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| Sister
Francis Raftery |
| President |
| The College of Saint Elizabeth |
| 2 Convent Road |
| Convent Station, NJ 07961 |
| Phone: (973)
292-6300 |
| e-mail: president@liza.st-elizabeth.edu |
|
Named sixth president of THE COLLEGE OF
SAINT ELIZABETH in January 1997> Former Provincial Superior of Western
Province of Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth and winner of National
Catholic Education Association's Outstanding Educator Award, served as
chairperson of Department of Education at Saint Elizabeth College from 1972 to
1986 and as faculty member from 1964 to 1986> Holds
doctorate in education from New York University and
master of arts in guidance and counseling from Catholic University of
America> Native of Kearny, entered
Sisters of Charity 1957 after earning bachelor's
degree in early childhood/elementary education from Jersey City State College
(now NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY>
Taught at elementary and secondary levels before joining College of Saint
Elizabeth 1964t>Chaired
1988 NJ Summit on Catholic Education, held at College of Saint Elizabeth>
During tenure as education professor and department chairperson, designed and
implemented College's education major, its field experience component and its
student/transfer advisement program> Received College of Saint Elizabeth
Seton Award in 1991, for dedication and distinguished leadership in professional
development of teachers> Served in provincial administration for Sisters of
Charity from 1986 to 1997; 1990 became Provincial Superior, charged with
oversight of 250-member province which includes NJ, CT, PA, NY, MD, FL,
KY and Virgin Islands> Former chairman of Board of Trustees of ST.
MARY'S HOSPITAL, PASSAIC; member of Corporation and Board of Trustees of ST.
JOSEPH HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER in Paterson, and of Mount St. Andrew
Villa in Paramus> Also served on Paterson Diocesan Board of Education,
Archdiocese of Newark Task Force on Education and NJ Bishops State Advisory
Group for Pastoral on Education; past president of NJ Association of Colleges
for Teacher Education. |
| Elizabeth
E. Randall |
| Vice President of Project Development and Community Relations |
|
New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority |
| East
Rutherford, NJ 07073 |
| Phone:
(201) 935-8500 |
| Fax:
(201) 460-4035 |
|
Named to present position August 1998, previously served in cabinet of Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN as commissioner, NJ DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND INSURANCE
from January 1994 until
resigning to accept position at NJ SPORTS
& EXPOSITION AUTHORITY> Serving as Bergen County Counsel when first
named to Whitman cabinet January 1994> Bergen County Assemblywoman 1985-91,
father Harry Randall, Jr., also Bergen Assemblyman in 1960s, mother served as
Bergen County Republican committeewoman> Backed W.
CARY EDWARDS in 1993 Republican gubernatorial primary, then worked for
Whitman in general election, also co-chaired re-election campaign of Senator GERALD
CARDINALE> Assistant Essex County prosecutor 1979-81; assistant
counsel to Governor THOMAS H. KEAN 1982-83;
special deputy attorney general 1983-84; also practiced law with father, brother
and cousin in Westfield law firm of Randall, Randall & Stevens while serving
in Assembly> J.D. Wake Forest University 1978, B.A. Smith College 1975. |
| Marge
S. Roukema |
| Congresswoman |
| US
House of Representatives |
| 2469
Rayburn House Office Building |
| Washington,
DC 20515 |
| Phone: (202) 225-4465 |
| Fax: (202)
225-9048 |
| Web Site: http://www.house.gov/roukema |
|
Senior member in service and only
woman in NJ Congressional delegation, Republican first elected in 1980 after
losing first race in 1978, longest tenure of current NJ delegation> Former
high school teacher, elected 1970 to Ridgewood Board of Education> Fiscal
conservative, received ‘Watchdog of the Treasury’ award in 4 separate years,
but supports moderate to liberal positions advocating parental and family
employee leaves; day-care; senior health care; student loans> Sponsored 1993
Family Leave Act, 1984 child support reforms> Second-ranking Republican on
Banking and Financial Services Committee, chair of its
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, with jurisdiction over Federal
Reserve, FDIC and nation's other banking regulators, also senior member of
Education and Workforce Committee> B.A.
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, pursued graduate work at Montclair State and in
regional planning at RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. |
| Phyllis
Salowe-Kaye |
| Executive Director |
| New Jersey Citizen Action |
| 400 Main Street |
| Hackensack, NJ 07601 |
| Phone: (201)
488-2804 |
| Fax: (201)
488-1253 |
|
Heads largest NJ consumer group, statewide coalition of organized labor, senior
citizens, consumer interests which lobby for protection of consumer concerns>
Also served as president of NJ Tenants Organization, 83,000 member Statewide
tenant organizing, lobbying group> Issues include mortgage, small business
financing for lower-income groups, minorities; telecommunications reform;
lower-income housing;, environmental protection; auto insurance rates in urban
areas; health care access and quality; public utility reforms> Formerly
director of tenant resource center of Essex County Department of Planning and
Economic Development, vice president of National Housing Institute>
Co-founder, NJ Public Interest Political Action Committee> Appointed to
various State housing task forces, commissions> Awarded Equal Justice Medal
by NJ Legal Services Corporation for leadership and advocacy 1986> B.S.
Boston University. |
| Judith
Shaw |
| Managing Partner |
| The Gluck/Shaw Group |
| 428 River View Plaza-2nd Floor |
| Trenton, NJ 08611 |
| Phone: (609) 392-8383 |
| Fax:
(609) 392-3428 |
| e-mail: jshaw@gluckshaw.com |
|
Managing partner in GLUCK/SHAW GROUP (formerly
Policy Management & Communications) lobbying and communications firm,
previously served January 1994 to March 1995 as first chief-of- staff for
Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN>
Appointed to head Governor's staff after serving as a principal adviser in
Whitman gubernatorial campaign> Prior to accepting chief of staff position,
served as partner in lobbying firm with with 1993 Whitman campaign co-chair HAZEL
FRANK GLUCK, whom she re-joined in newly-formed firm following resignation
as chief of staff> Previously served as chief-of-staff in NJ
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION to Hazel Gluck when Gluck served as
commissioner during THOMAS H. KEan
Administration> Previously deputy assistant commissioner for policy and
regulation and director of policy and legislative analysis for NJDOT> Prior
to joining NJDOT, served as one of four Statewide directors in Thomas Kean 1985
re-election campaign, following election worked as aide to Governor> Taught
Spanish at public schools in Oakhurst and Jackson> Board member, Trenton Area
Soup Kitchen> M.A. (public policy) RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY 1985, B.A. Pennsylvania State University 1965. |
| Rebecca
Stafford, Ph. D. |
| President |
| Monmouth University |
| Cedar Avenue |
| West Long Branch, NJ 07764 |
| Phone: (732)
571-3400 |
|
First woman to serve as president of MONMOUTH
UNIVERSITY (formerly Monmouth College), assumed office July 1993> Author
and lecturer on women in management and workplace> Previously president of
Chatham College 1983-91, women’s
college in Pittsburgh, also served as director of Integra Bank and taught in
college management program at Carnegie-Mellon University> Earlier served as
president of Bemidji University in MN and as executive vice president of
Colorado State University> Also former dean of college of arts and sciences
and faculty member at University of Nevada in Reno> Currently serves as
director of MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER in
Long Branch; member, FIRST UNION NATIONAL
BANK Regional Advisory Board; former director of First Fidelity
Bancorporation until its acquisition by First Union; past president, Division I
Northeast Conference of National Collegiate Athletic Association> Began
academic career at Harvard conducting
research and lecturing in sociology and directing special projects at School of
Education and for University Health Services> Earned Ph.D., master’s and
bachelor’s degrees from Harvard
University. |
| Judith
H. Stanley |
| President |
| Monmouth
Conservation Foundation |
| PO
Box 191 |
| Middletown,
NJ 07748 |
| Phone:
(732) 671-7000 |
|
Heads nonprofit organization supporting preservation of open space in Monmouth
County> Served as chairman of NJ HIGHWAY AUTHORITY 1983-88, appointed
by Governor THOMAS H. KEAN, also organized Garden State Arts Center
Foundation fundraising arm, served as first president until 1989> Prominent
philanthropist, Republican political fundraiser> Boards include NJ FUTURE> Received 1997 annual Francis Albert Sinatra Award from Garden
State Arts Center Foundation in recognition of efforts for Arts Center programs |
| Candace
L. Straight |
| Vice
Chairman |
| New
Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority |
| East
Rutherford, NJ 07073 |
| Phone:
(201) 935-8500 |
| Fax:
(201) 460-4035 |
|
Private investor and investment banking consultant specializing in insurance
industry, key contributor, fundraiser
for Governor CHRISTINE TOD WHITMAN,
served as a co-chair of 1997 Whitman campaign finance committee and as co-chair
of 1997 post-election transition committee evaluating personnel for Whitman
second term, also chair 2000 US Senate campaign of Congressman ROBERT FRANKS>
From 1987 to 1996, a principal of Head & Company LLC, a merchant banking
firm specializing in insurance industry based in NY City> Appointed by
Governor Whitman to Board of NJ SPORTS AND
EXPOSITION AUTHORITY in 1994, later elected vice chairman; also appointed by
Governor 1997 to chair commission studying future of NJ horse racing> Served
since 1996 on NJ NETWORK Foundation
board, also named to board of Citizens for a Better NJ, group supporting
conservative fiscal policies formed 1997 by former Congressman and
1996 US Senate Republican nominee RICHARD
ZIMMER and candidate in 2000 for former House seat> Member of NY City
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's Private/Public Initiatives Council,
past president of Financial Women's Association of NY 1979-80 and serves
as Republican Co-Chair of Women's
Campaign Fund> A founder and
current president of WISH List, national donor network which supports pro-choice
Republican women for political office> President of Integon Corporation
August 1990 to February 1992 , served as a director of Integon Life Corporation
and Marketing One 1990 to 1995, when companies sold to PennCorp Financial>
Served as director of Drake
Holdings Limited, U.K. motor insurer> Formerly with MERCK
& CO., before joining Head & Partners in August 1987, served as
Merck senior director of financial planning and analysis and director of
corporate-wide acquisitions and capital projects> Prior to joining Merck, vice president and portfolio manager
in Fiduciary Department of Bankers Trust Company> Director of several
mutual funds managed by Neuberger & Berman, served as a Director of
William Penn Life Insurance Company of New York from November 1989 to April
1993> B.A., Wilson College, M.B.A. New York University, awarded honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters by Wilson College in 1994. |
| Marcy
Syms |
| President
and CEO |
| Syms
Corporation |
| 1 Syms Way |
| Secaucus, NJ 07094 |
| Phone: (201) 902-0300 |
|
President and CEO of SYMS CORP., discount
clothing retailer with over 40 US stores, since October 1998,
succeeded father, Sy Syms, who continues as chairman> Previously chief
operating officer> Also serves as President of Syms Advertising and A. Sulka
& Co., Ltd.> Featured columnist in Family Business magazine; founding
board member of Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University; author of book
‘Mind Your Own Business’ published 1993> Former director, Midlantic
Corporation> M.A. Boston University, B.A. Finch College. |
|
Shirley M. Caldwell Tilghman, Ph.D. |
| President |
| Princeton University |
| Nassau Hall |
| Princeton, NJ O8544 |
|
Phone: (609) 258-6100 Fax: (609) 258-2238 |
| Sworn as 19th President of PRINCETON UNIVERSITY on June 15, 2001, first woman to serve as Princeton president> Joined Princeton faculty 1986 as Howard A. Prior Professor of the Life Sciences, prominent scholar in field of molecular biology, in 1998 took on additional responsibilities as founding director of Princeton's multi-disciplinary Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics established to study fundamental biological problems dependent on taking large amounts of information about genes, proteins or structures and revealing how integrated into coherent whole, grew out of her role as one of architects of national effort to map entire human genome, also chaired National Institutes of Health committee that established guidelines for use of embryonic stem cells in biomedical research> Own research focused on mammalian genetics--way some genes function differently depending on whether inherited from mother or father--in particular role that genes play in development of mammalian embryo> Chaired 1993-2000 Princeton's Council on Science and Technology, which encourages teaching of science and technology to students outside sciences, in 1996 received Princeton's President's Award for Distinguished Teaching, also initiated Princeton Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship, program across all science and engineering disciplines bringing postdoctoral students to Princeton each year to gain experience in both research and teaching> Also adjunct professor in Department of Biochemistry at UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NJ-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL and an Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute> Native of Canada, born in Toronto but attended high school in Winnipeg, Manitoba, received Honors B.Sc. in chemistry from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1968, and after two years of secondary school teaching in Sierra Leone, West Africa, obtained Ph.D. in biochemistry from Temple University in 1975> During postdoctoral studies at National Institutes of Health, made number of groundbreaking discoveries while participating in cloning first mammalian gene, and then continued research in understanding structure and mechanism of expression of mammalian genes during development as independent investigator at Institute for Cancer Research in Philadelphia and adjunct associate professor of human genetics and biochemistry and biophysics at University of Pennsylvania> Member of American Philosophical Society, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine and Royal Society of London; editorial board, 'Genes and Development'; also served as trustee of Rockefeller University in NY City; Jackson Laboratory, mammalian genetics institute in Bar Harbor, ME; and of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island; also past member of Advisory Council to Director of National Institutes of Health and member of Scientific Advisory Board of Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Sciences at MIT> Single mother of two, daughter member of Princeton Class of 2002. |
| Kate
S. Tomlinson |
| Publisher & Editor-in-Chief |
| New Jersey Monthly |
| 55 Park Place |
| PO Box 920 |
| Morristown, NJ 07963 |
| Phone: (973)
539-8230 |
| Fax: (973)
538-2953 |
|
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of NJ
MONTHLY magazine since 1988, also founding publisher of NJ
BRIDE, owned by parent corporation with father NORMAN B. TOMLINSON, JR.> Active with number of charitable and
service organizations, including OVERLOOK
HOSPITAL Foundation and City and Regional Magazine Association Education
Fund> Received B.A. Radcliffe College of Harvard University 1977, M.A. Paul
H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC 1979> While
in Washington, pursued career in public service and consultancy, focusing on
Soviet economics and East-West trade, worked on Capitol Hill, both as
congressional aide and researcher for organizations advising Congress, also
worked for Federal Government as economist at US International Trade Commission,
also managed a private consultancy whose clients included Congress' Office of
Technology Assessment and Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates. |
| Shirley K. Turner |
| Senator |
| 1440 Pennington Road |
| Ewing, NJ 08618 |
| Phone: (609)
530-3277 |
| Fax: (609)
530-3292 |
| e-mail: senturner@njleg.state.nj.us |
|
Elected November 1997 to first term in NJ Senate, defeated incumbent Republican
Richard La Rossa in Mercer County district> Served two terms in NJ Assembly
1994-98> Re-elected November 1995 in bitter campaign with prime opponent
Republican Joseph Constance, Mercer County freeholder and Trenton Deputy Police
Chief> Employed as Director of Career Development and Placement at Rider
University, worked previously as both an Assistant Director and Counselor for
Rider's Equal Opportunity Program and as a health and physical education teacher
in Trenton school system> Former Mercer County freeholder 1983-86 and vice
president of Freeholder board 1986> Listed in Who's Who Among Black Americans
and named as one of Outstanding Young Women of America> President, Mercer
County Federation of Democratic Women> Holds master's degree in guidance and
counseling from Rider, bachelor's degree from College of NJ> Married,
two children. |
| Joan C.
Verplanck |
| President |
| New Jersey Chamber of Commerce |
| 216 West State Street |
| Trenton, NJ 08608 |
| Phone: (609)
989-7888 |
| Fax: (609)
989-9696 |
|
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. |
| Elizabeth Volz |
| President |
| National Organization for Women-NJ |
| 114 West State Street |
| Trenton, NJ 08608 |
| Phone:
(609) 393-0156 |
| Fax:
(609) 393-8123 |
| e-mail:
nownj@aol.com |
|
Women’s rights activist, joined Moorestown's Alice Paul Chapter of National Organization for Women at age 17> Elected October 1998 at age 30 to head NOW's NJ chapter, one of youngest women to serve as NOW president, succeeding outgoing president BEAR ATWOOD> Before election, served as action vice president of chapter for three years involved on issues including child care, health care, education, equal pay, and domestic violence against women> B.A. political science and women's studies Swarthmore College, while in college worked as counselor for Cherry Hill Women's Center> After college spent five years as instructor for Glassboro's People In Transition program, which helps homemakers enter workplace, also connected residents of borough's public housing development with job-training programs as Ellis Manor Community Center's services coordinator. |
| Vivian
Waixel |
|
Vice President and Executive Editor |
| The Record/Herald News |
| 150 River Street |
| Hackensack, NJ 07601 |
| Phone: (201)
646-4545 |
| Fax: (201)
646-4701 |
|
Appointed to present position September 2000, supervises editors of both THE
RECORD and HERALD NEWS daily newspapers owned by MACROMEDIA>
Served since February 1997 as first female editor-in-chief of THE
RECORD, third largrest NJ daily newspaper in circulation> Joined The
Record 1972, served as reporter, business writer, business editor, assignment
editor, Sunday editor, sports editor, news editor, and managing editor prior to
promotion to current position> Before joining The Record, reporter for
Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, WI> Holds B.A. from Simmons College,
master's from University of Wisconsin. |
| Karol Corbin Walker, Esq. |
| St. John & Wayne |
| 2 Penn Plaza East |
| Newark, NJ 07102 |
| Phone: (973)
491-3300 |
| Fax: (973)
491-3333 |
|
First black woman to be named partner in one of NJ's largest law firms, ST.
JOHN & WAYNE> Litigator in environmental, land-use matters, served as
associate until becoming partner in firm 1995> Previously an associate at PITNEY,
HARDIN, KIPP & SZUCH> Selected 1993 as Young Lawyer of the Year by
Young Lawyer Division OF NJ STATE BAR ASSOCIATION; president, Garden
State Bar Association 1991-93> Graduate of Jersey City State College (now NEW
JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY), started career as employee at Internal Revenue
Service 1979-83, then attended SETON HALL UNIVERSITY Law School, received
J.D. 1986> Native of Jersey City. |
| Christine Todd Whitman |
| Administrator |
| United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| 1101A Ariel Rios Building |
| 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW |
| Washington, DC 20460 |
| Phone: (202) 564-4700 |
| First woman
elected Governor of NJ in 1993, defeating JAMES FLORIO, also first
candidate to defeat incumbent governor in general election, first woman to
be major NJ party nominee> Resigned as Governor January 2001 following
confirmation as Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency, after
nomination by President Bush, subject of controversy for role in
implementing Bush Administration environmental policies, perceived lack of
consultation with and influence in White House decision-making> Following
1993 election as Governor,
implemented campaign tax-cutting pledge, other initiatives to reduce size, role
of State government, led to national party and media recognition as potential
presidential or vice presidential candidate> 1997 re-election campaign
platform based on tax cuts, spending restraints, strong economy, attacked by
opponent Woodbridge mayor and State Senator JAMES MCGREEVEY for failure
to take action to reduce property taxes and auto insurance rates, surprisingly
narrow 1997 26,000 vote re-election victory weakened political stature>
Second-term initiatives included auto insurance reform program; property tax
rebate program; land conservation and acquisition capital fund; capital
construction aid for K-12 public schools and higher education> Withdrew
September 1999 from widely anticipated race in 2000 election for US Senate seat
being vacated by Senator FRANK LAUTENBERG> Supported Robert Dole in
1996 presidential primary over Far Hills Country Day School classmate and
long-time neighbor, political supporter MALCOLM FORBES, JR.>
1990 Republican candidate for US Senate seat held by BILL BRADLEY,
surprised most analysts by narrow 52-48 percent loss after being heavily
outspent> Past president, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NJ, also served as
trustee, SOMERSET COUNTY COLLEGE> Following 1990 Senate campaign,
hosted call-in talk show on WKXW-FM radio station> Appointed by
Governor THOMAS KEAN 1988 as
president NJ Board of Public Utilities, State agency regulating rates, other
operations of NJ public utilities, resigned 1990 to run for Senate> Elected
1982 and re-elected 1985 to Somerset County freeholder board, also served as
director; late father Webster Todd served as Republican State Chairman, late
mother Eleanor Todd as vice chair, Republican National Committee, also vice
chair, NJ Commission on Higher Education> Brother Webster 'Dan' Todd, Jr.,
served one term in NJ Assembly, finance chairman of 1997 re-election campaign,
managed initial period of 1993 gubernatorial general election campaign>
Husband JOHN R. WHITMAN partner in Sycamore Ventures private
investment company in Lawrenceville, previously financial consultant and
investment banker, former executive with securities division of PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE, grandson of World War I NY Governor Charles Whitman> Moved
after parents' death from Somerset County to Hunterdon County farm previously
owned by parents> Worked for US Office of Economic Opportunity after college
graduation, also Republican National Committee> B.A. Wheaton College 1968>
Born in NY City September 26, 1946. |
| Melanie
L. Willoughby |
| President |
| New
Jersey Retail Merchants Association |
| 332 West State Street |
| Trenton, NJ 08610 |
| Phone: (609)
393-8006 |
| Fax: (609)
393-8463 |
|
Named 1986 as president of NJ RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, lobbying
organization of NJ retailers, also serves as executive director of affiliated NJ
Council of Chain Drug Stores> Appointed 1991 to RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
board of trustees, served 1989-90 as president of Rutgers Alumni board of
directors, also "Loyal Daughter of Rutgers' award for community service
1986, 'Class of 1931' award for service to Rutgers College 1986> Previously
marketing director for NJ BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION 1982-86;
director of government relations FOR NJ DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS 1977-82>
Founder and past trustee of first Statewide independent women's political action
committee; current chair, NJ Women's Political Caucus PAC; board member, Choice
PAC-NJ> B.A. Rutgers University. |
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