Wells Mountain Foundation, Inc

supporting education, literacy, and the arts

Board of Directors



Tom Wells, President

Tom is an attorney and the founding partner of Wells, Jaworski & Liebman, LLP, Attorneys-at-Law. Tom practices from New Jersey and Vermont. He is active in civic organizations in both New Jersey and Vermont. Tom is also the principal of Wells Mountain, LLC which develops and operates real estate properties in New Jersey and Vermont. Tom has traveled to Africa and Haiti numerous times and has been active in the YMCA, in particular its World Service Program, for 40 of his 55 years.

Carol Wells

Carol is currently the Executive Director of the Bristol Downtown Community Partnership and a member of the Bristol, Vermont Select Board (town council). She has been very active in numerous community organizations, such as Bristol Friends of the Arts, PTO, the Five Town Business Council and Art on Main. The former owner/manager of an independent bookstore, she uses her expertise in literacy to shape and develop two WMF programs, Book Angels and Imagination Library. She visited our African programs in 2006.

David Bolger

David is a highly successful businessman, banker and philanthropist. David's civic accomplishments are numerous and his philanthropic causes even more so. He has provided continued support to West Bergen Mental Health Center, Valley Hospital, Mt. Bethel and Westside Presbyterian Churches, Northfield Mount Herman, Kay Espwa ( Project Hope) and hundreds of other charities. The Bolger Foundation is WMF's single, largest donor.

Jordyn Wells

Jordyn graduated from Bard College with a double major in Anthropology and Studio Art and a minor in Africana Studies. Having first traveled to Ghana at 16 with a high school trip, Jordyn has been back 5 times, the last three times as a volunteer with the JAC. She has traveled to Senegal as an assistant leader on the Ridgewood YMCA ICP Senegal trip and has led the Ridgewood ICP Mexico trip for the last three years. She currently works at Do Something, a national non-profit that inspires, supports and celebrates young people changing the world, where she heads up the Grants program. Jordyn visited all of our Africa scholarship recipients in November, 2007.

Ruth Bernstein

Ruth graduated from Saint Michael’s College in May 2006 with a double major in Psychology and Elementary Education. Throughout her time at Saint Michael’s, she was active in the campus volunteer organization (MOVE or Mobilization of Volunteer Efforts). During the summer of 2005, Ruth traveled with MOVE to Southern Uganda, facilitating the distribution of scholarships to displaced Sudanese living in refugee settlements. She also worked with Save the Children in the western highlands of Honduras for a summer. Here in Vermont, Ruth spent two years volunteering on the pediatric ward of the local hospital. Currently, she is taking time off to raise her newborn son, Joseph.

Bob Dill

Bob and his wife Marianne, owned and operated The Rinks, classic roller rink and entertainment establishments in Bergenfield and Montvale, New Jersey for more than 20 years. Bob now manages various commercial real estate properties owned by his company R2D2, LLC. Bob got involved in the recreational industry after leaving a position as Vice President for Human Relations of the American Stock Exchange. Bob has been active in Ridgewood YMCA for many years, and serves on the World Service Committee. Three years ago, he visited the YMCA of Haiti.