Colts Neck Resident Appointed to Brookdale Board of Trustees

Two new Board of Trustees to Brookdale Community College were appointed by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, one of whom is Charles Karcher of Colts Neck.

Appointed on March 29, Karcher is a Red Bank lawyer and joining him is David Flaherty of Howell. Flaherty, a Howell police officer, is an executive director of the Howell Chamber of Commerce. He is a former member of the Howell Board of Education.

They fill the seats left vacant by Howard Birdsall, who resigned last May, and Simon Bosco, who resigned in November.

According to a news release, "There are 13 seats on the Brookdale Board of Trustees. Ten trustee seats are for Monmouth County residents; eight seats are filled by freeholder appointment and two seats are filled by gubernatorial appointment. The remaining seats are filled by county superintendent of schools, a Brookdale graduate representative elected annually by the college’s  student body and the college president who serves as an ex-officio member."

“This is a terrific opportunity for a resident to take a dynamic role at New Jersey’s best community college,” Curley said. “Brookdale needs leaders who will help steer the course of this quality, affordable higher education institution.”