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Leaders A-C |
| Rosemary
Alito, Esq. |
| McCarter
& English |
| 4
Gateway Center |
| Newark
NJ 07102 |
| Phone:
(973) 622-4444
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Fax: (973) 624-7070
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Partner in MCCARTER & ENGLISH law
firm since 1994 heading labor and employment law group, previously partner with CARPENTER
BENNETT & MORRISSEY since 1982> Chair and member since 1984
of editorial board, NJ LAW JOURNAL>
Fellow, American Bar Foundation; vice president, Association of the Federal Bar
of the State of NJ; advisory board member and employment law commentator,
Courtroom Television Network national cable system> President, board of
trustees, Garden State Ballet; trustee, NJ Women's Forum> Started career
while attending law school as television newscaster and reporter for NJ
NETWORK public television 1974-77> Specializes in employment
discrimination and health, pension benefit law> Author of treatise, NJ
Employment Law (1992) and several legal articles> One of 30 mediators
appointed by US District Court for mediation of complex cases> J.D. RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY Law School (1978), B.A. Smith College (1974).
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| Diane
Allen
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| Senator
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| 2313
Burlington-Mount Holly Road
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| Burlington, NJ 08016
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| Phone: (609)
239-2800
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| Fax: (609) 239-2673 |
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Elected to NJ Senate November 1997 after serving one term in General Assembly,
elected November 1995 in Republican sweep of district Assembly seats> Well-known media personality in Philadelphia-South NJ for
some 20 years> Valedictorian at Moorestown High School, began media career
following 1970 graduation from Bucknell University as news reporter for WJJZ
Radio in Mt. Holly, later joined news staff at NJ
NETWORK Public TV, eventually becoming anchor of NJ Nightly News> Joined
KYW-TV, Philadelphia local NBC affiliate 1976; moved to ABC-TV Chicago affiliate
1979 where she earned two local Emmy Awards as news anchor; returned to KYW 1982
as anchor, producer and reporter of documentaries; moved 1989 to CBS-owned
station WCAU-TV where she earned four local Emmys, eventually named executive
producer> Filed highly-publicized employment discrimination suit against CBS
in 1994, left station to work full-time on Vidcomm., her video production,
promotional and training video, and documentary firm>Board memberships
include NJ State Aquarium; Family Service of Burlington County; Bucknell
University Board of Trustees; Habitat for Humanity Community Advisory Board>
Many community service awards include Award of Excellence, NJ
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION>; Human Relations Award, National Conference of
Christians and Jews; Woman of Achievement Award, NJ
FEDERATION OF BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL Women; Volunteer Award, ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN IN NJ; Humanitarian Award, American
Cancer Society; Melita Bentz Award for Women's Achievement> Media awards
include six Emmys; Peabody Award; IRIS Award; National Clarion Award for Best
Documentary Series> Volunteer efforts include Girl Scouts (named Woman of the
Year); Alice Paul Foundation; Sunday school teacher, Quaker Meeting House.
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| Candida
C. Aversenti
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| President & Chief Operating Officer
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| General Magnaplate Corporation
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| 1331 Route 1
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| Linden, NJ 07036
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| Phone: (908)
862-6200
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| Fax: (908)
862-6110
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Chief operating officer of GENERAL
MAGNAPLATE CORP. high-technology metal coating and materials testing company
involved in space, aircraft and many industrial applications founded by father, CHARLES COVINO> Also coordinates marketing> Active equestrian
competitor, horse breeder> B.A. Boston College.
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| Anne S.
Babineau, Esq.
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| Partner
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| Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer
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| 900 Woodbridge Center Drive
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| PO Box 10
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| Woodbridge, NJ 07095
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| Phone: (732)
855-6057
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| Fax:
(732) 855-6117
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Partner in WILENTZ, GOLDMAN & SPITZER,
largest central NJ law firm, also served 1995-96 as corporate counsel BELL
ATLANTIC-NJ while maintaining position in law firm> Specialist in public
utility law, clients include PUBLIC
SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS, VERIZON NJ in rate, regulatory matters,
also wide experience in urban redevelopment law, serves or has served as counsel
to several NJ redevelopment authorities including Atlantic City, Jersey City,
also author of several articles on public utilities, municipal law> J.D. SETON HALL UNIVERSITY Law School, former faculty member> B.A.
College of New Rochelle.
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| Martha W. Bark
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| Senator
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| Suite 103 |
| 3000 Midlantic Drive
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| Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
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| Phone: (856)
234-8080
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| Fax: (856)
234-3990
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| e-mail: senbark@njleg.state.nj.us |
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Elected to first full Senate term November 1997, appointed to fill unexpired
term earlier in 1997 while serving in Assembly> Elected to first full
Assembly term November 1995, also previously selected by district Republican
committee to serve unexpired term> Serving fourth term as Burlington County
freeholder, served as Freeholder Director for two years> Prior positions
included two terms as Mayor of Medford; seven years as member, Medford Township
Council; 10 years as member, Medford Township School Board, four years as
President> Current owner of The Swan antique store in Medford> Formerly
employed by Curtiss-Young Corp. as director of marketing, 1984-85 as director of
product management; 1981-84 as director of purchasing; also previously parole
counselor at Wagner Youth Correctional Facility> Three children.
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| Christine
V. Bator, Esq.
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| Partner
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| Courter,
Kobert, Laufer & Cohen
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| 103 Carnegie Center
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| Princeton, NJ 08540
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| Phone: (609)
520-0505
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| Fax: (609)
520-0883
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Attorney in private practice, partner in law firm of Fischer & Bator,
practice primarily in commercial law, banking, healthcare > Appointed 1995 by
Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN as a
commissioner, NJ HIGHWAY AUTHORITY;
also served as vice-chair of Whitman 1993 campaign finance committee and
co-chair of healthcare committee, served as member of Whitman transition team FOR
NJ DEPARTMENT OF BANKING> Also past president of EXECUTIVE
WOMEN OF NJ> Former director of legal affairs for NJ
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, later attorney with CARELLA BYRNE BAIN & GILFILLAN and Hannoch Weisman, practices
primarily in corporate, banking and healthcare legal issues, including director
and officer liability and fiduciary responsibility> Also past chair and
director NJ STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Banking
Law Section; current co-chair, Mercer County Mental Health Board> ; LL.M. New
York University; J.D. SETON HALL
UNIVERSITY Law School; B.A. SETON
HALL UNIVERSITY.
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| Nancy
H. Becker
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President
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| Nancy H. Becker Associates
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| 132 West State Street
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| Trenton, NJ 08608
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| Phone: (609) 394-7477 |
| Fax: (609)
394-8768
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Former executive director of NJ COMMON
CAUSE 1972-76, Republican who heads own government lobbying, public
relations firm founded 1977> Appointed 1994 by Governor CHRISTINE
TODD WHITMAN as a commissioner, NJ
TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, later elected vice chairman, served on 1997 Whitman
campaign finance committee> Served as issues coordinator, 1977 THOMAS
H. KEAN gubernatorial campaign, campaign director, 1976
DAVID NORCROSS US Senate
campaign> Also previously served as executive director, NJ CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION> NJ Advisory Committee,
Center for American Woman and Politics; Board member, AMERICAN REPERTORY BALLET COMPANY; Greenwood House; GROW (Greater
Roles and Opportunities for Women); past board member, Cable Television Network
of NJ; CENTER FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC
ISSUES> Married to Ivan Becke, retired CEO of Blessings Corporation>
B.A. University of Michigan, M.A. Manhattan College.
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| Carol
Beske
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| President
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| ACT Engineers |
| 360 Corporate Boulevard
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| Robbinsville, NJ 08691
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| Phone:
(609) 259-0647
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| Fax:
(609) 250-0853
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Co-founder in 1990 of civil engineering firm, ACT Engineers, firm works on road
designs and other public projects, including proposal by Hamilton Township for
recreation complex on Duck Island> Also a founder and director of Cornerstone
Bank, based in Moorestown opened October 1999> Chairwoman of Regional
Planning Partnership, former MSM, Middlesex-Somerset-Mercer regional planning
council; appointed by Governor CHRISTINE
TODD WHITMAN as commissioner of DELAWARE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY; also president of the Mercer County
Park Commission; named 1999 Citizen of Year by MERCER COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, also serves as Chamber director
and vice president> Chaired
ROBERT PRUNETTI successful 1999 re-election campaign as Mercer County
Executive> Served as township committeewoman and mayor of West Windsor in
1970s.
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| Helen F. Boehm
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| Chairman
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| Boehm Porcelain Gallery
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| 25 Fairfacts Street
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| Trenton, NJ 08638
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| Phone: (609)
392-2207
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| Fax: (609)
392-1437
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Heads artistic porcelain, metal sculpture firm, origins derived from 1950
founding in Trenton basement studio, porcelain sculptures in leading museums,
often used by US presidents as gifts to foreign heads of state> Married
founder, designer Edward Marshall Boehm, after working as employee in marketing,
inherited ownership on his death in 1969> Prominent supporter of Vatican
causes, providing financing support for restoration of Vatican museum
galleries> Republican, but active supporter, fundraiser in 1989 JAMES
FLORIO for Governor campaign, appointed to 1990 Florio Inaugural
Committee> Other charities include World Wildlife Fund, Children's
Hospital> Director of US Polo Association, sponsors polo teams in Palm
Beach> Honorary degrees from RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY, KEAN UNIVERSITY, RIDER
UNIVERSITY.
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| Linda
B. Bowker
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| Director
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| Division
on Women
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| New
Jersey Department of Community Affairs |
| PO
Box 800
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| Trenton,
NJ 08625
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| Phone: (609)
292-8840
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| Fax: (609) 984-6696 |
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Named by Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN 1994
to head NJ Division on Women, central State government source for coordination
of public, private programs for women, including employment, training and
support services> Previously served 1985-90 as president, NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN-NJ, served on NOW's national board
of directors, selected chair of State President's Council 1986> 1990
Congressional candidate in district represented by Congressman ROB
ANDREWS, later executive director, Shared Housing Resource Center>
Campaign director 1993 of NOW-NJ ‘Elect Women for a Change’ project, active
in NOW-NJ support of Whitman gubernatorial campaign> Started business career
1971-85 as service representative, NJ Bell Telephone Company, also manager of
small business> B.A. DREW UNIVERSITY 1971.
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| Ernestine Schlant Bradley, Ph.D.
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| Professor
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| Montclair
State University
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| Valley
Road
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| Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 |
| Phone: (973)
655-7915
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Teaches German and comparative literature at
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, specialist in literature of holocaust> Author
of book published 1999, ‘The Language of Silence: West German Literature and
the Holocaust’, also previous textbooks
on German language, profiles of Hermann Broch, German translation of Kate
Millett's Sexual Politics, several articles on 20th century literature and
American film> On leave 1999-2000 from faculty during unsuccessful presidential campaign of husband, former US
Senator BILL BRADLEY, effective,
personable campaigner> Born in Passua, Germany, former Pan Am flight attendant> Graduated Phi Beta Kappa
from Emory University (Atlanta, GA) also went on to earn master's and doctorate
degrees in comparative literature from Emory. |
| Dianne R. Brake
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| President |
| Regional Planning Partnership |
| 870 Mapleton Road |
| Princeton, NJ 08540-9538 |
| Phone:
(609) 452-1717
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| Fax:
(609) 452-2321
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| e-mail:
msmcouncil@aol.com
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President of Regional Planning Partnership, (former Middlesex-Somerset-Mercer
Regional Planning Council), non-profit, research, planning and advocacy
organization> Appointed 1998 by Governor CHRISTINE
TODD WHITMAN as commissioner, NJ STATE
PLANNING COMMISSION> Previously Partnership associate director, designed
and directed Regional Forum for
discussion of planning issues with
public officials and private sector> Previous positions include serving as
policy analyst for Center for Health Facilities Research, and planning and
research positions in London, England> Director, NJ
FUTURE; former vice chair and member of NJ
COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING> B.A. Hollins College; M.F.A (planning and
social design) California Institute of the Arts; graduate studies in regional
planning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; doctoral
studies at University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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| Ruthi
Zinn Byrne
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| President
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| Zinn,
Graves & Field
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| 123
Columbia Turnpike
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| Florham
Park, NJ 07932
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| Phone:
(973) 377-3300
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| Fax:
(973) 377-8199
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| e-mail:
zinngravesfield@worldnet.att.net
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| Founder
of Zinn, Graves & Field public relations and marketing firm> Firm
specializes in alliance building and development of public affairs
strategies> Clients include PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS; WATERLOO
VILLAGE FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS;
GENERAL MOTORS;
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NJ;
Garden State Cancer Center> Serves on boards of NJ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE;
WATERLOO FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS; Leadership NJ; executive committee of NJ
300> Projects include forming 'New'Jersey City Committee promoting economic
development; coordination of formation of Business/Education Alliance for NJ
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION> 1995 Professional Leadership Award from
Leadership NJ; 1996 March of Dimes Community Service Award> Married to former
Governor BRENDAN T. BYRNE.
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| Elizabeth G. Christopherson
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| Executive Director
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| New Jersey Network
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| 25 South Stockton Street
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| PO Box 777
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| Trenton, NJ 08625
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| Phone: (609) 777-5000 |
| Fax: (609)
633-2912
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Appointed as chief executive of NEW JERSEY
NETWORK, State-supported public broadcasting system, by Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN June 1994,
charged with overseeing difficult Whitman Administration goal to reduce State
government financial support, shift to reliance on private funds Member of NJ
STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS since 1982, served as chair 1989-91 during THOMAS
H. KEAN Administration, originally appointed to Council by Governor Kean,
also re-appointed by Governor JAMES FLORIO>
Served until current appointment as vice president for institutional advancement
at BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE, coordinated
public affairs and development efforts> Served on several nonprofit boards,
including MCCARTER THEATRE, OVERLOOK
HOSPITAL Foundation> Board member and executive committee member,
American Council for the Arts, also serves as chair of Council's government and
public affairs committee> Selected by Foundation for Women's Resources as
memmber of Leadership America> Member, National Society of Fund Raising
Executives> B.A. Wellesley College> Known as ‘Tiz’.
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| Barbara Bell Coleman
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| President
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| BBC Associates, LLC |
| 649
Lake Street
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Newark,
NJ 07104
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| Phone:
(973) 482-9247
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| Served 1992-97 as president of AMELIOR
FOUNDATIONestablished by RAYMOND
CHAMBERS supporting inner-city education, other support programs>
Previously CEO 1983-92 of Boys and Girls' Clubs of Newark> Coordinated youth
development programs for 5,000 Newark youngsters, remains as volunteer chair of
Clubs> Prior positions include chief of prevention for Division of Narcotic
and Drug Abuse Control, NJ DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH 1978-83, director of Essex County drug treatment center 1978>
Elected 2000 to board of directors of PARK
PLACE ENTERTAINMENT, HILTON HOTELS
CORP. spin-off of casino-hotel operations headed by ARTHUR
J. GOLDBERG> Also serves on various boards, including SAINT
PETER’S COLLEGE; NJ PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER; NJ SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; NEWARK
MUSEUM; ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN OF NJ; John H. Ewing Center for Education
at DREW UNIVERSITY> M.P.H. (public
health) Columbia University, B.A. RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY> Received 1990 national award with RAYMOND CHAMBERS from United Way for youth work.
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| Kathleen
Crotty
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| Executive
Director-Minority Office
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| New
Jersey Senate
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| State
House
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| PO
Box 99
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| Trenton,
NJ 08625-0099
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| Phone: (609)
292-5215
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| Fax: (609)
633-7254
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Highest-ranking woman on NJ legislative staff, responsible for supervising
Democratic minority staff, coordinating Senate legislative program and
agenda> Appointed 1986 as majority staff director when Democrats controlled
Senate, previously served 11 years in other staff positions, joined State
government 1966 as work and training specialist in NJ
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR> Vice chair, State Capitol Joint Management
Commission 1992-00; member, Committee on Suggested State legislation, Council of
State Governments; member, advisory committees, Wynona Lipman Chair on Women's
Leadership and Ready to Run, Center for American Woman and Politics, RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY; member, State Board of Election Canvassers 1996; delegate,
Democratic National Convention 1996; Recognition Award, Womens Political Caucus
1986; founding member, PAM's List women's political fundraising committee>
B.A. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY.
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