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Governor Jon S. Corzine
November 8, 2007

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 GOVERNOR CORZINE FILES NOMINATIONS

TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today submitted the following nominations to the State Senate. The nominations are subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.

9-1-1 COMMISSION

Nominate for Reappointment Neal Carroll (River Edge, Bergen) 

BOARD OF GOVERNORS – RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

            Nominate for Reappointment Reverend M. William Howard, Jr. (Lawrenceville, Mercer)

COMMISSIONER – DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS

            Nominate for Appointment Joseph V. Doria, Jr. (Bayonne, Hudson)

COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

            Nominate for Appointment Timothy J. Doherty (Lawrenceville, Mercer)    

            Nominate for Appointment Honorable Suzanne Walters (Stone Harbor, Cape May)     

            Nominate for Appointment Honorable Jose Torres (Paterson, Passaic)   

DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF TAXATION

            Nominate for Appointment Maureen Adams (Hopewell, Mercer)

KEANUNIVERSITY– BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Nominate for Appointment Honorable Richard Bagger (Westfield, Union)   

LOCAL UNIT ALIGNMENT, REORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION COMMISSION

            Nominate for Appointment Honorable Dennis McNerney (Ho-Ho-Kus, Bergen)

            Nominate for Appointment John H. Fisher, III (Mantua, Gloucester) 

MERCER COUNTY DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTIONS

            Nominate for Appointment Catherine DiCostanzo (Hamilton, Mercer)

NEW JERSEY COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

            Nominate for Appointment Alain L. Kornhauser, Ph.D. (Princeton, Mercer)

NEW JERSEY COMMISSION ON SPINAL CORD RESEARCH

            Nominate for Reappointment Susan P. Howley (Chatham, Morris) 

            Nominate for Appointment Robin L. Davis, Ph.D. (Hackettstown, Warren)

NEW JERSEY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY

            Nominate for Appointment Sami Merhi (Totowa, Passaic)   

NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

           Nominate for Appointment Barry L. Zubrow (Far Hills, Somerset)

           Nominate for Appointment Joseph A. McNamara (Leonardo, Monmouth)    

            Nominate for Appointment Carmen Twillie Ambar, Esq. (New Brunswick, Middlesex)

NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY

            Nominate for Appointment Clive S. Cummis (West Orange, Essex)

NEW JERSEY URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONE AUTHORITY

            Nominate for Reappointment AmbarI.Abelar, Esq. (Red Bank, Monmouth) 

            Nominate for Appointment Taneshia Nash Laird (Trenton, Mercer) 

PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY

Nominate for Reappointment Anthony J. Sartor, Ph.D., P.E., P.P. (Scotch Plains, Union)  

RUTGERSUNIVERSITY– BOARD OF TRUSTEES

            Nominate for Reappointment Hollis Copeland (Trenton, Mercer)

SMART FREIGHT RAILROAD STUDY COMMISSION

Nominate for Appointment Robert Bailey (Hazlet, Monmouth)

            Nominate for Appointment Samuel Crane (Pennington, Mercer)

            Nominate for Appointment Honorable Jacqueline B. Kates (Teaneck, Bergen)

STATE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Nominate for Appointment James R. Waltman (Hopewell, Mercer)

            Nominate for Appointment Denis C. Germano, Esq. (Medford Lakes, Burlington)

            Nominate for Appointment Jane R. Brodhecker (Newton, Sussex)

            Nominate for Appointment Torrey Reade (Salem, Salem)  

            Nominate for Appointment Honorable Alan A. Danser (Cranbury, Middlesex)

            Nominate for Reappointment Gary Mount (Princeton, Mercer)

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE

Nominate for Appointment Ann Monica Dorsett (Woolwich, Gloucester) 

            Nominate for Appointment W. Scott Ellis (Yardville, Mercer)

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Nominate for AppointmentDorothy S. Strickland, Ph.D. (West Orange, Essex)

Nominate for Appointment Robert P. Haney, Jr. (Holmdel, Monmouth)

Nominate for Appointment Ilan Plawker (Englewood Cliffs, Bergen)

STATE COMPTROLLER

            Nominate for Appointment A. Matthew Boxer (Bridgewater, Somerset)

STATE INVESTMENT COUNCIL

            Nominate for Appointment Jose R. Claxton (Summit, Union)

Nominate for Appointment W. Montgomery Cerf (Montclair, Essex) 

Nominate for Appointment Erika Irish Brown (Teaneck, Bergen) 

Nominate for Appointment James C. Kellogg (Bay Head, Ocean) 

STATE PAROLE BOARD

            Nominate for Reappointment Carmen M. Garcia, Esq. (Columbus, Burlington)      

UNIVERSITYOF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY – BOARD OF TRUSTEES

            Nominate for ReappointmentJohn Hoffman, Esq. (Piscataway, Middlesex)

BERGENEXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT 

            Nominate for Appointment Aaron R. Graham, Ed.D. (Teaneck, Bergen)  

BURLINGTONEXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

            Nominate for Appointment Lester W. Richens, Ed.D. (Neptune, Monmouth) 

CAPE MAY EXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

            Nominate for Appointment Terrence J. Crowley (Pilesgrove, Salem)

GLOUCESTEREXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

            Nominate for Appointment H. Mark Stanwood, Ed.D. (Pitman, Gloucester)  

HUDSONEXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

            Nominate for Appointment Robert Osak (North Brunswick, Middlesex)  

HUNTERDON EXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

            Nominate for Appointment Gerald J. Vernotica, Ed.D. (Long Valley, Morris) 

MIDDLESEX EXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

            Nominate for Appointment Patrick Piegari, Ed.D. (Basking Ridge, Somerset) 

MONMOUTH EXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

            Nominate for Appointment Carole Knopp Morris (Neptune, Monmouth)  

OCEAN EXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

            Nominate for Appointment Bruce M. Greenfield, Ed.D. (Ventnor City, Atlantic)  

SOMERSETEXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

            Nominate for Appointment Trudy Doyle (Bridgewater, Somerset)  

UNION EXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT

            Nominate for Appointment Carmen M. Centuolo, Ed.D. (Mountainside, Union)

 

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