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 Military and Veterans Affairs, State, Banking and Insurance, Community Affairs, Gaming, Sports and Entertainment, Agriculture and Authorities. These sub-committees will conduct a top to bottom review of their respective government department and agency.

Military and Veterans Affairs

Col. Mike Warner, U.S. Army (Ret.), Chair
President, SMH International

Dr. John de Talvo
Retired Superintendent of Schools, Perth Amboy

Robert Ferguson, Jr., USN
President, Ambrose Asset Management

Gen. Paul Glazar, ANG (Ret.)
Retired General and Consultant

Paul Goldenberg
Senior Adviser, Department of Homeland Security

Ronald Griffin, U.S. Army
Gold Star Father and Founder, Military Families United

Mary Annie Harper
Chief of Staff, Congressman LoBiondo

Col. Peter O’Hagan, USMC (Ret.)
Former Director, New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety

State

Lieutenant Governor-Elect Kim Guadagno, Chair

Jeff Booker
Consultant, Brown & Brown Metro Insurance

Joan Bramhall
Morris County Clerk

Jack Carbone, Esq.
Partner, Carbone and Faase

Carol Cronheim
Seminar Director, Leadership New Jersey and Ph. D. Candidate, Bloustein School, Rutgers University

Emlyn Koster
President/ C.E.O., Liberty Science Center

Ruth Lipper
Director, TeleTech Corp.

Terriann Moore-Abrams, Esq.
Chief Attorney, Essex County

Robert Morrison
President, Quadrant Arts Education Research


Banking and Insurance

Edward Deutsch, Chair
Chairman, Somerset Hills Bancorp and Partner, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP

Thomas Considine
Vice President of Government Relations, MetLife

Claire Eckert
Retired Executive, Goldman Sachs

James V. Gorman
Chairman, Blue Warrior Capital

Russell L. Hewit
Senior Partner, Dughi & Hewit, P.C.

Leo Leyva, Esq.
Shareholder, Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, PA

Bruce Meisel
President/CEO, Pascack Community Bank

Albert Preziosi
Co-Owner, World Auto Group

Cindy Radazzo
JT PAC, US Representative

James Ulrich
Director of Global Market Research, Deutsche Bank

Community Affairs

The Honorable Sandra Cunningham, Chair
State Senator, 31st District

Alfred Koeppe, Chair
CEO, Newark Alliance

Mayor John Bencivengo
Mayor of Hamilton Township

Bruce Blumenthal
Community Development Ombudsman, NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

Hank Butehorn, Esq.
Partner, Ronan Tuzzio & Giannone

William Cassidy
Senior Partner, The Human Resource Partnership LLC

George Louis Garcia
Managing Partner, Garcia Turula LLC.

Kelly Hatfield, PhD
Former Councilwoman, Summit

Mayor Kennedy O’Brien
Mayor of Sayreville

Ira Oskowsky
Regional Sales Director, CMG Mortgage Insurance Company

Michael Pane, Esq.
Partner, Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, PC

Gerry Scharfenberger
Deputy Mayor, Middletown

Charles Tahaney
Former Township Manager, Livingston

Tim Touhey
CEO, New Jersey Builders Association

Alan Zakin, Esq.
Principal, Alan Zakin Associates


Gaming, Sports and Entertainment

Jon Hanson, Chair
Chairman and Founder of the Hampshire Real Estate Companies
Former Chairman, New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority

Joseph Corbo, Jr.
Vice President and General Counsel, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa

Vince Curatola
Actor

Michael Gulotta
CEO, Deo Volente Farm

Carole Hedinger
Former Acting Executive Director, New Jersey Lottery

Mark Juliano
CEO, Trump Entertainment

Al Leiter
Commentator, YES Network

Allen Littlefield
Partner, Fishman, Littlefield & Fishman LLC

Bob Mulcahy
Former Athletic Director, Rutgers University

Jim O’Neil
Chief of Investigations, NJ Lottery

David Satz
Vice President of Government Relations and Development, Harrah's Enterntainment, Inc.

John Tsanas, Esq.
Attorney at Law

Lloyd Tulp
Principal, Tulfra Realty

Finn Wentworth
Founder, YES Network and Former CEO/COO, Yankeenets


Agriculture

George Gilmore, Chair
Chairman, Ocean County Republican Organization

Kurt Alstede
General Manager, Alstede Farms LLC

William Brooks
Farmer and Deputy Mayor, Upper Pittsgrove

Sam Fiocchi

Bob Greco
Chairman, Cumberland County Republican Organization

Paul Galletta
Owner, Atlantic Blueberry Company

Charles Kuperus
Former Secretary of Agriculture and Owner, Kuperus Farmside Gardens & Florist

Steven V. Lee, IV
Secretary/Treasurer, Lee Brothers, Inc

Peter Melick
Farmer, Melick's Town Farm and Former Member, State Board of Agriculture

Gregory Romano
Assistant Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation

Jack Tomasello
Vice-President/Co-Owner, Tomasello Winery

Hal Wirths
Freeholder, Sussex County


Authorities

Michael DuHaime, Chair
Managing Partner, Mercury Public Affairs, LLC

Andrew S. Berns, Esq.
Partner, Einhorn, Harris, Ascher, Barbarito & Frost, P.C.

Matthew Boxer
State Comptroller

Joseph Buckelew
Executive Chairman, Conner Strong

John J. Carney, Esq.
Partner, Baker Hostetler, LLP

Oren Dabney, Sr.
CEO, Jersey City Incinerator Authority

Anthony Della Pelle, Esq.
Attorney, McKirdy and Riskin PA

Craig Domalewski, Esq.
Partner, Dughi and Hewit, PC

Daniel R. Lindemann, Esq.
Attorney, Lindemann LLC

Thaddeus Maciag, Esq.
Attorney, Maciag Law LLC

Steven H. Sholk, Esq.
Director, Gibbons P.C.

Charles H. Shotmeyer
President, Shotmeyer Brothers, Inc.

Dianne Solomon
Former Senior Account Administrator, Keane Organization

Mary Elizabeth Warner, Esq.
Corporate Counsel, Quick Chek Corporation