Past Leaders
The Junior League of Montclair-Newark, Inc. has been successful as a result of the excellence in leadership demonstrated since its inception. The JLMN prides itself on the ability to select leaders who continue to move the League forward and meet the continuing challenges of the community. The Past Presidents and Charter Members are recognized for contributing to our rich history of outstanding leadership in voluntarism.
Presidents of the Junior League of Montclair
1920-1922 Sabra Bradlee
1922-1924 Marjory Bryan
1924-1926 Marion Stoker
1926-1928 Kathleen O’Connor
1928-1930 Louise Sanders
1930-1932 Louise Bethell
1932-1934 Dorothy Wight
1934-1936 Mary Penick Weil
1936-1938 Ruth Krayer
1938-1940 Janet Goodwillie
1940-1942 Emily Rudd
1942-1944 Grace Fisk
1944-1945 Aileen Turnbull
1945-1946 Edith Sargent
1946-1948 Patricia Cole
1948-1950 Elizabeth Minard
1950-1952 Louise Tiernan
1952-1954 Hildegarde Hennington
1954-1956 Elizabeth DeBevoise
1956-1958 Elizabeth Dixon
1958-1960 Marilou Hamer
1960-1962 Barbara Malcolm
1962-1964 Marion Frederick
1964-1966 Ann Balmos Maude
1966-1968 Mary Blakney
1968-1970 Audrey McBratney
1970-1972 Corinne Driver
1972-1974 Emer Featherstone
Presidents of the Junior League of Newark
1927-1928 Isabelle Young
1928-1930 Katherine Van Deuren Everett
1930-1932 Joan Rock
1932-1934 Mary Barker Tait
1934-1936 Elizabeth Goss
1936-1938 Elizabeth Smith
1938-1940 Alice Miller Henry
1940-1942 Helen Ill
1942-1944 Gertrude Dumper
1944-1946 Mary Tait
1946-1948 Clair Yates
1948-1950 Evelyn McShane
1950-1952 Virginia Flick
1952-1954 Beatrice Bowie
1954-1956 Jeanne Layng
1956-1958 Harriet Koenig
1958-1960 Patricia Johnson
1960-1962 Constance Cole
1962-1964 Barbara Shaeberle
1964-1966 Shirley Wittpenn
1966-1968 Beryl McPherson
1968-1970 Edith Walker
1970-1972 Nancy Bambara White
1972-1974 Jane Abrams
Presidents of the Junior League of Montclair-Newark, Inc.
1974-1976 Susan Ruddick
1976-1978 Barbara Hurley
1978-1980 Andree Bertsche
1980-1982 Susan Scheuermann
1982-1984 Linda Greenberg
1984-1986 Lissa Barrett
1986-1987 Patricia Roelke
1987-1988 Richmond Rabinowitz
1988-1989 Kathleen McDonough
1989-1990 Maura Doane Jacobs
1990-1991 Amy W. Burger
1991-1992 Cynthia Rogers
1992-1993 Sarah Stransky
1993-1994 Ellen LaBarbera
1994-1995 Marcia DeOteris
1995-1996 Marisabel R. Raymond
1996-1997 Kristine H. O’Connor
1997-1998 Shelley Phillips
1998-1999 Mary L. Johnson
1999-2000 Elizabeth Milke
2000-2001 Dede Horowicz
2001-2002 Mary Ann Lindholm
2002-2003 Barbara Casulli
2003-2004 Karen Turner
2004-2005 Tami Kinley
2005-2006 Kristen Terrio
2006-2007 Patricia Devine Harms
2007-2008 Bonnie Carter
2008-2009 Susan Fine
2009-2010 Marci Van Horn
2010-2011 Maggie O'Connor
2011-2012 Maggie O'Connor & Jessica Lane
2012-2013 Jessica Lane
2013-2014 Sandra Funk Levy
2014-2015 Charlene Davis Williams
2015-2016 Anne Baldwin
2016-2018 Lisa Iurato
2018-2020 Stephanie Hutton
June 1, 2020 - May 4, 2022 Heather E.M. LeClair
May 4, 2022 - May 31, 2022 Conrhonda Baker
2022-2024 Maggie O'Connor
Charter Members of the Junior League of Montclair, Inc.
Miss Sabra Bradlee
Mrs Brantz M. Bryan (Marjorie Hanan)
Mrs. William P. Carter (Ruth Lamborn)
Miss Clarissa Collins
Mrs. Carlton W. Cox (Marion Lincoln)
Mrs. Douglas Crawford (Jean Turnbull)
Mrs. Donals Crowell (Doris Berry)
Miss Helen Durfey
Mrs. George Dick Finlay (Edith Christie)
Mrs. Frederic P. Fiske (Dorothy Harrison)
Mrs. Wilfred J. Funk (Eleanor Hawkins)
Miss Cora Gray
Miss Katherine Harrison
Mrs. Channing Lefebvre (Annette Parish)
Mrs. M. Scoville Martin (Helen Thomas)
Mrs. George F. Miller (Katherine Hutchinson)
Mrs. Burdett H. O’Connor (Kathleen McKeag)
Miss Francis Reis
Mrs. Cyril T. Staudinger (Elizabeth Thorne)
Mrs. Eleanor Halpin Stearns
Mrs. Harold Stoker (Marion Cox)
Miss Hayne Synott
Mrs. Newell E. Thomas (Mildred Torney)
Mrs. H. Russ Van Vleck (Mary Thomas)
Charter Members of the Junior League of Newark, Inc.
Margaret Wright-Clark (Mrs. Robertson Ward)
Mrs. Dray Hay
Elizabeth Heller (Mrs. George D. Smith)
Mrs. Charles Highley
Rosemary Miller (Mrs. Ned Tilt)
Betty Lamont (Mrs. Lamont Peterson)
Mrs. Plum Potter
Helen Stearly (Mrs. Frederic Alling)
Alice Young (Mrs. Richard Lindabury)
Mrs. Roger Young