President - Brian Potter
Brian Potter teaches courses in political economy and international relations, with a focus on Latin America. After earning his Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA, Potter taught at Tulane University before coming to TCNJ in 2004. His work on environmental and economic policy has appeared in Latin American Perspectives, the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Energy and Development, Environmental Politics and as chapters in edited volumes. Dr. Potter directs the Political Science Program.
Brian Potter teaches courses in political economy and international relations, with a focus on Latin America. After earning his Ph.D. in Political Science from UCLA, Potter taught at Tulane University before coming to TCNJ in 2004. His work on environmental and economic policy has appeared in Latin American Perspectives, the Canadian Journal of Political Science, Energy and Development, Environmental Politics and as chapters in edited volumes. Dr. Potter directs the Political Science Program.
Treasurer - Jerry Harris
Jerry Harris currently works in Special Education for the Burlington Township School District in Burlington Twp. NJ. Previously, he worked in the same capacity for the Dolton/Riverdale School District in Dolton, IL.
He originally maintained a 25 year career as a Corporate Recruiter and Human Resources Manager for Sprint, Rand McNally and The Northern Trust. He earned his BA at Earlham College.
Jerry Harris currently works in Special Education for the Burlington Township School District in Burlington Twp. NJ. Previously, he worked in the same capacity for the Dolton/Riverdale School District in Dolton, IL.
He originally maintained a 25 year career as a Corporate Recruiter and Human Resources Manager for Sprint, Rand McNally and The Northern Trust. He earned his BA at Earlham College.
Vice President for Advocacy and Outreach Programs - Jeremy Zullow
Jeremy Zullow is a recent graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School, with certificates in Spanish Language and Culture and Technology and Society. He now works as a High Meadows Fellow at Climate Central.
He is passionate about environmental issues; he served as Treasurer and Vice President of SURGE, a student activism group, which received an Environmental Champion Award from the EPA for its activism. He co-led a mentorship organization, Academic Success Today, and served as Membership/Recruitment co-chair for his eating club, the Quadrangle Club. He was named an outstanding UNA-USA Youth Leader on the 70th anniversary of the UNA-USA, and serves on UNA-USA's National Council as a representative for the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Jeremy Zullow is a recent graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School, with certificates in Spanish Language and Culture and Technology and Society. He now works as a High Meadows Fellow at Climate Central.
He is passionate about environmental issues; he served as Treasurer and Vice President of SURGE, a student activism group, which received an Environmental Champion Award from the EPA for its activism. He co-led a mentorship organization, Academic Success Today, and served as Membership/Recruitment co-chair for his eating club, the Quadrangle Club. He was named an outstanding UNA-USA Youth Leader on the 70th anniversary of the UNA-USA, and serves on UNA-USA's National Council as a representative for the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Vice President for Membership - Elizabeth Coulter
Elizabeth Coulter is a strong advocate for women and girls and has dedicated her career to serving those populations through government, electoral politics, and public policy. She currently serves on Governor-Elect Phil Murphy and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Sheila Oliver’s Transition Staff. Prior to that, she most recently served as the statewide Women’s Outreach Director on Governor-elect Phil Murphy’s gubernatorial campaign. In that capacity, she crafted policy on healthcare, workforce, and domestic issues and managed relationships with stakeholders, legislators, and activists around the state. One of the founding members of the campaign team in May of 2016, Elizabeth previously served as a political advisor to then-former Ambassador and his wife, Tammy, beginning in January of 2015.
Prior to her work with the Murphys, Elizabeth held various positions in the Congressman Rush Holt's (retired, NJ-12) District Office in communications and community relations, where she managed a constituent casework portfolio consisting of education, healthcare, immigration, and veterans issues. She joined that team after serving as the Communications Assistant on the 2013 Special Election Senate Primary campaign.
Additionally, Elizabeth has served since 2014 as the Vice President of Membership for the United Nations Association of the Princeton-Trenton Area, the United Nation Foundation’s membership body. Previously, she has served as the Chair of the Monmouth County Democrats Young Democrats Caucus and as a member of the Young Professionals Council for the Boys and Girls Club of Newark.
Elizabeth is a proud product of New Jersey public schools, having graduated from Middletown High School South in 2009 after attending public elementary and middle schools in Middletown as well. She later received a Bachelor’s of Science in Foreign Service from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, majoring in International Politics with a concentration in International Law, Norms, and Institutions.
Elizabeth Coulter is a strong advocate for women and girls and has dedicated her career to serving those populations through government, electoral politics, and public policy. She currently serves on Governor-Elect Phil Murphy and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Sheila Oliver’s Transition Staff. Prior to that, she most recently served as the statewide Women’s Outreach Director on Governor-elect Phil Murphy’s gubernatorial campaign. In that capacity, she crafted policy on healthcare, workforce, and domestic issues and managed relationships with stakeholders, legislators, and activists around the state. One of the founding members of the campaign team in May of 2016, Elizabeth previously served as a political advisor to then-former Ambassador and his wife, Tammy, beginning in January of 2015.
Prior to her work with the Murphys, Elizabeth held various positions in the Congressman Rush Holt's (retired, NJ-12) District Office in communications and community relations, where she managed a constituent casework portfolio consisting of education, healthcare, immigration, and veterans issues. She joined that team after serving as the Communications Assistant on the 2013 Special Election Senate Primary campaign.
Additionally, Elizabeth has served since 2014 as the Vice President of Membership for the United Nations Association of the Princeton-Trenton Area, the United Nation Foundation’s membership body. Previously, she has served as the Chair of the Monmouth County Democrats Young Democrats Caucus and as a member of the Young Professionals Council for the Boys and Girls Club of Newark.
Elizabeth is a proud product of New Jersey public schools, having graduated from Middletown High School South in 2009 after attending public elementary and middle schools in Middletown as well. She later received a Bachelor’s of Science in Foreign Service from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, majoring in International Politics with a concentration in International Law, Norms, and Institutions.
Board Members
Board Chairperson - Jeffrey Laurenti
Jeffrey Laurenti is senior fellow and director of foreign policy programs at The Century Foundation. He is the author of numerous monographs on subjects such as international peace and security, terrorism, UN reform, international narcotics policy, and many other topics.
He was executive director of policy studies at the United Nations Association of the United States until 2003, and then served seven years on the association's Board of Directors. He also served as deputy director of the United Nations Foundation's United Nations and Global Security initiative, which was established with backing from The Century Foundation, to support the debate on international security of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change commissioned by the UN secretary-general.
Mr. Laurenti is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986, senior issues adviser to the Mondale/Ferraro campaign in 1984, and from 1978 to 1984 was executive director of the New Jersey Senate.
He is the coeditor of Breaking the Nuclear Impasse: New Prospects for Security against Weapons Threats (2007, The Century Foundation Press) and Power and Superpower: Global Leadership and Exceptionalism in the 21st Century (2007, The Century Foundation Press and the Center for American Progress) and has authored articles for The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, New York Newsday, and The Los Angeles Times, as well as numerous international policy journals.
Graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude in government from Harvard University, Mr. Laurenti earned his masters in public affairs from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He speaks Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese.
Jeffrey Laurenti is senior fellow and director of foreign policy programs at The Century Foundation. He is the author of numerous monographs on subjects such as international peace and security, terrorism, UN reform, international narcotics policy, and many other topics.
He was executive director of policy studies at the United Nations Association of the United States until 2003, and then served seven years on the association's Board of Directors. He also served as deputy director of the United Nations Foundation's United Nations and Global Security initiative, which was established with backing from The Century Foundation, to support the debate on international security of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change commissioned by the UN secretary-general.
Mr. Laurenti is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986, senior issues adviser to the Mondale/Ferraro campaign in 1984, and from 1978 to 1984 was executive director of the New Jersey Senate.
He is the coeditor of Breaking the Nuclear Impasse: New Prospects for Security against Weapons Threats (2007, The Century Foundation Press) and Power and Superpower: Global Leadership and Exceptionalism in the 21st Century (2007, The Century Foundation Press and the Center for American Progress) and has authored articles for The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, New York Newsday, and The Los Angeles Times, as well as numerous international policy journals.
Graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude in government from Harvard University, Mr. Laurenti earned his masters in public affairs from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He speaks Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese.
Board Member - Stanley Katz
Stanley Katz is President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies, the national humanities organization in the United States. Mr. Katz graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1955 with a major in English History and Literature. He was trained in British and American history at Harvard (PhD, 1961), where he also attended Law School in 1969-70. His recent research focuses upon recent developments in American philanthropy, the relationship of civil society and constitutionalism to democracy, and upon the relationship of the United States to the international human rights regime. He is the Editor in Chief of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History, and the Editor Emeritus of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the United States Supreme Court. He is the co-founder and editor of the history of philanthropy blog www.histphil.org. Katz is a specialist on American legal and constitutional history, and on philanthropy and non-profit institutions. Mr. Katz has served as President of the Organization of American Historians and the American Society for Legal History and as Vice President of the Research Division of the American Historical Association. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Newberry Library, the Center for Jewish History and numerous other institutions. He also currently serves as Chair of the American Council of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council Working Group on Cuba. Katz is a member of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the American Antiquarian Society, the American Philosophical Society; a Fellow of the American Society for Legal History, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Society of American Historians; and a Corresponding Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He received the annual Fellows Award from Phi Beta Kappa in 2010 and the National Humanities Medal (awarded by Pres. Obama) in 2011.
Stanley Katz is President Emeritus of the American Council of Learned Societies, the national humanities organization in the United States. Mr. Katz graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1955 with a major in English History and Literature. He was trained in British and American history at Harvard (PhD, 1961), where he also attended Law School in 1969-70. His recent research focuses upon recent developments in American philanthropy, the relationship of civil society and constitutionalism to democracy, and upon the relationship of the United States to the international human rights regime. He is the Editor in Chief of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History, and the Editor Emeritus of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the United States Supreme Court. He is the co-founder and editor of the history of philanthropy blog www.histphil.org. Katz is a specialist on American legal and constitutional history, and on philanthropy and non-profit institutions. Mr. Katz has served as President of the Organization of American Historians and the American Society for Legal History and as Vice President of the Research Division of the American Historical Association. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Newberry Library, the Center for Jewish History and numerous other institutions. He also currently serves as Chair of the American Council of Learned Societies/Social Science Research Council Working Group on Cuba. Katz is a member of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the American Antiquarian Society, the American Philosophical Society; a Fellow of the American Society for Legal History, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Society of American Historians; and a Corresponding Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. He received the annual Fellows Award from Phi Beta Kappa in 2010 and the National Humanities Medal (awarded by Pres. Obama) in 2011.
Board Member - Irene Etkin Goldman
Irene Goldman has had a distinguished career as an advocate for peace and human rights and long association with the Princeton-based, Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA), for which work she was honored nationally in 2007 as one of the “100 Women Peacemakers - Five Generations.” She is CFPA Board Chair, and with colleagues led the CFPA voting integrity task force in a ten year law suit against the State of NJ. Individually: she led one and helped lead a second international campaign to secure the release of Russian a chemical and a nuclear weapons whistleblower; arranged the exoneration of a US Sikh tourist falsely accused and imprisoned for terrorism in Russia; she has recovered Soviet/Russian art collections stolen after exhibition in the US. She is VP of the Nakashima Foundation for Peace; served on the board of the NY Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Human Rights of Scientists; was inducted into the Douglass Society of Douglass College, RU, “For outstanding achievements in the areas of human rights and activism”. She is a life long advocate for civil rights and nuclear disarmament for which she has received national and local recognition.
Irene Goldman has had a distinguished career as an advocate for peace and human rights and long association with the Princeton-based, Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA), for which work she was honored nationally in 2007 as one of the “100 Women Peacemakers - Five Generations.” She is CFPA Board Chair, and with colleagues led the CFPA voting integrity task force in a ten year law suit against the State of NJ. Individually: she led one and helped lead a second international campaign to secure the release of Russian a chemical and a nuclear weapons whistleblower; arranged the exoneration of a US Sikh tourist falsely accused and imprisoned for terrorism in Russia; she has recovered Soviet/Russian art collections stolen after exhibition in the US. She is VP of the Nakashima Foundation for Peace; served on the board of the NY Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Human Rights of Scientists; was inducted into the Douglass Society of Douglass College, RU, “For outstanding achievements in the areas of human rights and activism”. She is a life long advocate for civil rights and nuclear disarmament for which she has received national and local recognition.
Board Member - John Vincent
John W. Vincent is a retired Foreign Service Officer of the U.S. Department of State whose almost 30 year career included postings to Canberra, Australia; Kinshasa & Lubumbashi, DRC; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Bamako, Mali; Lagos, Nigeria; Nouakchott, Mauritania; and Mexico City, Mexico along with various training assignments and service in different State Dept. offices.
After retiring, he served for several years as Operations Director for the tri-national (Canada, Mexico, U.S.) Secretariat established by the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC), one of the two companion agreements to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Currently he serves as board chairperson of the not-for-profit Arbor Glen Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Bridgewater, NJ. He graduated from Swarthmore College (polisci major; history & English literature minors). He did graduate work at the University of Chicago and Yale.
John W. Vincent is a retired Foreign Service Officer of the U.S. Department of State whose almost 30 year career included postings to Canberra, Australia; Kinshasa & Lubumbashi, DRC; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Bamako, Mali; Lagos, Nigeria; Nouakchott, Mauritania; and Mexico City, Mexico along with various training assignments and service in different State Dept. offices.
After retiring, he served for several years as Operations Director for the tri-national (Canada, Mexico, U.S.) Secretariat established by the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC), one of the two companion agreements to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Currently he serves as board chairperson of the not-for-profit Arbor Glen Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Bridgewater, NJ. He graduated from Swarthmore College (polisci major; history & English literature minors). He did graduate work at the University of Chicago and Yale.
Board Member - Delia Pitts
After completing a bachelor’s degree in history at Oberlin College and a doctorate in African Economic History at the University of Chicago, Delia served for two years as an education economist at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, she worked on education development projects in several West African nations. Delia then joined the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer with a specialization in information and education. She and her husband, John Vincent, also a Foreign Service Officer, served in Nigeria, Mauritania, and Mexico City.
They left the Foreign Service in 1994 when Delia took a position in academic administration as founding Director of International Education at Texas Christian University. They raised their twin sons, Adam and Nicholas, for seven years in Fort Worth while she was at TCU. Their move to New Jersey resulted in Delia’s joining Rutgers University in 2002. She served on the staff of University College-New Brunswick as Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and then Dean of Student Support Services. In November 2004 Delia became Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs. She joined the new Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion as Associate Vice President in July 2013 and is currently Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
After completing a bachelor’s degree in history at Oberlin College and a doctorate in African Economic History at the University of Chicago, Delia served for two years as an education economist at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, she worked on education development projects in several West African nations. Delia then joined the U.S. Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer with a specialization in information and education. She and her husband, John Vincent, also a Foreign Service Officer, served in Nigeria, Mauritania, and Mexico City.
They left the Foreign Service in 1994 when Delia took a position in academic administration as founding Director of International Education at Texas Christian University. They raised their twin sons, Adam and Nicholas, for seven years in Fort Worth while she was at TCU. Their move to New Jersey resulted in Delia’s joining Rutgers University in 2002. She served on the staff of University College-New Brunswick as Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and then Dean of Student Support Services. In November 2004 Delia became Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs. She joined the new Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion as Associate Vice President in July 2013 and is currently Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.