■ Presidient’ s View
■ Presidient’ s View
John Cromie is a Partner and Co-Chair of Corporate and Business Law at Connell Foley.
President of the Somerset County Governing Officials Association, and has been actively involved in political fundraising for a number of campaigns over the years, including Governor.
Christopher Romano has been the Vice President of Strategic Enrollment, Outreach, and Engagement, Ramapo College, and the Executive Director of the Ramapo College Foundation since 2022. As such he serves as the Chief Enrollment, Chief Marketing and Chief Development Officer of the College. During this time, he cultivated and solicited a
Alan Lloyd is the Regional Vice President of Pennoni’ s Northeast Operations.
$ 400k donation to construct, open and operate the College’ s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Lab. Previously he served as Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management, and Chief of Staff / Special Assistant to the President, beginning his career at Ramapo in 2007.
Edward Stevenson is a member at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC.( CSG Law). Stevenson’ s broad corporate experience includes middle-market M & A transactions,
Bernie Pane is President of First Legacy Group Title & Abstract, LLC.
equity and debt offerings, strategic alliances and joint ventures, corporate finance and governance, corporate, LLC and partnership formations and reorganizations, business divorces, employment matters, shareholder relations and licensing, distribution and manufacturing transactions. His broad-based experience encompasses a range of industries, including technology, food and beverage, consumer products, medical devices, apparel and advertising, as well as a wide variety of service industry companies.
Christopher Romano is the Vice President of Strategic Enrollment, Outreach, and Engagement, Ramapo College, and the Executive Director of the Ramapo College Foundation.
Edward Stevenson is a member at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC.
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