Board of Directors
John Haaf
Richard Barrios
Beverly Haaf
John Haaf is a member of the board and currently serves as the President and CEO of the Foundation. You can find his bio under "Staff"
Beverly Haaf
Richard Barrios
Beverly Haaf
Beverly T. Haaf
I wrote my first story in second grade. It was about a cat family, done with crayon illustration on construction paper that could fold over like a book.
My mother was my writing inspiration. We would listen to radio mysteries and when an advertisement came on, she would say: “What do you think will happen next?” All interesting writing, fiction or non-fiction, makes the readers keep reading because they want to know, “What happens next?” My mother and I would form our opinions and talk about them. We would then listen to see what really happened. (Sometimes we liked our solutions better.)
The first story I sold was written as a high school English assignment. It was a horror story, constructed to have a surprise ending. My teacher called me in to speak with her alone. She mistook my story as a cry for help from a victim of horrible parents. My fiction was disturbing in a way I’d never imagined. But it was my very first sale.
I’ve written and sold newspaper articles, magazine articles and fiction; some were horror others were not, but fiction has always been my first love. I also have had six published novels: four romances, one romantic-suspense, and one horror (haunted house).
My Beverly Bee publication of local news and activities has been in operation since 1999, and I’m an editor and layout person for a book publishing company, Jersey Pines Ink LLC.
Richard Barrios
Richard Barrios
Richard Barrios
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Dina Leacock
Cynthia Hall Miller
Richard Barrios
Writing under the name Diane Arrelle, I have had over 350 short stories published as well as three books including my dark collection of horror stories, Seasons on The Dark Side and this new improved version of Just A Drop In The Cup.
I live on the edge of the Pine Barrens (home of the Jersey Devil) in Southern New Jersey with my sane husband, and my insane cat. I am proud to be one of the founding members and the second president of the Garden State Horror Writers and I am also the past president of the Philadelphia Writers’ Conference as well as currently on the PWC board of directors.
I began writing stories in college while taking the four-hour once-a-week class, The Geography of Southeast Asia, which I needed for my teaching certification in social studies. It was a really long class that begged to let my imagination roam. Growing up extremely rural, I naturally turned to writing speculative stories of aliens, UFO’s, unicorns, fairies and of course all sorts of monsters.
To support my writing habit over the decades, I have held a wide variety of jobs including Teacher, School Bus Driver, Waitress, Salesclerk, Mystery Shopper, Holiday Gift Wrapper, Newspaper Correspondent, Tutor, Freelance Writer, Author, Columnist, Senior Citizen Center Director and I was also that person who stood around in a mall burning vanilla tinged milk and cooking tasteless crepes to sell nonstick pots and pans.
Since I have retired from all those jobs except I’m always an Author, I can now add Copy-Editor, Anthology Editor and Publisher to the list.
You can visit me at https://www.arrellewrites.com
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Randy Miller
Cynthia Hall Miller
Cynthia Hall Miller
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Cynthia Hall Miller
Cynthia Hall Miller
Cynthia Hall Miller
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Scott Reed
Robert Thibault
Kelsey Snively
Scott Reed, is a composer, guitarist, and recording artist. Formerly a public-school Music Teacher for 27 years, Scott has a Masters degree in composition and over the last several years has gone on to study with several of the great composers in Hollywood. He is now pursuing a career in film scoring. His music has appeared on TV shows both nationally and internationally. Scott has recorded his music with the Hollywood orchestra at the famous Warner Brothers Scoring Stage. With his latest album, “An Eclectic Christmas” Scott celebrates his diverse and varied musical background, with some very inventive arrangements of many favorite Christmas carols, as well as an original piece.
Scott lives in Edgewater Park NJ and is excited to be part of the Haaf Family Arts Foundation
Sincerely,
Scott Reed ASCAP
txt/call 609 220-6898
scottreed.hearnow.com
Kelsey Snively
Robert Thibault
Kelsey Snively
Kelsey Snively works on the Board and as the Executive Director. Find her bio under "Staff"
Robert Thibault
Robert Thibault
Robert Thibault
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Karen Van Hoy
Karen Van Hoy
Robert Thibault
Staff
John Haaf, President/CEO
Kelsey Snively, Executive Director
Kelsey Snively, Executive Director
John Haaf is the President of our Foundation and has lived in Beverly City for almost 60 years. The son of a minister and a teacher who played four musical instruments, John has been involved in the arts since he was young- taking part in activities such as the church choir, small plays, and Bible recitations. Once attending high school, John found a home in the woodshop and the school choir, helping to build sets for the school plays and singing in the chorus. John later on became the Industrial Arts teacher and Principal of Burlington Township High School, a job which requires creative thinking. Over the years, John has made antique toys, rehabbed houses, and collected a number of musical instruments along the way. Learn more about our President in the article on him in the Waterfront.
Kelsey Snively, Executive Director
Kelsey Snively, Executive Director
Kelsey Snively, Executive Director
Kelsey began her work as Executive Director for the Haaf Family Arts Foundation, Inc. in January of 2021. Before joining the Foundation, Kelsey received her BA in Theatre at the York College of Pennsylvania, where she was a prominent member of the theatre department. There they served not only as an inaugural member of YCP's chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, but the president of the organization the following year. Kelsey also served as the President of their college's Improv Club, Shift Leader in the scene shop on campus, worked as the school's mascot, and performed in various productions such as On The Verge by Eric Overmyer, Everybody by Branden Jacob-Jenkins, Get Yourself Home Skyler James by Jordan Tannahill , and Alice in Wonderland adapted by Suzanne Delle, which Kelsey also directed for her senior capstone project. Outside of her collegiate accomplishments, Kelsey has also worked for the Sister Space women's retreat and the Idaho Shakespeare Festival's Summer of 2019 season as a scenic carpenter. She has received several awards for her work in theatre, including a Certificate of Merit for her choreography in A Midsummer Night's Dream, awarded by the Kennedy Center American Collegiate Theatre Festival Region 2. She is extremely excited to be able to join the staff and get her hands dirty, working to bring arts education to the people of Beverly City. Learn more about Kelsey at her professional website: