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The NJBIZ General Counsel of the Year finalists for 2016
Jessica Perry//March 16, 2016
NJBIZ is proud to announce New Jersey’s most dynamic general counsels and chief legal officers with its list of finalists for the NJBIZ General Counsel of the Year awards for 2016. These professionals each play a crucial role in making their companies successful.
Finalists will be recognized and the winner in each category will be announced during an awards breakfast and ceremony on June 9, which will be held at The Palace at Somerset Park, 333 Davidson Ave., Somerset.
The program is sponsored by Update Legal, Update Discovery, Archer & Greiner, Gibbons P.C., K&L Gates, EisnerAmper, Princeton Legal Search Group LLC and Connell Foley.
For more information, click here.
Here are the 2016 General Counsel of the Year finalists, in alphabetical order:
Healthcare Organization
Nori Fey
Company: Bayada Home Healthcare, Inc.
Location: Wenonah
Alexander Gladney
Company: Capital Health
Location: Trenton
Ann Marie Henderson
Company: Raritan Bay Medical Center
Location: Perth Amboy
Maryann Kicenuik
Company: Holy Name Medical Center
Location: Teaneck
Kevin Kramer
Company: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
Location: Rahway
Paul Matey
Company: University Hospital
Location: Newark
Leslie Prizant
Company: CarePoint Health System
Location: Jersey City
Nonprofit or Government Organization
Jennifer Birmingham
Company: Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
Location: Edison
Hope Blackburn
Company: Jersey City Public Schools
Location: Jersey City
Katherine Hatton
Company: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Location: Princeton
Alida Kass
Company: New Jersey Civil Justice Institute
Location: Trenton
Private Company with annual revenues over $500 million
Jazmine Estacio
Company: Coach USA
Location: Paramus
Michelangelo Troisi
Company: Haier America Company
Location: Wayne
Robert Zetterstrom
Company: NJM Insurance Company
Location: West Trenton
Private Company with annual revenues up to $500 million
Jonathan Broder
Company: Consolidated Rail Corporation
Location: Philadelphia
Richard Kaluzinski
Company: GEODIS Wilson USA, Inc.
Location: Iselin
Michael Kurland
Company: Supreme Oil Company (aka Admiration Foods)
Location: Englewood
Michael Martin
Company: MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey
Location: Lawrenceville
Phillip Patton
Company: Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc.
Location: Secaucus
Shirleen Roberts
Company: Heller Industrial Parks, Inc.
Location: Edison
Elizabeth Tedeschi
Company: Continuum Health Alliance, LLC
Location: Marlton
James K. Valenti, Esq., PE, PP
Company: T&M Associates
Location: Middletown
Bernard Vaughan
Company: Flexi-Van Leasing, Inc.
Location: Kenilworth
Public Company
Damien Atkins
Company: Panasonic Corporation of North America
Location: Newark
David Hill
Company: NRG Energy, Inc.
Location: Princeton
Jay Kooper
Company: Middlesex Water Company
Location: Iselin
Rising Star
Eman Ahmed-Fakhry
Company: Mindray DS USA
Location: Mahwah
Rachel Engelstein
Company: GAF
Location: Parsippany
James Hetzel
Company: Hackensack University Medical Center
Location: Hackensack
Michael Jardim
Company: Nokia
Location: Murray Hill
Dana McMahon
Company: Novo Nordisk Inc.
Location: Plainsboro
Jeff Sipos
Company: ProSight Specialty Insurance
Location: Morristown
Iveta Wentink
Company: TOTE, Inc.
Location: Princeton
Lifetime Achievement Award
William N. Farran
Company: Innophos Holdings, Inc.
Location: Cranbury
