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Here are members of Murphy’s Restart and Recovery Advisory Council
Gov. Phil Murphy announced a Restart and Recovery Advisory Council, a group of New Jersey business and municipal leaders who will help organize plans to restart the state’s economy. The council will be divided into nine sector-based groups.
Here are the members, by sector, as provided by the Governor’s Office:
Facilities and Construction
- Marlene Asselta, SNJDC
- David Barry, Ironstate Development
- Joe Baumann, McManimon, Scotland & Baumann
- Staci Berger, Housing and Community Development
- Wasseem Boraie, Boraie Development LLC
- David Brogan, N.J. Apartment Association
- Sarah Clarke, DEVCO
- Bill Colgan, Community Healthcare Associates
- Jeff Crum, Community Asset Preservation Corp.
- Morris Davis, Rutgers Center for Real Estate
- Eileen Della Volle, KS Engineers
- Mike DeMarco, Mack-Cali Realty Corp.
- Joe DeMark, Sheetmetal Workers
- Jeremy Farrell, LeFrak Organization
- Carl Goldberg, Canoe Brook Management LLC
- Lori Grifa, Archer & Greiner
- Derrek Griggs, Affordable Housing Alliance
- Michael Hanrahan, American Institute of Architects N.J.
- Joe Jingoli, Joseph Jingoli & Son Inc.
- Lisa John-Basta, CSG Law
- Vinnie Lane, Painters
- Mike Maloney, Pipetrades
- Nevins McCann, Connell Foley
- Mike McGuinness, NAIOP
- Gil Medina, CBRE
- Bill Mullen, Building Trades Council
- Wendy Neu, Hugo Neu
- Darwin Roman, National Association of Latino Professional Realtors
- John Saraceno, Onyx
- Carol Ann Short, NJBA
- David Simon, Simon Property Group
- Ron Simoncini, Axiom Communications
- Bill Sproule, Carpenters
- Elizabeth Tice, K. Hovnanian Homes
- Richard Tolson, Bricklayers
- Jerry Zaro, Sills Cummis
Government
- Peggy Anastos, LUPE
- Ras Baraka, Urban Mayors
- Joe Calabro, IBEW
- Eugene Caldwell, Jail Wardens
- Mike Cerra, League of Municipalities
- Pat Colligan, N.J. State PBA
- Tom DeGise, Hudson executive
- Joe DiVincenzo, Essex executive
- John Donnadio, NJAC
- Ed Donnelly, N.J. FMBA
- Bob Fox, N.J. FOP
- Brian Hughes, Mercer executive
- Al Kelly, Urban Mayors
- Janice Kovach, Mayor/NJLM
- Colleen Lapp, tax collector N.J.
- Dennis Levinson, Atlantic executive
- Mike Mastronardy, Sheriffs COA
- Steve McConlogue, N.J. PFA
- John McCormac, former treasurer
- Dave Miller, County Finance Officers
- Janice Mironov, N.J. Conference of Mayors/NJLM
- Frank Moran, Urban Mayors
- Teri O’Connor, NJA County Admins
- Steve Peter, Clerks COA
- Hetty Rosenstein, CWA
- Gerry Seneski, Finance Officers
- Connor Shaw, IUJAT
- Susan Shin Angulo, mayor
- Amol Sinha, ACLU
- Jim Tedesco, Bergen executive
- Steve Tully, AFSCME
- Jaclyn Veasey, mayor
- Matt Watkins, Municipal Managers
Health Care
- David Baiada, Bayada Home Health Care
- Mike Beson, Guide Strategies
- Kevin Conlin, Horizon BCBSNJ
- Joan Dublin, NJPA and Metropolitan FQHC in Jersey City
- Shereef Elnahal, University Hospital
- Nancy Fitterer, N.J. Home Healthcare Hospice Association
- Dovid Friedman, CHEMED
- Robert Garrett, Hackensack Meridian Health
- Perry Halkitis, Rutgers School of Public Health
- Heather Howard, Princeton, RWJF
- Ev Liebman, AARP
- Al Maghazehe, Capital Health
- Ana Montero, formerly Red Cross leader
- Kevin O’Dowd, Cooper Hospital
- Barry Ostrowsky, RWJBarnabas Health
- Jubril Oyeyemi, Cherry Hill Free Clinic – General Practice
- John Regis, doctors representative
- Milly Silva, SEIU 1199
- Kevin J. Slavin, St. Joseph’s Health
- Mark Taylor, N.J. Pharmacist Association
- Keeanga Taylor, Princeton University
- Mitchell Weiner, N.J. Dental Association
- Debbie White, HPAE
Main Street
- Stephen Blazejewski, N.J. LGBT Chamber
- Linda Bowden, PNC Bank-Small Business
- Francisco Cortes, New Jersey State Veterans Chamber of Commerce
- Jeanne Cretella, NJRHA
- Luis De La Hoz, Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of N.J.
- Leon Fraser, NJSBDC
- Barri Gibson, Ruby Red Roots
- Bill Granfield, SEIU Local 100 – Unite Here (restaurant workers)
- John Harmon, AACCNJ
- Paul Hoffman, Liberty Science Center
- Duvi Honig, Orthodox Chamber of Commerce
- Frank Isoldi, Caldwell Banker
- Jill Johnson, Institution for Entrepreneurial Leadership
- Raymond Lamboy, Latin American Economic Development Association Inc.
- Richard Lawton, N.J. Sustainable Business Council
- Brandon McKoy, NJPP
- Vonda McPherson, restaurant operator, Newark
- John McWeeney, New Jersey Bankers
- Carmen Mendiola, Restaurant and Small Business Advisory Committee in Jersey City
- Maria Neives, HOLA
- Priti Pandya-Patel, N.J. Asian Indian Chamber of Commerce
- Vipul Patel, Asian American Retail Association
- Ben Pearlman, NJRMA
- Corinne Power, Camden restaurant operator
- Christina Renna, Southern N.J. Chamber
- Nadeem “Nick” Saleem, ICSJ/United Wealth Group LLC
- John Sarno, Employers Association of N.J.
- Michele Siekerka, NJBIA
- Dean Smith, N.J. Main Street Alliance
Manufacturing and Supply Chain
- Jeff Altschuler, Allied Beverage Group
- Tiffany Bohlin, FullBlue360
- Laurel Brennan, AFL-CIO
- Patricia Campos Medina, the Worker Institute, ILR Cornell University
- Kim Case, R&D Council
- Gail Ciccione, Becton Dickinson
- Jessica Culle, CATA
- Sara Cullinane, Make the Road
- Linda Doherty, N.J. Food Council
- Lisa Dreilinger, RB
- Adam Glauberg, Johnson & Johnson
- Dennis Hart, N.J. Chemistry Council
- Debbie Hart, BioNJ
- John Impellizeri, Rutgers University
- Jean-Pierre Issa, Coriell Institute for Medical Research
- John Kennedy, NJMEP
- Shirley Kline, Ag Community
- Roxanne Lagano, Zoetis Inc.
- Wendy Lazarus, Pfizer
- Samuel Nesbit, FedEx
- Dean Paranicas, HINJ
- Mark Patterson, BASF
- Alphonse Rispoli, Teamsters
- Charles Rosen, Ironbound Farms
- Nancy Rurkowski, Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Tony Russo, CIANJ
- Joe Sheridan, Wakefern
- Tom Szaky, Terracycle
- Kim Van Utrecht, UPS
- Dave Young, UFCW
Professional Services
- Neil Bhaskar, Bode
- Tom Bracken, N.J. Chamber of Commerce
- Charlene Brown, ATT
- Kevin Brown, SEIU 32-BJ
- Cathleen Callahan, Bank of America
- Art Cifelli, the Venn Group
- Kevin Cummings, Investors Bank
- Marilyn Davis, Altice
- Alma DeMetropolis, JPMorgan Chase
- Brenda Ross Dulan, Princeton Chamber
- Marcus Dyer, WithumSmith+Brown
- Don Katz, Audible
- Mitch Livingston, NJM Insurance Group
- Laura Matos, Kivvit, Lupe PAC
- Carlos Medina, Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of N.J.
- Michelle Meyer-Shipp, KPMG
- Pamela Miller, Global Strategies
- Christine O’Brien, Insurance Council of N.J.
- Evelyn Padin, NJSBA
- Raj Parikh, Genova Burns
- Braxton Plummer, Verizon
- Aaron Price, NJTC
- Jatinder Singh
- Jackie Taylor, EY
- Gina Tedesco, Golden Seeds
- Ian Trombley, NBC Universal
- Kelly Watson, KPMG
Social Services and Faith
- Mohsen Badran, ACCSES New Jersey Inc.
- Tom Baffuto, the ARC of N.J.
- Jessica Berrocal, N.J. Sisterhood
- Jacob Caplan, Easterseals NJ
- Tiffany Cardwell, Coalition of Day Care Centers in Jersey City-New Brunswick
- Peter Chen, Advocates for Children N.J.
- Joshua Cohen, Jewish Federation
- Ronsha Dickerson, Camden We Choose
- Eric Dobson, UBA/Fair Share Housing
- The Rev. Raymond Fawole, African Pastors
- Christian Fuscarino, Garden State Equality
- Kiran Gaudioso, United Way Northern New Jersey
- Susan Haspel, Boys & Girls Clubs in New Jersey
- Elaine Helms, Rain Foundation
- Renee Koubiadis, Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey
- Adele LaTourette, Food Bank
- Sara Lilja, LeamNJ
- Wendy Martinez, Latino Pastors and Ministers
- The Rev. Marilyn Monroe Harris
- Salah Mustafa, ICPC
- Joshua Rodriguez, National Latino Evangelical Coalition, New Jersey Coalition of Latino Pastors and Ministers
- Carlos Rodriguez, Community FoodBank of New Jersey
- The Rev. Louis Roundtree, Newark Office of Clergy Affairs
- Phyllis Salowe-Kay, Citizen Action
- Avi Schnall Agudath, Israel of America
- The Rev. Dr. Danny Scotton, Alpha Baptist Church
- The Rev. John Taylor, reverend in Trenton
- The Rev. Lester Taylor, General Baptist Convention
- Imam Uhmar Salahuddin, Pleasantville
- Wei Han Zhou, Community Options
Tourism and Entertainment
- Curtis Bashaw, Congress Hall
- Steve Callender, Casino Association of New Jersey
- Brian Cheripka, iStar Development
- Vicki Clark, N.J. Tourism Industry Association
- Dennis Drazin, Monmouth Racetrack
- Haime Elhai, New York Jets
- Curtis Farrow, Irving Street Rep
- Jarrod Grasso, N.J. Realtors
- Peter Guelli, New York Giants
- Jeff Gural, GFP Real Estate
- Marilou Halvorsen, N.J. Restaurant & Hospital Association
- Bishop Robert Hargrove, Atlantic City Minister Coalition
- Amy Herbold, Triple Five
- Jim Kirkos, Meadowlands Chamber
- Dan McCarthy, Lake Hopatcong Commission
- Bob McDevitt, Local 54
- Will Morey, Morey Piers
- Kevin O’Brien, IATSE
- Scott O’Neil, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment
- Sheila Reynertson, NJPP
- Marilyn Schlossbach, New Jersey Restaurant & Hospitality Association
- Brendan Sciarra, Cape May Brewing
- Ron Vandeveen, MetLife Stadium
- Peter Ward, Hotel Trades Council
- Roberto Yañez, Univision
- John Schreiber, NJPAC
Transportation and Infrastructure
- Amit Bose, HNTB, Coalition for Northeast Corridor
- Nat Bottigheimer, Regional Plan Association
- Dave Smith, UTCA
- Alixon Collazos, Public Affairs Expert
- Dennis Dagget, ILA-1094
- Jim Fakult, Jersey Central Power & Light Co.
- Reva Foster, NJ-BIC
- Pam Frank, Charge EVC
- David Gahl, Solar Energy Industry Association
- Steve Gardner, LiUNA
- Dan Gumble, IBEW Local 164
- Kim Haneman, PSE&G
- Jerome Johnson, SMART
- Jill Kaplan, United Airlines
- Glen Kartalis, Council of Engineers
- Jack Koscic, ACCNJ
- Greg Lalavee, Operating Engineers 825
- Nadine Leslie, Suez Water
- Ev Liebeman, AARP
- Ali Maher, Center for Advanced Infrastructure & Transportation
- Lauren Moore, Atlantic County Economic Alliance
- Jon Nardi, New York Shipping Association
- Cheryl Norton, American Water
- Fred Potter, Teamsters
- Mike Renna, South Jersey Industries
- Orlando Riley, ATU
- Nick Sifuentes, Tri State Transportation Campaign
- Scott Sprengel, Coach USA, BANJ
- Fred Warner, AECOM
- Steve Westhoven, N.J. Natural Resources
- Ray Woodall, Ironworkers
- Charlie Wowkanech, AFL-CIO
BIC launches program to recycle the “write” way
New Tec Climate Action focused on eco-friendly initiatives and green economy
As COVID-19’s peak passes, many are wondering how the government can transition to a more eco-friendly economy when recovery efforts begin.
“This is an opportunity now, as we see there’s going to be a ‘new normal’ once we get through this pandemic about ‘how are we going to rebuild the economy,” said Helen Doyle, member of New Tec Climate Action.
“This is our opportunity to rebuild it with clean technology and renewable energy sources…we need to ween ourselves off of fossil fuels.”
New Tec Climate Action, a small group of environmentally conscious individuals, formed through St. John’s Anglican Church in Alliston late last year, had to pause monthly meetings due to COVID-19, but is hoping to start up some green initiatives locally when they resume.
“Our aim is to engage citizens of New Tecumseth on climate action and to increase the awareness of the need for climate action at the local level,” noted Doyle.
She told The Times two key components of climate action are mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and adapting communities to ensure they’re resilient to the impacts of climate change.
“I believe that this is the biggest global health threat that we’ve faced,” Doyle stressed. “Our generation and future generations are certainly going to bear the brunt of the actions that our generation and past generations have taken.
“It’s just so important, as individuals and as community, that we begin to take action – it’s not too late.”
New Tec Climate Action was slowly growing before COVID-19 struck the community, putting a stop to its monthly meetings, but group members plan to resume at an appropriate time when controls around the virus loosen.
In late February, New Tec Climate Action held an open house at St. John’s Church that saw notable interest from the community.
“We talked to members of the public that were interested in climate action, we talked to them about what our community could do,” Doyle recalled.
The group is currently determining its primary areas of focus, which could include sustainable transportation, waste reduction, and protecting green spaces.
“We’re still at the exploratory stage where we want to engage the community more,” Doyle noted. “I think we do really have to look at where we can have the most impact, where are the sources of emissions in our community.”
In terms of transportation, Doyle said it’s important for the Town to support active methods, such as sidewalks, trails, and bicycle paths.
“It’s great that we have the Trans Canada Trail that runs through New Tecumseth,” Doyle said. “The Town could support that, make sure that it’s accessible, and people are aware of it.”
As well, it’s important to look at the way communities are built to create less of a need for driving long distances.
“If we’re reducing our transportation use, we’re also improving air quality because the same emissions from transportation that contribute to climate change also contribute to air pollution,” Doyle noted.
When looking at waste reduction, New Tec Climate Action partnered with TerraCycle in early April, which is a convenient and responsible solution for recycling toothbrushes and oral care waste.
There’s currently a designated box for oral care waste and packaging setup in the foyer of St. John’s Church, which helps the community recycle toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, the outer packaging of toothbrushes and toothpastes, and floss containers, all in one place.
Although the church is currently closed because of COVID-19, people are encouraged to hold onto their dental waste and deposit it there when it reopens.
Meanwhile, planting trees to create more green spaces and protect existing ones is another area of focus for New Tec Climate Action, according to Doyle.
“On mitigation, trees are a great tool to sequester carbon and on the adaptation side, we know trees provide shade for our communities, so that’s reducing urban heat islands,” she noted. “They’re also providing protection from harmful rays from the sun to prevent skin cancer.”
Doyle said New Tec Climate Action has plans to work with Town Council on achieving its goals related to the environment.
The municipality has an official plan related to climate change, but Doyle said they’re hoping to build a climate action plan with a more concrete framework for becoming eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable.
She told The Times she’s encouraging anyone with an interest in climate change to contact their government representatives as well.
“Talk to your local politicians and send emails or letters to your provincial politicians to say we need climate action for the future generations and we need to start now,” Doyle stressed.
Going forward, she said because New Tec Climate Action is still a relatively new group and growing, any feedback or ideas around climate action are appreciated.
“We really are hoping to engage the community and have them tell us if there are local initiatives they really want to promote,” she said.
To get involved send an email to NewTecClimate@gmail.com or send a direct message to the “New Tec Climate” Facebook Page.
By Sam Odrowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter