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| T.
Joseph Semrod |
| Vice
Chairman-Fleet Boston Financial
Corp. and
Chairman Fleet Bank-New Jersey |
| 301
Carnegie Center |
| PO
Box 2066 |
| Princeton,
NJ 08540 |
| Phone:
(609) 987-3445 |
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| Born
in Oklahoma, serving as CEO of Oklahoma City bank when appointed
CEO of UJB Financial Corp., parent of United Jersey Bank, in
1981> 1996 merger of UJB Financial with Summit Bancorporation,
with merged banks assuming Summit
Bancorp name,
named chairman and CEO upon merger>
Announced October 2000 sale of Summit to FLEETBOSTON for
$7 billion, with Semrod becoming vice chair of FLEETBOSTON for
two-year period following completion of merger March 2001>
Primary banking interest commercial lending, served as chair of
American Bankers Association National Commercial Lending
School> Director, Federal Reserve Bank of NY, 1983-86,
currently serves as chair of its nomnating committee> Member,
Bankers Roundtable, NJ
BANKERS ASSOCIATION and American Bankers Association>
Appointed co-chair, Prosperity NJ, by Governor CHRISTINE
TODD WHITMAN; Board member, 1998-99 chairman, NJ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; past chairman, PARTNERSHIP FOR NJ> Served on 1988 Committee appointed by
Governor THOMAS H. KEAN to
support passage of Higher Education bond referendum> Active
outdoorsman, board member, Outward Bound> Served as trustee
and member of executive committee of National Urban League for
over 20 years, close to Vernon Jordan, former League director
and President Clinton adviser> Attorney, member, Oklahoma Bar
Association> LL.B., B.A. University of Oklahoma.
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| James
A. Skidmore, Jr. |
| Chairman,
President & CEO |
| Science
Management Company |
| 721
Route 202-206 |
| Bridgewater,
NJ 08807 |
| Phone:
(908) 722-0300 |
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| Heads
management consulting, information technology firm founded
1946> Active Republican fundraiser, former official in Nixon
Administration> Board member,
HORIZON BLUE
CROSS-BLUE SHIELD OF NJ; NJ
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; CENTER
FOR ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC ISSUES> Started career with NJ
Bell Telephone Co. (now
BELL ATLANTIC-NJ) 1954-57, also with PepsiCo, CEO Handy
Associates executive search, consulting firm> B.A. Muhlenberg
College. |
| Richard
J. Swift |
| President,
CEO & Chairman |
| Foster
Wheeler Corporation |
| Perryville
Corporate Park |
| Clinton,
NJ 08809 |
| Phone:
(908) 730-4000 |
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| Elected
April 1994 at age 49 as CEO and Chairman of FOSTER
WHEELER, one of world’s largest design, engineering,
construction firms for large industrial facilities such as
refineries, chemical plants, also major operations in real
estate development, environmental remediation> Previously
president and chief operating officer since December 1992, with
firm over 20 years, held wide range of operations and executive
positions in US and abroad after joining firm as project manager
in process plants division> Board member, Manufacturers
Alliance/MAI> B.S., US Military Academy at West Point, holds
master's degree in business administration from FAIRLEIGH
DICKINSON UNIVERSITY, M.S. degree in mechanical engineering
from Purdue University. |
| William
F. Taggart |
| Chairman |
| York
Management Services |
| 37
Northfield Avenue |
| Edison,
NJ 08837 |
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Phone:
(732) 225-6900
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| Founder
in 1957 of
Taggart’s Driving School, grew to become largest professional
driving school in US> Appointed 1986 as CEO of Purolator
Courier’s flagship US Courier Division after serving as member
of Purolator board of directors for 10 years, succeeded in
increasing sales by $300 million until buyout by Emery Air
Freight> Participated as investor and consultant in other
transportation turnaround situations, including Pilot Freight
(1987), Circle Express (1989) and Consolidated Freightways
(1996)> Subsequently expanded interests to retail industry,
served as Chairman of Herman's World of Sporting Goods
after April 1993 acquisition by investment group including own
firm, then Taggart-Fasola Group, resigned as Herman’s chairman
December 1994 prior to 1996 Herman’s bankruptcy and
dissolution, to pursue other investment interests
through new investment firm, York Management Services>
Led investor group formed by York Management which included Koch
Industries (second largest privately-held company in US) in June
1997 acquisition of 87.5%
of shares of Kmart Canada Co.
from KMART
CORPORATION June 1997 for
$134 million, Kmart Canada’s third-largest retailer, with
annual sales over
$1 billion, served as board chairman until February 1998 sale of
Kmart Canada to Hudson’s Bay, resulting in 400% return to
investors in nine months> York and affiliated investors also
previously acquired NBO Stores men’s apparel retail chain from
Dylex Ltd. of
Toronto, and Pic ‘N Pay Stores from Bata Ltd., also
in Toronto> Also principal in Chadwick Partners,
NJ-based company investing in environmentally impaired companies
and properties headed by CHRISTOPHER
DAGGETT, former commissioner,
NJ DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION with other principals including JON
HANSON, CEO of Hampshire Management> Board member, Human
Rights Watch Advisory Board (world organization protecting
children’s rights), Covenant House for runaway children in NY
City; trustee, NEWARK
MUSEUM; former vice chairman and board member, NJ
SPORTS AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY; former board member and
treasurer, NJ TURNPIKE
AUTHORITY; former president & CEO of US Courier Division
of Purolator Courier Corp.; former director, Somerset Trust
Company; Discount Corp.> Previously active Republican
fundraiser close to former Governor THOMAS
H. KEAN, former partner with past Kean Administration
management and budget director Alfred Fasola in Taggart-Fasola
Group investment, buyout firm. |
| Norman
B. Tomlinson, Jr. |
| Chairman
& CEO |
| Tomlinson
Enterprises |
| 7
Dumont Place |
| Morristown,
NJ 07963 |
| Phone:
(973) 539-8230 |
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| Former
publisher of DAILY RECORD
newspaper in Morristown founded by grandfather in 1900, sold
newspaper 1987 for reported $164 million> Used capital to
expand magazine properties in NJ, other states, later sold most
properties outside NJ, FL> Acquired NJ
MONTHLY magazine 1982, Business Journal of NJ and Garden
State Home & Garden 1990, consolidated Garden State Home
& Garden into NJ Monthly, terminated publication of Business
Journal July 1993, also publishes NJ BRIDE, magazine featuring
wedding, catering, travel features,
advertising; Miami Metro, city magazine for Miami-Dade and
Broward counties; and Latingirl, national magazine for teen-age
Hispanic girls> Member of
board and executive committee of Civil War Preservation
Trust, which acquires private land that encroaches on
battlefields> Daughter KATE
S. TOMLINSON publisher and editor-in-chief of NJ Monthly,
publisher of NJ Bride, also principal in Tomlinson
Enterprises> J.D. Harvard Law School, B.A. PRINCETON
UNIVERSITY. |
| Donald
J. Trump |
| Chairman |
| Trump
Hotels and Casino Resorts |
| 725
5th Avenue |
| 26th
Floor |
| New
York, NY 10022 |
| Phone:
(212) 832-2000 |
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| Atlantic
City casino-hotels include TRUMP
TAJ MAHAL, TRUMP PLAZA, and
TRUMP MARINA> Considered 2000 presidential campaign for
Reform Party nomination, announced February 2000 decision not to
enter race> All casino-hotels financially restructured
through bankruptcy reorganization 1991-93 as part of overall
financial rehabilitation of Trump assets, Trump regained full
equity ownership of Trump Plaza and Trump Castle 1993 and Taj
Mahal 1995> 1995 public offering created new casino company, TRUMP
HOTELS AND CASINO RESORTS, to own NJ casino-hotels, finance
new projects outside NJ> Announced 1999 intention to develop
new hotel on site of former Playboy casino-hotel> Engaged in
1996-99 legal effort to block long-time rival, Steve Wynn, then
CEO of Mirage Resorts, from obtaining State financing assistance
to build tunnel easing access to proposed Mirage mega-resort in
Atlantic City, Wynn previously frustrated Trump hostile takeover
effort of Bally Manufacturing Corp.
by selling then Mirage-owned Golden Nugget to Bally as
second NJ casino-hotel, preventing Trump takeover of Bally
without violating then-NJ restriction on ownership of more than
three casino-hotels by single owner>
Also engaged in proxy battle with Merv Griffin over
control of Resorts International, ultimately resulting in sale
of then unfinished Taj Mahal project by Resorts to Trump and
acquisition of Resorts by Griffin (who sold property 1997 to
SUN INTERNATIONAL)> Sister MARYANNE
TRUMP BARRY, appointed 1983 by President Reagan as federal
district judge for NJ, promoted 1999 to serve on US Court of
Appeals for 3rd circuit> Judge Barry's husband, John Barry,
NJ lawyer who often represented NJ Trump interests, including
1993 lawsuit challenging federal legislation authorizing casino
gambling on Indian reservations, Trump also obtained support of
opposition to Indian casinos by then Congressman, now US Senator
ROBERT TORRICELLI>
Former opponent of NJ State Senator BILL GORMLEY due to
Gormley support of tunnel project promoted by Trump rival Steve
Wynn, but backed
Gormley in unsuccessful June 2000 primary campaign for US
Senate> Declined to renew contract June 2000 of Nicholas
Ribis, president and chief operating officer since 1991
of Trump casino operations,
former senior partner of Morristown law firm Ribis,
Graham & Curtin (now GRAHAM,
CURTIN & SHERIDAN), which also represented Trump
regulatory interests> Stephen
Bollenbach, previously
served as chief financial officer for Trump and credited with
plan for bankruptcy restructuring of Trump properties, named CEO
of HILTON HOTELS CORP. 1996>
B.A. University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of
Finance> Resides in NY City. |
| William
H. Turner |
| President-New
Jersey Region |
| PNC
Bank, NA |
|
Two
Tower Center
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| East
Brunswick, NJ 08816 |
| Phone:
(732) 220-3619 |
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| Appointed
effective August 1997 to head PNC
BANK CORP. NJ operations> Former vice chairman of
Chemical Bank, serving
as president and co-CEO of NJ-based Franklin Electronic
Publishers when appointed to PNC position> Responsible for
building and maintaining PNC’s NJ corporate and private
banking client relationships, also for relationships with state
and local governments, various communities in which Bank
operates> Reports to James E. Rohr, president of PNC Bank
Corp., succeeds Garry J. Scheuring, former vice chairman of PNC
Bank Corp. and CEO of NJ-based Midlantic Bank, which PNC
acquired in 1995> During 34-year career with Chemical, held
number of key positions, including period between 1990 and 1995
responsible for Chemical Bank NJ, which PNC Bank acquired
in 1995, after Chemical failed to reach goals of sufficient NJ
market share> Retired in 1996 as Chemical vice chairman,
responsible at that time for private banking, middle market
banking and bank's operating services unit> In 1996, named
president and co-CEO of Franklin Electronic Publishers,
headquartered in Burlington, which he previously served as
member of board of directors> Serves as chairman of
International College of Beirut; secretary of
Paterson Economic Development Corporation; Trustee, NJ
NETWORK Foundation> Former councilman for Township of
Montclair, also trustee
of ATLANTIC HEALTH SYSTEM
and Montclair Art Museum> Also serves as director of
Standard Motor Products; overseer, Stern School of Business, New
York University> Received B.A. from Trinity College in 1962
and masters degree in business administration degree from New
York University, also completed Advanced Management Program of
Harvard Business School. |
| Joseph
A. Unanue |
| President |
| Goya
Foods |
| 100
Seaview Drive |
| Secaucus,
NJ 07094 |
| Phone:
(201) 348-4900 |
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| Heads
GOYA FOODS, Nation's
largest Hispanic food company founded 1936 by parents> Serves
on Board of Regents SETON
HALL UNIVERSITY and Catholic University (Washington, DC),
also board member, NJ
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, a co-chair of 1997 Governor CHRISTINE
TODD WHITMAN re-election campaign finance committee>
Trustee, ST. PETER’S
COLLEGE; University of Miami; Boys Clubs of America>
Named ‘Man of the Year’ twice by National Conference of
Christians and Jews, also ‘Corporate Man of the Year’ by
B'nai B'rith International> B.S. (mechanical engineering)
Catholic University. |
| Joan
C. Verplanck |
| President |
| New
Jersey Chamber of Commerce |
| State
Street Square |
| 216
West State Street |
| Trenton,
NJ 08608 |
| Phone:
(609) 989-7888 x 114 |
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e-mail:
joan@njchamber.com
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| Elected
December 1994 to chief staff position at NJ
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, first woman to hold position and only
third woman in Nation to head a statewide chamber of
commerce> Previously president of Morris County Chamber of
Commerce for 8 years> Prior positions as chamber executive
with Greater Woonsocket Chamber of Commerce and North Kingstown
chambers of commerce in RI> While at Morris County Chamber,
founding director of Business & Education Together
Foundation, nonprofit affiliate promoting business contacts,
experience for students, also active in starting First Night
Morris, New Year's eve program> B.A. Wayne State University,
also graduate, University of Delaware Institute for
Organizational Management, graduate program managed by US
Chamber of Commerce for students interested in chamber
management careers, now serves as Institute faculty member,
former chair of its national Board of Trustees. |
| Arthur
Weinbach |
| Chairman
and CEO |
| Automatic
Data Processing |
| 1
ADP Boulevard |
| Roseland,
NJ 07068 |
| Phone:
(973) 994-5000 |
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| Named
CEO at age 52 of AUTOMATIC
DATA PROCESSING effective August 1996 upon retirement of
predecessor Josh Weston as CEO, also named chairman 1998>
Joined ADP in 1980 as a corporate vice president, after nearly
15-year accounting career at Touche Ross & Co. (now DELOITTE
& TOUCHE), having been partner since 1975> Became ADP
chief financial officer 1982, named to board 1989> In 1992
appointed executive vice president and 1994 named president and
chief operating officer> B.S. in Economics and M.S. in
Accounting from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School>
Member of board of overseers, NJ
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; board of directors of Boys Hope, OVERLOOK
HOSPITAL Foundation and University of Pennsylvania Club of
Metro NJ. |
| Finn
Wentworth |
| Principal |
| Gale
& Wentworth |
| 200
Campus Drive, Suite 200 |
| Florham
Park, NJ 07932 |
| Phone:
(973) 301-9500 |
| Fax:
(973) 301-9501 |
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| Founded
1988 with partner STANLEY
GALE commercial real estate development and management firm,
GALE & WENTWORTH, acquired
NJ regional interests of The Sammis Company, later assembled $1
billion, 4,300-acre land and commercial development portfolio,
now 15th largest US office developer, controls over 10% of
northern NJ office space comprising some 24 million square feet,
one of nation’s largest private suburban office portfolios>
Also principal in investment group led by RAYMOND
CHAMBERS and LEWIS
KATZ which purchased 1998 NJ Nets National Basketball
Association franchise, merged 1999 with NY Yankees to form
YankeesNets corporation, acquisition in 2000 of NJ Devils
National Hockey League franchise> Trustee,
NJ CHAPTER-NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE
PROPERTIES |
| George
R. Zoffinger |
| Chairman |
| Constellation
Capital Corporation |
| 120
Albany Street |
| New
Brunswick, NJ 08901 |
| Phone:
(732) 843-4074 |
| Fax:
(732) 249-2737 |
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Named
February 2002 by Governor JAMES E. MCGREEVEY as
president, NJ SPORTS & EXPOSITION AUTHORITY> Former
commissioner, NJ Department of Commerce & Econonomic
Development during administration of Governor JAMES
FLORIO, chair of 2000 US Senate campaign of former Governor
Florio, also former chairman of CoreStates NJ National Bank, and
CEO of Constellation Bancorp, now heads own investment and
financing firm> Also served as principal and CEO until
February 1998 sale of Value Property Trust, former bankrupt real
estate investment trust, subsequently successfully restructured
by divesting underperforming properties prior to 1998 sale>
Named CEO of Constellation Bancorp 1992, later named chairman of
CoreStates/NJ National Bank upon Constellation's acquisition by
CoreStates Financial Corp. in 1993> Commissioner of NJ
Department of Commerce & Economic Development in Florio
administration from January 1990 until resignation in January
1992 to join Constellation> Previously executive vice
president in international trade with First Fidelity Bank, last
assignment in London 1988-90 involved directing all overseas
lending, resolving problem loans of previous London staff>
Joined First Fidelity international trade group 1976, previously
Assistant Vice President, Irving Trust, Import-Export Finance
Group, 1971-76> Long-time Democratic activist, former Sussex
County Democratic chair and past mayor (1980-81) and Township
Committeeman (1976-81) in Byram Township, considered 1997
gubernatorial primary campaign, then declined to enter race>
Named 1993 by Governor Florio as chair of NJ host
committee for 1994 World Cup Soccer games, later joined as
co-chair by JOHN WHITMAN,
husband of Governor> Also chairs New Brunswick Development
Co. (DEVCO> Member, Board of Directors, NJ World Trade
Council (Chair, 1986-87); NJ
ALLIANCE FOR ACTION; Director, NJ District Export Council,
1988-90> M.A. (finance) New York University Graduate School
of Business, 1971, B.A. Pennsylvania State University 1970.
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