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New Jersey Insider
| Brenda
S. Davis, Ph.D.
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| Vice
President-Technical Resources |
| Corporate
Staff
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| Johnson
& Johnson
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| One
Johnson & Johnson Plaza
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| New
Brunswick, NJ 08933
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| Phone: (732)
524-0400
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Also previously served as vice president for government relations for JOHNSON
& JOHNSON
healthcare
systems and as vice president for environmental relations on corporate staff,
responsible for environmental public affairs> Manages federal government
sales, state government affairs and government contracts, including Medicaid
rebate management for US pharmaceutical business> Served as chief of policy
and planning on staff of Governor THOMAS
H. KEAN 1986-90, later a visiting fellow at Woodrow Wilson School of PRINCETON
UNIVERSITY 1990-92 until accepting J&J position> Previous positions
include director, legislative and regulatory affairs for health, safety and
environment, AlliedSignal; special assistant to Commissioner of NJ
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 1982-84; senior staff member of US
Senate Committee on the Budget 1977-81, also positions with US Environmental
Protection Agency and Department of Interior> Boards include COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION OF NJ (board secretary); Keystone Center> Member, National
Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Committee on Risk
Characterization> Also acted as technical evaluator for President Bush's
environment and conservation awards in 1992 and 1991> Served on transition
team for Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, also appointed by NJ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH commissioner as chair of advisory panel on
impact of federal health care reform on NJ> Ph.D. (ecology) University of
California at Berkeley 1975; B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) University of Denver 1971,
also post-doctoral fellow in environmental sciences at Smithsonian Institution
1976.
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| Linda
Dennery
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Publisher
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| The
Star-Ledger
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Star-Ledger
Plaza
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| Newark,
NJ 07102-1200
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| Phone:
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Named publisher of THE STAR-LEDGER October
1999 following death of veteran publisher Martin Bartner> Previously president
of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, with responsibility for advertising,
administration and business operations at newspaper> Newspaper career began
in 1970, moved to New Orleans to work at The Times-Picayune as
tour guide, worked way up by 1973 to vice president and personnel
manager> Later left paper for seven years, working as assistant administrator
for employee relations at St. Anthony Hospital in Louisville, KY, returned to
New Orleans and The Times-Picayune 1987, serving as newspaper's vice president
and general manager until being named president 1997> Born and raised in
Philadelphia, spent summers at family's Brigantine summer house> Holds B.A.
from University of Pittsburgh, master's degree in health services administration
and master's degree in human resource development from Webster University of St.
Louis.
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| Kathleen
DiChiara
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| Executive Director
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| Community Foodbank of New Jersey
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| 31 Evans Terminal Road
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| Hillside, NJ 07205
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| Phone: (908)
355-3663
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| e-mail:
kfdichiara@secondharvest.org
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Founder in 1980 of COMMUNITY FOODBANK OF
NEW JERSEY, non-profit organization which distributes over $10 million of
food annually to 1,500 non-profit groups in 18 counties, including soup
kitchens, homeless, elderly, child care, senior programs> Food provided by
over 200 companies in NJ and other states, including CAMPBELL
SOUP, NABISCO, Heinz, celebrity support includes Bruce Springsteen>
Awards include NJ Pride award, citation from President Reagan, 1991 honorary
degree, DREW UNIVERSITY; B.A. Oneonta
State Teachers College (NY).
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| Kathleen A. Donovan
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| County Clerk
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| Bergen County Justice Center
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| Main and Hudson Streets
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| Room 119
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| Hackensack, NJ 07601
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| Phone: (201)
646-2101
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646-3540
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1996 Republican candidate for Congressional seat vacated by Democrat ROBERT
TORRICELLI, defeated by former Englewood Mayor and County Surrogate STEVEN
ROTHMAN> Appointed 1994 by Governor CHRISTINE
TODD WHITMAN to board of PORT
AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ, elected with Governor's endorsement as first woman
chairman of board, resigned prior to launching Congressional campaign>
Supported 1993 Whitman gubernatorial primary campaign, undermining Bergen County
political base of key Whitman primary opponent and Bergen resident
W. CARY EDWARDS> Elected 1997 to third term as Bergen County Clerk,
responsibilities include elections, court records, real estate and title
administration> First woman to serve as
NJ REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE chair,
initially selected 1989 by Congressman JAMES
COURTER following his nomination for Governor> Replaced 1990 by then
Assemblyman ROBERT FRANKS after series
of political maneuvers within Party following 1989 Republican election losses,
compromise elected her as committee vice-chair> Named co-chair of Franks’s
2000 US Senate campaign> Also served on Whitman transition team 1993 and as
Republican chair of 1990 Legislative Reapportionment Commission> Served in NJ
Assembly 1986-88> Member, Bergen
County Charter Commission which recommended change adopted at 1985 referendum to
county executive form of government> Previously attorney in private practice
in Lyndhurst, also as public defender for Township of Lyndhurst 1983-88 and as
staff attorney with Bergen County Office on Aging> J.D. John Marshall College
of Law at Cleveland State University (OH), B.A. RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY.
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| Jerry Fitzgerald English, Esq.
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| Partner |
| Cooper, Rose & English
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| 480 Morris Avenue
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| Summit, NJ 07901
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| Phone: (908)
273-1212
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| Fax: (908) 273-8922 |
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Partner in COOPER, ROSE & ENGLISH
law firm> Former commissioner, NJ
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 1979-82, previously legislative
counsel to Governor BRENDAN T. BYRNE 1974-79;
NJ State Senator 1971-72> Vice president, Association of Federal Bar of NJ;
co-chair, American Bar Association Subcommittee on Hazardous Waste; founding
member, NJ Women's Political Caucus; former member, Democratic National
Committee> Past commissioner, PORT
AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ 1979-88> Now partner in Union County law firm,
specialist in environmental law; also member, editorial board NJ
LAW JOURNAL, adjunct professor, NJ
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; trustee,
REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION> J.D. Boston College Law School 1963, B.A.
Stanford University 1956.
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| Anne Evans Estabrook
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| President
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| Elberon Development Corporation
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| PO Box 677
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| Kenilworth, NJ 07033
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| Phone: (908)
272-7555
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Owner of ELBERON DEVELOPMENT CO.,
family-owned real estate holding company which, together with affilated
companies, owns 39 buildings with approximately 2.5 million square feet of
space, primarily in Union, Middlesex and Somerset counties, and president of
David O. Evans, Inc., affiliated real estate management and construction
company> Elected May 1997 as board chairman of E’Town Corp., parent
corporation of ELIZABETHTOWN WATER CO.,
previously served as a vice president of E’Town since 1985, also served as
chairman of Elizabethtown and other E’Town subsidiary, E’Town Properties
until 2000 sale of E'Town to Thames Water>
Board member, SUMMIT BANCORP and
member of board executive committee> Serves as treasurer and a director, NJ
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; director National Association of Industrial and Office
Properties-NJ; board member, NJ Economic Development Authority; trustee,
Governor’s Council for a Drug-Free Workplace; vice chair, lay trustees,
Delbarton School; member, Archbishop’s Finance Council, Archdiocese of
Newark> M.B.A. 1966, B.S. 1965 Cornell University, also serves as member of
Cornell board of trustees and chair of its buildings and properties committee.
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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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Served August 1992-January 1994 as NJ Public Advocate and Public Defender in
cabinet of Governor JAMES FLORIO, last
Commissioner of Department of Public Advocate, abolished as independent
department by Whitman Administration in 1994> First Hispanic woman to serve
in NJ Cabinet post> Reportedly choice in 2000 of US Senator ROBERT
TORRICELLI as new US Attorney for NJ, conflict over selection with US
Senator FRANK LAUTENBERG jeopardized
nomination> Past assistant prosecutor in Bergen County, legal specialist with
City of Newark, and 11 years as a member and partner of LOWENSTEIN
SANDLER law firm, re-joined law firm following service in Florio
Administration> 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>I Instructor in Spanish at Montclair State while
studying for doctorate in Spanish Literature at City University of New York>
Enrolled at RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
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
T. BYRNE 1978-81> 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, and chair, NATIONAL
ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE-NJ.
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| Vera King Farris, Ph.D.
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| 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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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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| Hazel
Frank Gluck
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| Principal
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| The
Gluck/Shaw Group
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| 428 River View Plaza
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| 2nd Floor
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| Trenton, NJ 08611
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| Phone: (609)
392-8383
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| e-mail:
hazel@gluckshaw.com
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Principal in GLUCK/SHAW GROUP lobbying
firm> Early supporter of 2000 presidential campaign of Senator John
McCain> Co-chair, 1993 CHRISTINE TODD
WHITMAN gubernatorial general election campaign and transition committee,
one of closest political advisers to Governor during 1993 campaign, partner JUDITH
SHAW served as Governor's first chief of staff from January 1994 until
resigning February 1995 to return to firm as partner> Served during THOMAS
H. KEAN Administration as NJ LOTTERY
COMMISSION Executive Director; NJ Department of Insurance Commissioner; and NJ
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Commissioner> Resigned as NJDOT commissioner
July 1989 to form Public Policy Advisors lobbying firm, formed new firm, Policy
Management & Communications, 1994> Considered potential 1989
gubernatorial candidacy, announced decision in fall 1988 not to enter race>
Appointed 1988 by Governor Kean as commissioner, PORT
AUTHORITY OF NY & NJ, served through 1994> Also director, NJ
Resources Corp., parent of NJ NATURAL GAS
CO. public utility; NJ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; Women Executives in State Government,
national leadership group; Republican Jewish Coalition-NJ Chapter> Served as
Republican Assemblywoman from Ocean County 1979-81, first woman elected Ocean
County freeholder 1977, first director of consumer affairs 1973> Mother of MICHAEL
GLUCK, attorney and former appointments counsel for Governor Kean, named
1994 as counsel to NJ TURNPIKE AUTHORITY>
B.A. University of Michigan.
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| Sharon A. Harrington
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| Partner
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| Public Strategies Impact
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| 150 West State Street
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| Trenton, NJ 08608
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| Phone: (609)
393-7799
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| Fax: (609)
393-9891
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| e-mail:
sah@njlobbyist.com
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Partner in PUBLIC STRATEGIES IMPACT
lobbying firm and active Democrat, worked in congressional, gubernatorial
campaigns of former Governor JAMES FLORIO,
served as deputy campaign manager of successful 1989 Florio gubernatorial
campaign> Also NJ State campaign manager, 1988 Michael Dukakis presidential
campaign> Appointed 1990 by Governor Florio to NJ
STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, served as chair 1991-94, re-appointed as Council
member 1994 by Governor CHRISTINE TODD
WHITMAN> Present trustee of Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) Presidential
Advisory Committee on Arts; NJ SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA; and NJ SHAKESPEARE
FESTIVAL> Former executive director, NJ
COMMON CAUSE, policy director for NJ
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE, legislative aide to chairman of Assembly
Judiciary Committee> Previously head of own lobbying firm, joined HAROLD
HODES in present firm in 1986, which merged with firm headed by prominent
Republican RODGER BODMAN 1994> B.A. ROWAN
UNIVERSITY.
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| Mary S. Hartman, Ph.D.
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| Director-Institute
for Women's Leadership
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| Douglass College
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| Rutgers University
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| 84 Clifton Avenue
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| New Brunswick, NJ 08903
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| Phone: (732)
932-1463
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| e-mail:
msh@rci.rutgers.edu
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Dean of Douglass College at RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY 1982-95, later named to curent position as
director of Institute for Women’s Leadership, also University
Professor> Joined Douglass faculty 1968> National authority on women in
history, literature, gender issues> Appointed 1994 by Governor CHRISTINE
TODD WHITMAN to chair committee charged with proposing implementation plan
for controversial proposal to abolish NJ Department of Higher Education,
replacement with coordinating council of college presidents and new
NJ COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION>
Also served on Whitman higher education transition committee>
Director of Institute for Women's Leadership established 1991 at
Douglass, first university-based entity to focus on preparing women for
leadership at state, national and international levels> Named 1993 Woman of
the Year by both NJ Woman magazine and Hispanic Women's Task Force of NJ>
Most recent publications Talking Leadership: Conversations with Powerful Women
(editor) (Rutgers University Press 1999); Sexual Crack-up: A History of Gender
Identity and Sexual Equality (William Morrow 1990), other books, articles,
papers on gender issues, women and crime, political reform> Awards include
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Fulbright Fellowship> Board member, Eagleton
Institute of Politics, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY;
CENTER FOR ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC ISSUES> Ph.D., M.A. Columbia University,
B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) Swarthmore College.
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| JoAnn
Heffernan Heisen
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| Vice
President and Chief Information Officer
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| Johnson & Johnson
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| 1 Johnson & Johnson Plaza
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| New Brunswick, NJ 08933
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| Phone: (732)
524-3376
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Named to present position 1996 overseeing information, data systems, previously
served since 1994 as JOHNSON & JOHNSON
controller, reponsibilities included control of expenditures, purchasing;
1991-94 corporate treasurer> Previously vice president, corporate staff, with
responsibilities in investor relations and corporate risk management and
savings, pension plan administration 1990-91; assistant treasurer, investor
relations 1989-90> Joined J&J 1989 after serving as vice president,
corporate affairs and member, executive committee at Primerica Corporation (now
Travelers Corporation) 1982-89; chief financial officer, Kenmill Textile
Corporation 1977-82; commercial lending officer, Chase Manhattan Bank
1972-77> Attended 1992 post-election Clinton transition economic summit in
Little Rock; past president, Financial Women's Association of NY; recipient of
Outstanding Woman in Business Award, YWCA of NY> Board member, Women's
Research and Education Institute, which provides members of Congress with
research on key issues for women, also chair of WREI corporate advisory
council> Also board member, Recording for the Blind, national non-profit in
Princeton which records and distributes books on tapes for visually impaired>
Member, Economic Club of NY; National Association of Corporate Treasurers; and
Financial Executives Institute> B.A. Syracuse University 1972, also attended
graduate school of business, New York University 1974-78.
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| Faith
Shapiro Hochberg
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| United States District Court Judge
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| District of New Jersey
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| US Courthouse
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| 1 John F. Gerry Plaza
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| Camden, NJ 08101
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| Phone: (856)
757-5021
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Confirmed November 1999 by US Senate as US District Court judge effective
January 2000, following nomination by President Clinton> Previously US
Attorney, chief federal prosecutor for NJ, since April 1994, nominated by
President Clinton with major support of then Senator BILL
BRADLEY, served until resigning November 1999 to accept judicial
appointment> Senator Bradley announced July 1995 support of her nomination by
President as US District Judge, but nomination stalled in Senate, later
withdrawn after Senator FRANK LAUTENBERG
withheld support for nomination following Bradley retirement from Senate,
nomination finally confirmed 1999 after agreement between Senator Lautenberg and
Senator ROBERT TORRICELLI on pending
appointments of her successor as US Attorney, other federal judgeships>
Served 1990-93 as senior deputy chief counsel for Office of Thrift
Supervision overseeing savings banks, other thrift institutions> Former
assistant US Attorney and head of securities fraud section in Newark 1983-87>
Former partner, COLE SCHOTZ & MEISEL law firm with practice primarily in civil
and white collar crime litigation> Served as delegate, 1988 Democratic
National Convention, pledged to Michael Dukakis> Former special assistant to
chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission, law clerk, US Circuit Court of
Appeals (Washington, D.C.)> J.D. Harvard Law School (magna cum laude,
editorial board Harvard Law Review).
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| Cynthia
M. Jacob, Esq.
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| Partner
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| Collier, Jacob & Mills
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| Corporate Park III
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| 580 Howard Avenue |
| Somerset, NJ 08873
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| Phone: (732) 560-7100
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560-0788
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1996-97 president of NJ STATE BAR
ASSOCIATION, also served as
first vice president 1994-95, treasurer 1992-93, secretary 1991-92> Partner
in law firm, specialist in commercial litigation, also management defense of
employment, age, sex discrimination claims, represented State of NJ in
controversial sex harassment suit against official in NJ
DEPARTMENT OF LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY settled 1999> Reportedly under
consideration as potential nominee as federal court judge> Elected 1992 as a
director, Flemington National Bank> Previously partner, NORRIS, MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS 1975-87; acting standing master,
director of civil practice and director
of appellate research, NJ Administrative Office of the Courts 1972-75; deputy
and assistant public defender 1967-72> Also member, Lawyers Advisory
Committee, Federal Bar of NJ; member, NJ Supreme Court Committee on Professional
Ethics> L.L.B. Yale Law School, A.B. Vassar College.
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