Governor-Elect Chris Christie Announces Additional Transition New Jersey Sub-Committee Members

TRENTON, NJ – Governor-Elect Chris Christie announced today additional members of the Transition New Jersey sub-committees, including Corrections and Homeland Security, Energy and Utilities, Environmental Protection, Healthcare, Human Services and Children and Families, Law and Public Safety and Transportation. These sub-committees will conduct a top to bottom review of their respective government department and agency.

Corrections and Homeland Security

Joe Billy, Chair
Former Special Agent in Charge, New Jersey Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Warden Bill Fraser
Executive Board, New Jersey County Jail Wardens Association

Jerry Decicco
President, Jersey City Police Officer's Benevolent Association

Dr. Ralph Fretz
Director of Assessment, Community Education Center

Dan Lombardo
President/CEO, Volunteers of America Delaware Valley, Inc.

Cornell Brooks
Executive Director, NJ Institute for Social Justice

Nancy Wolff
Director, Center for Behavioral Health Services and Criminal Justice Research and Public Policy Professor, Rutgers University

Ralph McGrane
Retired Warden, Rikers Island

Jan Gilhooly
Former Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service


Energy and Utilities

Chair, Bob Martin
Retired Partner, Accenture, LLP

Laurence M. Downes
CEO, New Jersey Resources Corporation

Connie Hughes
Former Commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Walter Lynch
President, American Water Services

Russell Maffei
Business Administration Officer, City of Jersey City

Caroline Ehrlich
Chief of Staff, Woodbridge Township

Joseph Dominguez, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Exelon Generation

Ralph LaRossa
President/COO, Public Service Electric and Gas Company

Robert Clifton
Government Affairs Manager, Comcast


Environmental Protection

Chair, The Honorable Marcia Karrow
Former State Senator, 23rd District

John Abene
President, Delphi Energy

Peter deNeufville
Chairman, Voltaix, L.L.C.

Anthony Mauro, Sr.
Chairman, New Jersey Outdoor Alliance

David Pringle
Campaign Director, New Jersey Environmental Federation

Steve Santola, Esq.
Executive Vice President/General Counsel, Woodmont Properties

John Spinello, Jr., Esq.
Former Associate General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Edward Walsh
President, The Walsh Company

Anthony Slimowicz
Director, WCD Capital Partners, LLC

John Trela, Ph.D.
Former Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection

Rhea Brekke
Executive Director, New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology

Tony Monteiro
CEO, Dynamic Insurance Inc.

John Sartor
Exectuvie Vice President, Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor, LLC

Joseph Riggs
Group President, K. Hovnanian Homes

Bruce Katcher, Esq.
Partner, Manko Gold Katcher & Fox LLP


Health Care

Chair David Knowlton
President/CEO, New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute

Dr. Alan Carr
Comprehensive Pain Management

Kevin Barry, MD
Anesthesiology, Morristown Memorial Hospital

Stewart Berkowitz, MD
Jersey Shore Brachytherapy

Judy Burgis
Senior Vice-President for Corporate Services, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Joseph Clemente, MD
President/CEO, Medical Health Center

Annette Catino
President/CEO, QualCare Alliance Networks, Inc.

Robert Hariri, MD PhD
CEO, Celgene Cellular Therapeutics

Patricia Kelmar
Associate State Director – Advocacy, AARP New Jersey

Mark Manigan, Esq.
Health Law Practice Group, Brach Eichler LLC

William McDonald
President/CEO, St Joseph's Healthcare System

Gary Puma
President/CEO, Springpoint Senior Living

Christopher Rinn
Director - Emergency Medical Services, Jersey City Medical Center

Brent Saunders
President, Consumer Health Care and Senior Vice President, Schering-Plough

John Sheridan
President/CEO, Cooper Hospital

James Orsini, MD
Essex Oncology Of North Jersey

Ryan Graham
Senior Sales Director of Employee Benefits, Fairview Insurance

Loretta Brickman
Co-Owner, BD Consulting & Public Relations


Human Services and Children and Families

Chair John Bonanni
Administrator, County of Morris

Anthony Ferrera
Director of Operations, Somerset Counsel for Alcohol and Drug Dependency

Gail Gordon, Esq.
Attorney, Brad Campbell, LLC

Peter Haytaian
Regional CEO, North Amerigroup Corporation

John M. Marchetti
Chief of Staff, Senator Bill Baroni

Jim Lape
Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health & Psychiatry, Trinitas Hospital

Robert Stack
President/CEO, Community Options

Richard Strobel, Esq.
Chief Counsel, Burlington County Board of Social Services

Charles Venti
Deputy Director, The Nicholson Foundation

Debra Wentz
CEO, New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies

Marianne Majewski
Executive Director, Catholic Charities of Metuchen

Sherri Larner
Marriage and Family Therapist


Law and Public Safety

Chair David Samson
Former Attorney General and Senior Partner, Wolff & Samson P.C.

Fred Alworth, Esq.
Director, Gibbons P.C.

Richard Badolato, Esq.
President, NJSBF and Partner, Connell Foley LLP

Peter Bogaard
Bogaard & Associates

Paula Dow, Esq.
Essex County Prosecutor

Norman Feinstein, Esq.
Founding Partner, FRBK and Former President, NJAA

Christine Hanlon, Esq.
Menna Supko & Nelson, LLC

Kenneth Laptook, Esq.
Partner, Wolff & Samson P.C.

Joe Oxley
Former Monmouth County Sheriff

Richard D. Pompelio, Esq.
Executive Director/Law Director, New Jersey Crime Victims Law Center

John Sierchio
Detective, Bloomfield Police Deparment

Mark Sheridan, Esq.
Partner, Drinker Biddle LLP

Wayne Positan
Partner, Lum, Drasco & Positan, LLC

Barbara Silver Hutcheon, Esq.
Wolff & Samson P.C.

Patrick P. Toscano, Jr., Esq.
President, The Toscano Law Firm, LLC.

Geoffrey S. Berman, Esq.
Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP


Transportation

Chair James Weinstein
Senior Vice President, AECOM

James Crawford
Executive Director, EZ Pass

Samuel Raia
Mayor, Saddle River

Frank Druetzler
Mayor, Morris Plains

Jerry Amedeo
Director, Camp Harmony

Ron Gravino
President, Ron Gravino Consulting

Jerry Langer
Chief Commercial Officer, Langer Transport

Jack Lettiere
President, Jack Lettiere Consulting, LLC

Nevins McCann
Partner, Connell Foley, LLP

Michael Misseri
CEO, Empire Coach

Dave Ragonese
Attorney, White and Williams, LLP

Bill Shiels
Police Sergeant, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Education

Sandra Chronic
Curriculum Supervisor, Hunterdon Central Regional High School