Institute Staff
Judy Young, Executive Director
973-353-3474, young@business.rutgers.edu
Judy has over twenty-five years experience focused in Leadership Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Change Management, Learning & Development, Consulting and Human Resources. Judy has extensive experience in the business sector at Johnson & Johnson, in Management Consulting firms and within the nonprofit sector for Hospital systems.
As a business management and organization development consultant, Judy has lead domestic and international projects that focused on the following: Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Change Management, Performance Improvement, Reengineering/Redesign of business processes, Operational planning and implementation, Team Development, Total Quality Management/Process Excellence, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational assessment, alignment, structure and design.
Judy served as an Adjunct Professor on the graduate level and as a program creator for Seton Hall University’s Virtual Program in Corporate Communication. Judy also served as an Adjunct Professor at Brookdale Community College in the undergraduate Communications program.
Judy holds a Masters degree in Corporate Communication (MBA concentration), from Seton Hall University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication (English minor) from Montclair State University. Judy earned a certificate from Rutgers University in the Mini MBA Business Essentials Program and completed the Executive Organizational Effectiveness Program at Columbia University.
Judy volunteers at Common Ground Grief Center and Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Children’s Bereavement Day.
Margaret Della, Program Director
973-353-3507, mdella@business.rutgers.edu
Margaret manages the Institute's ethical leadership programs for businesses, nonprofits, and academic and government entities. She also facilitates collaborations among key players within the nonprofit sector and directs the Institute's focus on nonprofit leadership development, capacity building and executive coaching services.
Prior to the Institute, Margaret worked at New York University’s International Center for Enterprise Preparedness (InterCEP) where she assisted in working with Global 1000 and Fortune 500 firms to identify and communicate incentives for business preparedness; and to improve their coordination with nonprofits and government entities in advance of crises. She also served as a Legislative Aide to former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) in which she advised on foreign policy.
Margaret has a Master’s in Public Administration from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She also received a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in International Relations and Spanish.
Sandro Tejada, Development Director
973-353-1907, stejada@business.rutgers.edu
Sandro Tejada, is the Institute for Ethical Leadership’s Development Director. In this position, he will be responsible for the Institute's fundraising and marketing. Prior to joining the Institute, Sandro worked for Beekman Marketing as Vice President of Client Services, managing new accounts and developing team strategy, client services, sales, development and the measurement of client programs. He also held various fundraising positions in New York City, including AFS-USA, South Bronx Educational Foundation (SBEF) and Hale House Center. At AFS-USA, Sandro was the Director of Annual Giving for this nonprofit leader in high school intercultural education. He was responsible for providing strategic direction, oversight and achieving the goal for direct marketing campaigns. Sandro served as the Development Director at the SBEF, a nonprofit organization that promotes academic and personal achievement for young girls and boys in the Bronx. Sandro's fundraising experience also includes six years working as Development Manager/Major Gifts Officer at the Hale House Center in Harlem.
Dana Bochna, Operations Manager
973-353-3488, danab@business.rutgers.edu
Dana graduated cum laude in 2008 from Rutgers–Newark. During her college career, Dana was a part of the National Spanish Honor Society (Sigma Delta Pi) and was the Outstanding Achievement in Spanish Award 2008 Recipient. She also worked as an editorial intern for an educational publishing company, Book-Links Publishing Services, in Astoria, NY. In 2007, Dana spent a semester abroad in San José, Costa Rica where she attended Universidad Veritas and studied Spanish language and culture. After completing her studies abroad, Dana held an internship at MTV Networks in the Content Distribution & Partner Marketing Department for the Hispanic bi-cultural network, MTV Tr3s.
Prior to the Institute, Dana worked in the nonprofit sector and held various positions at La Casa de Don Pedro, a non-profit community-based organization in Newark, NJ. At La Casa, she was the Program Assistant for WIA Title II, an ESL (English as a Second Language) adult education program, supported under the New Jersey Department of Labor. She assisted in the coordination and implementation of ESL and citizenship classes for Newark and the surrounding communities’ residents. In addition, Dana served as an English as Second Language (ESL) instructor at La Casa de Don Pedro.
Dana holds a BA in Spanish Language and Literature from Rutgers University (Newark College of Arts and Sciences) with a minor in International Affairs and is currently a part-time Master’s of Public Administration (MPA) graduate student at Rutgers-Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration.
Joanne Hsu, Administrative Assistant
973-353-1135, joanne.hsu@business.rutgers.edu
Joanne Hsu is the Administrative Assistant for the Institute of Ethical Leadership. Prior to joining the Institute, Joanne was the Executive Administrative Assistant to the Director of the New York State Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (GOER) for four years. In addition to her responsibilities in that position, she updated and streamlined multiple agency procedures, and also initiated the development of an all-agencies electronic contact management system. This system will allow GOER to contact all agencies’ commissioners through one management system while allowing agencies to update their information in the system. She collaborated with GOER’s multiple office managers to create a support network to increase workflow while creating instructional manuals to help better familiarize agency staff with their software programs.
