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Officers

Chairman

Dr. Maria Isaza

March 2020- April 2023

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Affiliation: Dean of the School of Health Professions and Natural Sciences (HPNS) at the County College of Morris (CCM)

Office: 973-328-5340

214 Center Grove Road

Randolph, NJ 07869

Dr. Maria P. Isaza is the  Dean of the School of Health Professions and Natural Sciences (HPNS) at the County College of Morris (CCM). She was born in Cali, Colombia and immigrated to the United States in 1990. She has been a Morris County resident for the past 30 years and currently resides in Wharton, NJ with her family.

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Dr. Isaza is a CCM alumna and graduated with a B.S. in Biology from the College of St. Elizabeth in 2002. She then received her Ph. D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 2009. She started working at CCM in 2007 as an adjunct professor and was hired as a full-time professor a year later in 2008. She served as the Chairperson of the Biology and Chemistry Department for eight years and became the Dean of the HPNS in 2021.

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As the Dean of the HPNS, she leads a dedicated and enthusiastic team of faculty members that are committed to providing premier educational programs in in the areas of biological, chemical, and environmental sciences; health professions including nursing, radiography, respiratory therapy, paramedic science , and occupational therapy assistant; exercise science and personal trainer; landscape and horticultural technology; teacher education specializations and public health. 


Dr. Isaza is also very active in her community and has been a board member for the Advocacy Committee at Employment Horizons since 2019.  In addition, she was selected by the County Commissioners in 2019 to serve in the Morris Area Paratransit System Citizens Advisory Committee. 

Vice Chairman

Anthony Agudelo
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Affiliation: Anthony Agudelo Landscaping and Colombian Coffee Distributors
Office: 973-895-7725
Email: customerservice@aalnj.com
1302 Sussex Turnpike
Randolph, NJ 07869

Secretary

Mrs. Jennice Webb

July 2022- 2025

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Affiliation: The Salvation Army

Cell: 862-579-8331

Email: jieshayoung@gmail.com

42 Tilt Street

Haledon, NJ 07508

Jennice Webb is The Salvation Army’s Divisional Education Director, overseeing multiple childcare, afterschool and summer camp programs across the state of New Jersey. Her career as an educator began in a childcare center as a float teacher. Her passion for nurturing young minds and her ambitious mindset allowed her to achieve her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Montclair State University and Master’s in School Counseling at Caldwell University. Her 12 year career involves serving children in public and private settings as a teacher, early childhood director, and certified school counselor. She is actively pursuing her Doctoral degree, class of 2023, in Education with a specialization in Curriculum and Teaching. Her experience in various childcare roles has led to the opportunity of presenting at the Grow NJ Kids and NJAEYC conferences. Jennice stays active in her community by serving on the town’s local Board of Health and on the advisory board of New Jersey Association for the Education of Young Children.

Treasurer

Mrs. Lydia Silfa

March 2020- April 2023

Affiliation: AVP & Store Manager, TD Bank

Cell: 908-319-9306

Office: 973-627-4014

Email: Lydia.Silfa@td.com

Alt. Email: lsilfa@yahoo.com

6 Stone Hill Court

Hackettstown, NJ 07840

Lydia Silfa, currently Vice President at TD Bank has many years of banking experience with various banks in New York City including 15 years in Wall Street in different capacities including Private Wealth and institutional Custody.
Lydia is active in the community and serves as Treasurer of the Rockaway Borough Business Association. She has an undergraduate degree in Finance and Investments from Baruch College, City University of New York and an advance in Economic Policy from The New School for Social Research.

Trustee

Mrs. Maria Rosario Behun

January 2024 - Current

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Affiliation: Community Manager, Community and Business Development, Chase Bank 

Office: 973-366-2000

Email: Maria.behun@chase.com

1 E. Clinton St. 

Dover, NJ 07801

Maria Rosario Behun is a Bilingual Community Manager in Dover, NJ for Community & Business Development. She is a local ambassador for Chase whose job is to build and nurture relationships with key community leaders, nonprofit partners and small businesses at the neighborhood level. Maria hosts financial health workshops, facilitates non-profit partnerships, serves in community volunteerism and offers community programming. She is helping to advance racial equity by supporting Black and Latinx communities with tools and resources to help them improve their financial wellbeing. With over 13 years of experience in the financial services industry, prior to that 13 years in the Business Management industry. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration Management, from Berkeley College with honors in Magma Cum Laude and Alpha Delta Sigma, while recently recognized as the Alumni of the Year in 2023. Maria has held a number of positions including VP, Treasury Management Officer, Co-Founder & Board Vice Co-Chair of HOLA, overseeing the Community Service Chapter in the regions of NY/NJ of HOLA, as well as an Ambassador of the Women in Business Program (NJ). Prior to this role, Maria served as an AVP, Corporate and Government Sales Officer and an AVP, Operations Liaison at Valley Bank. She is currently an Advisory Board Member of the County College of Morris EOF's program, Corporate Board Director at Morris County Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce and a Community Relations Director at the Latino Chamber of Commerce, while active at JP Morgan's very own

Business Resource Centers Adelante and Women on the Move. Lastly, Maria also serves on the Puerto Rican Association of Human Development Fundraiser

Committee and The Housing Partnership's Gala committee. Maria enjoys spending time with family, cooking, Coaching the Butler Bloomingdale Youth Club Cheerleaders, volunteering & Photography.

Trustee

Iris Goicochea

March 2020 - April 2025

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Affiliation: North Jersey Home Schoolers Association

Cell: 201-410-3329

Email: Irisg160@gmail.com

290 Reynolds Avenue

Parsippany, NJ 07054

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Luis Diaz

Board Member

Mr. Diaz has over 20 years of experience in a wide range of complex matters, including intellectual property law, technology-related joint ventures and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, sales and marketing, and government relations. He focuses his practice on advice and transactions relating to technology, e-commerce, privacy and data security, and cloud computing. Mr. Diaz represents foreign corporations from Spain, Central America, and South America in the United States. Prior to joining Gibbons, he founded the intellectual property group at IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT) and served as Executive Vice President and Senior Counsel with the company.

Trustees

Mr. Francis J. Bastone

March 2020- April 2025

Affiliation: Retired Town Administrator, Montville

Cell: 973-214-7551

Email: fjbastone@eclipse.net

10-E Somerset Hills Court

Bernardsville, NJ 07924

Mark Odenwelder

MCOHA Staff

Marcela I. Lenox

Executive Director

Office: 973-366-4770 ext. 16

Cell: 908-642-3267

Email: marcela.lenox@mcoha.org

95-97 Bassett Highway

Dover, NJ 07801

Silvina Abbate

Fiscal Officer

Office: 973-366-4770 ext. 23

Cell: 201-705-7171

Email: sabbate@mcoha.org

95-97 Bassett Highway

Dover, NJ 07801

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