist, while also assisting her husband, Brian in his local Land Surveying business. |
| DeForest Howland | DeForest Howland is a parent of two children. He lives with his wife Colleen in Millbrook, and has been in the insurance business for 30 years. He currently works for North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA). He is interested in improving the ability of our central school to provide a sound and complete education for our children. |
| Vicky Kelly | Vicky Kelly is the parent of one graduate and one student of Millbrook High School. She’s a program manager at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and lives with her husband, Scott in Millbrook, NY. |
| Mindy Marr | Mindy Marr is the parent of three children who have attended schools in the Millbrook Central School District. She is a speech therapist for Pine Plains Central Schools and lives with her husband, Doug live in Millbrook, NY. |
| Rob Nellis Jr. | Rob Nellis is a parent of two Millbrook students. He’s an engineer and principal designer at AGD, the residential design company he started thirteen years ago. He and his wife Joanne live in the town of Washington, NY. |
| Eleanor Pelc | Eleanor Pelc has been a local business woman in Millbrook since 1991. She resides in the village of Millbrook with her husband and three children, she has one in preschool, one in elementary school and one in high school. |
| Kirsten Rappleyea | Kirsten Rappleyea is a parent of three children in the Millbrook Central School District. She is an Assistant District Attorney for Dutchess County and she and her husband, Allan reside in Millbrook. |
| Dr. Diane Jackson Schnoor | Diane Jackson Schnoor, PhD, is a parent of two students in the Millbrook Central School District. She is currently the Executive Director and Lead Teacher of the Millbrook Community Preschool at Grace Church. |
| Marlene Weber-Garnot | Marlene Weber Garnot has three sons in the Millbrook Central School District. She is married to Mark Garnot, a special education teacher. Marlene began her company, Marlene Weber Day Spa in Poughkeepsie, NY in 1976 which she operates today. She is a member of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce and sits on the advisory board for the Boces Career Technology Institute's Cosmetology Program and has served on several area boards and committees for the arts, hospitals, church and community. |
| Jane Williams | Jane Williams is parent of three current Millbrook students and a computer and math teacher at St. Joseph's School in Millbrook. |
| Lisa Wilson | Lisa Wilson is the parent of a Millbrook High School student and has been an active volunteer for the Millbrook Central School District for over a decade. She and her husband Chris live in Millbrook. |
| William Zmudosky | Bill Zmudosky is the parent of two Millbrook High School graduates, both teachers in Dutchess County. He and his wife Joanne are retired school teachers presently living in Millbrook. |
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