LTEF Elects New Leadership and Board Members

Editor's Note: The following is a news release issued by the .

The Lawrence Township Education Foundation (LTEF) has elected new officers to the board.  Paul Schindel and Kelly Bidle have been named president and vice president, respectively, of the Lawrence Township Education Foundation Board of Trustees.

In addition, five new Trustees have joined the non-profit’s Board.

Schindel is a 23-year resident of Lawrence with three sons who all have attended the Lawrence Township Public Schools.  He has served as an LTEF Trustee since 2009. He is president and chief creative officer at Three Bears Communications, a marketing and advertising agency in Princeton.

Paul has been involved with community service and volunteerism his entire life, most recently with organizations including the new Katz Jewish Community Center, Lawrence Historical Society and the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton & Mercer County.

Bidle, who has lived in Lawrence since 2001, is a professor in the department of Biology and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rider University.  She and her husband, Kay, have three sons attending the Lawrence Township Public Schools.   She has served on the LTEF board since 2010.

Also joining the Lawrence Township Education Foundation are:

• Meryl Rothenberg, an attorney at Rothenberg and Associates LLC;
• Colin Schreiber, an owner at Huntington Learning Center;
• Rick Smith, a retired Lawrence Township Public School teacher;
• Kevin Pollock, an attorney at the Law Office of Kevin A. Pollock LLC; and
• Ka’Neda Bullock, a financial advisor at Edward Jones in Lawrence. 

Ka’Neda is also a graduate of Lawrence High School.   Kevin Pollock will be serving as the organization’s treasurer.

The Lawrence Township Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization that fosters educational excellence, creativity, and achievement in the Lawrence Township Public Schools.

Since 1992, it has funded over 480 programs in the Lawrence schools with grants in excess of $2.4 million.  For more information about LTEF and ways to support the Foundation, visit www.ltefnj.org or email info@ltefnj.org.