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Meet our dedicated and passionate team

President

Kris Provenzano

Kris holds the position of President at the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meetinghouse in Hopewell Borough where she has served in multiple capacities on the affiliated Board for more than 25 years. In addition, she is also the Secretary/Treasurer of Tuff Quest, a nonprofit organization, that provides scholarships to students wishing to pursue higher education. A life-long resident of Hopewell Boro, Kris is the manager of Terhune Orchards at the Trenton Farmers Market. With a passion for animals and nature, she also enjoys traveling and spending time with her family.

Vice President

Mark Bovenizer

Mark serves as Vice President of the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meetinghouse located in Hopewell Borough, NJ. In addition, Mark also serves as President of the Board of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation New Jersey Chapter and as a Lieutenant and Treasurer of the Hopewell Fire Department. Professionally, Mark has been employed by the Bov Foundation Inc as their President since its founding in 2020. Mark graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School 1989 and has been living with his two daughters in Hopewell Borough for nearly two decades.

Secretary

Rae Grasso

Rae serves as secretary of the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meetinghouse located in Hopewell Borough, NJ. In addition, Rae is also a trustee of the board of the Hopewell Public Library. Professionally, Rae has been employed in the banking sector for the past 15 years and holds degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Rae and her husband have been residents of Hopewell Borough for over a decade and are very active in the community, volunteering and supporting various charities in Hopewell Valley.

Treasurer

Julie Osborn

Julie serves as Treasurer of the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meetinghouse located in Hopewell Borough. Julie has family ties to the old school Baptist Church which date back to the early 1900s when her great grandfather and grandfather. Or members. In June 8, 1989, Julie and her husband Chuck were married in the beautiful and historic church. In addition to her role with the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meetinghouse, she is the Treasurer of the Hopewell Museum and the bookkeeper for the Highland Cemetery Association. Julie enjoys crocheting, reading, traveling and being with her grandchildren.

Trustee

Marcia Lowe

Marcia serves as a trustee of the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meetinghouse located in Hopewell Borough. Marcia was raised in Hopewell Boro and presently resides in West Trenton. Marcia was a trauma floor nurse for Capital Health – Trenton until her retirement two years ago. Marcia enjoys genealogy and tracing her descendants; which include the Stout family and John Hart family. Now retired from nursing, Marcia finds immense joy in walking dogs for Fetch! Pet Care.

Trustee

John Buck

John serves a trustee of the Hopewell Old School Baptist Meetinghouse located in Hopewell Borough, NJ. In addition, John serves as current President of the Stoutsburg Cemetery Association located in Hopewell Township and he also serves as President of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) located in Skillman, NJ. John has been a lifelong resident of Hopewell Borough.  He is retired from Princeton University Civil Engineering Department where he worked for 17 years; he also is a member of Heavy and General Laborer’s Local 172 for the past 37 years.  John proudly serves as President to such a distinguished group of African Americans who rose from slavery to being men and women of valor who are now lying in their final resting place at Stoutsburg.