Leadership

Executive Board

Barbara McCloskey, President

Barbara has been a member of the State Federation since 1987, joining the Denville/Rockaway Junior Woman’s club, where she served as President, among other board positions. Barbara also served on the NJSFWC Junior State Board as Conservation Chairman and Membership Liaison.

Barbara is presently a member of the GFWC Woman's Club of the Denville-Rockaway Area, where she served many board positions, including four terms as President, the GFWC Woman's Club of Boonton, the Past President's Club of the Highlands District, the NJSFWC EX Club, and the Phoenix Club.

On the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs Board of Trustees, she has served as Communications Chairman, Webmaster, Highlands District Vice President, Third Vice President, Second Vice President, NJSFWC President-Elect and presently serves as the NJSFWC State President.

She was employed for 18 years as the Membership & Outreach Manager for the Land Conservancy of New Jersey, where she coordinated one-day stewardship projects with corporate volunteers and managed their community garden. She has been married for 42 years, has two adult children, a son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and two grandsons.

 

 

Susan Chambers, President-elect

Susan Chambers serves as NJSFWC President Elect for the 2024-2026 term. She has previously served on the NJSFWC Board as Palisades District Vice President, Special State Project Chairman, Home Life Chairman, Third Vice President and First Vice President.

She joined the Book and Needle Club of Oradell in 2005 and served as their Co-President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Communications Chairman, and Special State Project Chairman. She is a member of the Palisades Past Presidents, the NJSFWC EX Club, the Lilies, and the Phoenix Club.

Susan’s work experience includes managing a medical market research firm, overseeing the Accounting, Computer, Secretarial, Mailroom and Editing departments. As the Project Manager, she created all project budgets and saw each research project through to client delivery.

Susan was a trustee of the Oradell Public School Board of Education for six years; a Board member of the Oradell Arts and Business Coalition, and Secretary of the Community Relations Committee. She is a lifetime Girl Scout.

 

 

Chris Sienkielewski, First Vice President

Chris Sienkielewski served as the New Jersey State Director of Junior Clubs 1996-1998, and subsequently served twenty years on the GFWC Board of Directors in various positions in education, resolutions, leadership, conservation and violence against women. Chris also served the NJSFWC as Second Vice President, Corresponding Secretary, Community Improvement Program Chairman, Sixth District Vice President, Bylaws Chairman, Chairman of the Signature Project Investigating Committee, and three terms as Legislation/Resolutions Chairman.

Chris is honored to serve the current administration as the First Vice President. On the local club level, she is the President of the GFWC Central Valley Contemporary Club.

Professionally, Chris has been an educator for 45 years teaching various grade levels and as the director of a private preschool and kindergarten for 18 years. Later she worked in the field of adult education developing curriculum and training for English as a Second Language. Chris is currently retired.

Chris resides in South Plainfield, NJ with her husband, Rich, her son, daughter-in law and their two children, along with two dogs and two cats.

 

 

Patricia Dahl, Second Vice President

Patricia has been an active club member for over 46 years in the Federation and has served on the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Club’s Board of Directors for seventeen years. She has held different positions: Chairman of the GFWC Domestic Violence and Prevention Program, Education, Honors and Arts Performing Departments. She served as Garden District Vice President, Credentials and Registration, Special State Project, and Convention Chairmen. Currently, Patricia is serving as the Second Vice President.

She has also served eight years on the Junior Membership Board of Directors as Southern Assistant Director, First District Advisor, and Report Writing Chairman, to name a few.

Previously she has been President of the Pitman Juniors, Glassboro Woman’s Club, Gloucester County Women’s Club, Contemporary Club of the Garden District and Junior Ex Club. Currently she is the President of the NJSFWC EX Club.

Patricia has been married to her husband Jeff for 52 years and they have a son, a daughter, and four grandchildren.