Past Classes
Lead New Jersey proudly presents the following groups of individuals whose outstanding contributions in their professional and community activities have distinguished them for inclusion as Lead New Jersey Fellows over the past few years.
LNJ 2019

Adrianna Abizadeh, LALDEF Justine Abrams, Genova Burns Sue Altman, Working Families Alliance Jill Barry, Morven Museum & Gardens Linda Bazemore, Atlantic County Utilities Authority Kaitlin Bundy, Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission Paul Ceppi, NJ Economic Development Authority Dee Colello, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Linda Coles, NJM Insurance Danielle Corradino, The Corradino Group Kathleen Cullen, Cooper's Ferry Partnership Joseph D'Amore, NJ Resources Anthony Fraizer, South Jersey Community Foundation Deborah Frazier, Hightower/LRG Advisors Katherine Gazda, NJ Shares Simone Gore, NJ Transit Cathleen Hamilton, NJ Economic Development Authority Nicole Harris, After-School All-Stars Natasha Hemmings, Girl Scounts Heart of Jersey Sarah Hetznecker, PSEG Solar Source Sakinah Hoyte, Newark Workforce Development Board Rhaman Johnson, NJ Board of Public Utilities
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Ananda Kanapathy, NJ Resources
Pankaj Lal, Montclair State University Stephen Lyman, IHS Maritime Linda Malave, Prudential Financial Matthew Marinello, Atlantic Health Systems John Meehan, JCP&L Shiv Patel, Stockton University Robert Pohlman, NJ Resources Brian Quinn, Audible Michael Rasmussen, NPower Molly Rennie, United Way of Northern NJ Holly Rotkowitz, NJ American Water Richard Simon, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Marisa Slaten, Pepco Holdings Lydia Smith, Union County Division of Social Services Jennifer Phillips Smith, Gibbons PC Sarah Snell, Holman Frenia + Allison Angela Speakman, NJ Council for the Humanities Wayne Staub, NJBIA Tom Wighard, LAN Associates Renee Koubiadis, Anti-Poverty Network Zoubir Yazid, Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County
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LNJ 2018

LNJ 2017

Khristi Adams, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens Luke Apicella, Prudential - Prudential Impact Investments Kelly Bonventre, NJ Sharing Network Sarah Bryant, Cooper's Ferry Partnership Jesse Burns, League of Women Voters of New Jersey Elizabeth Carter, Department of Economic and Housing Development, City of Newark Aaron Carter, Genova Burns LLC Tom Carvelli, Greenway Mortgage / Spring Lake Kim Case, CN Communications International Inc Thomas Churchelow, New Jersey Utilities Association Julie Davidson Meyers, Jewish Community Foundation Nicholas DeVecchis, New Jersey American Water Ed DiFiglia, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association Dawn Doherty, Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, Inc. Rudy Garcia, MBI Timothy Giordano, Jumpstart at Montclair State University Alfred Glass, New Jersey Natural Gas Susan Haig, CivicStory.org Kimberley Higgs, NJPRA Sudha Iyer, New Jersey Audubon Society Kate Juliani, Stockton University Lisa Knothe, Community FoodBank of NJ Kyle Kudla, TD Bank, N.A. David Lawyer, New Jersey Economic Development Authority Anton Lendor, DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, and Cole, LLP
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Cathleen Lewis, AAA Northeast Maria Lockwood, Princeton University, Community-Based Learning Initiative Ed MacQueen, Integrity Health Brian Maher, Berkeley College Laura Mandell, The Fund for New Jersey Sandra Meola, NY/NJ Baykeeper Alison Mitchell, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Andrew Musick, New Jersey Business & Industry Association Eric Orlando, Kaufman Zita Group Angela Ortiz, PSEG Jennifer Passerini, Camp Nejeda Foundation Rob Pollock, PSE&G/Delivery Projects and Construction Lori Price Abrams, MWWPR Johanne Rateau, Hyacinth AIDS Foundation Ashley Rey, Rey Financial Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Kate Ro, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company Erica Urquhart, Urquhart Orthopedic Associates Jaymie Santiago, New Brunswick Tomorrow Tom Shroba, New Jersey American Water Philip Swibinski, Vision Media Marketing Inc. Ryan Tookes, Atlantic City Electric Kimberly Warrick, New Jersey SHARES David Wheeler, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey |
LNJ 2016

Bob Allison, Holman Frenia Allison |
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Bryan Kuderna, Kuderna Financial Team |
Kevin Aspell, OPUS Consulting |
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Lisa Leibig, Prudential-USB Customer Service |
Matthew Baker, Genova Burns LLC |
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Catherine Malone, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
Anthony Berkley, Prudential Financial, Inc. |
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Melissa Marcopoto, TD Bank |
Sara Bluhm, New Jersey Business & Industry Association |
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Rebecca Mazzarella, W20 & Twist Marketing |
Pamela Brant, Symphony in C |
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Linda Meehan, Thomas Edison State University |
Elizabeth Brewer, sanofi |
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Meishka Mitchell, Cooper's Ferry Partnership |
Zoe Brookes, Trenton Circus Squad |
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David Monegro, City National Bank |
Carol Ann Campbell, Campbell Health Media |
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Christa Newsom, ADP |
Becky Candelora, Irvington Housing Authority |
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Joseph Pantalone, Atlantic County Utilities Authority |
Carlotta Chan, PSEG |
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Debbie Parker, Parker Select LLC |
Melanie Cohn, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey |
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Chris Peake, Somerset County/Greater Raritan One-Stop |
Alita Corbett, Atlantic City Electric |
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Steve Ramiza, LAN Associates |
Diane Davidson, New Jersey Resources Corporation |
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Lyneir Richardson, Rutgers Business School |
Ryan Diehl, NJM Insurance Company |
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Peter Ruccione, American Diabetes Association |
Bhavini Doshi, City of Jersey City |
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Shabnam Salih, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers |
Bridget Everett, Ocean County College |
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Michael Schmid, PSEG |
Courtney Fagan, Wakefern Food Corp. |
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Jessica Szczepanik, Inroads to Opportunities |
Jeremy Grunin, Jay and Linda Grunin Foundation |
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Bea Tassot, Npower |
Sidney Hargro, Community Foundation of South Jersey |
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Carmen Tierno, New Jersey American Water Company |
Amelia Kamrad, Sustainable Jersey |
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Manuel Torres, The Walls Torres Group LLC |
Adam Kerins, Zoological Society of New Jersey |
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Sheila Trapp, New Jersey Association on Correction |
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LNJ 2015

Ridhima Ahluwalia, City National Bank |
Frank Lucchesi, PSEG |
Lorraine Augostini, NJ Office of the Public Defender |
Chance Lykins, MBI GluckShaw |
Howard Banker, NJ Community Capital |
Robert Martin, Rutgers University Foundation |
Elizabeth Bennet, RWJBarnabas Health |
Kacy O'Brien, Creative New Jersey |
Katharine Boyle, BASF |
Terry Pearl, St. Joseph's Healthcare System |
John Cecil, New Jersey Audubon Society |
Anne-Marie Peracchio, New Jersey Natural Gas |
Jackie Cornell, US Dept. of HHS |
John Queenan, ADP |
Samuel Cornish, Calcagni & Kanefsky, LLP |
Denise Quinn |
Diane Epps, Stockton University |
Jay Redd, Gibbons PC |
Debra Falk, NJTV |
Dawn Schwartz, Junior Achievement |
Aida Figueroa, Camden City School District |
Terri Seeney, Panasonic |
Robert Fullagar, Middlesex Water Company |
Lynn Smith, M&T Bank |
Dan Gallagher, TD Bank |
Judith Tutela, Spire Group PC |
Isabel Goncalves-Rooney, PSEG |
Meghan Umukoro, NJ Transit |
Diane Hagerman, New Jersey Health Initiatives |
Karen Uricoli, Rutgers Business School |
Michael Hritz, Township of North Brunswick |
Christian Valieriani, EvenFlow Philanthropy |
Marshell Jones-Kumahor, NJ Symphony Orchestra |
Bill Vierbuchen, Camp Nejeda Foundation |
Denise Katula, County of Somerset |
Kevin Watsey, New Jersey American Water |
Cynthia Kiely, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
Jewel Watson, Lowenstein Sandler LLP |
Christi Kobus Rokicki, The Land Conservancy of NJ |
Craig Weinrich, Council of NJ Grant Makers |
Natalie Kraner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP |
Samantha Wilkins, Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide |
Diane Litterer, New Jersey Prevention Network |
Kamili Williams |
Dan Love, Radwell International, Inc. |
Michael Winter, Choose New Jersey |
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Ellen Yu, Dunn & Bradstreet |
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