Our Organization
 

Bette M. Simmons, Ed.D., Director

  • Vice President of Student Development and Enrollment Management, County College of Morris

  • Served in various positions at the College since accepting the position of Assistant to the Dean of Students in 1980

  • Currently on the Board of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators; the United Way of Morris County; Morris Tomorrow; the Morris Area Girl Scouts Council and the Morris County Human Relations Commission.

  • BA Degree in Languages from Thiel College in Greenville, PA; Masters Degree in Counseling from Montclair State University; and Doctoral Degree in Higher Education Administration from Seton Hall University


Joanne Umana, Director

  • Pharmacy Technician

  • Former Subsidy Team Coordinator, Child and Family Resources, Mount Arlington, NJ

  • Former Teacher, Rockaway Borough Schools, Rockaway, NJ and St. Lucy’s School, Newark, NJ

  • B.A., Elementary Education, Kean University, Union, NJ


David Wissert, Esq., Director

  • Member of the Firm and Chair, Employment Litigation Group, Lowenstein Sandler, Attorneys-at-Law, Roseland, NJ

  • Formerly served as Chancery Clerk to the Hon. Wilfred P. Diana, A.J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Somerville, NJ

  • Editor and Contributing Author of A Practical Guide to Federal and New Jersey Employment Law:  The Employer’s Resource, published by Lowenstein Sandler and the NJ Business and Industry Association, 2005

  • Juris Doctorate, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI, and BA Degree, Cum Laude with Distinction in American History from University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA


Helen Wolfmeyer, Director

  • Retired as Assistant Director, Morris County Division of Community Development, Morristown, NJ, 2007.  Worked exclusively with non-profits dealing with affordable housing issues, homelessness and housing the working poor, homeless and special needs populations.
     
  • Former Director of the Mendham Area Senior Housing

  • Previous work with Volunteer Centers in both Morris & Essex Counties

  • Current President of  the Morris S. Frank Housing Corporation Board and former Trustee of the Mendham Area Senior Housing Corporation



Dr. Jay Yarnis, Director

  • Dr. Yarnis maintains a dental practice in Hopatcong