CIANJ
CHAIRWOMAN OF THE BOARD AUDREY C . MURPHY , ESQ , MSN , RN Executive Vice President , Co-Chief Legal Officer Chief Officer , Team Member Health & Safety Hackensack Meridian Health VICE CHAIRMAN DAX STROHMEYER President , Triangle Manufacturing TREASURER KATHLEEN ALEXANDER Partner , Sax , LLP SECRETARY JOSEPH IMPERATO , JR . Partner , XSolutions Consulting Services , LLC COUNSEL LANNY S . KURZWEIL Partner , McCarter & English , LLP PRESIDENT ANTHONY RUSSO
AT LARGE MEMBERS PAIGE DWORAK President & CEO , CareWell Health Medical Center PAUL HARENCAK Vice President , Operations , LPS Industries DREW R . MALDONADO Managing Director , Private Client Advisor Bank of America DEL MCLENNON Director of Business Development / Sales Safari Solutions KIM VIERHEILIG President of Buildings and Facilities , STV PAST CHAIRMEN RICHARD W . ABRAMSON Member , Cole Schotz P . C . NORMAN ALWORTH Chief Operating Officer , Perfect Snax , LLC JAMES D ’ AGOSTINO President , JD Companies WILLIAM C . HANSON PRESIDENT , NAI JAMES E . HANSON WILLIAM J . HELLER Senior VP And General Counsel , New York Football Giants MARTIN W . KAFAFIAN , ESQ . Managing Partner , Beattie Padovano , LLC THOMAS MCNABOLA Senior Advisor , Sax LLP B . FRANKLIN REINAUER III President , Reinauer Realty Corporation ANDREW SILVERSTEIN Partner , Dorfman , Abrams , Music LLC TRACY STRAKA Executive Vice President , Creamer Environmental , Inc . LOUIS WEISS CEO , WFM Project & Construction , Inc . COMMERCE MAGAZINE PUBLISHER / CEO ANTHONY RUSSO arusso @ cianj . org
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Mission
“ The mission of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey is to be the leader in free enterprise advocacy for the purpose of providing , through education , legislative vigilance , and membership interaction , an economic climate that enhances business potential and makes New Jersey a better state in which to live , work and conduct business .”
Directors
RICHARD W . ABRAMSON Member , Cole Schotz P . C .
RON ANDERSEN Senior Managing Director , Commercial Private Banker , Peapack-Gladstone Bank
JAMES P . ANELLI Partner , White and Williams LLP
AGNES ANTONIAN Chair of Environmental Law Practice Group , Connell Foley
ROBERT “ TOBY ” BABEUF Regional Manager , Commercial Banking , Wells Fargo Bank , N . A
WENDY BLACHER Market Executive , Northern NJ Middle Market , J P Morgan Chase
DR . KELLY BLUNDY , DC Co-owner , The Spine & Health Center of New Jersey
JOHN BRENNAN Senior Vice President , J . H . Held LLC
DONALD F . BUCKLEY Market President , TD Bank North Jersey
DAVID CAPODANNO Member of the Firm , CLA ( CliftonLarsonAllen LLP )
BRIAN JOHN CLARK Administrative VP , Group Manager , Commercial Banking Division , M & T Bank
CONRAD COLON Vice President , Sales & Marketing , Goya Foods , Inc .
JOHN J . CORCORAN Managing Director , Merritt Walsh Associates , LLC
DALE CREAMER Executive Vice President , J . Fletcher Creamer & Son , Inc .
JAMES D ’ AGOSTINO President , JD Companies
GUILLERMO DE VEYGA Vice President , William Paterson University
PATRICIA DIAZ CPA , Partner , Dorfman , Abrams , Music LLC
ULISES DIAZ Director , Government Affairs , Horizon Blue Cross / Blue Shield of NJ
JACQUELINE ESPINOZA Vice President , Jersey Central Power & Light
ROBERT P . EVANS Consultant
ERIC M . FRIEDMAN President , Bergen Community College
JEFFREY J . FURBISH , SR . Chief Sales Officer / VP , Sales and Account Management , Delta Dental of New Jersey
TODD GALANTE Principal / Partner , Piro , Zinna , Cifelli , Paris & Genitempo , LLC
SALLY GLICK Business Development Advisor , CLA ( CliftonLarsonAllen LLP )
RICHARD M . GOLDBERG President & CEO , Ultra Artists LLC .
PAUL HARENCAK Vice President , Operations , LPS Industries
TODD HAY Regional VP , Office Director , Pennoni Associates , Inc .
EDWARD A . HOGAN Partner , Norris McLaughlin , P . A .
ROBERT IACULLO Consultant
LAWRENCE INSERRA , JR . President , Inserra Supermarkets , Inc .
KEVIN JOYCE VP , Insurance Networks , Atlantic Health System
MARTIN W . KAFAFIAN , ESQ . Managing Partner , Beattie Padovano , LLC
CHRISTOPHER KASKER Chief Operating Officer , HEPCO , Inc .
ALADAR G . KOMJATHY Owner , Komjathy & Kean , LLC
JAMES A . KOSCH Partner , McCarter & English , LLP
PAUL KRIEGER Managing Partner , Deloitte LLP
RICHARD J . LAMBERT Founding Partner , Dunn Lambert LLC
DANIEL M . LESKO , SVP , Business Banking Sales Manager , PNC Bank , N . A .
ANTHONY J . LEE President , The Cardinal Hill Group , Inc .
KEVIN LUING Chairman of the Board , Berkeley College
PAUL B . MAIDE Senior Executive , Pace Analytical
JOHN MARCHIONI President and COO , Selective Insurance Company of America
PAUL MARDEN CEO , UnitedHealthcare of New Jersey
MICHAEL A . MARON President & CEO , Holy Name Medical Center
BOB MARTIN Managing Director , Christie 55 Solutions
DENNIS MIKULA , JR . President , Mikula Contracting , Inc .
MICHAEL MUNOZ Market President , AmeriHealth New Jersey
WILLIAM MURRAY Executive Vice President , Public Affairs , MWWPR
CINDY MYER President , Ridgewood Moving Services
STEVEN NAPOLITANO Principal , SNS Architects & Engineers
CORETHIA V . E . OATES VP , Portfolio Manager , Morgan Stanley
KEVIN O ’ CONNOR VP External Affairs , Veolia North America
TERRIE O ’ CONNOR President / Broker , Terrie O ’ Connor Realtors
BRENDAN O ’ DONNELL GM , Newark Brewery , Anheuser-Busch
GIANFRANCO A . PIETRAFESA Partner , Archer & Greiner P . C .
JASON POURAKIS Partner , Mazars USA LLP
DAVID REPETTO Co-Managing Partner , Harwood Lloyd , LLC
MATTHEW W . RICKERT EVP , Chief Credit Officer , Columbia Bank
STEVEN C . SCHINELLA , CPA Roseland Office Managing Partner , CohnReznick , LLP
THOMAS J . SHARA President & CEO , Lakeland Bank
NISHA M . SIKDER VP of Payer Strategies , Valley Health System
MICHAEL SMILOVITCH VP , Commercial Banking , Valley National Bank
AUGUST SODORA President , Swift Electrical Supply Co ., Inc .
JENNIFER SOLEWSKI VP Business & Technical Development , Bayshore Family of Companies
TRACY STRAKA Executive Vice President , Creamer Environmental , Inc .
DEAN L . THOMPSON Vice President , Government Affairs , Enterprise Holdings
JIM TROUWBORST SVP , Senior Credit Officer , ConnectOne Bank
DEBORAH D . VISCONI President & CEO , Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
PETER WEBSTER Resident Managing Director , AON Insurance
LOUIS WEISS CEO , WFM Project & Construction , Inc .
Information gathered and presented in this publication is presumed to be accurate . However , because of the extensive number of sources used , Commerce Enterprises , Inc . and the CIANJ cannot guarantee accuracy or be responsible for any omissions in fact or credit .
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