HCCASA serves children from across Hudson County. A non-profit organization located in Jersey City, HCCASA is part of a state network. Nationally, there are more than 1,000 CASA programs working in local communities.

• Executive Director
• Staff
• Board of Trustees
• Volunteers

Beverly Savage has been the Executive Director of HCCASA since 2005 and has led the organization through a period of growth of its volunteer base, staff and the number of children served.

In 2009, Beverly secured a new home for HCCASA as part of a non-profit collaborative, the St. Paul’s Center for Caring, located in the heart of Jersey City. In 2008 she was recognized for her leadership by United Way of Hudson County when they named her the recipient of their Vivian Dupree Leadership Award.

Before joining HCCASA, Beverly was Director of Development & External Affairs at the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, North Jersey Affiliate. She is a trustee emeritus of the Kent Place School for Girls and a past president of the Board of Trustees of Stevens Cooperative School. A graduate of Barnard College in New York City, she has served as an advisory board member of the Barnard Business and Professional Women's Group.

Prior to her non-profit work, Beverly was a reporter for The Star Ledger and has written for the New Jersey section of the New York Times.

Meghan Veenhof, Case Supervisor & Volunteer Recruiter/Trainer
Meghan joined HCCASA in 2007. Prior to HCCASA, she worked as a family consultant for a therapeutic foster care agency in New Jersey. Meghan received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Ithaca College in New York. At HCCASA, she splits her duties between case supervision and volunteer recruiting and training.

Beth Clark-Wilson, Case Supervisor
Beth joined HCCASA in May 2008 upon earning her Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Beth also holds her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Surrey, England, and certification in the forensic interviewing of children, adolescents and adults. She currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Hudson County Child Advocacy Center.

Catherine Price, Case Supervisor
Catherine is the latest addition to the HCCASA team having joined the staff in January 2010. She most recently held a fellowship at the New York State Senate. Catherine received her Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University in New York City in May 2008. While at Columbia she interned at Children’s Rights, Inc., the advocacy organization that initiated the current reform plan of New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services.

Dani Rosen, AmeriCorps VISTA Member
Dani joined HCCASA in January 2010 through the AmeriCorps VISTA program to aid in fundraising and development of HCCASA. Dani graduated from Boston College in May 2009 with her Bachelor of Arts in Human Development and Public Policy.

HCCASA volunteers are appointed by family court judges to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children, to make sure these children don’t get lost in the overburdened legal and social service system or languish in an inappropriate group or foster home. They stay with each case until it is closed, and the child is placed in a safe, permanent home.

There are currently more than 60 volunteers donating their time and energy as advocates to HCCASA. Our volunteers represent a true cross section of the community: active and retired professionals who have worked in a variety of industries, business owners, and graduate students, of all ages and ethnic backgrounds.

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