GOVERNOR-ELECT CHRIS CHRISTIE ANNOUNCES TRANSITION
NEW JERSEY SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND TRANSITION COUNSEL
 
Governor-Elect Chris Christie announced members of the Transition Counsel, as well as members of the Economic Development and Growth, Education, Treasury, Labor and Workforce Development and the Office of the Governor Transition Sub-Committees. These sub-committees will conduct a top to bottom review of their respective government department and agency. The members include:
 
TRANSITION COUNSEL
Stephen J. Edelstein, Esq., General Counsel to the Transition
Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso & Zitomer LLC
 
John Bruder, Esq.
The Law Office of John E. Bruder
 
David Catuogno, Esq.
Forman Holt Eliades & Ravin LLC
 
Mark Cimino, Esq.
Mark Cimino, Attorney At Law
 
Gabrielle Charette, Esq.
Megna Law Firm
 
William T. Cooper, III, Esq.
Cooper & Cooper
 
Paul Donini, Esq.
Donini & Ramsey
 
Denis G. Murphy, Esq.
Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso and Zitomer LLC
 
Anthony Kearns, Esq.
Rylak, Gianos, Kearns & Phillips
 
Stefani C. Schwartz, Esq.
Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso and Zitomer LLC
 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
Mayor John McCormac, Chair
Mayor of Woodbridge and former State Treasurer
 
Dennis Bone, Chair
President, Verizon New Jersey Inc.
 
Jeff Altschuler
President and CEO, Allied Beverage Group, LLC
 
Daryl Brewster
CEO, Brookside Management
 
Linda Doherty
President, New Jersey Food Council
 
Debra Dowdell
President, New Jersey Restaurant Association
 
Richard DuHaime
Owner, Valentine Beauty Supply
 
The Honorable Bob Franks
Former United States Congressman and President of the Health Care Institute of New Jersey
 
John Galandak
President, Commerce Industry Association of New Jersey
 
Rich Goldberg
Senior Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications, DRS Technologies
 
Robert Harris
President, Harris FRC Corporation
 
Mitchell Hersh
President and CEO, Mack-Cali
 
Joe Jacobs
Former Vice Chairman, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
 
Harrison LeFrak
Partner, Lefrak Organization
 
Ed Nyland
Director of Business Development, George Harms Construction Company, Inc
 
Brian O'Leary,
Senior VP & Tax Counsel, NBC Universal
 
Todd Rechler
Co-Chief Operating Officer and President, RXR Realty
 
Richard Roper
Director of the Planning Department, The Port Authority of NY and NJ
 
EDUCATION
Dr. Susan Cole, Chair
President, Montclair State University
 
Chris Angelillo
Principal, Kittatinny Regional High School
 
Dr. Richard Bozza, Ph.D.
Executive Director, New Jersey Association of School Administrators
 
Dr. Ada Beth Cutler
Dean, College of Education and Human Services, Montclair State University
 
Ross Danis
Associate Dean of Education, Drew University
 
Peter Denton
Chairman and Founder, Excellent Education for Everyone, Inc.
 
Kristen Hennessey
Teacher and NJEA Member
 
Sister Rosemary Jeffries
President, Georgian Court University
 
Kurt Landgraf
President, Educational Testing Service
 
Carlos Lejnieks
President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex Hudson and Union Counties
 
Stig Leschly
Founder and Managing Partner, Newark Charter School Fund
 
Pablo Munoz
Superintendent, Elizabeth Public Schools
 
Frank Palatucci
President, New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association
 
Michael Pallente
Principal, Robert Treat Academy Charter School
 
Pat Pelosi
Interim Superintendent of Schools, Morris County Vocational School District
 
Mike Ritacco
Superintendent, Toms River Schools
 
Bret Schundler
Chief Operating Officer, The King's College
 
Lawrence Schwartz, Esq.
Managing Director, Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso & Zitomer, LLC
 
Shelley Skinner
Advocacy Chair, New Jersey Charter School Association
 
Luis Vargas
Project Director, PAAC
 
Brian Zychowski
Superintendent, North Brunswick Township School District
 
TREASURY
Hon. Michael Ferguson, Chair
Former United States Congressman (NJ-7) and Chairman/CEO of Ferguson Strategies
 
Laurie Ehlbeck
State Director, National Federation of Independent Business
 
Louis C. Goetting, IV
Former Deputy State Treasurer
 
Steven Kass
Co-Managing Principal, Rothstein Kass
 
Richard Keevey
Director, Policy Research Institute for the Region at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University
 
Rick Lloyd
Executive Director, State Government Affairs and Community Relations, Johnson and Johnson
 
John Lutz
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
 
Mark Murphy
President and CEO, Northeast Private Client Group
 
Jeffrey Oram
Director, Marcus & Millichap
 
J. Thomas Presby
Director and Chairman, Audit Committee, Tiffany & Co.
 
Joseph Schmuckler
Senior Executive Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.
 
Peter Spirgel, Esq.
Managing Shareholder, Flaster Greenberg
 
Candy Straight
Investment Banking Consultant
 
LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Debra P. DiLorenzo, Chair
President/CEO, Chamber Of Commerce Southern New Jersey
 
Don Abernathy
President, Extensis
 
Craig Alper
President and Owner, Alper Enterprises
 
Ray Bramucci
Public Policy and Business Consultant
 
Kurt Conti
CEO, The Conti Group
 
Rafael Fajardo
President, Elizabeth Board of Education
 
Nelson Ferreria
Owner and CEO, Ferreira Construction Company
 
Munir Kazmir, MD
CEO, Quality Homecare and Commissioner, State of New Jersey Lottery Commission
 
Robert Loderstedt
President and CEO, New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program
 
Bob Yudin
Owner, Yudin's Appliances, Inc.
 
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
The Honorable Peter Verniero, Chair
Former Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and former New Jersey Attorney General
Partner, Sills Cummis & Gross PC
 
The Honorable W. Cary Edwards
Former New Jersey Attorney General
 
Jim Harkness
Executive Director, New Jersey Senate Republican Office
 
Wayne W. Hasenbalg, Esq.
Partner, Decotiis Fitzpatrick Cole & Wisler, LLP
 
Patrick E. Hobbs, Esq.
Dean, Seton Hall Law School
 
Jane M. Kenny
Founding Partner and Principal, The Whitman Strategy Group
 
Brian M. Nelson, Esq.
Partner, Menna Supko & Nelson LLC
 
Rachel Donington Torpey
 
 
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