Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey

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Board of Directors

Guiding CIANJ through their expertise

The Board of Directors oversees the operations of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey. The directors reflect the diversity of the association, which represents more than 900 businesses across New Jersey ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small and medium size firms. Members of the board are elected to three year terms.

Executive Committee

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
TRACY STRAKA
Executive Vice President
Creamer Environmental, Inc.
 VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
MARTIN KAFAFIAN, ESQ.
Managing Partner
Beattie Padovano, LLC
VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
ROBERT IACULLO
President
United Water
 VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
DAVID REPETTO
Co-Managing Partner
Harwood Lloyd, LLC
TREASURER
ANDREW SILVERSTEIN
Member
Dorfman, Abrams, Music LLC
SECRETARY
ELIZABETH A. NAPOLI
President
MC&M Ltd.
COUNSEL
RICHARD W. ABRAMSON
Partner
Cole Schotz Meisel Forman & Leonard
 MEMBER
JOSEPH IMPERATO, JR.
Partner
XSolutions Consulting Services, LLC
MEMBER
THOMAS SHARA
President & CEO
Lakeland Bank
 PRESIDENT
JOHN GALANDAK
President
Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey

Past Chairman of the Board

NORMAN ALWORTH
NJ State Chapter President
My Right Voice
 JAMES R. BEATTIE
Counsel to the Firm
Beattie Padovano, LLC
JAMES D’AGOSTINO
President
JD Construction Corp.
 WILLIAM J. HELLER
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
New York Football Giants
THOMAS McNABOLA
Principal
Hunter Group CPA LLC
 B. FRANKLIN REINAUER III
President
Reinauer Realty Corporation
LOU WEISS
CEO
WFM Project & Construction, Inc.

Board Members

David Alai
Corporate Vice President
Sharp Electronics Corporation
 James P. Anelli
Shareholder
LeClairRyan
Toby Babeuf
Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking
Wells Fargo
 Mary Brautigam
Senior Vice President Regional Executive
Sovereign Bank
Donald F. Buckley
Market President
TD Bank North Jersey
 Gail Callandrillo
Vice President Planning & Marketing Research
Valley Health System
Salvatore Collemi
Senior Manager, Quality Control
Rothstein Kass
 Conrad Colon
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Goya Foods, Inc.
Thomas B. Considine
Chief Operating Officer
MagnaCare
 Arthur W. Conway
President
DialAmerica Marketing
John Corcoran
Managing Director
Bergen County Ambulatory Surgery Center
 Sam Delgado
V.P. Community & Stakeholder Affairs
Verizon
William Diana
Corporate Vice President
Marsh McLennan Agency, LLC
 Jerome (Jerry) C. Donovan
Partner
J. H. Cohn, LLP
Howard P. Dorman
Partner
WeiserMazars, LLP
 Blake Ellman
President
Net Access Corp.
Robert P. Evans
CPA
Robert P. Evans, CPA
 Darrel A. Farkus
Executive Vice President
UnitedHealthCare
Larry Feld
Director of Marketing
Hunter Group CPA LLC
 Donald R. Fonte
Director of Government Relations
The Hertz Corporation
Tomi L. Gerber
Government Affairs Manager
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
 Sally Glick
Principal & Chief Growth Strategist
Sobel & Co., LLC
Richard M. Goldberg
Managing Partner
R2 Associates, LLC
 Michael Gsell
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Raymond G. Hallock
Former President & CEO
Columbia Bank
 William C. Hanson
President
NAI James E. Hanson
Mitchell Hersh
President & CEO
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.
 Edward A. Hogan
Partner
Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.
Lawrence Inserra, Jr.
President
Inserra Supermarkets, Inc.
 Theodore S. Kissel, Jr.
President
UNITEMP Temporary Personnel
Lanny S. Kurzweil
Partner
McCarter & English, LLP
 John R. Latka
Vice President - Electric Operations
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
John M. Leyman
Deputy Director of Government Affairs
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ
 Kevin Luing
Chairman of the Board
Berkeley College
Paul Maide
Vice President
Aqua Pro-Tech Laboratories
 Beatriz Manetta
President
Argent Associates, Inc.
Michael A. Maron
President & CEO
Holy Name Medical Center
 Christopher Martin
President
The Provident Bank
Michael X. McBride
Managing Partner
Connell Foley LLP
 Richard McLaughlin
Counsel
J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc.
Thomas R. McVeigh
Director of Human Resources
Konica Minolta Business Solutions
 Dr. Peter Philip Mercer
President
Ramapo College of NJ
Robert Meyer
Executive Vice President
Valley National Bank
 Audrey Murphy
Executive Vice President/Chief Legal Officer
Hackensack University Medical Center
William J. Murphy
Consultant
 William Murray
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs
MWW Group
Steven Napolitano
Principal
SNS Architects & Engineers
 Terrie O'Connor
President
Terrie O'Connor Realtors
Dr. Anne Prisco
President
Felician College
 Samuel S. Raia
Partner
Raia Properties Corp.
Ronald L. Rickles
Managing Partner in NJ
Deloitte & Touche
 Judith L. Roman
President & CEO
AmeriHealth New Jersey
Mary Russell
Managing Director
Marsh USA
 Joseph M. Sanzari
CEO/President
Sanzari Companies
John Scirocco
President & CEO
Scirocco Group
 Monica Slater Stokes
Managing Director- Corporate and Government Affairs, Easter Division
United Airlines
August Sodora
President
Swift Electrical Supply Co., Inc.
 Gail Sonners
Senior VP Business Development
The Ayers Group
Joseph P. Truncale
President & CEO
NAPL
 Dr. Kathleen Waldron
President
William Paterson University
John K. Walsh, Jr.
Managing Partner
Walsh & Walsh, Esq.
 Mary Ward
Dir. Corp. Media Relations
Alcatel-Lucent
Thomas R. Zapf
Vice President Legislative & Government Affairs Counsel
Macy's
 Deborah Zastocki
President & CEO
Chilton Hospital