The Ocean County College Board of Trustees provides leadership and develops policy for the college. The Board of Trustees approves the college’s philosophy, mission, and goals and oversees the institution’s performance. The Board approves admission standards, degree requirements, and academic programs; determines tuition and fees; establishes budgets and capital initiatives; approves plans, contracts, and expenditures; and invests funds. In addition, the Board approves all personnel actions, including hiring and evaluating the President.
Chair, Board of Trustees
Jerry Dasti
Chair, Board of Trustees
Appointed by Ocean County Board of Commissioners
- Initial Appointment Date: 1996
- Most Recent Reappointment Date: 2022
Chair, Board of Trustees: 2021 – Present
Treasurer, Board of Trustees: 2005 – 2021
As Chair of the Board of Trustees, serves as ex-officio member on all committees:
- Audit Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
- Bylaw, Policy, and Curriculum Committee
- Compensation Committee
- Finance Committee
- Study Abroad Committee
- Litigation Committee
- Personnel Committee
- Student Experience Committee
- Member, Board of School Estimate
Profession: Attorney
Dasti, McGuckin, McNichols, Connors, Anthony, and Buckley
Forked River, New Jersey
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
Linda L. Novak
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
Appointed by Ocean County Board of Commissioners
- Initial Appointment Date: 2002
- Most Recent Reappointment Date: 2022
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees: 2009 – Present
Current Committee Appointments:
- Chair, Buildings and Grounds Committee
- Member, Audit Committee
- Member, Compensation Committee
- Member, Finance Committee
- Member, Study Abroad Committee
Profession: Retired Educator
Toms River, New Jersey
Treasurer, Board of Trustees
Frank J. Dupignac, Jr.
Treasurer, Board of Trustees
Appointed by Ocean County Board of Commissioners
- Initial Appointment Date: 2011
- Most Recent Reappointment Date: 2024
Current Committee Appointments:
- Chair, Finance Committee
- Member, Audit Committee
- Member, Buildings and Grounds Committee
- Member, Litigation Committee
- Member, Study Abroad Committee
- Member, Board of School Estimate Committee
Profession: Attorney
Hiering, Dupignac, Stanzione, and Dunn
Toms River, New Jersey
Secretary, Board of Trustees
Stephan R. Leone
Secretary, Board of Trustees
Appointed by the New Jersey Governor
- Initial Appointment Date: 2004
- Most Recent Reappointment Date: 2024
Secretary, Board of Trustees: 2011 – present
Current Committee Appointments:
- Chair, Personnel Committee
- Member, Compensation Committee
- Member, Study Abroad Committee
- Member, Litigation Committee
- Secretary, Board of School Estimate
Profession: Attorney
Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle & Sacks, LLC
Personal Statement Regarding Role of Trustee
A Trustee serves four constituencies:
- Those seeking a quality, affordable education;
- The Administration, which is charged with providing quality, affordable education;
- The faculty engaged in delivering quality education;
- The taxpayers who fund the educational institution.
Success is measured by the students who graduate with the ability to be productive, educated, and motivated citizens who will embark upon the journey of contributing to the welfare of society.
Toms River, New Jersey
Member, Board of Trustees
Robert A. Fall
Member, Board of Trustees
Appointed by Ocean County Board of Commissioners
- Appointment Date: 2017
- Previously Served from 2006-2010
- Most Recent Reappointment Date: 2021
Current Committee Appointments:
- Chair, Study Abroad Committee
- Member, Bylaw, Policy, and Curriculum Committee
- Member, Personnel Committee
- Member, Litigation Committee
Profession: Retired Judge
Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Member, Board of Trustees
DiAnne C. Gove
Member, Board of Trustees
Appointed by Ocean County Board of Commissioners
- Initial Appointment Date: 2024
Current Committee Appointments:
- Member, Bylaw, Policy, and Curriculum Committee
- Member, Buildings and Grounds Committee
- Member, Student Experience Committee
Profession:
- Retired Educator
- Retired Assemblywoman, New Jersey 9th Legislative District
Barnegat, New Jersey
Member, Board of Trustees, by New Jersey Statute
Susan Naples
Member, Board of Trustees, by New Jersey Statute
Interim Ocean County Executive Superintendent of Schools
- Initial Appointment Date: 2024
Current Committee Appointments:
- Member, Student Experience Committee
Profession:
Special Education Specialist, New Jersey Department of Education
Carteret, New Jersey
Member, Board of Trustees
Joanne Pehlivanian
Member, Board of Trustees
Appointed by Ocean County Board of Commissioners
- Initial Appointment Date: 2010
- Most Recent Reappointment Date: 2021
Current Committee Appointments:
- Member, Audit Committee
- Chair, Bylaw, Policy, and Curriculum Committee
- Member, Personnel Committee
Profession: Real Estate Broker/Salesperson
Diane Turton Realtors
Bay Head, New Jersey
Member, Board of Trustees
Joseph E. Teichman
Member, Board of Trustees
Appointed by Ocean County Board of Commissioners
- Initial Appointment Date: 2016
- Most Recent Reappointment Date: 2023
Current Committee Appointments:
- Member, Buildings and Grounds Committee
- Member, Litigation Committee
- Member, Compensation Committee
Profession: Executive Vice President / General Counsel
Lightstone Group
Lakewood, New Jersey
Member, Board of Trustees
Steven A. Zabarsky
Member, Board of Trustees
Appointed by Ocean County Board of Commissioners
- Initial Appointment Date: 2019
- Most Recent Reappointment Date: 2022
Current Committee Appointments:
- Member, Finance Committee
- Member, Litigation Committee
- Member, Student Experience Committee
Profession: Attorney
Citta, Holzapfel, & Zabarsky
Toms River, New Jersey
Member, Board of Trustees
Moshe Bender
Member, Board of Trustees
Appointed by the New Jersey Governor
- Initial Appointment Date: 2024
Profession:
- Student Services Supervisor, Beth Medrash Govoha
- President, Lakewood Board of Education
- Captain, United States Civil Air Patrol
- On-Call Hospital Chaplain
Lakewood, New Jersey
Student/Alumni Member, Board of Trustees
Cheyenne Severin
Student/Alumni Member, Board of Trustees
Selected by the Student Life Committee
Serving from July 2024 through June 2025
Current Committee Appointments:
- Member, Student Experience Committee
May 2024 365球赛平台 Graduate
Associate in Science Degree in Graphic Arts, Design, and Media
Brick, New Jersey
Meetings
The Ocean County College Board of Trustees meets, in accordance with the following schedule, in the Conference Center, Building 10, on our Toms River campus. Meetings begin at 3:30 p.m. (unless otherwise publicized) and are open to members of the community.
Monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees (3:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted, in the Conference Center, Building 10. Access to the meetings will also be available electronically via Webex; access information will be distributed prior to each meeting)
- Thursday, December 5, 2024
- Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Thursday, June 26, 2025
- Thursday, July 24, 2025
- Thursday, August 28, 2025
- Thursday, September 25, 2025
- No October Meeting
- Thursday, November 6, 2025
- Thursday, December 11, 2025
Board Retreats (12:00 p.m. in the Conference Center, Building 10. Access to the meetings will also be available electronically via Webex; access information will be distributed prior to each meeting)
Special Meetings (12:00 noon, Conference Center, Building 10)
- Thursday, July 10, 2025
Conversation With the Trustees/Town Hall (12:30 pm in the Student Center)
- Thursday, February 13, 2025
- Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Thursday, October 23, 2025
Agendas
View all agendas for the Ocean County College Board of Trustees meetings, in pdf format, by clicking the links below.
February 27
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
February 13 (retreat)
January 23
December 5
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
September 26
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
August 22
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
August 15 (Retreat)
July 25
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
July 11 (Retreat)
June 27
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
May 30
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee (Addendum)
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
April 25
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
March 28
- Meeting Notice
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
February 22
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
- Bylaw, Policy, Curriculum
- Public Hearing for Proposed Revisions to Policy #5300, Tuition and Fees
February 1 (Retreat)
January 25
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Meeting Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
- Bylaw, Policy, and Curriculum Agenda
January 11 (Special Meeting)
December 7, 2023
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
- Bylaw, Policy, Curriculum
November 9, 2023
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
- International Programs Committee
- Bylaw, Policy, Curriculum
October 12, 2023 (Retreat)
September 28, 2023
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
- Bylaw, Policy, Curriculum
September 28, 2023 (Special Meeting)
September 14, 2023 (Retreat)
August 24, 2023
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
- Bylaw, Policy, Curriculum
July 27, 2023
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
- Bylaw, Policy, Curriculum
July 13, 2023 (Retreat)
June 29, 2023
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
- Bylaw, Policy and Curriculum
June 1, 2023
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Bylaw, Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Business and Finance Committee Addendum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
May 4, 2023
April 27, 2023
- Agenda and Minutes
- President’s Report
- Bylaw, Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
April 13, 2023 (Retreat)
April 3, 2023
March 16, 2023
- Agenda
- Minutes
- President’s Report
- Meeting Notice
- Bylaw, Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
February 23, 2023
- Agenda and Minutes
- President’s Report
- Meeting Notice
- Bylaw, Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
February 9, 2023 (Retreat)
January 26, 2023
December 8, 2022:
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
November 15, 2022:
November 11, 2022:
November 10, 2022:
November 7, 2022:
November 3, 2022:
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
October 21, 2022
October 20, 2022
October 18, 2022
September 22, 2022
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
August 25, 2022
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
July 28, 2022
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Business and Finance Committee
- Building and Grounds Committee
July 14, 2022 (Retreat)
June 30, 2022
June 2, 2022
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
Business and Finance Committee Addendum - Building and Grounds Committee
April 28, 2022
- Meeting Notice
- Presidents Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
April 14, 2022 (Retreat)
March 24, 2022
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
February 24, 2022
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
January 27, 2022
December 16, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
November 4, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
October 7, 2021 (Retreat)
September 23, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
August 26, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
July 22, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
June 24, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
May 20, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
April 22, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
Friday, April 16, 2021 “Conversation with the Trustees”
Thursday, April 8, 2021
March 25, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
February 24, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
January 28, 2021
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
January 7, 2021 (Retreat)
December 10, 2020
- Meeting Notice
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
November 5, 2020
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Agenda Meeting Notice
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
September 24, 2020
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
August 27, 2020
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
July 23, 2020
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
June 24, 2020
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
May 28, 2020
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
April 23, 2020
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
April 7, 2020
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
February 27, 2020
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
January 23, 2020
December 12, 2019
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
November 7, 2019
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
September 26, 2019
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
August 22, 2019
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
July 25, 2019
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
June 27, 2019
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
May 30, 2019
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
April 25, 2019
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
March 28, 2019
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
February 28, 2019
- President’s Report
- Agenda and Minutes
- Business and Finance Committee
- Bylaw Policy and Curriculum
- Buildings and Grounds Committee
January 24, 2019
Board Clips
View approved board clips from Ocean County College Board of Trustees meetings, in pdf format, by clicking the links below.
Minutes
View approved minutes from Ocean County College Board of Trustees meetings, in pdf format, by clicking the links below.
- December 5
- November 7
- November 7 – Reorganization
- September 26
- August 22
- August 15
- July 25
- July 11
- June 27
- May 30
- April 25
- March 28
- February 22
- February 1 – Retreat
- January 25
- January 11 – Special Meeting
- December 7, 2023
- November 9, 2023
- October 12, 2023 – Retreat
- September 28, 2023 – Special Meeting
- September 28, 2023
- September 14, 2023 – Special Meeting
- August 24, 2023
- August 17, 2023 – Retreat
- July 27, 2023
- July 13, 2023 – Retreat
- June 29, 2023
- June 1, 2023
- May 4, 2023 – Special Meeting
- April 27, 2023
- April 13, 2023 – Board Retreat
- April 3, 2023 – Special Meeting
- March 16, 2023
- March 9, 2023
- February 23, 2023
- February 9, 2023 – Board Retreat
- January 26, 2023
- December 8, 2022
- November 17, 2022 – Special Meeting
- November 15, 2022 – Special Meeting
- November 11, 2022 – Special Meeting
- November 10, 2022 – Special Meeting
- November 7, 2022 – Special Meeting
- November 3, 2022 – Reorganization Meeting
- November 3, 2022
- October 27, 2022 – Board Retreat
- October 21, 2022 – Special Meeting
- October 20, 2022 – Special Meeting
- October 18, 2022 – Special Meeting
- October 13, 2022 – Board Retreat
- September 22, 2022
- August 25, 2022
- July 28, 2022
- July 14, 2022 – Board Retreat
- June 30, 2022
- June 2, 2022
- April 28, 2022
- April 14, 2022 – Board Retreat
- March 24, 2022
- February 24, 2022
- February 10, 2022 – Board Retreat
- January 27, 2022
- December 16, 2021
- November 4, 2021
- November 4, 2021 – Reorganization Minutes
- October 7, 2021
- September 23, 2021
- August 26, 2021
- July 22, 2021
- June 24, 2021
- June 3, 2021 – Board Retreat
- May 20, 2021
- April 22, 2021
- April 16, 2021 – Board Retreat
- April 8, 2021 – Board Retreat
- March 25, 2021
- March 9, 2021
- February 25, 2021
- January 28, 2021
- January 7, 2021
- December 8, 2016
- November 3, 2016 – Reorganization Meeting
- November 3, 2016
- September 22, 2016
- September 9, 2016
- August 25, 2016
- August 12, 2016
- July 28, 2016
- July 15, 2016
- June 28, 2016
- June 10, 2016
- May 23, 2016
- May 13, 2016
- April 25, 2016
- April 15, 2016
- March 28, 2016
- February 29, 2016
- February 26, 2016
- February 1, 2016
- January 22, 2016
- January 4, 2016
- December 7, 2015
- November 2, 2015 – Reorganization Meeting
- November 2, 2015
- October 16, 2015
- October 5, 2015
- August 24, 2015
- July 27, 2015
- July 17, 2015
- June 22, 2015
- June 9, 2015 – Board Retreat
- May 26, 2015
- May 4, 2015
- April 17, 2015 – Board Retreat
- March 30, 2015
- February 23, 2015
- January 26, 2015
- January 9, 2015 – Board Retreat
- December 8, 2014
- November 3, 2014 – Reorganization Meeting
- November 3, 2014
- October 17, 2014 – Board Retreat
- September 22, 2014
- August 25, 2014
- August 15, 2014 – Board Retreat
- July 25, 2014
- June 23, 2014
- May 27, 2014
- April 25, 2014
- March 24, 2014
- February 24, 2014
- January 17, 2014