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Leaders L-Q
| Jacinto
Marrero |
| Chairman |
| Board
of Trustees |
| Kean
University |
| Morris
Avenue |
| Union,
NJ 07083 |
| Phone:
(908) 527-2000 |
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| One
of founders of Medgar Evers College in NY, former member,
Newark Human Rights Commission> Serves as special assistant
to president, National Conference of Christians & Jews,
and past exectuvive director of its NJ chapter> Appointed
by Governor THOMAS
H. KEAN to Commissions on Hispanic Affairs; Public Responsibility
for Excellence in Education; and Character & Values
in Public Schools> Also president, Princeton Regional
Board of Education; president of Mercer County School Board
Association; member of blue-ribbon committee established
1999 by Mercer County Executive ROBERT
PRUNETTI to study potential County technology high school>
Taught at RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY Graduate School of Education, Pace University
Graduate School of Education> Member, Executive Board,
Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC> M.A. New York University,
B.S. Hartwick College> Known as ‘Jack’.
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| David
A. Matos, Jr.
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| Assistant Dean of
Program Planning
and Development
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| School of Osteopathic
Medicine
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| University of Medicine
& Dentistry of
New Jersey
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| 1 Medical Center Drive
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| Stratford, NJ 08084
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| Phone:
(856) 566-6068
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Heads program planning for School of Osteopathic Medicine, UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY OF NJ> Veteran of many national, state and local
Democratic campaigns, served during administration of Governor JAMES FLORIO as chief-of-staff in NJ Department of Public Advocate,
also President of NJ Hispanic Democrats, state's oldest Hispanic political
organization> Formerly special assistant to Governor BRENDAN T. BYRNE, alternate delegate to 1980, 1984 Democratic
National Conventions, former Democratic Committeeperson in Middlesex County>
Member of Advisory Committee to State Democratic Chairman, graduate of
Democratic National Training Academy and Project 500> M.P.A., B.A. RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY, graduate of Program for Senior Executives of Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University> Prior to joining Public Advocate 1992, served
as Director of Policy and Planning for Democratic Caucus of NJ General
Assembly> Lives in Burlington County, served as assistant to chairman of
Burlington County Democratic Committee, wife 1997 Democratic nominee for NJ
Senate seat, lost in general election.
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| Robert
Menendez |
| United States House of
Representatives |
| 405 Cannon House Office
Building |
| Washington, DC
20515 |
| Phone: (202) 225-7919
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| Fax: (202) 226-0792
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| e-mail: menendez@mail.house.gov
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| Web Site http://www.house.gov/menendez/
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| First
Hispanic to serve as member of Congress from NJ> Son
of Cuban immigrants, first elected November 1992 to new
district with boundaries specially drawn to aid election
of NJ's first Hispanic representative> Re-elected to
4th term November 1998 with 83% of vote> Considered US
Senate campaign 2000 for seat being vacated by retiring
FRANK LAUTENBERG,
decided not to enter race, criticized Senator ROBERT
TORRICELLI, for behind-scenes comments discouraging
potential candidacy> Serving in NJ Senate upon election
to Congress, first Hispanic State Senator, chosen February
1991 to fill Senate vacancy, elected November 1991 to full
term, resigned Senate seat following 1992 election to Congress>
Previously elected to two terms in Assembly, also served
as Mayor of Union City while in Legislature> Past chairman,
NJ Hispanic Elected Officials Organization, Hispanic Leadership
Opportunities Program> Led effort for elected board of
education in Union City, 1974-78, served as board secretary
1978-82> Lawyer, formerly in private practice with office
in Union City> LL.B. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Law
School, B.A. ST. PETER'S
COLLEGE> Married, wife Jane, two children> Born
January 1, 1954. |
| Pamela
T. Miller, Esq.
|
| Vice President of
Strategic Planning
and Total Quality
Management
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| Horizon
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey
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| 3 Penn Plaza East
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| Newark, NJ 07105
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| Phone:
(973) 456-2000
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Responsible for all of strategic
planning and quality initiatives of HORIZON
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NJ>
Extensive experience in public health and health care delivery system> Before
coming to Blue Cross, served as Executive Director for Center for Health
Services for City of NY, Director of Hudson County Department of Environmental
and Public Health, and Director of Planning and Implementation for Hudson
Systems Agency in Jersey City> B.A. St. Peter's College 1977, Master's
degree (Public Administration) New York University 1979, Law Degree “Seton
Hall University” Law School 1985.
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| Gabriella
E. Morris
|
| President
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| The Prudential
Foundation
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| 751 Broad Street
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| Newark, NJ 07102
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| Phone:
(973) 540-8362
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Named 1994 as president of PRUDENTIAL
FOUNDATION, also vice president, Corporate Social Responsibility of PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA> Oversees Prudential
grantmaking programs, which awards over $45 million annually, as well as
employee volunteer and community involvement programs> Joined Prudential 1985
as associate regional counsel for Newark Realty Group Office, which managed real
estate investments in eatern region of US; named 1988 as assistant general
counsel in Real Estate Corporate Law Department; 1991 as regional counsel for
Newark Realty Group Office until assuming current positions April 1994> Prior
to joining Prudential, attorney in private practice with law firm of Baker &
Botts in Houston and Southland Corp. in Dallas> Also trustee, KEAN
UNIVERSITY; board chairman and commissioner, NJ
PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY; trustee of NY Regional Association of
Grantmakers and on Executive Committee of Council
of NJ Grantmakers; trustee of Boys and Girls Clubs of Newark,
Princeton-Blairstown Center, and Women's Board of NJ Performing Arts Center> Formerly
married to LEONARD COLEMAN, former
president of National League of Major League Baseball and cabinet officer in
administration of Governor THOMAS H. KEAN>
A.B. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, J.D.
University of Texas School of Law.
|
| Toni
Morrison
|
| Robert F. Goheen
Professor
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| 110 Dickinson Hall
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| Princeton University
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| Princeton, NJ 08544
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| Phone:
(609) 258-1070
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| Fax:
(609) 258-5095
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| One
of world's leading novelists, awarded
1993 Nobel Prize for Literature> Professor at PRINCETON
UNIVERSITY in Council of Humanities since 1989> Also received 1988
Pulitzer Prize for Beloved; 1978 National Book Award for Song of Solomon; other
novels include Paradise, Jazz, Sula> Started career as English instructor on
faculty at Texas Southern University 1955-57 and Howard University, 1957-64,
senior editor at Random House, 1965-85> Returned to teaching at State
University of New York at Purchase, associate professor of English, 1971-72;
State University of New York at Albany, Albert Schweitzer Chair in the
Humanities, 1984-89, then joined PRINCETON
UNIVERSITY faculty 1989> Trustee, National Humanities Center; co-chairs
Schomburg Commission for Preservation of Black Culture; member of American
Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, National Council on the Arts, Authors Guild (member of council), and
Authors League of America> M.A. Cornell University, B.A. Howard University.
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| Marianne
Espinosa Murphy, Esq.
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| Partner |
| Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld
& Barry |
| Gateway 4
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| Newark, NJ 07102
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| Phone:
(973) 622-3000 |
| Fax:
(973) 623-7780 |
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| Partner
in TOMPKINS, MCGUIRE
WACHENFELD & BARRY law firm> Former
Superior Court Judge 1986-93, re-nomination in 1993 opposed
by NJ State Senator John Dorsey, led to reform of NJ Senatorial
courtesy privilege, factor in Dorsey defeat in re-election
bid November 1993 by Democrat GORDON
MACINNES> Proposed by Senator MacInnes for re-nomination
to Superior Court by Governor CHRISTINE
TODD WHITMAN, but Governor failed to propose nomination>
Columnist for THE STAR-LEDGER> Appointed by Governor JAMES FLORIO to NJ Commissision to Study Divorce Laws> Former assistant
counsel, PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE CO.; deputy NJ attorney general; assistant
US attorney; also served as law clerk to NJ Chief Justice
Richard Hughes> Married to MICHAEL MURPHY, former
Morris County Prosecutor, 1997 Democratic primary candidate
for Governor who placed third behind JAMES
MCGREEVEY, ROBERT
ANDREWS, and stepson of late Chief Justice and former
Governor Richard Hughes. |
| Douglas
H. Palmer
|
| Mayor
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| City of Trenton
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| City Hall
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| 319 East State Street
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| Trenton, NJ 08608
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| Phone:
(609) 989-3030
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First elected June 1990 as first black mayor of City of Trenton, re-elected to
third term 1998> Democrat, served as Mercer County freeholder from 1981 until
resignation following 1990 mayoral election, served as freeholder board
president 1985, 1988> Awards include ‘Equal Justice Medal’
from Legal Services of NJ for leadership in areas of affordable housing,
welfare, and other issues affecting disadvantaged; 1993 State of Israel
Peace medal Award for efforts to increase and improve relationships between
African-Americans and Jews; 1993 ‘Tending the Garden State’ Community
Development Leadership Award from Worldworks Foundation of NJ for achievements
in programs to end hunger> Employed by Trenton board of education as
purchasing manager, other positions from 1978 until taking office July 1990;
previous positions with NJ State Division of Motor Vehicles and Department of
Civil Service> B.S. Hampton College 1973, all-conference baseball player,
once minor league prospect of Pittsburgh Pirates.
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| Donald
M. Payne |
| United States House of
Representatives
|
| 2244 Rayburn House
Office Building
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| Washington, DC 20515
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| Phone:(202)
225-3436
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| Fax:
(202) 225-4160
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| Web
Site: http://www.house.gov/payne
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| First
black NJ Congressman, elected 1988 to seat based in Newark previously held by
Congressman Peter Rodino since 1949> Re-elected to 6th term 1998 with 83.5%
of vote> Served as Chairman of Congressional Black Caucus 1995-96; also
member of Democratic Whip Organization and past member of House Democratic
Leadership Advisory Group> Sponsor of various education bills;
minimum wage increase; Family and Medical Leave Act; law to improve
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act to help ‘boarder babies’> Also active on
human rights and foreign aid issues, one of five members of Congress chosen to
accompany President and Mrs. Clinton on 1998 tour of Africa, also headed
Presidential mission to war-torn Rwanda> Former executive with Urban Data
Systems, computer firm founded by brother WILLIAM
PAYNE, who was elected November 1997 to NJ General Assembly, brother also
unsuccessful 1994 mayoral candidate challenging Newark incumbent SHARPE
JAMES> Also former executive with PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE CO.> Served as national president, YMCA of USA 1970-73,
Chairman of World Refugee and Rehabilitation Committee> Member, Newark City
Council 1982-89; Essex County Freeholder 1972-78, director 1977-78> Serves on
board of directors of Congressional Award Foundation, National Endowment for
Democracy, TransAfrica, Boys and Girls Clubs of Newark, Newark Day Center,
Fighting Back Initiative and Newark YMCA> B.A. SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, holds honorary doctorates from Chicago State
University and DREW UNIVERSITY.
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| William D. Payne |
| Assemblyman
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| 40 Clinton Street
Suite 200
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| Newark, NJ 07102
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| Phone:
(973) 621-1400
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| e-mail: asmpayne@njleg.state.us
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Elected to first Assembly term November 1997> Principal of William Payne and
Associates government relations and market development consulting firm> Until
1988, president and founder of Urban Data Systems, computer forms manufacturing
company established 1969> Chaired and managed 1988 campaign of brother, DONALD
PAYNE, resulting in brother’s election as NJ’s first black
congressman> Unsuccessful 1994 candidate for Newark mayor challenging Mayor
SHARPE JAMES, but endorsed by James in 1997 Assembly race> Previously
served as chairman of Newark Housing Authority; vice chairman of Essex County
Improvement Authority; Federal Reserve Bank of NY Small Busines Advisory
Council> B.A. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY.
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| Rocky L. Peterson, Esq.
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| Partner |
| Hill Wallack
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| 202 Carnegie Center
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| Princeton, NJ 08543
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| Phone:
(609) 924-0808
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| Fax:
(609) 452-1888
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| e-mail:
rlp@hillwallack.com
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Partner in HILL WALLACK, Mercer County
law firm, named 1990 by Mayor DOUGLAS
PALMER as Trenton City Director of Law also Counsel -- Trenton City
Council> Member, Institute of Municipal Law; Founder and Member, Mercer
Barristers; Vice Chair, Employer-Employee Committee of American Bar
Association’s Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Lecturer, Loran Education
Services> Board member, CROSSROADS
THEATER, Granville Academy> Former NJ Deputy Attorney General>
Chairman, Minorities in Profession Committee, NJ
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION 1988-89> Wife Paulette Sapp-Peterson appointed 1989
as Superior Court judge> J.D., B.A.
Cornell University.
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| Nellie
Pou |
| Assemblywoman
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| 100 Hamilton Plaza
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| Suite 1403-05
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| Paterson, NJ 07505
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| Phone:
(973) 247-1555
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| e-mail
: AswPou@njleg.state.nj.us
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| Appointed
January 1997 to fill vacant seat in NJ General Assembly
created upon election to Congress of William Pascrell, elected
November 1997 to first full term and re-elected 1999, 2001,
2003 > Director, City of Paterson, Department of Human
Resources 1984-97; also served as chair of Mayor's Health
Planning Task Force Chair 1988-97> Other positions include
Passaic County Planning and Policy Partnership Committee
1996-; Passaic County-Bergen County HIV Health Services
Advisory Council 1993-97; Passaic County Human Services
Advisory Council 1991-95; Professional Advisory Committee
of the NJ Department of Health, Division of Alcohol, Drug
Abuse and Addiction Services 1991-92; Commissioner-Paterson
Public Library Board of Trustees 1983-84> B.A.
KEAN UNIVERSITY.
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| Louis
E. Prezeau
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| President & CEO
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| City National Bank of
New Jersey
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| 900 Broad Street
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| Newark, NJ 07102
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| Phone:
(973) 624-0865
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Heads CITY NATIONAL BANK OF NJ, NJ's
only black-owned, operated bank> Formerly chief operating officer of Freedom
National Bank 1975-88, joined City National 1989> Native of Haiti> Board
member, REGIONAL BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP; board
of advisers, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Graduate
School of Management> Recipient of 1999 Golden Door Award of International
Institute of NJ recognizing achievement by foreign-born New Jerseyans> B.B.A.
Bernard Baruch College (NY City).
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| George
A. Pruitt, Ph.D. |
| President
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| Thomas
Edison State College |
| 101 West State Street
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| Trenton, NJ 08608
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| Phone:
(609) 984-1100 |
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| Appointed
1982 as head of THOMAS
EDISON STATE COLLEGE for adult education> Prior
positions include Assistant Dean at Illinois State University;
Dean of Students, Towson State University; Vice President,
and Associate Professor of Urban Studies at Morgan State
University; and Vice President and Professor of Education
at Tennessee State University> Served as Executive
Vice President of Council for Adult and Experiential
Learning, Columbia, MD> Served as Chairman, Council
of NJ State College Presidents; Chairman, Council for
Adult and Experiential Learning; Chairman, Committee
on Alternatives and Innovation of American Association
of State Colleges and Universities> Chairman 2000-2001,
MERCER COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; member, Trustee Committee on Planning
and Development of College Board; trustee, CAPITAL
HEALTH SYSTEM; director, CENTER
FOR ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC ISSUES> B.A. University
of Illinois, M.A. Illinois State University, Ph.D. The
Union Institute (Cincinnati, OH). |
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