About Good Grief
Good Grief builds resilience in children, strengthens families, and empowers communities to grow from loss and adversity.
WHO WE ARE
Good Grief started in 2004 with a group of concerned volunteers who believed grieving children lacked advocates. In those early days, we began by educating teachers and community groups. In 2007, Good Grief started providing direct programming to children and their families. The need and response was tremendous, requiring Good Grief to grow our programs each year. In 2012, Good Grief responded to the emerging need of families traveling long distances to Morristown by bringing Good Grief programs to Princeton. In 2017, we launched our first satellite location for urban youth through our In Community program in Jersey City, which expanded to include Newark programs in 2019. In 2017 we also launched Routes to Resilience, a social-emotional learning program that is based on over 15 years of education and programs. In 2020, Routes to Resilience became part of a larger offering, Good Grief Schools, which consists of four programs developed specifically to create a healthy and supportive environment for students, educators, and parents. While we are best known for the thousands of lives we have impacted through our direct programming, our comprehensive education and advocacy efforts throughout New Jersey and across the nation have acquired notoriety and prestigious partnerships, including Sheryl Sandberg’s Optionb.org, KIPP NJ, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Big Brothers Big Sisters Essex, Union, and Hudson county, Arizona State University, Duke University, Scholastic, National Funeral Directors Association, Outward Bound Adventures, the National Alliance for Grieving Children, and more.
Take a Tour
Members of the community can get an introduction to our mission, programs, and facilities by attending one of our impactful open houses. If you are considering finding a way to get involved with Good Grief, whether as a volunteer, donor, or advocate in the community a tour of our center is the best way to find out more, ask questions, meet staff, and become a part of our community. Open houses are approximately 75 minutes long and offer a quick, but thorough introduction to all things Good Grief!
To sign up, visit our calendar!
Individual and group tours can also be arranged by contacting [email protected] or 908-522-1999.
NOTE: This tour is not for interested peer support program participants. Please contact one of our Family Coordinators to learn more about enrolling in our programs.
Staff

Joanna Green
Director of Development
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 908.522.1999 x2010

Evelynn Moon
Director of Education
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 908.522.1999 x2013

Jesse W. Bassett, M.Div
Head of Curriculum & Training
Email: [email protected]

Ariana Locascio
Family Services Manager, Morristown
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 908.522.1999 x2012

Jeremy Schiff
Development Manager
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 908.522.1999

Kim Burrows
Program Manager, Morristown
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 908.522.1999

Lynne DeLade
Photography and Graphics Consultant

Special Thanks to our 200+ Nights of Support Volunteer Facilitators
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors is the strategic brainpower of our mission. These exceptional leaders not only have extraordinary resumes and life experience, but they also have unwavering passion for and commitment to this mission. This hardworking team of leaders moves Good Grief forward each and every day.
2023 Board of Directors
Guy Langford – Chair, Partner, M&A Transaction Services, Deloitte
Dr. Jody Stowe, Vice-Chair
Andrew Dinnhaupt – Treasurer, Portfolio Manager/Research Analyst Global Financial Services, Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC
Jean Frydman, Esq. – Board Secretary, Sr. Associate General Counsel, Corporate Compliance Officer – Aquestive Therapeutics
Danielle Blank Adest, Chief Financial Officer, Crisis Text Line
Joseph Catanzaro, Head of Ads Optimization, Walmart
Conor Dolan, Commercial Real Estate Advisor, CBRE
Christopher Karambelas, ToneyKorf Partners, LLC
David Kushner, Author and Journalist
John McDermott, JD, Group Managing Director, Senior Strategic Regulatory Advisor at UBS
Robert Meirowitz, MD, President of Princeton Gastroenterology Associates
Alain Van Loo, Founder, Assetive
Paul Rosica, Former Head of Corporate Sales and Structuring at BMO Capital Markets