Governor Chris Christie Files Direct Appointments

Trenton, NJ – Governor Chris Christie filed the following direct appointments with the Secretary of State’s Office.

DIRECT APPOINTMENTS

Camden County Health Services Center Board of Trustees
Public Members
Reappoint Gerald Faber, Esq. (Cherry Hill, Camden) 
Reappoint William Collins (Blackwood, Camden)

Child Advocacy Center Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board
Public Members
Appoint Gladibel Medina, MD, CAP, FAAP (New Brunswick, Middlesex)
Appoint Jacquelynn Duron, LCSW, Ph.D. (New Brunswick, Middlesex) 
Appoint Brenda Pollack, MSW, LCSW (Cherry Hill, Camden)

Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board 
NJ Prosecutor’s Association Representative
Appoint The Honorable Christopher Gramiccioni (Freehold, Monmouth)

Law Guardian
Appoint Lillian Brennan, Esq. (Cranford, Union)

Pediatrician with Expertise in Child Abuse and Neglect
Reappoint Kathryn McCans, M.D. (Havertown, Pennsylvania)

Psychologist with Expertise in Child Abuse or Related Field
Appoint Elayne Weitz, Psy.D. (Whitehouse Station, Hunterdon)

Social Work Educator with Experience in Child Abuse or Related Field
Appoint Jennifer Pax, JD, LCSW (Washington, Warren)

Substance Abuse Expert
Appoint Frank Schwoeri, Ph.D. (Moorestown, Burlington)

Community Mental Health Citizens Advisory Board
Consumers
Appoint Richard Thompson (Hamilton, Mercer) 
Reappoint Michael Ippoliti (Edgewater Park, Burlington) 
Reappoint Helen Williams (Ewing, Mercer) 
Reappoint Harry Coe (Englishtown, Monmouth) 
Reappoint Winifred Chain (Lumberton, Burlington) 
Reappoint Marie Verna (Titusville, Mercer)

Public Member Recommended by the Board of Chosen Freeholders
Appoint Tracy Maksel, Ph.D. (Toms River, Ocean)

Provider
Reappoint Annette Wright (Paterson, Passaic)

Public Member Recommended by the NJ League of Municipalities
Reappoint The Honorable Phillip Lubitz (Stockton, Hunterdon)

Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board 
Program for Battered Women
Reappoint Asia Smith (East Orange, Essex)

Social Worker
Reappoint Sarah McMahon, Ph.D. (Cranford, Union)

Licensed Health Care Professional
Reappoint Carolyn Fernandez (Freehold, Monmouth)

Governor’s Council on the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities
Public Members
Reappoint Jeananne Arnone, RN, BS (Shrewsbury, Monmouth) 
Reappoint Lynne Levin, OTR (Cherry Hill, Camden) 
Reappoint Judith Morales, MSW, LCSW (Ridgefield Park, Bergen) 
Appoint Martin Johnson (Trenton, Mercer) 
Reappoint Leon Zimmerman (Lambertville, Hunterdon) 
Reappoint William Holloway, Jr., Ph.D. (Eastampton, Burlington) 
Reappoint Barbara May, RN, BSN, MPH (Cherry Hill, Camden) 
Reappoint Yvonne Wesley, Ph.D., RN (Rahway, Union) 
Appoint Forrest Elliott (Wood-Ridge, Bergen) 
Reappoint Mary DeJoseph, D.O. (Palmyra, Burlington) 
Reappoint Jean Wiegner (Princeton, Mercer) 
Appoint Caroline Coffield, Ph.D. (Hackettstown, Warren) 
Appoint Fran Gallagher (Princeton Junction, Mercer) 
Reappoint Ilise Zimmerman, MPH, MS (Haworth, Bergen) 
Reappoint Alyce Thomas, RD (Newark, Essex) 
Reappoint Dorothy Angelini, RN, MSN (Hamilton, Mercer) 
Reappoint Michael McCormack, Ph.D., FACMG (Mantoloking, Ocean) 
Reappoint Carol Ann Hogan, M.S.Ed. (Point Pleasant, Ocean) 
Reappoint George Lambert, M.D. (Belle Mead, Somerset) 
Appoint Marlene Schwebel, JD, APN (East Brunswick, Middlesex) 
Appoint Mala Spivack (Demarest, Bergen) 
Appoint Beatriz Oesterheld (Freehold, Monmouth) 
Appoint Thomas Westover, M.D. (Cherry Hill, Camden) 
Appoint Daniel Ranieri (Hamilton, Mercer) 
Appoint Munir Nazir, M.D. (Morganville, Monmouth)

Hunterdon Developmental Center Board of Trustees
Public Members
Reappoint Cynthia Yard (Flemington, Hunterdon) 
Reappoint Frank Hooper (Clinton, Hunterdon) 
Appoint Raafat Barsoom, M.D. (Belleville, Essex) 
Appoint Sharol Lewis, M.D. (Lebanon, Hunterdon) 
Appoint Jeffrey Mattison (Washington, Warren) 
Reappoint Glenn P. Lambert, M.D. (Flemington, Hunterdon) 
Reappoint Harold Wilmerding (Mendham, Morris)

Vineland Developmental Center Board of Trustees
Public Members
Reappoint Marion Kulick (Vineland, Cumberland) 
Reappoint Paula Ring, RN, BS (Millville, Cumberland) 
Reappoint Charles Valentine, Ed.D., BS, MA (Vineland, Cumberland) 
Appoint Donald Tretola (Hamilton, Mercer) 
Appoint Jenny Zayschly (Mount Laurel, Burlington)

Woodbine Developmental Center Board of Trustees
Public Members
Appoint Geraldine Virginia Murray (Woodbine, Cape May) 
Reappoint William Brown (Marmora, Cape May) 
Reappoint Rita M. Fulginiti (Ocean City, Cape May) 
Reappoint Sarah Rickards, R.N. (Villas, Cape May) 
Reappoint John H.C. West, III (Frenchtown, Hunterdon)

Medical Assistance Advisory Council
Public Member – Providers
Reappoint Theresa Edelstein, MPH, LNHA (Livingston, Essex) 
Appoint Christine Buteas (Edison, Middlesex) 
Reappoint Dorothea Libman (West Orange, Essex) 
Reappoint Mary Lund (Rahway, Union) 
Appoint The Honorable Mary Pat Angelini (Ocean, Monmouth) 
Reappoint Sherl Brand, RN, BSN (Westfield, Union)

Public Member – Consumers
Reappoint Mary Coogan, Esq. (Millstone Township, Monmouth) 
Reappoint Beverly Roberts (Kendall Park, Middlesex) 
Reappoint Wayne Vivian (Jersey City, Hudson) 
Reappoint Deborah Spitalnik, Ph.D. (Stockton, Hunterdon)

Governor’s Council on Mental Health Stigma
Public Members
Reappoint Sylvia Axelrod (Monroe Township, Middlesex) 
Reappoint Robin Cunningham (Pennington, Mercer) 
Appoint Monsignor Michael T. Mannion (Pennsauken, Camden) 
Reappoint Nadine Venezia, LSW (Bloomfield, Essex) 
Reappoint Debra L. Wentz, Ph.D. (Hopewell, Mercer) 
Appoint Steven Morse, Ed.D. (Mount Laurel, Burlington) 
Reappoint David Jacobs (Roseland, Essex) 
Appoint Emily Grossman (Montclair, Essex) 
Appoint Heidi Caroppo (Cliffside Park, Bergen) 
Appoint Reverend Jose C. Lopez (Jersey City, Hudson)

New Jersey Advisory Council on Traumatic Brain Injury
Public Members – Survivor of Traumatic Brain Injury or Family Member
Appoint Megan Reynolds (Brielle, Monmouth) 
Reappoint Muriel Overmars (Fair Lawn, Bergen) 
Reappoint Jill Brooks, Ph.D. (Bernardsville, Somerset) 
Reappoint Regina McGuire (Rutherford, Bergen) 
Appoint Jaya George (Basking Ridge, Somerset) 
Reappoint Roy Lippin (Fort Lee, Bergen) 
Reappoint Noelle McNeil (Little Silver, Monmouth) 
Reappoint Barbara Young (Livingston, Essex)

Public Members – Public/ Private Health Organization
Appoint Gregory Przybylski, M.D. (Warren, Somerset) 
Reappoint Carol Albanese, MSW, LCSW (Nutley, Essex) 
Reappoint Virgilio Caraballo (Vernon, Sussex) 
Reappoint Uday C. Mehta, M.D., MPH, FAACP (Westfield, Union)

Public Member – The Brain Injury Assocation of NJ Rep.
Appoint Rita Steindlberger (Westfield, Union)

Public Member – Disability Advisory or Planning Group Rep
Reappoint Deborah M. Spitalnik, Ph.D. (Stockton, Hunterdon)

Public Member – Injury Control Program Rep.
Reappoint Carol Ann Giardelli (Red Bank, Monmouth)

New Jersey Independent Living Council
Public Members
Reappoint Erin Seigh (Metuchen, Middlesex) 
Appoint Ina White (Springfield, Union) 
Appoint Mala R. Spivack (Demarest, Bergen) 
Appoint Johnesia L. McKenzie (Cherry Hill, Camden) 
Appoint Sheila K. DeVries (Totowa, Passaic)

New Jersey Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council
Public Member – Current Member of a County Mental Health Advisory Board
Reappoint Wendy S. DePedro (Belmar, Monmouth)

Public Member – Current or Retired Primary or Secondary School Teacher
Reappoint Michael Zapicchi (Manasquan, Monmouth)

Public Member with Personal or Family Experience with Suicide
Reappoint Wendy Sefcik (Towaco, Morris)

New Lisbon Developmental Center Board of Trustees
Public Members
Reappoint Joanne B. Schwartz, LNHA (Southampton, Burlington) 
Reappoint Dan Martin, Ed.D. (Delanco, Burlington)
Reappoint Reverend Emmanuel Pratsinakis (Moorestown, Burlington) 
Reappoint Robert F. Garrett, III (Marmora, Cape May) 
Appoint Stanley Fayer (Chatsworth, Burlington)

State Advisory Council for Basic and Intermediate Life Support
M.D./ Basic Life Support
Reappoint Stephen J. Vetrano, D.O. (Trenton, Mercer)

Non-Health Care Professional
Reappoint Adam C. Beder (Somerset, Somerset)

State Trauma System Advisory Committee
Additional Members with Trauma Experience
Reappoint Gene Allen Gast (Long Valley, Morris) 
Reappoint Andy Lovell (Swedesboro, Gloucester)

Individual with Expertise in the Prevention of Injury
Reappoint Karen Jean Feury, RN, APN, CCRN (Rockaway, Morris)

Pre-Hospital Care Provider  – Volunteer Basic Life Support Provider Recommended by the NJ State First Aid Council
Appoint Bruce Brian Bonanno, M.D. (Belmar, Monmouth)

Licensed NJ Nurse Recommended by the NJ Chapter of Emergency Nurses Association
Reappoint Timothy James Murphy, M.S.N., R.N., ACNP-BC, CEN (Somerset, Somerset)

Medical Director of the Emergency Department of a NJ Hospital (Not a State Designated Trauma Center)
Reappoint Dr. Domenic F. Coletta (Marmora, Cape May)

Pre-Hospital Care Provider – Advanced Life Support Provider Recommended by the State Mobile Intensive Care Advisory Council
Reappoint Steven A. Cohen (Clifton, Passaic)

Hunger Prevention Advisory Committee
Executive Director of the Association for the Children of NJ
Reappoint Cecilia Zalkind, Esq. (Montclair, Essex)

Executive Director of the County Welfare Directors Association of NJ
Reappoint Frank A. Cirillo (Trenton, Mercer)

Executive Director of the Municipal Welfare Association of NJ
Reappoint Barbara J. Miceli (North Middletown, Monmouth)

Public Member – Nutritionist
Reappoint Susan A. Jones (Trenton, Mercer)

Public Members – Programs Serving Homeless
Reappoint Vesta Godwin-Clark (Newark, Essex) 
Reappoint Gina Williams Deas (Pennsauken, Camden)

Public Members – Knowledgeable about Emergency Food Programs
Reappoint Rosemary Gilmartin (Morristown, Morris) 
Reappoint Chip Paillex, III (Pittstown, Hunterdon)

Public Members – Emergency Food Program
Appoint Margie Barham, MBA (Marmora, Cape May) 
Appoint Peter C. Wise (Cranbury, Middlesex)

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