Stephanie Schulze
Co-founder, President, Executive Director

Stephanie graduated from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in 2001 with a BA in Economics with a focus on International Economic Development. She worked as a Fixed Income portfolio assistant for 4 years before starting Recipe 4 Success.

She has volunteered abroad at the Mercy Center & AIDS Hospice in Thailand and at Cross Cultural Solutions in India. Domestically she has continuously been involved in her parish, St. Vincent Martyr in Madison New Jersey participating in the Thanksgiving food drive, teaching Christian Formation, and Chaperoning Youth Ministry retreats. She has also volunteered at the Battered Women’s Shelter in Greensboro North Carolina, prepared and served food at Paterson’s Soup Kitchen and held the secretarial position on the Board of Directors of the Fairmount Courts Condominium Association while residing in Bergen County.

In the summer of 2006 Stephanie was residing in India when she wrote and filed Recipe 4 Success’ Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. She also developed and implemented Recipe 4 Success’ three programs: Plus Scholarship Program, Operation Playground, and the Launchpad Program that support the nonprofits' mission and vision. After the publication of “Curries for a Cause,” in the United States, Stephanie included over 90 children from India on the nonprofit’s next two fundraising projects which will make their duet in the Spring/Early Summer of 2007. She is also involved in the selection of applicants that receive scholarships and in the relationship management of sponsored schools. Stephanie is now stationed in Madison, NJ fundraising for the Plus Scholarship Program and coordinating Recipe 4 Success’ 2007 events.