“We are delighted to have Mr. Fellenberg at the Institute,” said Catherine Tansey, IINJ’s chairman of the board. “He brings a wide spectrum of expertise that will facilitate our needs to strengthen the Institute’s strategic planning, finance and administration, fundraising, and communications.”

            The Institute also provides an array of services to refugees and other classes of immigrants through its Anti-Trafficking Program, Refugee School-Based Services, and Survivors of Torture.   These high quality services are provided by highly trained staff of professionals and caseworkers that collectively speak more than a dozen languages. Low cost and confidential, all programs aim to accelerate each new immigrant’s journey to self-sufficiency.

Fellenberg has also served on the volunteer boards of professional and community organizations, such as the National Music Council, the New Jersey Association of Museums, Verona Landmarks Conservation Commission, and Montclair Chamber of Commerce. He has lectured at Seton Hall and Rutgers University.  Fellenberg earned a B.A. in English from Montclair State College in 1974 and graduated from Rutgers University’s Executive MBA program in 1990. Born in Yokohama, Japan, Fellenberg has lived in New Jersey since he was five years old. He has lived in Verona since 1981. His wife, Donna, is a psychoanalyst in private practice, and his son, Miles, is a student at Verona High School.