May 30, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 5 Upper Saddle River Dr. Jill Stoller has resigned from the Upper Saddle River Board of Education effective May 22. Superintendent Dr. Monica Browne reported that Dr. Stoller had stepped down to address a time-intensive family commitment. “I was very sad that Dr. Stoller resigned from the board of education because she has had such a positive impact on the board over the past six years,” Dr. Browne told Villadom TIMES. “She has been a supporter of schools and of continually improving our schools. She will be missed.” Stoller was elected to a one-year unexpired term in 2006, and was elected to full three-year terms in 2007 and again in 2010. Stoller and her family have been residents of Upper Saddle River since 1993. She graduated with distinction from Cornell University in 1982 and received a doctorate Stoller resigns from board; successor sought in medicine from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1986. She completed her residency in pediatrics at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1989. From 1989 through 1996, she was an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she helped initiate and administer a primary care program for HIVinfected children in Bronx, New York. In 1996, she joined Chestnut Ridge Pediatric Associates in Woodcliff Lake. Stoller has been involved with The American Academy of Pediatrics on both the national and state levels. She has chaired the Practice Management Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics (NJ chapter) and served on its Pediatric Council. She has also served as medical director of Our Chance International, a philanthropic organization founded by an Upper Saddle River resident that provides medical services for orphaned and disadvantaged children. In this role, she helped coordinate three medical missions to Ghana. Stoller has also served on the board of directors for Programs for Parents, a not-for-profit organization in Essex County dedicated to helping parents find quality child care. She has also served on the board of the Saddle River Valley Junior Woman’s Club. Dr. Browne said the board of education plans to interview prospective successors to Dr. Stoller on June 4, and would like to install a new trustee on June 11. The board of education will be receiving letters of interest for Stoller’s unexpired term up to 3 p.m. on May 31. The unexpired term will end Dec. 31, 2013. The board will select a replacement, who will serve until Dec. 31, 2012, (continued on page 10)