Kimberly Goetz
Kim’s substantial experience with more than a decade at the American Red Cross places her as a natural to serve as the Interim Regional Executive for the American Red Cross in New Jersey while continuing in her role as Executive Director of the Central New Jersey chapter.
Prior to her Executive Director position with the Red Cross, Kim served in special event management and financial development positions including leading the corporate partnerships channel for the region. From Superstorm Sandy in 2012 through the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kim has significant experience with the complexities of Red Cross development strategies in times of major disaster, as well as working across business units to build elaborate donor engagement.
Working through a large and capable paid and unpaid staff team, Kim is responsible for the delivery of Red Cross services throughout the seven central counties of the state. Kim is a graduate of The College of New Jersey.
Robert D'Augustine, Esq.
Law Office of Robert D'Augustine, Esq.
Dr. G. M. (Jerry) DeFrancisco
Siena College
Laomi Harewood
Genmab
Adrian Huns
Church & Dwight (retd.)
Tony Mazzone
Innovative Data Solutions (retd.)
Janet George Murnick
American Standard Companies (retd.)
Peter Rapaport
Rapaport Family Charitable Trust, Henley and Company
Sharon Roerty
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Annie Seelaus
R. Seelaus Co., Inc.
Dr. Deeba Siddiqui
Hackensack Meridian Health
Michael Stivala
Suburban Propane
Catherine Tantillo
Lord Abbett
Vicki Walia
Prudential Financial Inc.
Carrie Williams
American Water Charitable Foundation
Nancy Asaro
Nancy joined American Red Cross more than 20 years ago and has been involved with every aspect of chapter operations enabling her to hold numerous chapter positions, including interim chief executive officer.
Over the years, Nancy has been involved with large disaster responses such as Hurricane Floyd, September 11, and Superstorm Sandy. She has trained as an American Red Cross Diversity Consultant, contributed as a member of the Nassau County Chapter Enrichment Program Review Team, and was deployed as a team member to the Northeast Service Area #6 to implement Chapter Support Services during Hurricane Katrina.
As COO, Nancy oversees all facilities, fleet, finances and employee engagement in the region. She also serves as liaison between the National Red Cross and the region with all Information Technology/Telecom, Legal, Human Resources and Risk Management activities.
Nancy serves as Treasurer for Children’s Day Nursery in Passaic and Secretary to the Board for Heritage Manor Association. She is a graduate of William Paterson University with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
Tammy Atwood
Tammy Atwood is responsible for all fundraising initiatives and programs in New Jersey, including special events, corporate and foundation relations, individual major gifts and board campaign efforts across three chapters across the state.
Atwood began her career with the American Red Cross more than 15 years ago leading the financial development team in Maine before joining the Western and Central New York Region of the American Red Cross as Regional Chief Development Officer in 2017. Atwood was responsible for all fund development activities, leading an accomplished team highly motivated to help sustain and expand critical Red Cross programs and services across the region.
Prior to joining the Red Cross, Tammy spent ten years as Executive Director with the National Kidney Foundation of Maine after working five years as a senior district executive with the Boy Scouts of America. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Guam. While living in Guam, she worked as a legislative consultant.
Diane Concannon
Diane oversees all Red Cross communications in New Jersey, including media relations, marketing and social media activity. She joined the American Red Cross in 2004 as public relations lead with the Central New Jersey chapter. Diane continues to keep the community and stakeholders informed about activity within all lines of service, including the need for blood donation, emergency preparedness, disaster response, services provided to members of the Armed Forces, lifesaving training, and the exceptional work of Red Cross volunteers across the state.
Diane has extensive experience with public affairs following large disasters in New Jersey, including Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Irene, nor’easters, and numerous floods. She has also deployed to California to work with Red Cross public affairs with wildfire response.
Prior to the Red Cross, Diane was a media consultant with Consumer Healthcare Products Association in DC, worked with USA for Africa in CA, and worked with several non-profits as clients during her time with public relations agencies including Cohn & Wolfe and Burson-Marsteller in NYC.
Lindsey Hicks
Lindsey manages a dedicated team of Service to the Armed Forces (SAF) volunteers that help members of the military, veterans and their families prepare for, cope with, and respond to, the challenges of military service. Her team of regional International Services volunteers educate future humanitarians on International Humanitarian Law and work to reconnect families separated by armed conflict, natural disaster, migration, and other humanitarian crises through our Restoring Family Links program.
Lindsey comes to the Red Cross with a passion for service. She has been a military spouse for more than 16 years and has firsthand experience with the impact that the Red Cross can have on military members and their families. During Lindsey’s time overseas she was the Protestant Community Coordinator for Kadena Chapel in Okinawa, Japan. This opportunity taught her how to create connections within the community to innovate new ways of bringing people together.
She also worked as a dental assistant and volunteer coordinator with Rehoboth Life Care Ministries Volunteer Dental Clinic, and served years as an Air Force Key Spouse where she gained insight into the inner workings of the military community and resources.
Sara Huisking
Sara leads the entire Disaster Cycle Services team in New Jersey. In the Regional Disaster Officer role, she is responsible for overseeing all disaster response and preparedness activity in the state. Sara joined the American Red Cross in 2022 as Executive Director of the Northern New Jersey chapter where she built an active Board of Directors and successfully collaborated with local government, the business community, other non-profit organizations, and stakeholders.
Prior to her roles at the American Red Cross, Sara spent more than 10 years working in the non-profit sector as Executive Director of Sound Start Foundation. Sound Start Foundation supports educational and therapeutic programs for babies with hearing loss. Sara also served as the Vice President of Development for Children’s Aid and Family Services, a $30 million social services agency in New Jersey.
Sara has extensive and diverse experience in marketing, communications, business development and public relations, both in the non-profit and private sectors. She earned a BA in Marketing and a BA in Advertising with honors from Syracuse University and holds an MBA from Montclair State University. A strong believer in giving back to the community, Sara also volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in the foster care system and as a facilitator of peer grief support groups for children in Newark.
Rachel Lippoff
Rachel joined the American Red Cross in 2024 with more than two decades of experience in the nonprofit sector working with multiple organizations serving individuals in need across Southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia region. Rachel has served in leadership roles supporting causes ranging from healthcare and higher education to animal welfare and children and families.
Plus Delta certified, Rachel has extensive experience in strategic philanthropy and she enjoys cultivating strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to work towards a common mission. She seeks to build a better world for everyone, always keeping equity and inclusion as her guiding principles.
Rachel holds a Bachelor's degree from Emory University in Sociology and a Master’s degree from Temple University.
Nicole Runyon
Nicole oversees the Volunteer Services department and is responsible for developing strategies to recruit, train, and retain volunteers throughout the region. As a high-energy problem solver, she continuously pushes the status quo to improve metrics and measures and has successfully developed and coached strong teams.
She joined the Red Cross in 2021 as Regional Manager, Service to the Armed Forces and International Services. While in that role, Nicole improved relationships at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, making it more accessible for the team to have impact with Command. She worked well cross-functionally to bring blood drives and preparedness activities to military families and developed a strong volunteer cadre to help lead services.
Prior to the Red Cross, Nicole was with Amazon Human Resources Operations, where she worked with business partners to align workforce needs and strategy to obtain strong hires. She developed recruiting strategies for the South NJ, Philadelphia and Delaware region, and fixed candidate application and onboarding issues, implementing change for a better workforce experience.
Andy Stone
Andrew has over 15 years of leadership experience in the non-profit and government sectors. Prior to joining the American Red Cross, Andrew was Program Director for Hopeland, a non-profit based in New York City that focused on improving the lives of vulnerable children worldwide.
Originally from the UK, Andrew served as Chief of Staff to a leading member of the UK Parliament. This role also included two successful election campaigns that saw him lead a team of more than 200 volunteers.
Andrew moved to New Jersey in 2016 to marry his wife, Lisa, who was born and raised in the area. Andrew is incredibly excited to join the Northern New Jersey chapter. He has always been committed to helping others in times of need throughout his career and believes the work of the American Red Cross is truly one of the best places to continue this as our mission is so vital to all our communities.
