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NJWLA Executive Board
| Name | Position | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|
| Reneé Rubino | President | Gibbons P.C. One Gateway Center Newark, NJ 07102-5310 973-849-1769 |
| Jody A. Carbone | President Elect | Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office 25 Kirkpatrick Street, 3rd Floor New Brunswick, NJ 08901 732-745-8891 |
| Abigail J. Remore | Vice President | Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC 105 Eisenhower Parkway Roseland, NJ 07068 973-325-1500 |
| Melissa Miele Bracuti | Co-Chief Financial Officer | McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP 1300 Mt. Kemble Avenue, P.O. Box 2075 Morristown, New Jersey 07962-2075 973-401-7123 |
| Jewel McGowan Watson | Co-Chief Financial Officer | The Prudential Insurance Company of America 751 Broad Street Newark, NJ 07102 973-802-4862 |
| Katherine (Kate) Suell | Co-Chief Financial Officer | Catalent Pharma Solutions 14 Schoolhouse Road Somerset, NJ 08873 732-537-6517 |
| Silvia P. Fernandes | Co-Chief Operating Officer | ARCTRUST Properties, Inc. 1401 Broad Street Clifton, New Jersey 07013 973-249-1388 |
| Michele Haas | Co-Chief Operating Officer | Brown & Connery 20 Tanner Street Haddonfield, New Jersey 08033 856-292-8535 |
| Wendy Klein | Co-Chief Operating Officer | Cole Schotz P.C. 25 Main Street Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 201-525-6266 |
| Marisa R. Kussoy | Co-Chief Operating Officer | RWJBarnabas Health 95 Old Short Hills Road West Orange NJ 07052 973-322-4805 |
| Jennifer Jones | Co-Chief Diversity Officer | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP One Jefferson Road, 2nd Floor Parsippany, NJ 07054 973-503-5996 |
| Rippi Karda | Co-Chief Diversity Officer | Verizon 1 Verizon Way, 54N124C Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 201-787-0453 |
| Susan Schleck Kleiner | Co-Chief Diversity Officer | OGC Solutions/ Santomassimo Davis LLP 1 Gatehall Drive, Suite 100 Parsippany, NJ 07054 201-712-1616 908-705-3242 |
| Grace Byrd | Co-Secretary | Sills Cummis & Gross, P.C. One Riverfront Plaza Newark, NJ 07102 973-643-6792 |
| Kimberly Doyle | Co-Secretary | Barnes & Noble College 120 Mountain View Blvd Basking Ridge NJ 07920 908-991-2972 |
| Heather Boshak | Co-General Counsel | Fox Rothschild, LLP 49 Market Street Morristown, NJ 07960 973-994-7508 |
| Megan Monson | Co-General Counsel | Lowenstein Sandler LLP One Lowenstein Drive Roseland, New Jersey 07068 973-597-2570 |
| Sheea Sybblis | Co-General Counsel | Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 203-942-3570 |
| Sharmila D. Jaipersaud | Immediate Past President | Hackensack Meridian Health 343 Thornall Street Edison NJ 08837 551-352-3253 |
| Diana C. Manning | Nominations Co-Director | Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. 325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301 Florham Park, NJ 07932 973-514-1200 |
| Dina M. Mastellone | Nominations Co-Director | Jackson Lewis P.C. 200 Connell Drive, Suite 2000 Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 908-795-1992 |
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