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Floyd
Hall |
| Chairman |
| Floyd Hall Enterprises |
| One Hall Drive |
| Little Falls, NJ 07424 |
| Phone:
(973)
746-7434 |
| Former
CEO of KMART
CORPORATION from
1995 until retirement June 2000, formerly CEO 1981-89
of NJ-based Grand Union supermarket chain>
Resident of Montclair, heads wholly-owned Floyd
Hall Enterprises built Floyd Hall Ice Arena and
Yogi Berra Stadium on MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
campus in Little Falls, also owner of minor league
NJ Jackals which plays in stadium> Started career
with Montgomery Ward in 1956; held various positions
with Ward's until named national sales manager 1968>
Joined Singer Stores 1970 as vice president,
regional director> 1973 named vice president,
store operations, at B. Dalton Bookseller in Minneapolis, following year named president and CEO of Dalton> Relocated
1981 to NJ upon appointment as chairman and CEO
of Grand Union in Wayne> 1989 joined The Museum
Company, retailer marketing museum reproductions
based in East Rutherford, as Chairman and CEO, until
becoming KMART CEO 1995> Current directorships
include: Give Kids The World, The Museum Company,
Lynx Technologies (chairman), Kenwood Productions,
and Jundt Growth Fund> Also trustee, The Brooklyn
Museum> Born in OK, did not attend college, awarded
honorary doctorate 1999 from
Montclair State. |
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| Jon
F. Hanson |
| Chairman
& CEO |
| Hampshire
Management Company |
| 15
Maple Avenue |
| Morristown,
NJ 07960 |
| Phone:
(973) 292-9595 |
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| Heads
real estate investment, management firm> Current
chairman, National Football Foundation and College
Hall of Fame> Appointed in 1982 by Governor THOMAS
KEAN as chairman, NJ
SPORTS & EXPOSITION AUTHORITY, served 1990-94
as commissioner; director, Consolidated Delivery
& Logistics; also served on boards, BELL
ATLANTIC NJ, Seton Co. (headed by PHILIP
KALTENBACHER, UNITED
WATER RESOURCES, HACKENSACK
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER; former board President
Bergen Pines Hospital (now BERGEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER)> Leading Republican close to former
Governor THOMAS
KEAN, other Republican State, national leaders,
chaired Kean political action committee, delegate
to 1988 Republican National Convention, served as
State Finance Chairman for 1981 Kean gubernatorial
campaign, and as Co-chairman of 1985 Kean Re-Election
Committee>
Criticized
1993 Whitman gubernatorial campaign attack
on Sports Authority operations> Also close to
publisher MALCOLM
BORG of MACROMEDIA>
B.A. Colgate University. |
| Fred
Hassan |
| President
and CEO |
| Schering-Plough
Corp. |
| 2000
Galloping Hill Road |
| Kenilworth,
NJ 07033 |
| Phone:
(908) 298-4000 |
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| Named
2003 to become CEO of Schering-Plough,
previously CEO of NJ-based PHARMACIA
CORPORATION created April 2000 upon merger
of Pharmacia & Upjohn and Monsanto Company,
Pharmacia acquired fall 2003 by PFIZER CORP.>
Joined Pharmacia & Upjohn as CEO May 1997,
then based in London, relocated headquarters to
NJ 1999> Before joining Pharmacia & Upjohn,
Executive Vice President of American Home Products
(now Wyeth) headed Genetics
Institute, Inc., wholly owned biotechnology
subsidiary>
While at AHP, played critical role in 1994
acquisition of American Cyanamid Corporation,
elected to AHP Board of Directors in 1995>
Earlier in career, spent 17 years with Sandoz
Pharmaceuticals Corporation (now NOVARTIS)
and headed its US pharmaceutical business, joined
Sandoz in 1972 and became Sandoz's Head of US
Pharmaceuticals in 1984> Member, boards of
directors of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America, HEALTHCARE
INSTITUTE OF NJ and Avon Products> Graduate
of Imperial College of Science and Technology
at University of London in 1967 with bachelor's
degree in Chemical Engineering, M.B.A. Harvard
Business School 1972. |
| Henry
F. Henderson, Jr. |
| President & CEO |
| H.F. Henderson Industries |
| 45 Fairfield Place |
| West Caldwell,
NJ 07006 |
| Phone: (973) 227-9250 |
| Fax: (973) 227-9188 |
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| Known as ‘Hank’> Founder in 1954 of largest black-owned NJ
company with over $17 million in 1997 revenues, ranks among 100 largest
black-owned companies in US according to Black Enterprise Magazine annual
survey> Manufactures control panels, microprocessor consoles, circuit
boards, medical waste disposal systems, industrial automatic weighing
systems including mixing and conveying scales, electronic and electrical
systems and hardware for military use> Also principal in private
investment partnership., H.S. Holdings, which acquired in 1995 with other
investors including real estate developers DAVID
STEINER and PETER SUDLER,
businessman and NJ NETWORK chair
CLIFFORD SOBEL, Wayne-based Sanitec Co., formerly ABB Group (Asea
Brown Boveri) subsidiary which makes microwave disposal systems for
infectious medical waste> Appointed 1999 by Governor CHRISTINE TODD
WHITMAN as member, NJ STATE
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING COMMISSION; previously served as commissioner,
PORT AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ and
chair, Governor's Commission on International Trade during administration
of Governor THOMAS KEAN>
Other boards include GPU; DELTA
DENTAL PLAN OF NJ; NJ CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE; PARTNERSHIP FOR NJ;
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; NY Theological Seminary>
Licensed pilot for multi-engine planes and licensed electrical contractor
in NJ> Also affiliated with Paterson Economic Development Corp.;
Committee for the Common Defense; Regional Plan Association; member, Task
Force on Public Television, The Century Foundation> Many awards include
Company of Year, Black Enterprise Magazine; Man of Year, 100 Black Men of
NJ; Distinguished Business Citizen of Year, NJ
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION> 1950 graduate of State
University of NY Agricultural & Technical Institute, attended WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY, SETON
HALL UNIVERSITY, New York University, honorary doctorates from KEAN
UNIVERSITY, STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Alfred State College. |
| Herbert
L. Henkel |
| Chairman, President & CEO |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company |
| 200 Chestnut Ridge Road |
| Woodcliff Lake,
NJ 07675 |
| Phone:
(973) 573-0123 |
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Appointed CEO of INGERSOLL-RAND, diversified
industrial and components manufacturer, October 1999 after serving as
president and chief operating officer since April 1999> Previously
president and chief operating officer of Textron, Inc. from February
1999> Named Textron executive vice president and chief operating
officer in July 1998, responsible for Textron's global operations,
overseeing company's 28 business units located in 23 countries and
employing 64,000 people> Prior to becoming executive vice president and
COO, president of Textron's $4 billion industrial products segment,
created Textron Fastening Systems, now global leader in engineered
fastening solutions>
From 1987 to 1993, president of Greenlee Textron, maker of tools for wire
and cable installation and maintenance> Before joining Textron 1987,
president and chief operating officer of Southern Fastening Systems and
Unifast Industries, previously served as vice president of sales and
marketing for Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. and Hilti, Inc.> Earlier in
career, design engineer at Grumman Aerospace, and
member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories> Native of
Austria, holds BS in aerospace engineering and applied mechanics, and MS
in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic University, NY, also holds MBA
from Pace University, NY> Director of Kollmorgen Corporation and Pitney
Bowes. |
| Mitchell
E. Hersh |
| CEO |
| Mack-Cali Realty Corporation |
| 11 Commerce Drive |
| Cranford, NJ
07016-3599 |
| Phone: (908) 272-8000 |
| Fax: (908) 272-0260 |
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| Heads MACK-CALI REALTY investment
CORP., one of largest real
estate trusts (REITs) in US, with total market capitalization of $3.6
billion in 1999 involved in commercial real estate development, management
and ownership, publicly-traded REIT since 1994> Named CEO 1998,
previously held position of president and chief operating officer>
Prior to joining Mack-Cali in December 1997 upon merger of The Mack
Company and Cali Realty, served as partner of The Mack Company since 1982
and as chief operating officer of since 1990, overseeing
development, operations, leasing and acquisitions of Company's
office and industrial portfolio> B.A. degree in architecture from Ohio
University. |
| Vernon
W. Hill, II |
| Chairman and President |
| Commerce Bancorp |
| 1701 Route 70 East |
| Cherry Hill, NJ
08034 |
| Phone: (856) 751-9000 |
| Fax: (856) 751-9260 |
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| Founder
with group of local investors of Commerce Bank,
principal subsidiary of COMMERCE
BANCORP, in 1973, grown from single branch
in Marlton to $6.5 billion regional bank holding
company, largest independent bank in South Jersey>
Also founder of other non-banking businesses,
including co-founder of US Restaurants of Blue
Bell PA with 75 locations, including Rib-It chain>
Also owner of Site Development commercial real
estate development firm, developer of Galloway
National Golf Club in Atlantic County> Prominent
political activist and contributor, once nominated
by Governor JAMES
FLORIO to board of DELAWARE
RIVER PORT AUTHORITY, Bank active in NJ tax-exempt
bond underwriting and marketing> Bancorp executives
include South Jersey Democratic leader and past
Camden Democratic chair GEORGE NORCROSS; prominent Ocean County Republican JOSEPH
BUCKALEW, (President, Commerce Bank/Shore). |
| J.
Robert Hillier |
| Chairman
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| The Hillier Group |
| 500 Alexander Park |
| Princeton, NJ
08543 |
| Phone: (609) 452-8888 |
| Fax: (609) 42-8332 |
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| Founder of one of largest US architectural firms, THE HILLIER GROUP> Board member, Peddie School, THOMAS
EDISON STATE COLLEGE Foundation, PRINCETON
UNIVERSITY Architecture School Advisory Board, MONMOUTH
UNIVERSITY Board of Visitors,, Dare NJ, past board member, Howard
Savings Bank, MCCARTER THEATER>
Major NJ projects include THOMAS H.
KEAN State Aquarium, LIBERTY
SCIENCE CENTER, SUMMIT BANCORP corporate
headquarters, Peddie School library, ATLANTIC
CITY SHOWBOAT HOTEL & CASINO
expansion> Born in Canada, PRINCETON
UNIVERSITY graduate. |
| Kevork
S. Hovnanian |
| Chairman |
| K. Hovnanian Enterprises |
| 10 Highway 35 |
| Red Bank, NJ
07701 |
| Phone: (732) 747-7800 |
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| Armenian immigrant, fled Middle East with family when successful road
building company nationalized> Founded US company with $20,000 loan
with 3 brothers, who each now have separate companies> Founded K. HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES 1960, now NJ’s largest residential
builder with $948 million in fiscal 1999 revenues,
ranks among top 20
largest US for-sale home builders with divisions in NJ, NY, PA, CA, FL,
MD, NC, TX, and VA in US and in Poland> Retired as CEO 1997, remains
chairman, succeeded as CEO 1997 by son, Ara> Known for innovative
management, construction practices allowing high-value affordable housing,
grew from initial market niche of first-time homebuyers to moderate income
families> Trustee, KEAN
UNIVERSITY, also received honorary doctorate from Kean>
Named 1993 as national housing ‘Legend’ by National Association
of Home Builders; 1992 received Harvard University national award for
corporate public leadership for successful inner city community
development in Newark; 1996 first recipient of President's Medal from NJ
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; 1998 Ellis Island Medal of Honor> Active
in State land-use, housing issues involving affordable housing, planning,
environmental regulation> Major political fundraiser, contributor, one
of leading contributors in NJ Republican campaigns. |
| Arthur
E. Imperatore |
| Chairman |
| A-P-A Transport Corp. |
| 2100 88th
Street |
| North Bergen NJ,
07047 |
| Phone: (800) 951-9777 |
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| Founder
and chairman of A-P-A
TRANSPORT, leading shorthaul trucking carrier serving 13 Mid-Altantic
New England states, Canada> Formerly involved in Weehawken, West New
York waterfront 400-acre real estate development, sold major interests
1996> Launched NY Waterways ferry service 1986
between Weehawken and Manhattan, first Trans-Hudson ferry service in 30
years, financial problems and loss of ridership following reinstitution
of PATH service to Manhattan after post 9/11/2001 disruption led to cutbacks,
agreement
to
sell major interest in company to Manhattan attorney William Wachtel> Board
member, PALISADES
GENERAL HOSPITAL; trustee, Foundation of the UNIVERSITY
OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY OF NJ; member, Horatio Alger Association
of Distinguished Americans> Awards include Award of the Children of
the World from DEBORAH HOSPITAL;
Gold Medallion, B'nai B'rith; Ellis Island Medal of Honor; honorary
doctorate of humane letters, ST.
PETER'S COLLEGE. |
| Thomas
P. Infusino |
| Chairman |
| Wakefern Food Corporation |
| 600 York Street |
| Elizabeth, NJ
07207 |
| Phone: (908) 527-3300 |
| Fax: (908) 527-3397 |
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| Heads WAKEFERN FOOD CORPORATION,
largest US wholesale food cooperative, provides distribution and marketing
services for ShopRite supermarkets and ShopRite pharmacies> Also
president of Nutley Park ShopRite> Served as Wakefern CEO since
1971> Director, Food Marketing Institute; board member and former
chairman, NJ FOOD COUNCIL>
Director, VALLEY NATIONAL BANK>
Member, board of governors, National Conference of Christians and Jews>
Former commissioner, NJ CASINO
REINVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY> Recipient of Prime Minister's
Medal, highest civilian award given by State of Israel for
humanitarianism; recipient of Lifeline Award from Cooley's Anemia
Foundation; Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology established
by Senator FRANK LAUTENBERG
sponsors annual Thomas P. Infusino Prize Lecture in cancer causation and
epidemiology. |
| Lewis Katz, Esq. |
|
Katz,
Ettin & Levine |
| 905 North Kings Highway |
| Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 |
| Phone: (856) 667-6440 |
| Fax: (856) 667-1866 |
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| Long-time
JIM FLORIO
insider and fundraiser, also major fundraiser
for Clinton-Gore 1996, 1992 campaigns> Attorney,
former CEO of Kinney Systems parking firm in NY
City> Principal in investment group including
RAYMOND CHAMBERS, STANLEY GALE, FINN WENTWORTH and fellow Temple University
trustee and alumnus Bill Cosby that acquired NJ
Nets 1998, named Nets president, merged effective
November 1999 with NY Yankees into YankeesNets
parent company, also purchased
NJ Devils 2000, seeking to move both teams
to new arena to be built in Newark> Delays
in securing arena financing, conflicts among investors
led to breakup of Yankees-Devils-Nets affiliation,
Nets sold summer 2004 to group headed by Bruce
Ratner intending to move team to proposed new
mixed-use spots-entertainment-office complex to
be built in Brooklyn> Previously largest stockholder
of former First Peoples Bank acquired 1992 by
CoreStates Financial Corp.> Served as chair,
1990 Florio Inaugural Committee; finance chair,
1993, 1989 Florio campaigns> Reportedly declined
offer by Governor Florio to be chair,
NJ DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE, chaired State
Committee finance committee, previously expressed
interest in possible candidacy for US Senate>
Also major fundraiser for former Philadelphia
mayor and 1999-2000 National Democratic Committee
chairman Ed Rendell. |
| Edward
J. Ludwig |
| President
and CEO |
| Becton,
Dickinson and Company |
| Franklin
Lakes, NJ 07417 |
| Phone:
(201) 847-6800 |
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| Named
BECTON,
DICKINSON CEO effective January
2000 after serving as president and chief operating
officer since
May 2000> Joined BD in 1979, after
five years experience in Company’s medical segment,
assumed responsibility in 1987 for corporate planning
and development> From 1989 to 1994, president
of Becton Dickinson Diagnostics in Baltimore>
Served as Senior Vice President-Finance and Chief
Financial Officer 1995 to 1998, in July 1998 appointed
Executive Vice President of Company> Graduate
of Holy Cross College and Columbia University
Business School. |
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