Steering Committee _______________

 

Susan Bass Levin
Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs

Janice Kovach
Director
New Jersey Division on Women

 

Carmen Twillie Ambar
Dean
Douglass College - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Aldonna R. Ambler
Growth Strategist
Ambler Growth Strategy Consultants, Inc.

Barbara Armand
President & CEO
Armand Corporation

Marilyn Askin
Chief Legislative Advocate
AARP - NJ

Cathy Belenky
Executive Director
National Council of Jewish Women, Essex County Section

Dorothy Leung Blakeslee
Managing Director
ACACIA Financial Group, Inc.

Muña Bosh
Executive Director
El Club Del Barrio, Inc.

Candace E. Botnick
Director of Communications
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Laurel Brennan
Secretary-Treasurer
NJ State AFL-CIO

Denise Sanders Brooks
Assistant Director, WISE Women’s Center of Essex County College
President, Urban & Hispanic Alliance of New Jersey

Irene G. Burke
Member, NJ Commission on the Status of Women
Chair, Cherry Hill Senior Advisory Board

Danzey Burnham
Executive Director
League of Women Voters of New Jersey

Ruthi Byrne
Founder & Owner
Zinn Graves & Field, Inc.

Elsa Candelario
Member, NJ Commission on the Status of Women
Executive Director, Hispanic Family Center of Southern NJ

Rhonda Carboni
President
Alice Paul Institute

Judy Chapman
Founder/Editor
Garden State Woman Magazine

Susan Cole
President
Montclair State University

Mildred Crump
Council President
Newark City Council

Gail Davis
Urban Development Manager
PSE&G

Sonia Delgado
Princeton Public Affairs Group, Inc.

Etta Rudolf Denk
Vice President
JPMorgan Chase

Debra DiLorenzo
President
Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey

Doreen A. Dixon
New Jersey State Coordinator
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Robyn D’Oria
Executive Director
Central NJ Maternal and Child Health Consortium

Jill Edwards
Vice President
Merril-Lynch, Community Development Company

Fran Einiger
Bergen County Section President
National Council of Jewish Women

Karin Elkis
State Director|
Office of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez

Kathleen Ellis
Senior Vice President - Corporate Affairs
New Jersey Resources

Janice Fuller
Cabinet Liaison
Governor’s Office

Edithe Fulton
Member
NJ Commission on the Status of Women

Sarah Gaehring
Membership & Events Coordinator
New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Hazel Gluck
MBI-GluckShaw

Melinda Green
Vice President
Children’s Futures

Jane Greenman
Vice President of Compensation Benefits and Labor Relations
TYCO

Margaret Guarino
Managing Director
Bank of America Securities

Carolyn Guitierrez
Executive Director
Women’s Resource Center

Linda Gural
President
New Jersey State Nurses Association

Grace Hamilton
Supervising Program Development Specialist, Women’s Services
Office on Women’s Policy & Research, Support, Employment and Training
NJ Division on Women

Stephanie Hoopes Halpin
Treasurer
NJ Public Broadcasting Authority

Marijane Hubbell
Executive Director, Women’s Health
Women’s Services at Hackensack University Medical Center

Judith Hutton
CEO
YWCA Princeton

Deborah Witcher Jackson
President
( Bergen & Passaic) 100 Black Women NJ Chapter

Jan Johnson
Former President and CEO
City News Publishing Company

Daphne Jones
World Wide Executive Director - IT
Johnson & Johnson

Shelly Kaplan
President
Hadassah - South Jersey

Julie Kashen
Deputy Policy Director
Governor’s Office

Maneesha Kelkar
Director
Manavi, Inc.

Nancy Kieling
President and Executive Director
Princeton Area Community Foundation

Phyllis Kinsler
President/CEO
Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey

Karen Kominsky
Consultant
Verizon

Eleanor Kubacki
CEO
EFK Group LLC

Mary LaMar
President
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Omicron Xi Omega Chapter

Jeannine LaRue
Deputy Chief of Staff
Governor’s Office

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Mimi Letts
Former Mayor
Township of Parsippany - Troy Hills

Kay LiCausi
President
K.L. Strategies

Marcy LoCastro
Managing Director
SolomonEdwardsGroup LLC

Blair MacInnes
Founding Trustee, First Chair of the Board and Honorary Vice Chair
NJ SEEDS

Venus Majeski
Director of Development and Community Relations
Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County

L. Bebe Major
Member, NJ Commission on the Status of Women
Public Relations Director,
Sisters Network of Central Jersey, Breast Cancer Survivors Support Organization

Amy Mansue
President and CEO
Children’s Specialized Hospital

Doris McGann
Financial Advisor
Morgan Stanley

Rosalina Melendez
Program Director
La Casa de Don Pedro, Hispanic Women’s Resource Center

Tricia Mueller
Political Director
New Jersey Regional Council of Carpenters

Vanessa Nazario
Affordable Mortgage Manager
PNC Bank

Peri L. Nearon
Director, Office of Women’s Health
NJ Department of Health & Senior Services

Lynn Fontaine Newsome
President Elect
New Jersey State Bar Association

Arline Oberst
Author
Lifetime Resources for Women, Inc.

Bharati Palkhiwala
Psychiatrist
Association of Indians in America

Margie Perez
Vice President, Community Relations
Wachovia Corporation

Joyce Powell
President
New Jersey Education Association

Barbara Price
Executive Director
New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women

Arlene Quinones Perez
Member
NJ Commission on the Status of Women

Anne Reilly
Chair
New Jersey Junior Leagues

Cathi Rendfrey
Legislative Liaison, Displaced Homemakers Network of NJ, Inc.
Director, Women’s Opportunity Center - YMCA of Burlington County

Denise Ross
Deputy Chief of Staff
Bergen County Executive Office

Phyllis Salowe-Kaye
Executive Director
New Jersey Citizen Action

Rosalind Seawright
Vice President, Community Relations
Meridian Health System

Molly J. Slingerland, Esq.
Member, NJ Commission on the Status of Women
Princeton Public Affairs Group, Inc.

Pam Small
Publisher/Founder
Refresh & Renew - A Resource for Women

Gail Sonners
Senior Account Executive
DBM

Andrea Spencer-Linzie
Executive Director
New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Christine Stearns
Vice President
New Jersey Business & Industry Association

Christy Stephenson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton

Barbara Sussman Goldberg
President
Women’s Political Caucus of NJ

Robin Berg Tabakin, Esq.
President
NJ Association of Women Business Owners

Myra Terry
Chief Executive Officer
Women’s Fund of New Jersey

Carol Vasile
Supervising Program Development Specialist of Women’s Services
Office on the Prevention of Violence Against Women,
NJ Division on Women

Joan Verplanck
President
NJ State Chamber of Commerce

Maria Vizcarrondo-Desoto
President
United Way of Essex and Hudson

Elizabeth Voltz
Member
NJ Commission on the Status of Women

Karol Corbin Walker
Partner
St. John and Wayne

Debbie Walsh
Director, Center for American Women and Politics
Eagleton Institute of Politics – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Mary Wells
President Emeritus
Family Service

Melanie Willoughby
Senior Vice President New Jersey Business & Industry Association

Lillie Wilson
President ( South Jersey Chapter)
100 Black Women NJ Chapter

Helen Wronski
Chief Executive Officer
Morris Area Girl Scouts

Diane Zierler
President-Elect
New Jersey PTA