Judith (Judi) was born in 1942 in New York City and moved to Los Angeles when she was four. She graduated from UCLA with a degree in English literature in February 1964. She worked as a social worker for six months in L.A., and again in New York City, where she met her husband through a mutual friend. Six months later, they married, lived briefly in Princeton, traveled through Europe, moved back to L.A., and, in 1966, settled in New Jersey with their six-month-old daughter.
While raising two daughters, Judi volunteered in local schools and served on the board of Planned Parenthood of Middlesex County. Once her children were older, she returned to school to study graphic design. She found her passion, and built a career in scholarly publishing, working in editing, typesetting, and design. Later, she became an editor at the Medical Society of New Jersey, retiring in 2009.
Judi first heard about CASA in 2009 from a colleague whose daughter was a CASA volunteer. She became a CASA working with Kerry Kern, the then-only-full-time employee of CASA of Middlesex and a former co-worker from Judi’s publishing days.
Since 2010, Judi has served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate with Middlesex County and is now one of our longest-serving advocates. She has also been a Board Liaison at CASA of Middlesex since 2017. In addition to her advocacy work, Judi is on the CASA of New Jersey Government Relations Committee and is a valued Peer Coach, offering guidance and support to other CASA volunteers. Judi is currently working on nine cases involving 23 children. Over the past 15 years, she has worked on more than 30 cases involving close to 100 children removed from their Middlesex County homes due to abuse and/or neglect.
