CHRIS CHRISTIE TRANSITION TEAM
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CHRIS CHRISTIE TRANSITION TEAM
LEADERSHIP TEAM • Chairman David Samson, former state Attorney General and senior partner at Wolff & Samson • Executive Director Jeff Chiesa, partner at Wolff & Samson and incoming Chief Counsel to the Governor • Susan Cole, President of Montclair State University • Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Hudson) • Debra DiLorenzo, President/CEO of the Chamber Of Commerce Southern New Jersey • Michael DuHaime, Christie’s chief campaign strategist • George Gilmore, Ocean County Republican chairman • Jon Hanson, chairman and founder of the Hampshire Real Estate Companies, former chair of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority • Alfred Koeppe, executive director of the Newark Alliance, former President of PSE&G Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) • John McCormac, mayor of Woodbridge and former state Treasurer
21 Committees: BUDGET AND TAXES TASK FORCE — MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE — STATE SUBCOMMITTEE — BANKING AND INSURANCE — COMMUNITY AFFAIRS — GAMING, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT — AGRICULTURE — AUTHORITIES — CORRECTIONS AND HOMELAND SECURITY — ENERGY AND UTILITIES — ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION , HEALTH CARE — HUMAN SERVICES AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES — LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY — TRANSPORTATION — TRANSITION COUNSEL — ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH — EDUCATION — TREASURY — LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT — OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
BUDGET AND TAXES TASK FORCE
Co-chair Richard Bagger, former state legislator and incoming Chief of Staff to the Governor; Co-chair Robert Grady, former official at the White House Office of Management and Budget
MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair Col. Mike Warner, U.S. Army (Ret.), President, SMH International; John de Talvo, former Superintendent of Schools, Perth Amboy; Robert Ferguson Jr., USN, President of Ambrose Asset Management; Gen. Paul Glazar, ANG (Ret.), retired General and Consultant; Paul Goldenberg, Senior Adviser, Department of Homeland Security; Ronald Griffin, U.S. Army, Gold Star Father and Founder, Military Families United Mary; Annie Harper, Chief of Staff, Congressman Frank LoBiondo; Col. Peter O’Hagan, USMC (Ret.), former director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety
STATE SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair Kim Guadagno, Lieutenant Governor-elect; Jeff Booker, consultant, Brown & Brown Metro Insurance; Joan Bramhall, Morris County Clerk; Jack Carbone, partner at Carbone and Faase; Carol Cronheim, seminar director at Leadership New Jersey; Emlyn Koster, President/ C.E.O., Liberty Science Center; Ruth Lipper, director of TeleTech Corp.; Terriann Moore-Abrams, chief attorney, Essex County; Robert Morrison, president of Quadrant Arts Education Research
BANKING AND INSURANCE
Chair Edward Deutsch, chairman of Somerset Hills Bancorp and partner at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP; Thomas Considine, Vice President of Government Relations, MetLife Claire Eckert, former executive at Goldman Sachs; James V. Gorman, chairman of Blue Warrior Capital; Russell L. Hewit, senior partner at Dughi & Hewit Leo Leyva, shareholder at Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard; Bruce Meisel, President/CEO, Pascack Community Bank; Albert Preziosi, Co-Owner, World Auto Group; Cindy Radazzo, JT PAC, US Representative; James Ulrich, Director of Global Market Research, Deutsche Bank
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Co-chairs Cunningham and Koeppe (see leadership team); John Bencivengo, mayor of Hamilton Township; Bruce Blumenthal, community development ombudsman, NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency; Hank Butehorn, partner at Ronan Tuzzio & Giannone; William Cassidy, senior partner at The Human Resource Partnership LLC; George Louis Garcia, managing partner at Garcia Turula LLC; Kelly Hatfield, former Summit Councilwoman; Kennedy O’Brien, mayor of Sayreville; Ira Oskowsky, regional sales director at CMG Mortgage Insurance Company; Michael Pane, partner at Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla; Gary Scharfenberger, deputy mayor of Middletown; Charles Tahaney, former township manager of Livingston; Tim Touhey, CEO, New Jersey Builders Association; Alan Zakin, principal of Alan Zakin Associates
GAMING, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Chair Hanson (see leadership team) Joseph Corbo Jr., Vice President and General Counsel, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa; Vince Curatola, Actor; Michael Gulotta, CEO, Deo Volente Farm Carole Hedinger, former Acting Executive Director, New Jersey Lottery; Mark Juliano, CEO, Trump Entertainment; Al Leiter, former Yankees pitcher and commentator on the YES Network; Allen Littlefield, partner at Fishman, Littlefield & Fishman LLC; Bob Mulcahy, former Athletic Director, Rutgers University; Jim O’Neil, Chief of Investigations, NJ Lottery; David Satz, Vice President of Government Relations and Development, Harrah’s Enterntainment, Inc.; John Tsanas, attorney; Lloyd Tulp, principal of Tulfra Realty; Finn Wentworth, founder of YES Network and former CEO/COO, Yankeenets
AGRICULTURE
Chair Gilmore (see leadership team) Kurt Alstede, General Manager, Alstede Farms LLC; William Brooks, farmer and deputy mayor of Upper Pittsgrove; Sam Fiocchi, former president of NJ Irrigation Association; Bob Greco, Cumberland County Republican chairman; Paul Galletta, owner of the Atlantic Blueberry Company; Charles Kuperus, former Agriculture Secretary and owner, Kuperus Farmside Gardens & Florist; Steven V. Lee IV, Secretary/Treasurer, Lee Brothers, Inc; Peter Melick, farmer and former member of the State Board of Agriculture; Gregory Romano, assistant director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation; Jack Tomasello, vice president/coowner of Tomasello Winery Hal Wirths, Sussex County freeholder
AUTHORITIES
Chair DuHaime (see leadership team) Andrew S. Berns, partner at Einhorn, Harris, Ascher, Barbarito & Frost; Matthew Boxer, State Comptroller; Joseph Buckelew, executive chairman, Conner Strong; John J. Carney, partner at Baker Hostetler, LLP; Oren Dabney Sr., CEO, Jersey City Incinerator Authority; Anthony Della Pelle, attorney, McKirdy and Riskin; Craig Domalewski, partner at Dughi and Hewit; Daniel R. Lindemann, attorney at Lindemann LLC; Thaddeus Maciag, attorney at Maciag Law LLC; Steven H. Sholk, director at Gibbons P.C.; Charles H. Shotmeyer, president at Shotmeyer Brothers, Inc.; Dianne Solomon, former Senior Account Administrator, Keane organization; Mary Elizabeth Warner, Corporate Counsel, Quick Chek Corporation
CORRECTIONS AND HOMELAND SECURITY
Chair Joe Billy, former Special Agent in Charge, New Jersey Office of the FBI Warden Bill Fraser, executive board, New Jersey County Jail Wardens Association Jerry Decicco, president of the Jersey City Police Officers’ Benevolent Association Ralph Fretz, director of assessment, Community Education Center Dan Lombardo, President/CEO, Volunteers of America Delaware Valley, Inc. Cornell Brooks, executive director of the NJ Institute for Social Justice Nancy Wolff, professor and director of the Center for Behavioral Health Services and Criminal Justice Research at Rutgers University Ralph McGrane, former warden at Rikers Island Jan Gilhooly, former Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service
ENERGY AND UTILITIES
Chair Bob Martin, retired partner at Accenture, LLP; Laurence M. Downes, CEO, New Jersey Resources Corporation; Connie Hughes, former Commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; Walter Lynch, President, American Water Services; Russell Maffei, Business Administration Officer, Jersey City; Caroline Ehrlich, chief of staff, Woodbridge Township; Joseph Dominguez, Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation; Ralph LaRossa, President/COO, Public Service Electric and Gas Company; Robert Clifton, Government Affairs Manager, Comcast
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chair Marcia Karrow, Republican former state senator; John Abene, President, Delphi Energy; Peter deNeufville, chairman of Voltaix, L.L.C.; Anthony Mauro Sr., Chairman, New Jersey Outdoor Alliance; David Pringle, campaign director of the New Jersey Environmental Federation; Steve Santola, Executive Vice President/General Counsel, Woodmont Properties; John Spinello Jr., former Associate General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Edward Walsh, president of The Walsh Company; Anthony Slimowicz, Director, WCD Capital Partners, LLC; John Trela, former Department of Environmental Protection commissioner; Rhea Brekke, executive director of the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology; Tony Monteiro, CEO, Dynamic Insurance Inc.; John Sartor, Executive Vice President, Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor, LLC; Joseph Riggs, group president K. Hovnanian Homes; Denis Toft, partner at Wolff & Samson Bruce Katcher, Partner, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox LLP
HEALTH CARE
Chair David Knowlton, President/ CEO, New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute; Alan Carr, Comprehensive Pain Management; Kevin Barry, Anesthesiology, Morristown Memorial Hospital; Stewart Berkowitz, MD, Jersey Shore Brachytherapy; Judy Burgis, Senior Vice-President for Corporate Services, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital; Joseph Clemente, MD, President/CEO, Medical Health Center; Annette Catino, President/CEO, Qual-Care Alliance Networks, Inc.; Robert Hariri, MD, PhD, CEO, Celgene Cellular Therapeutics; Patricia Kelmar, Associate State Director – Advocacy, AARP New Jersey; Mark Manigan, Health Law Practice Group, Brach Eichler LLC; William McDonald, President/CEO, St Joseph’s Healthcare System; Gary Puma, President/CEO, Springpoint Senior Living; Christopher Rinn, director of Emergency Medical Services, Jersey City Medical Center; Brent Saunders, President, Consumer Health Care and Senior Vice President, Schering-Plough; John Sheridan, President/CEO, Cooper Hospital; James Orsini, MD, Essex Oncology Of North Jersey; Ryan Graham, Senior Sales Director of Employee Benefits, Fairview Insurance; Loretta Brickman, Co-Owner, BD Consulting & Public Relations
HUMAN SERVICES AND CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chair John Bonanni, administrator, County of Morris Anthony Ferrera, Director of Operations, Somerset Counsel for Alcohol and Drug Dependency; Gail Gordon, Esq., Attorney, Brad Campbell, LLC; Lori Grifa, partner at Wolff and Samson Peter Haytaian, Regional CEO, North Amerigroup Corporation; John M. Marchetti, Chief of Staff, Senator Bill Baroni Jim Lape, Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health & Psychiatry, Trinitas Hospital; Robert Stack, President/CEO, Community Options; Richard Strobel, Chief Counsel, Burlington County Board of Social Services; Charles Venti, Deputy Director, The Nicholson Foundation; Debra Wentz, CEO, New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies; Marianne Majewski, Executive Director, Catholic Charities of Metuchen; Sherri Larner, Marriage and Family Therapist
LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chair Samson (see leadership team) Fred Alworth, Director, Gibbons P.C.; Richard Badolato, President, NJSBF and Partner, Connell Foley LLP; Peter Bogaard, Bogaard & Associates; Paula Dow, Essex County Prosecutor; Norman Feinstein, Founding Partner, FRBK and Former President, NJAA; Christine Hanlon, Menna Supko & Nelson, LLC; Kenneth Laptook, Partner, Wolff & Samson P.C.; Joe Oxley, former Monmouth County Sheriff; Richard D. Pompelio, Executive Director/Law Director, New Jersey Crime Victims Law Center; John Sierchio, Detective, Bloomfield Police CHRIS CHRISTIE TRANSITION TEAM http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/print.html?entry=/2009/12/chris_… 3 of 5 12/22/2009 9:25 A M Deparment; Mark Sheridan, Partner, Drinker Biddle LLP; Wayne Positan, partner, Lum, Drasco & Positan, LLC Barbara; Silver Hutcheon, Wolff & Samson; Patrick P. Toscano Jr., Esq., President, The Toscano Law Firm, LLC.; Geoffrey S. Berman, Esq., Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
TRANSPORTATION
Chair James Weinstein, Senior Vice President, AECOM; James Crawford, Executive Director, EZ Pass; Samuel Raia, mayor of Saddle River; Frank Druetzler, mayor of Morris Plains; Jerry Amedeo, Director, Camp Harmony; Ron Gravino, President, Ron Gravino Consulting; Jerry Langer, Chief Commercial Officer, Langer Transport; Jack Lettiere, President, Jack Lettiere Consulting, LLC, Nevins McCann, Partner, Connell Foley, LLP; Michael Misseri, CEO, Empire Coach; Dave Ragonese, Attorney, White and Williams, LLP; Bill Shiels, Police Sergeant, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
TRANSITION COUNSEL
Stephen J. Edelstein, Esq., General Counsel to the Transition; John Bruder, The Law Office of John E. Bruder; David Catuogno, Forman Holt Eliades & Ravin LLC; Mark Cimino, Attorney At Law; Gabrielle Charette, Megna Law Firm; William T. Cooper III, Cooper & Cooper; Paul Donini, Donini & Ramsey; Denis G. Murphy, Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso and Zitomer LLC; Anthony Kearns, Rylak, Gianos, Kearns & Phillips; Stefani C. Schwartz, Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso and Zitomer LLC
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
Chairs McCormac (see leadership team) and Dennis Bone, President, Verizon New Jersey Inc.; Jeff Altschuler, President and CEO, Allied Beverage Group, LLC; Daryl Brewster, CEO, Brookside Management; Linda Doherty, President, New Jersey Food Council; Debra Dowdell, President, New Jersey Restaurant Association; Richard DuHaime, Owner, Valentine Beauty Supply; Bob Franks, Former United States Congressman and President of the Health Care Institute of New Jersey; John Galandak, President, Commerce Industry Association of New Jersey; Rich Goldberg, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications, DRS Technologies; Robert Harris, President, Harris FRC Corporation; Mitchell Hersh, President and CEO, Mack-Cali; Joe Jacobs, Former Vice Chairman, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority; Harrison LeFrak, partner, Lefrak Organization; Ed Nyland, Director of Business Development, George Harms Construction Company, Inc.; Brian O’Leary, Senior VP & Tax Counsel, NBC Universal; Todd Rechler, Co-Chief Operating Officer and President, RXR Realty; Richard Roper, Director of the Planning Department, The Port Authority of NY and NJ.; Richard Saker, Chairman, President and CEO Saker ShopRites, Inc.
EDUCATION
Chair Cole (see leadership team) Chris Angelillo, Principal, Kittatinny Regional High School; Richard Bozza, Executive Director, New Jersey Association of School Administrators; Sandra Chronic, Curriculum Supervisor, Hunterdon Central Regional High School; Ada Beth Cutler, Dean, College of Education and Human Services, Montclair State University; Ross Danis, Associate Dean of Education, Drew University; Peter Denton, Chairman and Founder, Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc.; Kristen Hennessey, Teacher and NJEA Member; Sister Rosemary Jeffries, President, Georgian Court University; Kurt Landgraf, President, Educational Testing Service; Carlos Lejnieks, President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex Hudson and Union Counties; Stig Leschly, Founder and Managing Partner, Newark Charter School Fund; Pablo Munoz, Superintendent, Elizabeth Public Schools; Frank Palatucci, President, New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association; Michael Pallente, Principal, Robert Treat Academy Charter School; Pat Pelosi, Interim Superintendent of Schools, Morris County Vocational School District; Mike Ritacco, Superintendent, Toms River Schools; Bret Schundler, Chief Operating Officer, The King’s College; Lawrence Schwartz, Managing Director, Schwartz; Simon Edelstein Celso & Zitomer, LLC; Shelley Skinner, Advocacy Chair, New Jersey Charter School Association; Luis Vargas, Project Director, PAAC; Brian Zychowski, Superintendent, North Brunswick Township School District
TREASURY
Chair Michael Ferguson, Republican; former Congressman Laurie Ehlbeck, State Director, National Federation of Independent Business; Louis C. Goetting IV, Former Deputy State Treasurer; Steven Kass, Co-Managing Principal, Rothstein Kass Richard Keevey, Director, Policy Research Institute for the Region at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University; Rick Lloyd, Executive Director, State Government Affairs and Community Relations, Johnson and Johnson; John Lutz, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP; Mark Murphy, President and CEO, Northeast Private Client Group; Jeffrey Oram, Director, Marcus & Millichap J. Thomas Presby, Director and Chairman, Audit Committee, Tiffany & Co.; Joseph Schmuckler, Senior Executive Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.; Peter Spirgel, Esq., Managing Shareholder, Flaster Greenberg Candy Straight, Investment Banking Consultant
LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chair DiLorenzo (see leadership team) Don Abernathy, President, Extensis Craig Alper, President and Owner, Alper Enterprises; Ray Bramucci, Public Policy and Business Consultant; Kurt Conti, CEO, The Conti Group; Rafael Fajardo, President, Elizabeth Board of Education; Nelson Ferreria, Owner and CEO, Ferreira Construction Company; Munir Kazmir, CEO, Quality Homecare and Commissioner, State of New Jersey Lottery Commission; Robert Loderstedt, President and CEO, New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program; Bob Yudin, Owner, Yudin’s Appliances, Inc.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Chair Peter Verniero, Former Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and former New Jersey Attorney General; W. Cary Edwards, former New Jersey Attorney General; Jim Harkness, Executive Director, New Jersey Senate Republican Office; Wayne W. Hasenbalg, partner at Decotiis Fitzpatrick Cole & Wisler, LLP Patrick E. Hobbs, Dean, Seton Hall Law School;; Jane M. Kenny, Founding Partner and Principal, The Whitman Strategy Group Brian M. Nelson, partner at Menna Supko & Nelson LLC; Rachel Donington Torpey, former chief of protocol to Gov. Christie Whitman
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