Meet the Team

Kim Eckel Founder and CEO

Kim Cauley Eckel is the CEO of Footbridge for Families. She founded the organization in 2020 while working as a child welfare administrator in order to prevent modest financial crises from turning into much more expensive and complex health and human service issues.

Kim has held numerous leadership positions in the human services sector and spent nearly a decade in management consulting at the beginning of her career. She holds a B.A. in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University, an M.Sc. in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford and is All-But-Dissertation for a PhD in Political Science at Boston College. 

KimberlyEckel@afootbridge.org

Jeff Wolstoncroft Chief Financial Officer

Jeff joined Footbridge for Families as he feels everyone needs a path across the turbulent waters of life.Jeff ‘s role as CFO for Footbridge is to help ensure Footbridge is capable of providing all families that Footbridge serves access to a more stable stage in life. 

In addition to Jeff’s role at Footbridge, Jeff is the Assistant Control at the Croatian Fraternal Union of America, a non-for-profit insurance company, and is the owner of Wolstoncroft Accounting Services PC, where he advises organizations of all types, including his passion, nonprofit organizations.

Jeff is a Certified Public Accountant and received his B.S. in accounting from Westminster College.

JeffWolstoncroft@afootbridge.org

Deirdre Riely

Director of Operations

Deirdre is the Director of Operations at Footbridge. She has a history of volunteering and believes that all people deserve support in times of need.

Prior to joining Footbridge, Deirdre has worked as an assistant project manager for an online brokerage firm and recently worked at Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation in Mountainside, NJ, where she assisted with aspects of the foundation operations. Working for CSHF fostered her passion for helping children and families facing difficult circumstances.

Deirdre holds a B.A. in History from Yale University, a Diploma in Business Studies and Information Technology from University College Dublin, and a Masters in Accounting from Seton Hall University.

DeirdreRiely@afootbridge.org