Richard Stanislaw

Ocean City, NJ
Tabernacle Board of Trustees: 2003-Present
President and CEO, Ocean City Tabernacle

   Richard J. Stanislaw worshipped at the Tabernacle for over 40 years before becoming President in 2003. He comes to the Tabernacle with an academic administrative background, serving as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Waynesburg University, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Taylor University, and Chair of the Music Department at Bloomsburg University.

    Dr. Stanislaw has been honored as a Fellow of American Council on Education, authored Companion to the Worshipping Church hymnal dictionary, and serves as a Reviewer for the American Choral Directors Association. He has undergraduate degrees in Bible from Philadelphia Biblical University and in Music Education from Temple University. His master’s degree is in Music Composition from Temple University. His Doctorate of Musical Arts is in Choral Conducting from the University of Illinois. And he completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University.

    In Ocean City, Dr. Stanislaw serves as Chair of the Historical Preservation Commission and on the Historic Museum Board. He and his wife of 46 years, Dr. Rebecca Stanislaw, are in Cape May Court House’s Angelus Choir, which Dick directs. Becky was a college professor and is now a real estate agent. They are the parents of three children and five grandchildren.