Kevin Friedlander, Senior Vice President, Communications

Kevin Friedlander is senior vice president of communications for the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, a Trenton-based business advocacy organization. He is responsible for the development and implementation of communications strategies for the chamber, which include media and public relations, online and print publications, event planning and grassroots activities. He joined the organization in March 1996 as communications manager.

Kevin regularly writes and edits speeches for chamber staff and Board members, as well as press releases and articles. He is in charge of the State Chamber’s annual Walk to Washington and Congressional Dinner, the state’s premier political networking event. He has planned a luncheon at the East Brunswick Hilton for President George W. Bush, and he has organized senatorial and gubernatorial debates. Kevin developed and maintains www.njchamber.com and he has been the recipient of 10 communications awards from the American Chamber of Commerce Executives.

Kevin is the secretary/treasurer on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, a networking group for the state’s chamber executives, and has served on the board of the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and the Advisory Board of the New Jersey Small Business Development Centers.

Prior to joining the State Chamber, Kevin was the special sections editor for Greater Media Newspapers, a weekly chain with nine newspapers. Previously, he was a staff reporter for Greater Media’s North and South Brunswick Sentinel and the Holmdel and Middletown Independent. In 1994, he won the Robert P. Kelly Award from the New Jersey Press Association, which honors the state’s first-year journalists.

In 1993, Kevin earned a B.A. degree from Rider University in journalism and public relations. While at Rider, he wrote a weekly column focusing on college life for the Times of Trenton. He is also an August 2000 graduate of the Institute for Organization Management, a five-year training program for chamber executives run by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Kevin currently resides in Franklin Park with his wife, Erin, and two children.