Pre-College Advisory Board

The Pre-College Programs Advisory Board provides representation by business and industry, as well as educators from public and private secondary schools.

About Us


Dr. Jacqueline L. Cusack
Executive Director, Center for Pre-College Programs, NJIT​

Kelly O'Connor
Vice President, Jacobs Engineering, NJIT Alum, NJIT Board of Overseers

Dr. Frank R. Alvarez, Vice Chair
Retired Superintendent, River Vale, NJ Public Schools

Dr. Jason Baynes
Orthopedic Surgeon, Baynes Orthopaedics, LLC, CPCP Alum, NJIT Board of Trustees

Dr. Joel S. Bloom
President Emeritus, NJIT 

Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr.
Former Astronaut, NASA, Chief Executive Officer, National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI)

Dr. Howard Kimmel
Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering, NJIT

Nadia Makar
STEM Supervisor, Jose Marti STEM Academy

Andréa Lewis-Walker 
Deputy-in-Charge, US District Court, District of NJ, Martin Luther King Jr. Courthouse

Kenneth A. Myers
Community Development Market Manager, Assistant Vice-President, Synchrony Bank

Dr. Nitin Parekh
Vice President, Strategy & Business, SK Biotek/SK Life Science

Thomas J. Phelan
President, BHX Engineering & Planning. LLC, NJIT and CPCP Alum

Dr. Laurent Simon
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies, NJIT

Stefan Williams, Esq., Chair
Vice President, General Counsel, Advanced Sterilization Products, Inc.