Lance Saunders | President
Lance Saunders, the President of the “Friends of the Camden County Child Advocacy Center,” is a retired Lieutenant of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. He retired as Lieutenant of the Major Crimes Unit in December of 2021. Throughout his 28 years at the Prosecutor’s Office, a total of 10 years were spent investigating physical and sexual abuse of children in Camden County. While serving as the Unit Commander of the Child Abuse Unit in 2014, he and then Deputy First Assistant, Grace MacAulay, spearheaded the name change of the Unit from the “Child Abuse Unit” to the “Special Victims Unit.” Lance has instructed Juvenile Detention Officers at the Camden County Police Academy on the subject of Child Abuse. Lance received his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Stockton University

Michael Mangold | Trustee
Michael Mangold is currently the Chief of Staff for the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. He returned to the Prosecutor’s Office as Chief of Staff in 2014. Prior to then he served as a law Enforcement Professional and retired in 2009 as a Lieutenant in the Camden County Prosecutors Office. He formerly taught grade school at St. Anthony of Padua in Camden and East Camden Middle School. Growing up in Camden, he attended both grade school and high school in the city. As an alumni of Woodrow Wilson High School, he went on to coach men’s basketball there. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers Camden University and his Masters in Human Resources from Seton Hall

Rita Dame | Trustee
Rita Dame is a CPA whose passion is to improve the financial health of organizations. Currently living in Haddon Heights with her husband, son, and golden retriever. Rita is a graduate of King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA with a B.S. in accounting. Rita began her career in public accounting; worked for several for-profit companies and progressed to CFO for a major non-profit agency in Philadelphia. Wanting more of a work/life balance, Rita is currently an associate for Your Part-Time Controller, providing accounting/controllership assistance to, primarily, non-profit organizations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Rita enjoys traveling, good restaurants, gardening, kayaking, and taking long walks.

James H. Rhodes | Trustee
Jim is a Deputy County Administrator for the Camden County government. His areas of responsibility include the Department of Public Safety, the Office of Information Technology & Telecommunications, The One Stop Career Center, Internal Audit, Employee Benefits & Insurance, the Office of Archives & Records Management, and the Office of Sustainability & Shared Services. Jim is also the Chair of the Camden County Board of Social Services, a position he has held since 2004. Prior to his current role with the County, Jim served as Director of Legislative Policy and Communications for Independence Blue Cross of Philadelphia. He represented the organization’s AmeriHealth subsidiaries in New Jersey and Delaware. In this role, he was responsible for government relations and policy initiatives in multiple jurisdictions, including the development and promotion of an effective public policy agenda. While there, Jim completed the company’s Business Strategy & Leadership Program through the Warton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He represented the company and the managed care industry through various placements on government commissions and industry-related boards and committees, including the New Jersey Mandated Health Benefits Review Commission and as Vice Chair of the New Jersey Association of Health Plans. In addition to his duties with the County, Jim serves in several volunteer roles, including as a member of the Rutgers University Board of Trustees, a member of the board of directors of the Larc School of Bellmawr, NJ, which serves disabled children and young adults from throughout southern New Jersey, and as a board member for the Friends of the Camden County Child Advocacy Center. Jim is a 1994 graduate of Rutgers University-Camden, where he majored in Political Science.

Patricia Taulane | Trustee
Patricia Taulane retired from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office in 2017 as Captain of the Special Victims Unit, Major Crimes Unit and Victim Witness Unit. She started her law enforcement career in 1991 at Rutgers University Police Department in Camden, New Jersey as a Police Office and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in 1993. In 1996, she was hired by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office as a Detective serving in the Special Victims Unit for several years. Throughout her career at the Prosecutor’s Office she also served as an instructor at the Police Academy training law enforcement officers in firearms safety and homicide investigative techniques. Patricia received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from the College of St. Elizabeth in Madison, New Jersey.

Christy DeCristofor
Christy DeCristofor, the Secretary of the “Friends of the Camden County Child Advocacy Center” is a retired Sergeant of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. She retired as Sergeant of the Intelligence Unit, however her passion was and remains helping child abuse victims recover and heal. During her career at the Prosecutor’s Office she instructed the young law enforcement officers at the Police Academy. Christy currently supervises and oversees security for the Camden County College and County owned properties. Christy dedicates much of her time working with a number of non-profit organizations such as “The Friends of the Camden County Child Advocacy Center”, the LARC School, and the Ronald McDonald House

Victoria (Vicki) DiAmore | Trustee
Vicki recently retired from UPS after a more than 44 year career. During her career, Vicki held numerous managerial positions within operations, as well as staff functions. In Vicki’s leadership roles, she acquired the skills of strategic perspectives creating a strong business acumen competency which generated financial growth. Vicki received her B/A from Cabrini University. Vicki, her husband and son are long term residents of Haddon Heights.

Anna Trenga | Trustee
Anna Trenga is an Assistant Prosecutor at the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, where she started working in November 2016. Anna is currently assigned to the Trial Team Unit. She has had the opportunity to try numerous cases including several child sexual assault cases. Anna graduated from Temple University Law School in 2016 and the University of Delaware in 2012.