North Jersey Partners Executive Team Members

Name Organization Title
Robert Altenkirch Representing the four-year Universities and Colleges President, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
Marie Barry
Office of Career and Technical Education, NJ Department of Education Director
Susan Bass Levin Port Authority of New York / New Jersey Deputy Executive Director
Caren Franzini NJ Economic Development Authority (EDA) CEO
Al Koeppe Newark Alliance President & CEO
Maggie Manza Office of Economic Growth (OEG) OEG Representative
Tammy Molinelli Regional Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Consortium Representative Bergen WIB Director
Jane Oates NJ Commission on Higher Education Executive Director
Stefan Pryor City of Newark Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, Workforce Development, Housing & City Planning
Robin M. Widing NJ State Employment & Training Commission Acting Executive Director
Steven Rose Representing the Community Colleges President, Passaic County College
David Socolow New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) Commissioner
Nina Stack Council of New Jersey Grantmakers President
Charles Wowkanech AFL-CIO President


North Jersey Partners Steering Team Members

Name Organization Title
Gary Altman NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) Director, One Stop Coordination and Support
Sivaraman Anbarasan Sussex County Community College Dean, Corporate and Community Education
Denise Anderson New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) North Jersey Partners Communication Manager
James Barrood Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies Silberman College of Business - Fairleigh Dickinson University Executive Director
Leonie Bradford Newark Alliance Program Officer
Paul Cenerino AFL-CIO WIA Coordinator
Chet Chinsky NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) Assistant Director, Labor, Market information and Analysis
Anthony Corsi Hudson Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Executive Director
Aaron R. Fichtner John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development Representative from Heldrich Center
William Inglefield County of Union Senior Economic Advisor
Lanisha Makle Workforce Investment Board of Passaic County (WIB) Director
Sal Mastroeni Bergen County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Director
Maggie Manza Office of Economic Growth
Tanya Mitchell Newark Alliance CFO
Tammy Molinelli Bergen Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Director
James Moore NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Labor Planning & Analysis Assistant Commissioner
To Be Named Union County College Foundation Executive Director of Development
Sam Okpareake Essex County WIB Director, Essex County
Jack Patten Morris/Sussex/Warren Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Director
Jose Perez Union County Workforce Investment Board WIB/One-Stop Consortium Coordinator
Michelle Richardson NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) Assistant Commissioner
Antonio Rivera Union County Workforce Investment Board Director
Yustina Saleh NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) Director, Labor, Market and Demographic Research
Pat Sermon Newark One Stop Career Center One Stop Operator
Judith Sheft New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Associate Vice President, Technology Development
Gale Spak New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Associate Vice President, Continuing and Distance Education
Donna Stankiewicz Passaic County Community College Assistant Dean, Nurse Education & Health Science
Kathy Weaver Newark Alliance Vice President of Programs

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