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| Spring 2009 More than 1,000 nonprofit groups in New Jersey received more than $2.9 million from the Verizon Foundation in 2008, enabling recipient organizations to improve literacy skills, enhance educational opportunities for children, and help domestic violence survivors rebuild their lives. In addition, Verizon employees volunteered more than 48,000 hours to nonprofit groups throughout the state in 2008. "Verizon has a long-standing tradition of working to improve the communities where we operate by supporting organizations that strive to make a difference in the lives of individuals," said Dennis Bone, president of Verizon New Jersey. "Through grants and the generous contributions of time and talent from our employees, we are having a positive impact on our communities." William J. Marino, chairman of the Board of Directors of The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, recently announced that the Foundation awarded $6.6 million in grants to 125 organizations in 2008. 2008 grants were as follows: Sixty-five charitable organizations received December 2008 grant awards totaling $3.6 million, including the Health Center Initiative recipients. Sixty charitable organizations received previously announced grant awards totaling $3 million during 2008. Stuart A. Hoberman, shareholder of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. has been named the New Jersey Best Lawyers Banking Lawyer of the Year for 2009 by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Hoberman, a member of the Chamber’s Board of Directors, is the sole attorney to receive this honor for this specialty and community. Legal directory Chambers USA: America's Top Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized numerous McCarter & English lawyers as leaders in their fields in their 2009 directory. According to the publishers, Chambers and Partners, over 10,000 interviews were conducted for the directory. Clients and colleagues were asked to rank lawyers and firms on their legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, diligence, commitment, and other valued qualities. FORTUNE magazine ranked Prudential Financial No. 4 on its 2009 "World's Most Admired Companies"® list in the Insurance: Life, Health category. This year's ranking follows on the heels of Prudential being listed as the No. 1 most admired company on FORTUNE's "World's Most Admired Companies" list for two consecutive years. Annette Catino, president and CEO of QualCare, Inc., recently received the Monmouth University’s 2009 Distinguished Business Leader Award for her entrepreneurial spirit and outstanding achievements in business. She is only the second woman in the event’s 25 year history to be so honored. Public Service Enterprise Group announced today that Caroline Dorsa, a member of the Board of Directors, will become executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective April 9, 2009. Berkeley College President Dario A. Cortes, PhD, has announced the appointment of Glen Zeitzer, PhD, as Provost of Berkeley College. Dr. Zeitzer currently serves as Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, New York, and will assume his new position on April 1. Cushman & Wakefield, the world’s largest privately held commercial real estate services firm, today announced that it represented Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, in its lease of more than 140,000 square feet at Chicago’s Sears Tower in an agreement with the building’s owners that will also rename the Chicago icon and tallest building in the Western Hemisphere as Willis Tower. Jeffrey G. DiAmico, a partner of the Yardley law firm of Hill Wallack LLP, where he is a member of the Business & Commercial, Community Association Law and Trusts & Estates Practice Groups, was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Bucks County Bar Association. J.G. Petrucci Co., Inc., one of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania region’s most respected development and design/build organizations, has announced that James A. Vozar of the firm’s Bethlehem, Pa. office has been elected Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lehigh Valley Branch of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council. He will also serve on the Board of DVGBC, which is based in Philadelphia. WithumSmith+Brown, CPAs and Consultants, recently celebrated its 35th Anniversary. Since the time it was incorporated in 1974, WithumSmith+Brown has grown from six employees in one small office in Milltown to a staff of more than 400 in seven offices in New Jersey and five additional offices in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida and Colorado. Michelle Lee, Regional President Community Banking Northeast Region for Wells Fargo/Wachovia, has named John Cole Business Banking Division Manager, providing leadership to business banking teams in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Lee also announced that Lucia DiNapoli Gibbons is the Regional President for Northern New Jersey. The Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce hosted the 4th Annual New Jersey HorseXpo on May 2 and 3 at the 4-H Fairgrounds. The event attracted 2,000 visitors and more than 100 vendors. Professor Harriet Davidson, the Interim dean of Douglass Residential College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey was the keynote at the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce 5th Annual Women’s Leadership Summit, held recently at the Pines Manor in Edison. Continental Airlines announced recently that it was again rated the top airline on FORTUNE magazine’s annual airline industry list of World’s Most Admired Companies. This is the sixth consecutive year that Continental has topped that list. Extensis Group LLC, the largest New Jersey based Professional Employer Organization (PEO), today announced the promotion of Dan Sheridan to senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Extensis also announced that PEO industry veteran Jan Kaupas joined the company as District Sales Manager. Approximately 30 first responders recently received free legal services provided by lawyers from Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP and the New Jersey State Bar Association at the first Wills for Heroes event in the state. Alfonse M. Mattia CPA, a Founding Partner of Amper, Politziner & Mattia, a regional accounting and consulting firm that is one of the 25 largest in the U.S., has been appointed to serve on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Nominations Committee. The committee is charged with serving as Trustees for nominees to the Board of Directors. Members of Fazio, Mannuzza, Roche, Tankel, LaPilusa, LLC, Springfield, participated in their first Go Red Jean Day to raise awareness and help the American Heart Association support ongoing research and education about women and heart disease. FMRTL members were encouraged to wear Red and denim in exchange for a $5 donation to the American Heart Association. Eighteen sales associates from Diane Turton, Realtors earned the coveted New Jersey Association of Realtors' (NJAR®) Circle of Excellence Sales Award for superb sales performance in 2008. Founded in 1986, Diane Turton, Realtors is a full-service real estate company with 17 offices throughout Monmouth and Ocean Counties, New Jersey. Paul T. Fader, Esq., a principal and partner in Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, L.L.C., has been named one of the 101 Most Influential People in New Jersey by New Jersey Monthly Magazine. Fader was selected because of his significant “impact on the way we live in New Jersey.” Work & Family Benefits recently became part of Horizon Health – one of the nation’s premier behavioral health (EAP) providers. Horizon is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI), which is a multi-million dollar company located in Nashville, Tennessee and listed on the NASDAC. Send your Member News to Kevin Friedlander at kevin@njchamber.com. |
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