Scotch Plains Man Elected to Literacy Volunteers Board

Literacy Volunteers of Union County, dedicated to providing free tutoring for adults struggling to read, write and speak English, has elected Hollie Teslow, Esq. of Morristown and James Sosinski, CPA of Scotch Plains to its volunteer Board of Directors. 

Celebrating 26 years of service to the community, Literacy Volunteers recruits, trains and supervises more than 200 volunteer tutors who work one-to-one or in groups with functionally illiterate adults throughout Union County and the surrounding area.

Hollie Teslow, a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law and St. Olaf College in Minnesota, has been employed as the Assistant General Counsel at CR Bard, Inc. in Murray Hill since 2009.  Prior to this, she served as the Senior Counsel at International Specialty Products and Building Materials Corporation in Wayne, and Corporate Associate at Pitney Hardin LLP in Florham Park.  Admitted to the Bar in New Jersey, New York and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2001, Teslow served as Adjunct Professor – Legal Research and Writing for Seton Hall Law School.   

Passionate about literacy services, Teslow also works directly with students in need as a tutor with Literacy Volunteers of Morris County.   She also volunteers with the Junior League of Morristown.

James Sosinski is a managing partner for the accounting firm Praschak & Sosinski in Cranford.  Founded in 1990, the firm specializes in small to mid-size businesses.  He also is the Founder and Managing Director of By the Book, an outsource bookkeeping company, and the Chief Financial Officer for Manhattan International Group USA.

A graduate of Rutgers University with a bachelor of science in Accounting, Sosinski became a certified public accountant in 1990. 

He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, National Society of Accountants and the New Jersey Association of Accountants

Sosinski’s extensive volunteer work currently includes serving as President of the Union County Chapter NJ Right to Life, and board member for the Roncoli Foundation.  He also is a cabinet member and golf chairman for Mount Saint Mary Academy.  Previously he served as a board member or treasurer for the First State Bank, Rosepetals, Linden Knights of Columbus, Pulaski Parade Committee of NY, and Holy Trinity School.