N.J. Chamber President Tom Bracken, Board Chair Linda Bowden and 14 Other NJ Chamber Board Members Are Named to Governor Murphy’s Restart and Recovery Advisory Council
May 11, 2020, 11:19 am | in
N.J. Chamber President Tom Bracken, Board Chair Linda Bowden and 14 Other NJ Chamber Board Members Are Named to Governor Murphy’s Restart and Recovery Advisory Council
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Bracken and 15 members of the NJ Chamber’s Board of Directors, including Board Chair Linda Bowden, were among the business leaders named on Friday to serve on Gov. Phil Murphy’s Restart and Recovery Advisory Council.
Bracken and the 15 Board members will serve on six of the nine Advisory Council subcommittees with four serving on Transportation/Infrastructure, three on Main Street, two each on Health Care, Manufacturing/Supply Chain, Tourism/Entertainment and Professional Services, and one more on Facilities/Construction.
The governor announced the Restart and Recovery Advisory Council on Friday, saying it will bring together leaders from various industry, community, and faith-based groups and institutions across New Jersey to advise state leadership on economic issues impacted by the pandemic.
“It is a testament to the breadth and depth of the Chamber’s Board of Directors that so many of our members are serving on the subcommittees of the Advisory Council,” Bracken said. “We look forward to addressing together the tough issues our business community faces and I believe our board members will bring valuable insight and creative solutions to these discussions.”
The 15 members of the Chamber’s Board who were named on Friday are:
Board Member
Company
Subcommittee
Linda Bowden
PNC Bank
Main Street
Vicki Clark
Cape May County Chamber of Commerce
Tourism/Entertainment
Jim Fakult
JCP&L
Transportation/Infrastructure
Bob Garrett
Hackensack Meridian Health
Health Care
John Harmon
African American Chamber of Commerce NJ
Main Street
Debbie Hart
BioNJ
Manufacturing/Supply Chain
Jill Kaplan
United Airlines
Transportation/Infrastructure
Wendy Lazarus
Pfizer
Manufacturing/Supply Chain
John McWeeney
NJ Bankers Association
Main Street
Carlos Medina
Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce NJ
Professional Services
Gil Medina
CBRE
Facilities/Construction
Will Morey
The Morey Organization
Tourism and Entertainment
Barry Ostrowsky
RWJBarnabas Health
Health Care
Aaron Price
NJ Tech Council
Professional Services
Mike Renna
South Jersey Energy Solutions
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