Council Membership / Council Staff

Susan P. Evans, EdD, the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services Appointee, and the Education Program Specialist for Early Intervention program in the DHSS.

Judah Zeigler, BS, the Senate President Appointee, Associate Vice President of Sharp's Retail & Consumer Marketing Group and a father of an autistic son.

*Caroline Eggerding, MD,  the Healthcare Organization Representative; Executive Vice President of Pediatric and Adolescent Services for Bancroft NeuroHealth.

Linda S. Meyer, MPA, EdD, BCBA-D, Autism Organization Representative; Executive Director of Autism New Jersey.

B. Madeleine Goldfarb, MA, Autism Organization Representative; Founder/Director of the Noah’s Ark Children’s Association.

Elizabeth K. Bell, BS, Autism Organization Representative; Volunteer and Independent Contractor with Autism Speaks.

Ketan Kansagra, MD, FAAP, Academic Institution Representative; Division of Neonatal Medicine, Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

Grace M. Reilly, RN, MSN, APN-C,  Individual with Autism or Family Member; Adult Nurse Practitioner for Riverview Medical Center.

Matthew Cortland, BA, Public Member; Co-founder and Program Director, BrosUnited (BUD), a mentorship program pairing fraternity brothers with teenage boys with autism.

Barbara J. Morvay, MA, Academic Institution Representative; Board Member, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and author of “My Brother is Different – A Siblings Guide to Coping with Autism”.

Gary Weitzen, BA, Autism Organization Representative; Executive Director of POAC (Parents of Autistic Children).

* Denotes Council Chair

Staff

Martin T. Zanna, MD, MPH
Acting Executive Director
Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism
(609) 633-8740

Linda N. Boclair, M.Ed., MBA
Executive Assistant
Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism
(609) 633-8740

Mary Ray
Contract Administrator II
Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism
(609) 943-5405