Business Leaders Join Chamber Board in June

The State Chamber added 13 new members from a wide array of industries to its Board of Directors in June. They will serve three year terms.

Joining the Board are: Rich Bagger, senior vice president – Worldwide Public Affairs & Policy, Pfizer Inc.; Howard C. Birdsall, president, CEO & chairman, Birdsall Services Group, Inc.; Mark A. Daniele, Esq., partner, McCarter & English, LLP; Thomas X. Geisel, president & CEO, Sun Bancorp & Sun National Bank; and Mark B. Grier, vice chairman, Prudential Financial, Inc.

Also joining are: Peter Hovnanian, principal, J.S. Hovnanian & Sons, LLC; Mark Kane, president, Six Flags Great Adventure; Diahann W. Lassus, president, Lassus Wherley; Barry S. Rabner, president & CEO and trustee, Princeton HealthCare System; Dennis Shah, president, Studio Printworks & Chambord Prints, Inc.; Dr. Robert Weisbuch, president, Drew University; Michael J. Wilk, managing partner, NJ Office, Ernst & Young, LLP; and Robert P. Wise, president & CEO, Hunterdon Healthcare System.

Board Officers and Executive Committee

The Chamber’s officers for 2008-09 are as follows – Chairman: William Marino, president & CEO, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey; First Vice Chairman: Dennis Bone, president, Verizon New Jersey; Second Vice Chairman: Jeffrey Scheininger, president, Flexline/U.S. Brass & Copper; Corporation; Treasurer: William Cozine, consultant, KPMG, LLP; Secretary: Elizabeth Christopherson, executive director, NJN Public Television and Radio; Immediate Past Chairman: Thomas Bracken, president, TriState Capital Bank.

At Large Executive Committee Members are: Peter Cocoziello, president & CEO, Advance Realty Group; Rafael Cuellar, president & CEO, Cuellar LLC dba, Shop Rite of Passaic/ Clifton; Robert Doherty, market president – Northern & Central New Jersey, Bank of America; Hazel Gluck, senior partner, MBI GluckShaw; Ralph Izzo, chairman, president & CEO, Public Service Enterprise Group; Walter Lynch, president, New Jersey American Water; Gil Medina, executive managing director, NJ Region, Cushman & Wakefield; Stephen Morgan, president, JCP&L - A FirstEnergy Company; and Robert Podvey, president, Podvey, Meanor, Catenacci, Hildner, Cocoziello & Chattman.

July 2008