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Lead New Jersey Honors “30 Leaders for 30 Years”

On Sep 26, 2016

This past Thursday, Lead New Jersey named its “30 Leaders for 30 Years” at a gala recognizing people who have made New Jersey a better place to live and work.

The organization opens challenging possibilities to a highly select group of Fellows to learn the cutting edge issues that shape lives, to link directly with talented leaders who are making improvements around New Jersey, and to lead as a champion of their own most cherished ideas and values.

The organization has prepared over 1500 Fellows who now lead for the common good in the state.

This year honorees include:

  • Michael Aron, chief political correspondent, NJTV;
  • Dennis Bone, Class of 1992, director, Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship, Montclair State University;
  • Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Class of 1991, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor, Rutgers University;
  • Thomas Bracken, CEO and president, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce;
  • Michael Catania, executive director, Duke Farms;
  • Upendra Chivukula, Class of 1998, commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities;
  • Henry A. Coleman, professor of public policy, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University;
  • Linda M. Czipo, Class of 2003, CEO and president, Center for Non-Profits;
  • Chris Daggett, CEO and president, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation;
  • Bernard Flynn, CEO, NJM Insurance;
  • Douglas R. Forrester, Class of 1990, president, Integrity Health;
  • Caren Franzini, Class of 1991, president, Franzini Consulting LLC;
  • Angelo J. Genova, senior partner, co-founder and chairman, Genova Burns;
  • Gwendolyn L. Harris, Class of 1988, executive director, Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs, Rutgers-Camden;
  • Eleanor Horne, trustee, Princeton Area Community Foundation;
  • Barbara E. Kauffman, Class of 1991, executive vice president, Newark Regional Business Partnership;
  • Ralph LaRossa, president and chief operating officer, Public Service Electric & Gas;
  • Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, CEO and president, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation;
  • Edward Lloyd, Evan M. Frankel Clinical Professor in Environmental Law, Columbia Law School;
  • Amy B. Mansue, Class of 1996, president, Southern region, RWJBarnabas Health;
  • Paul J. Matacera, Class of 1990, vice president, secretary and director, MBI GluckShaw;
  • Scott McVay, LNJ founder, president, Chautauqua Institution;
  • Mary P. O’Malley, vice president, corporate governance, Prudential Financial;
  • Tom O’Neill, founding executive director, The Partnership of New Jersey;
  • Monica S. Rivera, senior correction officer, New Jersey State Prison;
  • Richard W. Roper, president, The Roper Group;
  • Nina Stack, Class of 2006, president, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers;
  • Bruce D. Stout, chair, Department of Criminology, The College of New Jersey;
  • Art Weinbach, retired CEO, ADP;
  • The Rev. Floyd L. White III, Class of 2000, president, Woodland Community Development Corporation;
  • Cecilia Zalkind, Class of 1995, CEO and president, Advocates for Children of New Jersey.