PRESIDENT ’ S VIEW
Women Leaders Welcomed As New CIANJ Directors
By Anthony Russo President , CIANJ
In our annual salute to women leaders , we are pleased to present a cover story on Karine Rougé , the CEO of Veolia North America ’ s Municipal Water Services . This dynamic woman promises to bring the global expertise and innovation of Veolia to New Jersey as she works to expand and enhance water services here . She has worked around the world and holds advanced degrees in management from HEC Paris and economics from the Paris School of Economics . We are proud that she now calls New Jersey home and will be focusing her talents here .
This month CIANJ also welcomed three new women to its Board of Directors . Their inclusion is the first step in our new chairwoman Audrey Murphy ’ s pledge to bring greater diversity to our board . Murphy , an executive vice president and co-chief legal officer at Hackensack Meridian Health , is the second woman to chair CIANJ since the business advocacy organization was founded in 1927 .
Dax Strohmeyer , vice chairman of the CIANJ board , also brought to our attention
two rising stars within his company , Triangle Manufacturing . We decided to spotlight these two women , Ashley Hagedoorn , director of operations , and Liseets Taveras , director of human resources at Triangle Manufacturing , a maker of medical devices in Upper Saddle River . They are role models for young women considering career in the male-dominated world of manufacturing . Their story is one of the features inside this issue .
The new board members include Dr . Kelly Blundy , a chiropractic physician , Patricia Diaz , a partner at the accounting firm of Dorfman Abrams Music , LLC , and Jennifer Solewski , an executive at Bayshore Recycling . Each one is highly respected in their fields and bring years of experience and know-how . Here ’ s a look at their backgrounds :
Dr . Kelly Blundy is a Chiropractic Physician and Co-Owner of The Spine and Health Center of New Jersey . Blundy has helped establish and curate a fully operational multi-disciplinary healthcare clinic which includes chiropractic , massage , acupuncture , and physical therapy . She has many years of board experience as she currently sits on the NJ State Board of Chiropractic Examiners , the Pascack Valley Board of Education , and the New Jersey Doctor Patient Alliance . Blundy also has postdoctoral training in functional medicine , Board certification in Integrative Medicine , Graston , Trigentics , Active Release Technique , Manipulation Under Anesthesia , and Kinesio Taping .
Patricia Diaz is a partner at Dorfman Abrams Music , LLC . and will be replacing Andy Silverstein who will now assume an honorary position on the board . Diaz specializes in accounting and auditing as well as tax and consulting services exclusively for not-for-profit organizations . She has more than 20 years of experience in the accounting industry with CPA certifications in both New Jersey and New York . She is not only a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants but is also an active participant in the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accounts and the AICPA Not-for-Profit section .
Jennifer Solewski is the Vice President of Business and Technical Development at Bayshore Recycling and will be replacing Valerie Montecalvo on the board . Jennifer has 20 years of experience in a wide range of areas including program administration , management , environmental consulting , regulatory compliance and permitting , redevelopment , material recycling and solid waste , sales , and business development . Solewski has been responsible for supervising facility-wide environmental compliance and technical sales for the past 11 years . She has been considered an industry leader and has actively participated in CIANJ ’ s Environmental Business Council steering committee as well as the Board for the Association of New Jersey Recyclers .
Dr . Kelly Blundy Patricia Diaz
Jennifer Solewski
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