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Leaders A-E |
| George
B. Abercrombie |
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President & CEO |
| Hoffmann-La
Roche |
| 340 Kingsland Street |
| Nutley, NJ 07110 |
| Phone:
(973) 235-5000 |
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| Named
January 2001 by Roche Holding Ltd. as president and CEO of its
North American Pharmaceuticals Operations, which include HOFFMANN-LA
ROCHE Inc. in Nutley and Canadian affiliate Hoffmann-La
Roche Ltd. in Mississauga, Ontario> Previously senior vice
president of US commercial operations at GlaxoWellcome, also
previously in management roles at MERCK> succeeded
Patrick J. Zenner, who announced retirement in October 2000
after 31 years with company, last eight as president and CEO>
Reports to William M. Burns, head of Roche’s global
Pharmaceuticals Division> Holds bachelor’s
degree in pharmacy from University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and MBA from Harvard University> Boards
include Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Advisory Board.
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| Wallace
R. Barr |
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President
& CEO |
| Park
Place Entertainment |
| Bally’s
Atlantic City |
| Park
Place and Boardwalk |
| Atlantic
City, NJ 08401-6709 |
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Phone:
(609) 340-3600 |
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| Named
as president and CEO of Las Vegas-based PARK
PLACE ENTERTAINMENT on November 19, 2002 after serving as
sole chief operating officer since July 2001> Park
Place owns 27 casino gaming properties worldwide operating under
Caesars, Bally's, Flamingo, Grand Casinos, Hilton and Paris brand
names with 29,000 hotel rooms, holds three casino licenses in NJ
for BALLY'S ATLANTIC CITY, CAESARS ATLANTIC CITY and ATLANTIC
CITY HILTON, also received approval to consolidate former
Claridge Casino Hotel into BALLY’S ATLANTIC CITY
effective January 2003> Started
career 1968 with ARTHUR ANDERSEN accounting and consulting
firm, later
accepted finance position at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, then
moved to Lake Tahoe for executive position with newly re-opened
Cal-Neva Lodge> Relocated to CAESARS ATLANTIC CITY in
January 1979, initially as casino controller, and subsequently, as
casino administrator, two years later joined Bally's Park Place
Casino Resort (now BALLY'S
ATLANTIC CITY)
as corporate controller and treasurer and subsequently promoted to
senior vice president> Following purchase of Bally’s by HILTON
HOTELS CORPORATION, promoted
to executive vice president of Hilton Gaming Corporation Eastern
Region> Upon
creation of Park Place following its spin-off from Hilton in 1998,
took over responsibility for all Park Place casinos in U.S. other
than Nevada, and in early 2001 added supervision of Company’s
international operations> Served
as executive vice president, Eastern Region for Park Place
Entertainment from December 1998 to January 2001, when named
co-chief operating officer and president of company's Eastern
Casino Group> Named 1999 Businessman of the Year by The Greater
Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce and 1995 Atlantic City Executive
of the Year by Casino Journal magazine> From November 1996 to
January 2001, served as Chairman and President of CASINO
ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY> Boards include The Cancer
Institute of NJ; Executive Advisory Council of RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY,
Camden School of Business; College of Business Advisory Council,
California State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, CA>
Also founding president, Jacobs Family Terrace nonprofit
corporation-Atlantic City's first casino-sponsored 72-unit home
ownership housing development> Major fundraiser for Boys and
Girls Club of Atlantic City, taken personal interest in
development of its new $3 million facility> B.S. California
State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo 1968.
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| Dennis
M. Bone |
| State
President-New Jersey |
| Verizon
Communications |
| 540
Broad Street |
| Newark,
NJ 07101 |
| Phone:
(973) 649-9900 |
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| Named
as NJ state president with overall responsibility for all corporate
interests in NJ upon effective date July 3, 2000 of merger of Bell
Atlantic and GTE Corp. to form VERIZON
COMMUNICATIONS, succeeding
William M. Freeman, named president of new company's Public Communications
Group> Previously president of Bell Atlantic-West Virginia since
1995> Started Bell Atlantic career 1979 as outside plant engineer
for NJ Bell, worked in operations, competitive assessment, rate planning
and regulatory matters before being named vice president-external
affairs for Bell Atlantic-NJ March 1, 1993 until election as president
and CEO of Bell Atlantic-West Virginia August 1995> Chairman of
Board of Trustees at the University of Charleston; director of One
Valley Bankcorp, N.A.; immediate past president of West Virginia State
Chamber of Commerce; vice chairman of West Virginia Roundtable; served
as member of Governor's Science and Technology Advisory Council; chairman
of board of directors of West Virginia High Technology Consortium
Foundation> While previously in NJ, member of Leadership NJ and
trustee of Independent College Fund of NJ> M.B.A. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY,
M.S. Johns Hopkins University, B.A. West Virginia University Institute
of Technology 1973. |
| Malcolm
A. Borg |
| Chairman |
| North
Jersey Media Group |
| 150
River Street |
| Hackensack,
NJ 07601-7162 |
| Phone:
(201) 646-4300 |
| Fax:
(201) 646-4310 |
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| Heads
media company owning two daily newspapers, THE
RECORD and HERALD NEWS;
28 weekly newspapers, and four monthly publications; as well as
commercial printing plant producing USA Today, Investor's
Business Daily, JERSEY JOURNAL, etc.> One of NJ's wealthiest individuals,
previously ranked among 400 wealthiest in US in annual Forbes
magazine survey> Active in several health, education, youth
causes> Board member and past chairman, Palisades Interstate
Park Commission, 1991 chairman, NJ
PRESS ASSOCIATION> Known as ‘Mac’. |
| Finn
M. W. Caspersen |
| Chairman
& CEO |
| Knickerbocker,
LLC |
| 100
Beneficial Center |
| Peapack,
NJ 07977 |
| Phone:
(908) 719-6724 |
| Fax:
(908) 719-6725 |
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| Former
CEO of Beneficial Corp. consumer finance firm from 1976 until
1998 sale to competitor Household
International, sale followed shareholder, analyst criticisms of
lagging Beneficial earnings performance> Now heads investment
management firm formed follwing sale of Beneficial stock,
manages funds for family, other large investors>
Joined Beneficial legal staff 1972 after private law
practice with Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood in
NYC> Past chair, American Financial Services Association and
chair of its Government Affairs Committee; president, Coalition
of Service Industries> Active in a variety of civic,
charitable fundraising causes, chairs board of trustees of
Peddie School (alumnus) and trustee, Cardigan Mountain
School> Past trustee of both Brown University, Independent
College Fund of NJ> Former board chair of nonprofit WATERLOO
FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS, operator of Waterloo Village,
nonprofit restored village and arts center in Sussex County,
leading efforts to restructure finances and management, raise
funds to maintain operation in face of potential bankruptcy>
Former member, NJ Board of Higher Education> Board member, NJ
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE> Father, O.W. Caspersen, also served
as Beneficial CEO> Internationally prominent equestrian
competitor, chairman of 1993 World Pair Driving Championship,
chairman of Gladstone
Equestrian Association and
lifetime vice president of Royal Windsor Horse Show,
three-time member of US Equestrian Four-in-Hand National
Championship Team and first recipient of Combined-Driving
Horseman of Year
Award in four-in-hand carriage events,
also president and chairman of US Equestrian Team which
has training center in Peapack near former Beneficial
headquarters> Close to former Governor and DREW
UNIVERSITY president THOMAS
H. KEAN (who served on Beneficial board) and former key Kean
contributor, fundraiser; wife Barbara serves as a Drew trustee
and earned Ph.D. in humanities at Drew 1990, and financial
support recognized in naming of Caspersen School of Graduate
Studies at Drew> One of NJ's leading political fundraisers,
hosted highly-successful fundraiser for 1992 Clinton-Gore
presidential campaign, also prominent supporter and fundraiser
in 1993, 1997 CHRISTINE
TODD WHITMAN gubernatorial campaigns, appointed by Governor
Whitman 1998 as chair, Governor’s Committee on Preservation
and Use of Ellis Island; 1995 as co-chair Prosperity NJ,
public-private coalition seeking to promote NJ economic
development, also named by Governor to chair committee
supporting Administration’s plan to refinance debt of
Transportation Trust Fund> J.D. Harvard Law School 1966,
endowed Finn M.W. Caspersen professorship at Law School with $5
million gift from Household International upon Beneficial
acquisition, also member of executive committee for $150-million
Campaign for Harvard Law School; B.A. Brown University and
trustee emeritus, Peddie School alumnus, graduate of class of
1959, joined Peddie Alumni Board 1968 and member of Board of
Trustees 1970, serving as chairman since 1976, key factor in
Peddie School fundraising success, including national record
gifts from fellow Peddie alumnus, TV Guide founder Walter
Annenberg> Also funded NJ
COUNCIL FOR HUMANITIES Teacher Institute while Beneficial
CEO, supports hundreds of NJ teachers for week of summer
vacation study with leading scholars, received with wife
Council’s 1999 Humanities Citizens Award. |
| Raymond
G. Chambers |
| Chairman |
| Amelior
Foundation |
| 330
South Street |
| Morristown,
NJ 07960 |
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| Co-founder
with late William E. Simon
of Wesray Capital Corp. specializing in corporate mergers
and acquisitions, following early career as tax accountant at
Price Waterhouse> Retired as chairman of Wesray 1990 to focus
on philanthropic work through personal foundation, Amelior Foundation>
Named August 1999 by The NonProfit Times newsletter as one of
50 most influential and powerful nonprofit leaders in US>
Grew up in Newark, key private leader seeking to address City's
problems, active in fundraising, supporting diverse nonprofit
initiatives in education, economic development, including
NJ PERFORMING ARTS CENTER; new downtown sports arena; commercial
real estate developments> Named 1988 as founding chairman
of nonprofit corporation formed to build NJ
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER by Governor THOMAS
H. KEAN, pledged to raise $33 million from private sector
for Center’s development to match State government support>
Led investment group 1998 which purchased NJ Nets NBA franchise
inckuding LEWIS KATZ, STANLEY GALE, FINN WENTWORTH, later
merged Nets with NY Yankees to form YankeesNets followed by
summer 2000 purchase of
NJ Devils National Hockey League franchise, attempted
to develop new downtown Newark arena for Nets, Devils, but sold
interest in Nets 2004 to group headed by NY City developer Bruce
Ratner intending to construct new arena complex in Brooklyn>
1990 hired Dr. Saul Cooperman, NJ Education Commissioner in
Kean Administration, to administer READY Foundation, Newark
urban education program funded by Amelior to test innovative
reform measures; also recruited BARBARA
BELL COLEMAN, then president of Boys and Girls Club of Newark,
to be president of Amelior Foundation, and sponsor of New Newark
Foundation, developer of Newark real estate> Current or prior
affiliations include Chairman, Boys and Girls Club of Newark,
chairman, NJ PERFORMING
ARTS CENTER, WATERLOO FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS; chairman of
executive committee, America's Promise; board member, Points
of Light Foundation; Alliance for Youth (national youth support
organization led by General Colin Powell); trustee, Enterprise
Foundation; National Conference of Christians and Jews; COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION OF NJ;
NJ INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY> Corporate boards include King World Productions>
Sponsors scholarship program for Newark high school graduates,
low-income housing projects through personal foundation, recipient
of 2003 Lenore and George W. Romney Citizen Volunteer Award
from Points of Light Foundation & the National Network of
Volunteer Centers, also recipient with Lewis
Katz of 1999 Giant Steps Award presented by National
Consortium for Academics and Sports for NJ Nets support of Newark
youth projects; 1990 national award from United Way for youth
work> B.A. RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY. |
| Douglas
Conant |
| President
& CEO |
| Campbell
Soup Co. |
| Campbell
Place |
| Camden,
NJ 08801 |
| Phone:
(856) 342-4800 |
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| Named
January 2001 at age 49 as new CEO of CAMPBELL
SOUP CO.,
succeeding interim CEO David W. Johnson, director and prior CEO
1990-97 who served as CEO since March 2000 resignation of prior
CEO Dale Morison following continuing disappointing financial
performance> Previously President since July 1995 of Nabisco
Foods Company, snack and condiments division of Nabisco> During
five-year tenure as President of Nabisco Foods, revitalized
several core businesses, including Planters nuts and LifeSavers
candy, also led several successful new product launches, including
SnackWell's, LifeSavers Creme Savers and LifeSavers Ice
Breakers> From 1992-1995 at Nabisco, served as President of
Sales and Integrated Logistics, Senior Vice President, Marketing
for The Nabisco Biscuit Company and Vice President/General Manager
of Fleischmann's Company> Began career 1976 in marketing at
General Mills, in 1986 to Kraft Foods as Vice President of
Strategy for Kraft USA and Vice President of Marketing and
Strategy for Kraft's Grocery Products Division> Holds B.A. from
Northwestern University and M.B.A. from J.L. Kellogg School of
Management at Northwestern. |
| John
J. Degnan |
| Vice
Chairman |
| The
Chubb Corporation |
| 15
Mountain View Road |
| Warren,
NJ 07061 |
| Phone:
(908) 903-2110 |
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| Named
Vice Chairman effective December 2002, previously President of THE
CHUBB CORPORATION since September 1996, prior
position as vice chairman
and general counsel of principal Chubb insurance subsidiary, Chubb
& Sons> Served as partner with Shanley & Fisher (now DRINKER,
BIDDLE & SHANLEY) law firm prior to joining Chubb> 1981
Democratic gubernatorial primary candidate, finished fourth in primary
won by JAMES FLORIO>
Served as Attorney General of NJ 1978-81; Counsel to Governor BRENDAN
T. BYRNE 1977-78; deputy and assistant Governor’s Counsel after
joining Governor Byrne’s staff 1974, associate attorney with Clapp
& Eisenberg law firm in Newark prior to joining Governor Byrne’s
staff> Clerked for late NJ
SUPREME COURT Justice John Francis
for two years following 1969 graduation from Harvard Law School>
Chairman, NJ FUTURE; other
boards include St. Benedict's Preparatory School, ST.
PETER'S COLLEGE, NJ NETWORK
Foundation, The Institute for Civil Justice, also a member,
editorial board, NJ
LAW JOURNAL. |
| Laurence
M. Downes |
| Chairman,
President and CEO |
| New
Jersey Resources Corporation |
| 1415
Wyckoff Road |
| Wall,
NJ 07719 |
| Phone:
(732) 938-1480 |
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| Named
CEO of NJ RESOURCES CORP., parent of NJ
NATURAL GAS CO., public utility September 1995> Named president
and CEO of NJ Natural Gas Co. March 1995, first joined NJ Resources
March 1985, named senior vice president and chief financial officer
January 1990, executive vice president of NJ Natural Gas January 1994>
Chairman, JERSEY SHORE PARTNERSHIP
and GEORGIAN COURT COLLEGE;
director, NJ UTILITIES
ASSOCIATION; member, executive committee, Energy Master Plan for
State of NJ; Financial Executives Institute; National Investor Relations
Institute; M.B.A. 1981, B.A. 1979 Iona College. |
| Lewis
Eisenberg |
| Co-Chairman |
| Granite
Capital International Group |
| 126
East 56th Street |
| New
York, NY 10022 |
| Phone:
(212) 407-3400 |
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| Former
partner and co-head of equity division at Goldman Sachs investment
banking firm, now heads own financial consulting firm> Named 2002
as finance chair, Republican National Committee, announced decision
not to seek 2002 US Senate nomination for seat held by Senator ROBERT
TORRICELLI> Considered
campaign for Republican US Senate nomination in 2000 for seat vacated
by retiring Senator FRANK LAUTENBERG,
announced October 1999 decision not to enter race> Also serves
on board of directors ofGranum Communications, a national radio broadcasting
company>Key
fundraiser for Governor CHRISTINE
TODD WHITMAN 1997, 1993 gubernatorial campaigns, appointed
1994 by Governor to board of PORT
AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ, elected chair December 1995 following
resignation of KATHLEEN DONOVAN,
also chaired Whitman task force on privatization of State operations
and programs, also member, Whitman transition, inaugural, economic
master plan committees> Finance chair in NJ for US Senator Bob
Dole's 1996 Presidential campaign; finance co-chairman for 1996 RICHARD
ZIMMER US Senate campaign; served on NY Governor George Pataki’s
transition team; vice chair, National Jewish Coalition, organization
of Jewish Republicans> Active fundraiser in 2000 BOB FRANKS US
Senate, 1988 Peter Dawkins
US Senate campaigns, also fundraiser for JOSEPH
KYRILLOS,
others> Founder and chairman, Committee for Responsible
Government, political action committee supporting fiscally conservative
positions, socially progressive candidates, also encourages participation
by pro-choice Republicans, which Governor Whitman joined 1995 as a
director> Former partner at Goldman Sachs investment banking firm,
now heads own financial consulting firm. |
| Anne
Evans Estabrook |
| President |
| Elberon
Development Corporation |
| PO
Box 677 |
| Kenilworth,
NJ 07033 |
| Phone:
(908) 272-7555 |
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| Owner
of ELBERON DEVELOPMENT CO.,
family-owned real estate holding company which, together with
affiliated companies, owns 39 buildings with approximately 2.5 million
square feet of space, primarily in Union, Middlesex and Somerset counties,
and president of David O. Evans, Inc., affiliated real estate management
and construction company> Also elected May 1997 as board chairman
of E’Town Corp., parent corporation of ELIZABETHTOWN
WATER CO., previously served as a vice president of E’Town since
1985, also serves as chairman of Elizabethtown and other E’Town subsidiary,
E’Town Properties, (E'Town and subsidiaries awaiting regulatory approval
by year-end 2000 of sale of company to Thames Water PLC of United
Kingdom)> 2000 Chairman-Elect,
NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties),
also previously served as NAIOP secretary and vice president and as
chair-NAIOP-NJ; Board member,
SUMMIT BANCORP and member
of board executive committee> Served as treasurer and
director, NJ CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE; director board member, NJ
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; trustee, Governor’s Council for
a Drug-Free Workplace; vice chair, lay trustees, Delbarton School;
member, Archbishop’s Finance Council, Archdiocese of Newark; corporate
advisory council, NJ SEEDS, privately funded, state-wide, nonprofit
organization which supports programs to prepare economically disadvantaged
students to attend private secondary schools> Serves on various
boards for Catholic Church and received Humanitarian Award from National
Conference of Christians and Jews> M.B.A. 1966, B.S. 1965 Cornell
University, also serves as member of Cornell board of trustees, and
on corporate advisory council for Johnson Graduate School of Management
at Cornell. |
| John
Eyler |
| President
and CEO |
| Toys
"R" Us |
| 461
From Road |
| Paramus,
NJ 07652 |
| Phone
:
(201) 262-7800 |
| Fax:
(201) 262-7606 |
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| Named
president and CEO at age 52 of TOYS
"R" US January 2000, followed series of problems for
largest and formerly-fastest growing toy retailer, including resignation
of prior CEO Robert Nakasone August 2000 after board criticism of
declining earnings and stock performance; later failure to ship customer
orders from new Internet site in time for Christmas 1999 delivery>
Previously CEO at FAO Schwarz toy store chain> Joined FAO
Schwarz 1992 from Hartmarx in Chicago, served as CEO of its retail
subsidiary> Prior position as chairman and CEO of MainStreet, division
of FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES>
Began retail career at May Department Stores Co., and named president
and CEO of May Company's May D&F in Denver at age 32> Board
member, Donna Karan International> B.A. University of Washington,
M.B.A. Harvard University School of Business> Resides in
Rye, NY. |
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