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| Minority
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| Christy E. Davis |
| President
and CEO |
| The
Davis Group |
| 43
Halsey Street |
| Newark, NJ 07102 |
| Phone:
(973) 727-5518 |
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| Vice
chairman and staff director for JON CORZINE 2000 US Senate campaign>
Now heads own public affairs consulting firm for corporations, government
and nonprofit clients> Former State director and aide to Senator FRANK
LAUTENBERG 1996-98, also previously in public relations with
Warner-Lambert, legislative assistant to State Senator Wynona Lipman,
attorney with rent control board in Metuchen> Reported as potential
Middlesex County Assembly candidate 2001> Named 1994 by Ebony Magazine
as one of 30 Leaders of Future, 1996 by NJ MONTHLY Magazine as one of
'most interesting New Jerseyans'> J.D. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Law School,
B.A. Chatham College (Pittsburgh), also studied at Richmond College in
London. |
| Malcolm Dunn
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| President
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| Dunn & Sons
Maintenance
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| 320 Park Avenue
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| Plainfield, NJ 07060
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| Phone:
(908) 757-5155
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| Fax:
(908) 757-8398
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Councilman, City of Plainfield> Founder in 1972 of one of NJ's largest
black-owned businesses providing cleaning, maintenance, food services for
commercial business, offices> Now also consultant, entrepreneur in various
projects> Acting chairman, Minority Business Education and Legal Defense Fund
in Washington, DC, national organization seeking to expand entrepreneurial
opportunities for minorities> Past Chairman, NJ Minority Business Brain
Trust, group of minority business owners.
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| Zulima V. Farber, Esq.
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| Partner |
| Lowenstein Sandler
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| 65 Livingston Avenue
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| Roseland, NJ 07068
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| Phone:
(973) 992-8700
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| Fax:
(973) 992-5820
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| Partner in
LOWENSTEIN
SANDLER law firm, served August 1992 through end of
JIM FLORIO Administration January 1994
as NJ Public Advocate and Public Defender, last head of Department of Public
Advocate prior to its abolition by Whitman Administration> First Hispanic
woman to serve in NJ cabinet post> Served as NJ elector in 1996 Electoral
College officially electing President Clinton and Vice President Gore> Past
Assistant prosecutor in Bergen County, legal specialist with City of Newark>
Practiced law 11 years as a member
and partner of Lowenstein, Sandler law firm prior to joining Florio cabinet,
re-joined firm at end of Administration> President, National Abortion Rights Action League-NJ; past president, State Hispanic Bar Association> Born in
Cuba, father a physician and city councilman, fled Cuba 1961 as 16-year-old with
sister to Jamaica after 13-year-old brother arrested for carrying anti-Castro
literature> Raised by aunt in West New York later joined by parents>
Secretarial job savings coupled with small scholarship enabled enrollment in Montclair
State University, obtained B.A.
(Spanish), M.A. (Spanish Literature) Montclair State> Taught Spanish at Montclair State while studying for doctorate in
Spanish Literature at City University of New York> Husband a law student,
persuaded her to enroll at Rutgers School of Law in Newark, received law degree
1974, then legal specialist with Newark Department of Health and Welfare, later
assistant prosecutor for Bergen County> Assistant Counsel to Governor Brendan
Byrne 1978-81, assignments included serving as counsel to Department
of Public Advocate, also working on amendments to NJ Criminal Code effective
1979> Joined Lowenstein, Sandler law firm 1981, became first female partner
1986, experience in both civil and criminal matters, specialized in
administrative and health care law> Boards include Jersey City Medical Center>”
Board of Trustees, resigned in 1992 after ten years> Chaired NJ Advisory
Committee to US Commission of Civil Rights, Hudson County Improvement
Authority; member, NJ Supreme Court Committees on Character and on Evidence
Rules, former member of Court's Committee on Criminal Rules.
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| Vera King Farris, Ph.D.
|
| President
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| The Richard Stockton College of
New Jersey
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| Jim Leeds Road
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| Pomona, NJ 08240
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| Phone: (609) 652-4521
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| Fax:
(609)
652-4945
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| First woman president of 4-year NJ state college,
appointed 1983> Previously vice president for academic affairs at Kean
College (now KEAN UNIVERSITY) and dean
and administrator at State University of New York-Stony Brook> Trustee,
Council on Higher Education Accreditation; served as chair of American
Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU); past-president of Middle
States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA); past vice chair/secretary of
Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation (CORPA); former member
of NY State Regents Commission on Higher Education and American Council on
Education Board of Directors; a founding member of Academy of the Governor's
Pride of NJ; director of NJ PUBLIC
BROADCASTING AUTHORITY; and member of State Board of Examiners, NJ
Department of Education> Chair, NJ President's Council Committee on
Advancement, Excellence and Accountability Reporting; 1997-98 chair, American
Association of State Colleges and Universities> Other boards include ELIZABETHTOWN
GAS CORP, Flagstar Corp., Children's Television Workshop> Author of over
30 articles on scientific, educational topics> Ph.D. (zoology; parisitology),
M.S. University of Massachusetts, B.S. (biology) Tuskegee Institute.
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| Michael Fernandez
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| Executive Assistant to
the President
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| New Jersey City
University
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| 2030 Kennedy Boulevard
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| Jersey City, NJ 07305
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| Phone:
(201) 200-2036
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Named to present position December 1997 as executive assistant to NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY (former Jersey City State College)
President CARLOS HERNANDEZ>
Formerly deputy executive director, NJ State College Governing Boards
Association 1985-97, previously served as staff director, NJ Council of State
Colleges 1980-85, which was dissolved and succeeded by Association> Special
assistant to Governor BRENDAN T. BYRNE 1976-80,
first Hispanic professional to serve NJ governor, acted as liaison to minority,
labor, education, local government constituencies> Current Executive
Committee member, Leadership NJ Graduate Board; member, NJ HISTORICAL
COMMISSIONt; M.A. Latin American history 1983, B.A. 1971 RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY, A.A. UNION COUNTY COLLEGE 1968.
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| Walter L. Fields, Jr.
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| President
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| Fields Communications
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| 135 Oakview Avenue
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| Maplewood, NJ 07040
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| Phone:
(973) 762-7370
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| e-mail:
wfields@earthlink.net
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Principal of public affairs and government relations firm> Media consultant,
also regular political and public affairs TV commentator on MSNBC-TV; radio commentator on
WBGO-FM; editorial opinion contributor to THE RECORD daily newspaper; and contributing editor for NJ
REPORTER magazine> Consultant
to Republican members on 2001 legislative redistricting commission, also
consultant to 2000 US Senate campaign of JIM
FLORIO> Also produces 'One Voice...with Walter Fields' weekly
public affairs commentary on WNJR 1430 AM Radio> Prior to founding firm,
served as director of public affairs for NY State Trial Lawyers Association>
Led 1995 efforts to create NJ Ethnic and Racial Alliance, collaboration among
leaders of African-American, Hispanic and Asian communities> Served for five
years as political action chair for NJ
STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACP and member
of executive committee, also past vice president for programs of NJ Public Policy Research Institute, continues as board
member>; Holds B.A. from Morgan State University (Baltimore MD), master's
degree in public administration from NY University, currently National Science
Foundation Fellow in doctoral program at City University of NY.
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