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Term Expires: 2026
Contact: browningk@madisonnjps.org
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Board Members | Term Expires | |
|---|---|---|
Kelley Browning (President) | 2026 | |
Carmen Vasto (Vice President) | 2025 | |
Stephen Tindall | 2025 | |
David Duran | 2026 | |
Lisa Ellis | 2026 | |
Eric Fontes | 2026 | |
Nancy Novack | 2027 |
KELLEY BROWNING (PRESIDENT)
CARMEN VASTO (VICE PRESIDENT)
Carmen Vasto joined the Madison Board of Education in January of 2023.
Carmen is a third-generation resident of Madison. He and his wife, Bridget have two sons, one in the Madison Junior School, and another at Kings Road School. He graduated from Madison High School in 1999 and then attended Fairleigh Dickinson University (Madison campus) where he graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Master’s degree in Counseling.
Upon completion of his Master’s degree, Carmen began specializing in helping improve the lives of children and adolescents. He began his career at Catholic Charities where he provided therapy to underserved children and teens, and later supervised various mental health programs. Carmen later transitioned to St. Clare’s hospital to establish numerous crisis-oriented services that provide a level of care to prevent hospitalization. While at St. Clare’s Carmen participated as the lead clinician and research analyst for the National Institute of Mental Health’s RAISE (Recovery After Initial Schizophrenia Episode) study in young adults. He then moved on to Atlantic Health and offered outpatient therapy to children and teens across all 6 of their hospitals.
Carmen has a history of volunteering his time coaching youth basketball in Madison as well as sponsoring a recreational girls softball team in town. Currently, he can be found running his private counseling practice in Green Village, NJ.
Term Expires: December 2025
Contact: vastoc@madisonnjps.org
DAVID DURAN
David Duran joined the Madison Board of Education in January 2024.
He and his wife Jennifer moved to Madison in 2011, shortly before their first child was born. They were attracted to Madison for its walkable streets, sense of community, and of course, its great schools. After a temporary work assignment abroad from 2017-2020, they returned to Madison and quickly reconnected with the community via school events, the Madison Rotary club, and Recreation Track.
Professionally, David holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University and spent the majority of his 20-year career in the Pharma and Consumer Health industries. From early stage research and development, through manufacturing and commercial execution, David has led interdisciplinary teams to find innovative solutions to complex problems. He hopes to apply this same collaborative and problem-solving approach to help move our schools forward and keep them at the top of the class.
In his personal life, David spends his time as a father, husband, triathlete, and generally curious person. He completed his third full distance Ironman triathlon in 2022, loves to cook, plan family adventures, and is still working on perfecting decent latte art.
Term Expires: 2026
Contact: durand@madisonnjps.org
LISA ELLIS
ERIC FONTES
Eric Fontes joined the Madison Board of Education in January 2024. He currently serves on the Education and Human Resources committees.
Eric moved to Madison in 2012 with his wife, Kimberly. They have two children who attend Torey J Sabatini. Eric holds a BA in Mathematics and a BA in Newspaper Journalism from Syracuse University. He holds an MA in Secondary Education from City College of New York and an MA in Educational Leadership from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
After a brief stint as a journalist, Eric began his teaching career as a math teacher at a public high school in New York City in 2007. He started teaching math at Summit High School in 2012. In 2021 he became math supervisor for the Summit Public School District, overseeing all secondary math classes and teachers. He is excited to bring his educational experience to the Madison Board of Education.
Eric has a history of volunteering his time coaching youth sports (cross country, baseball, and softball). He is an avid runner who you will often see running through town.
Term Expires: 2026
Contact: fontese@madisonnjps.org
NANCY NOVACK
STEVE TINDALL
Steve Tindall has served as a member of the Madison Board of Education since January 2020. Steve and his wife Jocelyn have lived in Madison since 1992 and in New Jersey since 1987.
Steve has been recognized by the New Jersey School Board Association (NJSBA) as a Certified Board Member and as a Master Board Member, based on NJSBA-sponsored training and on NJSBA-sponsored event participation at the state and county levels. At the county level, Steve serves on the Board of Directors of the Educational Services Commission of Morris County, where he is the Madison representative. At the local level, Steve serves as the School Board representative to the Madison Downtown Development Commission.
Steve earned a BA in Chemistry from Hendrix College and a PhD in Biochemistry from Baylor College of Medicine. He began his scientific career as a staff researcher in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before he moved into biotechnology research in the pharmaceutical industry at the Schering-Plough Research Institute and later founded a biotechnology testing laboratory, Argo BioAnalytica.
Steve is now retired. His ongoing interests are Linux-based information technology and both vegetable and flower gardening. Steve is a founding member of The ELRepo Project (elrepo.org) and continues his extensive volunteer work with the group since 2009 to support the interface between the Linux operating system and hardware.
Term Expires: December 2025
Contact: tindalls@madisonnjps.org