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Mission: To monitor and address legislative and public policy issues at the local, state and federal levels of government as they relate to the interests of business and economic development in Morris County and among Chamber members, and to draft and recommend to the Board positions on such issues to be adopted and promulgated to appropriate government officials, the membership and the public.
Upcoming Meetings:
The Morris County Chamber Government Affairs Committee meets monthly (when possible) at 7:30 a.m. to discuss current policy and political issues that affect the business community. At 8:00 a.m. we are joined by members of the Morris ELC, a grass roots affiliate of the NJ Business and Industry Association, as well as by government leaders who address the group and engage in an informal and lively exchange.
Activities and Highlights:
The Government Affairs Committee plans:
Past speakers have included:
Committee Members:
Councilman Gary Algeier, Township of Randolph
Michael Alwell, Atlantic Health
David Beck, Chiropractic Physician
Gadi Ben-Menachem, Oppenheimer & Company
Steven K. Brisgel, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Senator Leanna Brown, Brown Global Enterprises
Lee Campbell, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Lew Candura, Morris County Democratic Committee
John F. Ciaffone, TransOptions
Denis Ciklic, Bank of America Home Loans
Barry J. Cohorsky, NAI James E. Hanson, Inc.
Melverne E. Cooke, NJ State Assembly, 26th District
Patrick DeDeo, William Paterson University
Devin DeMarco, First Environment
Jim Duffy, MWW Group
Richard Eastman, Virtual Presence International
Robert Ellis, Institute for Leadership Studies & History
David Felder, Ryan Video Productions, Inc.
Maria Florio, Employment Horizons
Andy Germak, Mental Health Association of Morris County
Steven J. Goldberg, BASF Corp.
Jim Hannan, WithumSmith+Brown
John Harper, Laufer, Knapp, Torzewski & Dalena LLC
Bruce A. Harris, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Steve Herbes, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, LLP
William Hutchinson, SMCMUA
James D. Jones, Commercial Property Managers, Inc.
Holly Kunzman, The CSI Group
Shawn Laurenti, Laurenti Consultants LLC
Wendy Lazarus, Pfizer Inc
Cathleen Lewis, AAA New Jersey Automobile Club
Louise Lindenmeier, Bayada Nurses
James Lynch, Sobel & Company
Thomas M. Mallaney, CBRE, Inc.
Lisa Delventhal Marelli, Montgomery Academy
Patrick Marotta, Marotta Controls, Inc.
Jake McCarthy, Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP
James M. McDonnell, Jackson Lewis LLP
Andrew McElroy, American Federal Mortgage Corp.
Karen McVeigh, AAA New Jersey Automobile Club
Bruce Meringolo, Newmark Associates, Inc.
Lissette Miquel, The RBA Group
Alfred Moffit, Environmental Waste
Thomas O'Dowd, O'Dowd Advertising
Martin Okun, Randolph Services
Ernie Osle, Bernstein Global Wealth
John M. Pellecchia, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, LLP
Robert Peluso, Capital One Bank
Stenley G. Puszcz, H2M Architects & Engineers, Inc.
Judy Raines, Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP
Laurie A. Roy, Alcoa-Howmet
Tricia Russo, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Douglas Sanborn, Delta Dental Plan
Everton Scott, Public Service Electric & Gas
John Sette, Morris County Republican Committee
Brian P. Sharkey, Esq., Porzio Bromberg & Newman, P.C.
Julie Smolin, AxisPointe Inc.
George Sous, PSE&G
Tom Spiesman, Porzio Bromberg & Newman
Richard S. Thomas, Celadon Communications Management
Paul C. VanGelder, Cough, Harbour & Associates
Aida Visakay, AxisPointe Inc.
Ed Yaw, County College of Morris
Alan Zakin, Alan Zakin Associates
Robert Zwigard, LPL Financial
Interested in Joining the Committee?
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For a list of some of the positions of the Morris County Chamber of Commerce's Government Affairs Committee, see the Legislation page in the News & Publication section.
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http://www.nj.gov/nj/govinfo/county
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