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Performances of the classics of the great American 

Songbook have always been a vital part of each 

season here at the Arts Center. 

Over the years, interpreters as varied as Tony Bennett, 

Barbara Cook, John Pizzarelli, Christine Ebersole, 

Kristen Chenoweth, Audra McDonald and more 

have thrilled NJPAC audiences, in spaces as large 

as Prudential Hall or as intimate as our Chase Room 

cabaret. 

This timeless music has always been a special 

favorite of mine. I’m especially looking forward to 

two Prudential Hall performances in mid-March: 

Michael Feinstein at 3PM on March 14, and 

Johnny Mathis at 8PM on March 20. I have fond 

memories of each of these remarkable artists. 

The first time I heard Michael was in 1986, when he 

made his New York debut at the acclaimed Oak 

Room at the Algonquin Hotel. In those days, Bobby 

Short was holding court at the Cafe Carlyle, and 

great singers like Mabel Mercer and Sylvia Sims were 

performing at the St. Regis Room and Downstairs at 

the Upstairs. It wasn’t unusual for Tony Bennett to sit in 

with virtuoso pianist Ellis Larkins at the Carnegie Café. 

Into that milieu came this fresh-faced singer-pianist 

who knew the words to every Gershwin song ever 

written — as well he should have, since he was Ira 

Gershwin’s assistant for six years, charged with 

archiving the lyricist’s papers. On first hearing him, 

I immediately understood that Michael’s was a 

talent for the ages, and he has borne out that first 

impression. He not only is a wonderful musician but 

he’s also this genre’s preeminent historian: He created 

the Great American Songbook Foundation and 

donated his collection of sheet music and musical 

memorabilia — one of the largest in the world — to 

The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana, 

where he serves as Artistic Director. 

Johnny Mathis has been a star for as long as many of 

us have been alive. His recording career goes back to 

the late 1950s, when he — an athlete of some repute — 

skipped the Olympic track trials to cut his first album. 

“It’s Not for Me to Say” came out in 1956, and his 

career hasn’t stopped since. 

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Johnny is beloved by his millions of fans and judging 

from the last time I heard him, which was less than a 

year ago, his voice is as strong and poignant as ever. 

His phrasing is unique and affecting. Unexpectedly, 

the first time I heard Johnny sing was at the Newport 

Jazz Festival in New York, back in 1974. A pop singer 

at a jazz festival? Not as unlikely as you might think, 

as Johnny’s early recordings were heavily influenced 

by jazz. 

The great tradition of the American Songbook is 

one that goes back more than a century, and the 

remarkable composers who informed its catalog — 

Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, Frank Loesser, Jule 

Styne and Sammy Cahn — are never better served 

than when a vital icon like Michael Feinstein or Johnny 

Mathis presents their work. I encourage you to join us 

at the Arts Center on both nights, for what will likely 

be two masterclasses in singing. 

All good wishes, 


Michael Feinstein 

Johnny Mathis 

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‘Always writing about love’ 

Gregory Porter’s signature sound highlights 

NJPAC’s Valentine’s Day weekend 

By Jay Lustig 

Gregory Porter 

Singer-songwriter Gregory Porter, 

whose rich, resonant baritone is 

one of the wonders of the current 

jazz scene, is scheduled to perform 

at NJPAC’s Prudential Hall two 

days after Valentine’s Day, at 7PM 

February 16 or, to put it another way, 

the Sunday of Valentine’s Weekend. 

But it’s not like he’ll have to make a 

huge change from his usual repertoire. 

“I’m always writing about love,” he 

says, in that distinctive voice. 

Porter will be joined in Newark by 

Ledisi; the concert is part of a short 

co-headlining tour. They have done 

shows together before, and at 

the star-studded “Q 85: A Musical 

Celebration for Quincy Jones” 

concert at the Microsoft Theater in 

Los Angeles in 2018, they dueted 


on “Everything Must Change,” from 

Jones’ 1974 album Body Heat. Ledisi is 

also joining Porter for a song on their 

upcoming album. 

“She’s just one of the best voices in the 

world, so it’s awesome to work with 

her,” says Porter. 

He will also use the show to preview 

some material from his next album, 

All Rise, due out in April. 

“There are two things that the show 

will focus on: My love songs, and 

songs from the new record,” he says. 

Porter’s last album, 2017’s Nat King 

Cole & Me, paid tribute to one of his 

biggest influences. All Rise is very 

different: “Fifteen original songs,” he 

says, “recorded by my band and the 

London Symphony Orchestra, in the 

Ledisi 

“ It’s just a beautiful 

voice that can do 

any type of music... 

and likewise, I’m 

the same.” 

–Gregory Porter on Ledisi 

vein of my style of writing about the 

ups and downs of love and life, 

and subtle protest of some ills and 

wrongs going on around the world, 

or in the country.” 

Born in Sacramento and raised in 

Bakersfield, CA, Porter moved to 

Brooklyn about 15 years ago and 

built a following in local clubs. He 

released his first album in 2010, at 

the somewhat advanced age (for 

a musician) of 38, and is particularly 

popular in England, where his last 

three studio albums have reached 

the Top 10 of the pop charts. 

He has a trademark look, wearing 

hats with fabric that reaches down to 

cover his ears and chin. He has said 

he got into the habit of wearing them 

as a child, after suffering some 

facial scarring. 

Though Porter is usually classified as a 

jazz artist—and has won GRAMMYs in 

the Jazz Vocal Album category 

for Liquid Spirit (2013) and 

Take Me to the Alley (2016)— 

and Ledisi is usually labeled 

R&B, Porter says they have 

a lot in common. “I think she 

employs, in her voice, all of the 

things that are in jazz and soul 

and gospel. It’s just a beautiful 

voice that can do any type of music. 

She could do classical, if she wanted 

to. She can be a gospel singer. And 

likewise, I’m the same.” 

That kind of open-mindedness 

comes through in Porter’s 

songwriting, as well. 

“I always approach this thing 

organically,” he says. “In writing 

the song, if it feels like it’s going 

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towards a soul direction, I let it go 

there. Sometimes a song is birthed 

with its own DNA, and even if you try 

to change it, even if you’re like, ‘Let me 

put a swing beat on this,’ it’s like, ‘No.’ 

Sometimes it will wrench itself right 

back to where it’s supposed to be! 

And so I let it be that. 

“And the way I listen to music is that 

way. I think the way people listen to 

music ... though lovers of jazz, they’re 

not zealots. They also appreciate Bob 

Marley and B.B. King. In my mind ... 

in my writing, and how I can handle 

the music stylistically, it’s the family 

of music and it belongs together.” • 

Raphael 

Saadiq 

Also helping to make 

Valentine’s Weekend at 

NJPAC a romantic one: 

Raphael Saadiq, one of the most 

dazzling all-around talents of the 

neo-soul movement, originally rose 

to fame as a member of the groups 

Tony! Toni! Toné and Lucy Pearl 

before going solo in 2002, and is 

also an in-demand producer who 

has worked with the likes of Whitney 

Houston, Mary J. Blige, TLC, Joss 

Stone and John Legend. He’ll perform 

with support from Jamila Woods 

and DJ Duggz, on Friday, February 

14 at 8PM in Prudential Hall. 

Patrizio Buanne, who grew up in 

Austria and Naples, has developed 

a worldwide following over the last 

20 years—and inspired comparisons 

to icons such as Frank Sinatra 

and Michael Bublé—with his ultraromantic 

crooning. He’ll be on the 

Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch Stage 

at Victoria Theater on Saturday, 

February 15 at 8PM. 

And in what’s become a tradition at 

the Arts Center, on the Saturday of 

Valentine’s Day weekend, Prudential 

Hall will be filled with laughter at 

the Valentine’s All Star Comedy 

Show, starting at 8PM on February 

15. Newark native Bill Bellamy (Any 

Given Sunday, Insecure) will lead a 

team of comics including Luenell 

(from Eddie Murphy’s new Netflix film, 

Dolemite Is My Name), Don “D.C.” 

Curry (from Next Friday) and 

Sheryl Underwood 

(co-host of The Talk). 


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Imagining the possibilities 

From costume design to art therapy, Newark 

tells NJPAC what a new community center 

would bring to downtown 

Grizel Ubarry 

How do you have a conversation with 

a whole city? 

You start with someone who knows 

that city incredibly well. 

Grizel Ubarry, a management 

consultant and community 

development expert, has worked in 

Newark since the 1970s in a range 

of roles, from Director of Essex 

County Housing and Community 

Development Division to trustee for 

The Newark Museum. 

Today, as a management and 

development consultant with a 

focus on helping nonprofits, Ubarry 

helps both neighborhoods and 

organizations negotiate change. 

When NJPAC received a $20 million 

gift from the Cooperman family 

to underwrite the building of new 

community center on its campus, 

the Arts Center turned to Ubarry 

to organize a conversation with 

stakeholders across all five of the 

city’s wards—and to organize a 


“listening tour” of the city for Arts 

Center staff. 

The goal: To get input from as many 

of the city’s residents as possible 

about what features would make 

the new Center useful to the greatest 

number of people. 

“As a community development 

practitioner, I’m a big proponent 

of asking, ‘How do we create 

more equity?’ Historically, large 

urban centers tend to focus on 

the downtown, rather than the 

neighborhoods. 

“One of the things I 

love about this project 

is we’re trying to break 

those barriers, and 

use this process as a 

catalyst to engage 

NJPAC’s neighbors. So 

we can show them that 

they belong in this new 

renaissance age of Newark, 

and they can participate in what art 

brings to a community,” she says. 

In seeking the input of Newarkers on 

what would make a new community 

center in downtown most useful, 

Ubarry talked to neighborhood 

associations, parent groups, senior 

citizens, immigrant organizations, 

the LGBTQ community, teachers—to 

“anyone and everyone!” she laughs— 

to ask two simple questions: What do 

you think a new community center in 

downtown should offer? What would 

make you feel welcome there? 

“We really wanted to engage with 

residents, to get from them what works 

and does not, and what will make them 

crossover from their own neighborhoods 

to this downtown area?” 

“...we’re trying to 

break barriers, and 

use this process as a 

catalyst to engage 

NJPAC’s neighbors.” 

– Grizel Ubarry 

From September through the 

end of the year, Ubarry hosted 

dozens of meetings and focus 

groups—sometimes piggybacking 

on the meetings of community 

organizations—and spoke to 

approximately 1,000 Newark residents 

to see what insight they could offer 

into how the Cooperman Family 

Center could be most useful to the 

greatest number of residents. 

In addition, she held one-on-one 

meetings with thought-leaders and 

influencers around the city to talk 

about community development, and 

traveled to other 

Newark organizations 

to start workshopping 

potential partnerships. 

And for those who 

could not meet in 

person, she created 

an online survey 

for Newarkers to 

complete, detailing their hopes 

for the new center. 

When she met with children, she 

asked them to draw their ideal new 

community center—a project that 

resulted in images of incredible 

cathedrals of play and fun, with 

children imagining a building with 

pools, theaters, basketball courts, 

art studios and playgrounds. 

Ubarry is still in the process of talking 

with the city’s existing community 

organizations to see how the new 

Cooperman Center can amplify the 

work they’re already doing. 

“We’re not doing this alone,” Ubarry 

says, noting the goal is to have the 

Cooperman Center open and offering 


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programming seven days a week. 

Partnerships with other organizations 

will be critical in meeting that goal, 

Ubarry says. 

NJPAC had already declared its 

plans for the Cooperman Center to 

offer arts classes for kids, including 

parent-and-child classes for the 

littlest children, and space for local 

performing arts groups to rehearse 

and perform. 

But asking Newarkers what they’d like 

to see at the arts center brought in a 

host of new suggestions. Among them 

were calls for training for off-stage 

careers in the arts, like lighting and 

costume design, designed for both 

children and adults; programming for 

seniors; workshops on life skills from 

financial literacy to proper etiquette; 

wellness activities like dance for health 

and yoga classes; and programming 

for children on the autism spectrum. 

(“I heard ‘I need a break’ from a lot of 

those parents,” Ubarry recalls.) 

Events that acknowledged the culture 

and contributions of African American 

and Latinx Newarkers were widely 

called for, Ubarry says. 

“The need for there to be a sense 

of belonging for everyone, the 

importance of that, came up a lot,” 

says Ubarry. 

Now that Ubarry has cast as wide 

a net as possible to solicit feedback 

from NJPAC’s Newark neighbors, the 

Arts Center will start on the next step 

in the process: Evaluating which ideas 

for programming and amenities at the 

Cooperman Center will offer the most 

benefit to the greatest number—and 

coming up with a design for the new 

building that can facilitate those key 

attributes. 

“It will be a process of prioritizing,” 

says Ubarry, “but in the end, we 

hope to come up with a place that’s 

going to have a transformative 

effect on Newark.” • 

Sherria Paris, a fourth-grader in the New Community Corp after-school program, drew what she’d like to see in the Cooperman Center. 


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calendar of events jan—jun 2020 

joshua bell with 

academy of st martin 

in the fields 

feb 21 

zakir 

hussain 

apr 26 

masterchef 

junior live! 

mar 10 

jan 2020 

Thu Jan 16 8PM Neil deGrasse Tyson — 

The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries 

Fri Jan 17 8PM Richard Thompson 

Sat Jan 18 8PM Stephanie Mills & The Whispers 

Sat Jan 25 2PM Year of the Golden Rat – Chinese New Year Celebration with 

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company 

Sun Jan 26 2PM Year of the Golden Rat – Chinese New Year Celebration with 

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company 

Thu Jan 30 8PM New Jersey Speakers Series: Douglas Brinkley 

Thu Jan 30 8PM Gary Gulman – Peace of Mind Tour 

Fri Jan 31 8PM Gary Gulman – Peace of Mind Tour 

feb 2020 

Sat Feb 8 3 & 7:30PM DRUM TAO: 2020 

Fri Feb 14 8PM Raphael Saadiq, Jamila Woods & DJ Duggz 

Sat Feb 15 8PM Patrizio Buanne – The Special Valentine’s Day Show 

Sat Feb 15 8PM Valentine’s All-Star Comedy — 

Bill Bellamy, Luenell, Don ‘D.C.’ Curry, Sheryl Underwood 

Sun Feb 16 7PM Gregory Porter & Ledisi 

Thu Feb 20 8PM New Jersey Speakers Series: Peter Diamandis 

Fri Feb 21 8PM Academy of St Martin in the Fields – 

Joshua Bell, conductor & violinist 

Sat Feb 22 7PM Yvonne Orji — The Lagos to Laurel Tour 

Sat Feb 22 8PM Los Tigres del Norte 

Tue Feb 25 7PM PHILADANCO! 

In association with the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, 

Culture & the Modern Experience at Rutgers University-Newark. 

Sat Feb 29 7:30PM Bokanté 

Artists, dates, times, locations and programs subject to change at any time. 


philadanco! 

feb 25 

mar 2020 

Fri Mar 6 7:30 & 9:45PM Maz Jobrani 

Sat Mar 7 8PM Whindersson Nunes 

Sun Mar 8 4PM National Dance Institute – Voices of Change 

Tue Mar 10 7PM MasterChef Junior Live! 

Sat Mar 14 3PM Michael Feinstein with special guest Storm Large – 

Shaken & Stirred 

Sat Mar 14 2 & 7PM Valerie Simpson with special guest Dave Koz – 

The Sugar Bar Comes to Newark 

Sun Mar 15 7PM The Chieftains – The Irish Goodbye Tour 

Tue Mar 17 7:30PM The High Kings 

Fri Mar 20 8PM Johnny Mathis – The Voice of Romance Tour 

Sat Mar 21 7:30PM Ballet Hispanico – CARMEN.maquia 

Sun Mar 22 3PM Ballet Hispanico – CARMEN.maquia 

Thu Mar 26 8PM New Jersey Speakers Series: Susan Rice 

Sat Mar 28 7:30PM Tierney Sutton & Ann Hampton Callaway – In Technicolor 

Sat Mar 28 8PM Oscar D’Leon, Raulin Rosendo & Luisito Carrion 

apr 2020 

Sat Apr 3 7PM & 9:30 Kathleen Madigan – 8 O’clock Happy Hour Tour 

Sat Apr 4 7PM Conversations in Concert: Celebrating the Theatre Songs of 

Leonard Bernstein, feat. The Bill Charlap Trio and 

Jamie Bernstein, hosted by Ted Chapin 

Thu Apr 9 8PM Pod Save America Podcast 

Wed Apr 15 8PM AB6IX 

Fri Apr 17 8PM Rob Reiner & 35th Anniversary Screening of 

This Is Spinal Tap 

Sat Apr 18 8PM Chris Distefano 

Apr 23-26 

Shen Yun 

Fri Apr 24 7PM Recycled Percussion 

Sat Apr 25 7:30PM The Doo Wop Project 

Sun Apr 26 2 & 7PM Zakir Hussain, Jayanthi Kumaresh, Kala Ramnath 

Apr 28-29 

Shen Yun 

Thu Apr 30 8PM New Jersey Speakers Series: Jason Alexander 

may 2020 

Sat May 2 7PM Carolyn Dorfman Dance 

Sat May 2 8PM Mariza–The 20th Anniversary Tour 

Sat May 3 2 & 5:30PM Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live! 

Neighbor Day NEW SHOW! 

Fri May 8 8PM Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 

Sat May 9 8PM Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 

Sun May 10 3PM Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 

Fri May 29 8PM Vic DiBitetto 

Sat May 30 7:30PM Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 

in Concert with the NJSO 

Sat May 30 8PM Vic DiBitetto 

jun 2020 

Sat Jun 6 8PM The Princess Bride : 

An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes 

Fri Jun 19 7PM Jersey New Moves: Emerging Choreographers 

Fri Jun 19 7:30PM Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of 

Sat Jun 20 7:30PM Tim Burton with the NJSO 

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‘Going for the top’ 

Anne Evans Estabrook spent her career breaking 

new ground in commercial real estate 

Anne Evans Estabrook 

For Anne Evans Estabrook—mother 

of three, universally acknowledged 

dean of New Jersey’s commercial real 

estate market, owner and chairman of 

Elberon Development Group, the first 

female chairman of the New Jersey 

State Chamber of Commerce, and a 

longtime member of NJPAC’s Board 

of Directors—getting to the top of her 

profession was not easy. 

But when she talks about her long 

career, the unmistakable impression 

she leaves you with is that she 

absolutely relished the fight. 

Take, for example, the story of how 

she got her MBA. 

Her father, David O. Evans, started 

the family’s New Jersey construction 

firm in the 1920s, buying up land and 

building residential homes. From the 

time she was 16— “because that’s 

when you could get a work permit,” 

she remembers—she worked summers 

at Elberon’s offices, doing secretarial 

jobs. As the eldest child in the family, 

she always knew she would take 

over the family business. (“My father 


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had no sons and he wanted me in 

the business, so it wasn’t really a 

discussion.”) After graduating high 

school, she went to Cornell, where she 

studied industrial and labor relations. 

It was the 1960s; Estabrook was one 

of three women in her graduating 

class. 

But she decided that Cornell’s 

accelerated MBA program—which 

could be combined with a BS, yielding 

two degrees in only five years—would 

be even better for her career. Just one 

problem: Her pragmatic father didn’t 

see the point of a graduate degree. 

“He said, ‘We’ll have no professional 

students in this family. Time to come 

home and get to work.’” she recalls. 

“My father was very successful, but 

he had a fifth-grade education. This 

whole idea was foreign to him. But I 

called him up the next weekend and 

said ‘I’ve been thinking about it some 

more and I’d like to apply.’ He said 

‘You can apply, but you’re not going.’ I 

called him again the next Sunday and 

said: ‘I think with my grades I could 

get in.’ So you see, this is one of the 

ways I learned negotiating skills!” 

While she wore down her father’s 

resistance to the idea of grad school 

with strategic weekly chats, she also 

faced skepticism from the admissions 

office at Cornell. The dean of the 

business school interviewed her 

himself, and after the usual queries, he 

added one more: 

‘“Now, nobody could get away with 

this question today. But he said, 

‘Doesn’t a pretty young girl like 

you want to get married and have 

children?’ ‘Yes,’ I replied. He said, ‘Well, 

how are you going to do that?’ I said, 

‘My men friends do it all the time, why 

can’t I?’ And I was accepted.” 

It took a few more weeks to convince 

her father, but in the end, Estabrook 

went—putting in 60-hour weeks 

for two years to finish two degrees 

simultaneously, and graduating with 

honors. 

“And guess who showed up, and very 

proud of the whole honors thing too, 

at my graduation?” she laughs. (Her 

father, of course.) 

In recognition of her remarkable 

career as a businesswoman and 

the many years that she’s devoted 

her hard-won business acumen to 

the work of growing the Arts Center, 

NJPAC will this Spring establish the 

Anne Evans Estabrook Award for 

Emerging Women Leaders. The 

award will be presented annually to 

three businesswomen in leadership 

positions in their fields. Anne will 

lead a panel devoted to selecting the 

honorees. 

She hopes the award will do for 

rising women entrepreneurs what 

her earliest round of awards and 

accolades did for her: Open doors 

across the industry, and serve as 

recognition that “a woman can do 

this, too.” 

Although if you ever had any doubt of 

that, a quick look at her career should 

set you straight. 

With her MBA in hand, Estabrook 

went on to work at her father’s side 

starting in 1966. David Evans had 

by that time begun to move into 

commercial real estate, constructing 

enormous warehouses for Kraft 

Foods, Wakefern and GM around the 


Ralph Izzo, Chairman and CEO of PSEG, applauds Estabrook at NJPAC’s 2010 Spotlight Gala, which she co-chaired. 

Elizabeth port. With Anne on board, 

Elberon grew into a powerhouse in 

industrial real estate. Her degrees— 

with their thorough grounding in 

skills like labor negotiations and 

organizational behavior—helped 

enormously. 

“If you can understand what the other 

people on your team are thinking, and 

why they’re thinking it, you’ll be much 

more successful than if you’re just up 

there barking orders. It’s all about 

working with people, she says. 

And throughout her career, she 

also became used to being the only 

woman at every meeting. It didn’t 

really bother her. 

“I was the token! That’s just the way it 

was,” she says. “I had wonderful male 

mentors along the way. I have tried 

in turn to mentor both young women 

and men as part of what I do today.” 

“She’s been breaking glass ceilings 

everywhere she saw them,” says 

Tim Lizura, NJPAC’s Senior Vice 

President of Real Estate and Capital 

Projects, who worked with her when 

he ran the New Jersey Economic 

Development Authority, and she sat 

on the statewide group’s board. He 

notes that she also sat on the boards 

of many banks and water companies, 

where she was often, again, the only 

woman in the room. 

Estabrook eventually took over 

the family firm as president and 

chairman. Today, Elberon owns and 

manages a portfolio of approximately 

three million square feet, much of 

which consists of warehouse space 

in Elizabeth and Newark, all easily 

accessible from the cities’ ports. 

“I really turned it into a real estate 

management company. I bought 

some buildings that were already 

built and we managed them, and we 

financed them. I learned to work with 

banks and I learned to work with the 

real estate brokers...There was no time 

for me to be getting on a ladder out 

on the construction site. That wouldn’t 

have worked,” she says. 

Over the years, she has been 

awarded virtually every honor 

available to a woman in business— 


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including the NJBiz Lifetime 

Achievement Award, New Jersey 

Monthly’s Top 25 Leading Women 

Entrepreneurs, and a berth in the 

New Jersey Business Hall of Fame— 

and served as chair of the Board for 

NAIOP, the national commercial real 

estate development association 

In 2011 her son, Dave Gibbons, 

joined her at the company’s head, 

becoming president while Estabrook 

stayed on as chairman. This makes 

Elberon the rare firm to not only 

reach its centennial, but to stay in the 

same family’s hands through three 

generations. 

Just as she told that business school 

dean years ago, Anne did get married 

and have children—three of them—all 

the while growing her family’s firm. 

It wasn’t easy. But that didn’t stop her. 

“I had to have a lot of energy. I mean 

that’s just one of those practical 

things. There is no life beyond you 

get up early in the morning, you get 

yourself dressed, you go downstairs, 

you make breakfast and you get 

everybody off to school. Then you 

get in the car and you go to work. 

Then you come home and you fix 

dinner, and you help with homework, 

and you do it again the next day, 

and the next day, and the next day, 

and the next day, and then there’s a 

Saturday,” she says of her children’s 

early years. 

As exhausting as that sounds, she 

cherishes both the experience of 

parenting and of running her 

own company. 

“I mean, I’m happy that I had to do it. 

It wasn’t optional. But I did it and it 

worked out great. I had so many men 

friends and mentors along the way, 

and I was going for the top, and that’s 

what I did.” 

Over the years, she’s also become as 

energetic in her philanthropic work, 

serving on the boards of Cornell 

as well as the schools her children 

attended, including Delbarton and 

Rutgers, and becoming involved in 

supporting Kean University, where 

her late husband, Kenneth Estabrook 

was deeply engaged. Today she’s vice 

chair of Wenzhou-Kean University 

and was involved in building the 

university’s campus in China from the 

ground up. (“Over there, there is no 

such thing as a planning board. Now 

that’s probably not a good thing, but 

it certainly does make it easier to get 

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Board of Directors and immediately 

became involved in the Arts Center’s 

work of redeveloping its campus. 

Today she’s the Co-Chair of the 

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market. 

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that we own and that we’re going to 

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Tuesday, March 10, 2020 

7PM 

NJPAC presents 

MasterChef Junior Live! 

featuring 

Malia Brauer 

Avery Meadows 

Matthew Smith 

Che Spiotta 

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meet the masterchefs 

Malia Brauer is just a girl who 

dreams and believes. “I was a fan of 

MasterChef Junior for years. I watched 

every episode.” At the end of each 

episode when the announcer reminded 

the viewers about casting, she would 

ask her mom if she could audition. 

Her mom would caution her: “What 

are the odds?” Malia didn’t care 

about odds; she just wanted to go for 

it! The MasterChef Junior experience 

did not disappoint. The once-in-alifetime 

experiences, the culinary 

adventures and the MasterChef Junior 

friendships continue! “I’m so grateful 

to be a part of the MasterChef Junior 

family.” When she’s not in the kitchen, 

you can find Mailia working on her 

other passion in the dance studio. 

“I love all forms of dance and I don’t 

mind putting in long hours. When I do 

something I love, it doesn’t feel like 

work.” In her spare time, she likes to 

indulge in extreme sports like motocross, 

wake boarding and waterskiing. 

Her whole family enjoys simple 

moments of camping with family 

and friends—campfires, adventures 

and card games all night! 

Avery Meadows is your 

typical 12-year-old Texas girl, with 

a twist. At only 8 years old, she 

was the finalist on Season Six of 

MasterChef Junior. If you ask her, 

this was the highlight of her life, so 

far. She made lifelong friendships, 

memories and experiences that most 

kids can only dream of. Even after the 

show, Avery has continued her love 

of cooking and baking, and enjoys 

learning the Texas art of grilling 

with her “Poppie” on the weekends. 

She has become quite the French 

macron enthusiast and had mastered 

the art of the difficult pastry. 

When she is not in the kitchen, 

you can find Avery on the volleyball 

court with her team, or helping her 

dad build and fix things around the 

house. She loves the outdoors and all 

the activities that go with it in Texas. 

This year Avery will be inducted into 

her local chapter of the National 

Charity League where she looks 

forward to serving our community 

and local schools in need. 

Matthew Smith is a 10-year-old 

fourth grader from Livingston, NJ. 

He was a Top Eight finalist in 

MasterChef Junior Season Seven 

when he was just eight years old and 

in the 2nd grade. Besides cooking, 

Matthew enjoys swimming, dance, 

piano, gymnastics and singing. He is 

Vice President of his school’s student 

council and his motto is ‘dream it, 

do it.’ Matthew was part of the 

MasterChef Junior Live! debut in 

the Fall of 2019, was a guest on 

MasterChef Junior Camp and was 

recently on The Rachael Ray Show 

where he prepared one of his 

favorite side dishes: Warm Tomato 

Salsa with Rainbow Chard Stems. 

When Matthew is older, he hopes 

to own a farm-to-table restaurant 

to influence people to eat local, 

fresh and healthy food. 

Che Spiotta is 13 years old, was 

born in Manhattan and is growing 

up in Long Island. Che’s love and 

passion for culinary began at the 

age of three when he used to watch 

his father cook authentic Italian 

meals at his Brooklyn home. Since the 

age of four, Che has been watching 

shows on The Food Network, studying 


cookbooks, practicing savory as 

well as baking pastry/baking 

desserts recipes, experimenting by 

putting his own unique, gluten-free 

twists, and sharpening his knife skills 

since the age of five. When he was six 

years old, Che was diagnosed with a 

gluten allergy, and at age nine, his 

father tragically passed away. 

Che was heartbroken, saddened 

and grief-stricken to the core but also 

driven to keep his father’s legacy and 

dream alive. In July 2017, he auditioned 

in New York City to compete on 

MasterChef Junior’s seventh season. 

With over 10,000 kids applying for 

a spot in the Top 24, Che stood out 

and flourished among fierce 

competition after initially starting 

out on the bottom as a weak underdog, 

and eventually winning the whole 

competition. Since his victory, Che has 

guest starred on breakfast morning 

TV shows (Live with Kelly and Ryan), 

attended Camp MasterChef in 

Connecticut and traveled to schools, 

public events and culinary projects 

across the US as a motivational guest 

speaker, Private Chef and brand 

ambassador to raise awareness 

about gluten-free foods and to 

continue inspiring youngsters like 

himself to never let anything hold 

you back from your love, passion 

and dreams. Che plans to enroll at 

the Culinary Institute of America and 

dreams of opening a fancy ristorante 

in New York City. He also plans to 

revolutionize the culinary world with 

his avant-garde and experimental 

gluten-free recipes and host his own 

cooking show on the Food Network. 

When he isn’t busy studying in school 

or cooking in the kitchen, Che enjoys 

travelling the world with his family 

exploring exotic cuisines by putting 

his own unique spin/stamp on them, 

hiking, camping, fishing, playing 

soccer, reading food magazines 

and bike riding. 

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lizzie & jonathan tisch stage 

at victoria theater 

Saturday, March 14, 2020 

2 & 7PM 


Valerie Simpson 

The Sugar Bar Comes to Newark 

with special guest 

Dave Koz 

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Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, David S. Steiner and Sylvia Steiner Charitable Trust, 

and the Joan and Allen Bildner Family Fund. 





meet the artists 

Valerie Simpson is half of 

the songwriting-performingproducing 

entity formerly known as 

Ashford and Simpson. Their award 

winning collaborations began four 

decades ago and Valerie along 

with her late husband, Nick Ashford, 

have penned classic hits such as 

“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” 

“You’re All I Need to Get By,” 

“Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s 

Hand,” “I’m Every Woman,” 

“Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” 

“Solid,” “Your Precious Love,” “I Don’t 

Need No Doctor” and “Let’s Go Get 

Stoned,” among others. 

Simpson serves on the board of 

the ASCAP Foundation where the 

REACH OUT AND TOUCH Award, 

honoring Nick Ashford, has been 

established to aid struggling 

songwriters. 

In 2019-20 Simpson has toured 

with Dave Koz and Paul Shaffer & 

The World’s Most Dangerous Band. 

Her music is in constant demand; 

four Ashford & Simpson songs are 

now featured in the Broadway hit 

MOTOWN-The Musical, which is 

currently touring the country. “I’m 

Every Woman” is featured in a play 

of The Bodyguard, currently on tour. 

More recently, Simpson was featured 

in Broadway’s CHICAGO, The Musical 

for a limited engagement in the 

role of Mama Morton. 

Also in 2019, the National Academy 

of Recording Arts and Sciences 

presented the Trustees Award to 

Ashford & Simpson during the 

GRAMMY ® Awards telecast, adding 

yet a new exciting dimension to a 

highly diversified career. 

In a career that spans more 

than three decades, saxophonist 

Dave Koz has racked up an 

astoundingly impressive array of 

honors and achievements: nine 

GRAMMY® nominations, ten No. 1 

albums on Billboard’s Current 

Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, 

numerous world tours, playing for 

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multiple presidents, a Star on 

the Hollywood Walk of Fame and 

more. A platinum-selling artist, Koz 

is also known as a humanitarian, 

entrepreneur, radio host and 

instrumental music advocate. 

Then of course there is the Dave Koz 

and Friends at Sea Cruise. “We had 

two back-to-back sailings last year 

for our Australia cruise. This year we 

have another sold-out back-to-back 

cruise for Amsterdam and the British 

Isles, and next year we’ve already 

sold out three weeks Spain, 

Morocco and Portugal” Koz says. 

Born and raised in Los Angeles’ 

San Fernando Valley, Koz became 

a professional musician after 

graduating college. He immediately 

found work as a sideman and was 

subsequently signed to Capitol 

Records in 1987. 

Koz also hosts two radio programs: 

The Dave Koz Radio Show, on the 

air uninterrupted for 25 years, and 

The Dave Koz Lounge, which can be 

heard on SiriusXM. 

Koz has served as Global 

Ambassador for the Starlight 

Children’s Foundation for over 

26 years. He founded KOZ Wines in 

2009 as another avenue to support 

the foundation. Dave donates all his 

proceeds from KOZ Wines to the 

organization and with the help from 

his fans has raised over a million 

dollars through the Dave Koz and 

Friends At Sea cruise silent auction. 

Koz completed a four-year term on 

the GRAMMY® Foundation Artists 

Committee and has served as 

National Trustee for the National 

Academy of Recording Arts & 

Sciences (NARAS). 

“Music has been such a blessing to 

me, and we need it more than ever 

today,” Koz says about his 

remarkable career. 



Sunday, March 15, 2020 

7PM 


The Chieftains 

The Irish Goodbye Tour 

Paddy Moloney, Uilleann pipes, tin whistle 

Kevin Conneff, Bodhrán, vocals 

Matt Molloy, flute 

There will be a brief intermission during this performance. 

The World Music Series is sponsored by American Express 






This year marks 58 years since 

The Chieftains began their 

illustrious journey. Since 1962 the 

six-time GRAMMY ® Award winners 

have been highly recognized for 

reinventing traditional Irish music on 

a contemporary and International 

scale. Their ability to transcend 

musical boundaries to blend 

tradition with modern music has 

notably hailed them as one of the 

most renowned and revered 

musical groups to this day. 

As cultural ambassadors, their 

performances have been linked 

with seminal historic events, such as 

being the first Western musicians to 

perform on the Great Wall of China, 

participating in Roger Water’s The Wall 

performance in Berlin in 1990, and 

being the first ensemble to perform 

a concert in the Capitol Building 

in Washington DC. In Ireland they 

have been involved in many major 

occasions, including Pope John Paul 

II’s visit in 1979 when they performed 

to an audience of over 1.3 million, 

and in 2011 as part of the historic visit 

to Ireland of HRH Queen Elizabeth II. 

In 2010, their experimental collaborations 

extended to out of this world, when 

Paddy Moloney’s whistle and 

Matt Molloy’s flute travelled with 

NASA astronaut, Cady Coleman, 

to the international space station. 

More recently in Japan, The Chieftains 

were awarded a Lifetime Achievement 

Award as part of the 2017 Ireland 

Japan Business Awards. And in 2018, 

Paddy was awarded the prestigious 

Encomienda de la Orden del Mérito 

Civil (Commander of the Order 

of Civil Merit) by the Ambassador 

of Spain. 

Although their early following was 

purely a folk audience, the range 

and variation of their music and 

accompanying musicians quickly 

captured a much broader audience, 

elevating their status to the likeness 

of fellow Irish band, U2. 

To celebrate their 50 th Anniversary 


in 2012, The Chieftains once again 

invited friends from all musical 

styles to collaborate on their most 

recent album, Voice of Ages. 

Featuring some of modern music’s 

fastest rising artists (Bon Iver, 

The Decemberists and Paolo Nutini 

among them), this album is proof 

that their music transcends not only 

stylistic and traditional boundaries, 

but generational as well. This same 

year they were awarded the inaugural 

National Concert Hall Lifetime 

Achievement Award at a gala 

event in Philadelphia hosted by 

The American Ireland Fund “in 

recognition of their tremendous 

contribution to the music industry 

worldwide and the promotion of 

the best of Irish culture.” 

The Chieftains are never afraid to 

shock purists and push genre 

boundaries and the trappings of 

fame have not altered The Chieftains’ 

love of, and loyalty to, their roots. 

However, they are as comfortable 

playing spontaneous Irish sessions 

as they are headlining a concert at 

Carnegie Hall. After fifty-eight years 

of making some of the most beautiful 

music in the world, The Chieftains’ 

music remains as fresh and relevant 

as when they first began. 

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020 

7:30PM 


The High Kings 

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration 

Finbarr Clancy 

Darren Holden 

Brian Dunphy 

Paul O’Brien 

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a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. 



Back in June 2007, Darren, Brian 

and Finbarr were all invited to join 

a brand new Irish band and became 

three of the four founding members 

of The High Kings, along with 

Martin Furey. 

It had been years since the likes of 

The Clancy Brothers and the Dubliners 

had their heyday, and the guys all felt 

the time was right for a new band to 

come along and re-energize the 

traditional Irish songs for a new 

generation of Irish music lovers. 

As they took to the rehearsal studio 

for the first time, it didn’t take long for 

them to realize that the way their four 

unique voices blended together was 

the start of something special. 

Initially, they were predominantly a 

vocal group backed by traditional 

musicians for the American market, 

where their self-titled debut album 

unexpectedly reached number two 

on Billboard’s World Music chart. 

But it was when the Irish people 

quickly took them to their hearts, 

with two sell-out Irish tours, it became 

clear that as multi-instrumentalists, 

they should drop the band and play 

the instruments themselves. 

They launched the new ‘stripped 

bare’ show in March 2009 with five 

consecutive sold-out nights at 

Dublin’s Olympia theatre. 

The High Kings were reborn, playing 

13 instruments between them… it was 

the best decision they ever made! 

They were signed to Universal Ireland 

towards the end of 2009 and released 

their second album, Memory Lane 

in February 2010. After a successful 

sell-out Irish tour, the album went 

platinum just four months after its 

release. Memory Lane was released in 

America in March 2011. The Live in 

Ireland album was recorded during the 

Irish 2010 tour and released early 2011. 

By 2011, the venues where they 

performed had to get bigger to 

accommodate their growing fan 

base—on both sides of the Atlantic— 

and sold-out signs were a regular 

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feature. Venues were selling out 

quickly, not only in Ireland and 

America, but in Germany, the UK 

and other European countries as well. 

Many fans became regular faces as 

they effectively toured with the band 

at every opportunity, using planes, 

trains and road trips to cross several 

states, country borders and even 

oceans just to see their favorite band 

perform live. People loved what they 

were doing in bringing a new take 

on the traditional Irish ballads to 

audiences of multiple generations. 

In 2013, the High Kings were signed 

to Sony Worldwide and their new 

album Friends for Life, featuring eight 

original songs written by the band, 

was released in 22 countries around 

the world. Taking their original songs 

on the road was a new milestone, but 

they needn’t have worried, it wasn’t 

long before the likes of ‘Oh Maggie’ 

and ‘Ireland’s Shore’ were being sung 

back at them by the audience. 

In November 2014, the CD/DVD 

Four Friends Live, recorded at the 

Millennium Forum Derry, was 

released in Ireland. For fans unable 

to get to a live High Kings show, this 

was the first opportunity to see a full 

concert since the debut live DVD 

back in 2008. 

The early part of 2016 was spent in 

Indie chart at #1 and was well 

received by both fans and critics. 

The rest of the year was spent touring 

extensively promoting the album, 

including in the US where it wasn’t 

officially released until early 2017. 

Over 10 years, they had released four 

studio albums, two live albums, and 

two DVD’s! They had fast become 

multi-platinum artists, receiving their 

first platinum discs for the self-titled CD 

and DVD way back in 2008, live on 

stage at the Olympia, from Shay Healy. 

Already established as multi-platinum 

artists, with a heavy tour schedule of 

sold out shows, the High Kings also 

had invitations to perform at many 

special events over the years. In 2012, 

they were in Moneygall to perform 

for President Obama during his visit 

to Ireland, which led to a personal 

invitation from the president to 

perform at his 2012 St Patrick’s Day 

celebrations at the White House. 

The group flew there direct from 

London, where they had just 

headlined the Lord Mayor of 

London’s St Patrick’s Day concert, 

performing to 15,000 people in 

Trafalgar Square. In 2015, they 

were invited to the Pentagon as 

guests of General Martin Dempsey, 

the Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of 

Staff, where they performed with the 

US Marine Corps band and got to 

lay a wreath for the Unknown Soldier 

at Arlington cemetery. In 2011-12 they 

joined Young Voices on a UK arena 

tour, with a special charity show at 

the Royal Albert Hall, performing a 

total of 20 shows to 250,000 people. 

To commemorate the 20th Anniversary 

of the Irish rugby anthem Ireland’s Call, 

they were asked by Phil Coulter to 

record a brand new version, the 

recording process was included in 

the TV3 documentary. 

In 2017 the High Kings celebrated 

10 years together as a band with the 

release of Decade. This was essentially 

a ‘Best of’ album chosen by the fans, 

based on the number of plays on 


streaming sites. The year also saw a 

change in line up when Martin Furey 

left the band during the summer tour 

in America. Finbarr, Darren and 

Brian, did an amazing job completing 

the tour as a three piece, their unique 

harmonies and stage presence 

maintaining the high quality 

performance fans had come to expect. 

They could have carried on that 

way, but management and promoters 

wanted them to remain as four for 

the remaining dates and brought 

George Murphy on board, initially 

just to complete the second leg of 

the American tour and Canada. 

George continued with the band 

when the Decade tour went on 

the road in December, with tours 

continuing through 2018 

until spring 2019. 

Darren, Brian and Finbarr completed 

a very successful tour of shows and 

festivals back as a three-piece during 

the summer of 2019. Paul O’Brien was 

invited to join the band and following 

the success of a few shows in Ireland 

during the summer of 2019, on their 

return from the US, he joined the band 

full time ready for the 2109-20 

Irish winter tour. The tour broke all 

previous records with the ‘Sold Out’ 

sign going up at most of the venues 

well ahead of the shows. Paul has 

been a fantastic addition to the 

band enabling the classic High Kings 

sound with the whistles to be restored. 

During the tour, they still found time 

to get in to the studio and record a 

Christmas single, ‘Christmas the Way 

I Remember,’ dedicated to everyone, 

everywhere, who was heading home 

for Christmas. They also released a 

single as a duet with Nathan Carter: 

‘May the Road Rise to Meet You,’ 

recorded for Nathan’s Irish Heartland 

album in January 2020. 

The High Kings continue to set 

the bar extremely high for Irish folk 

bands across the world and are 

widely regarded to be the standard 

bearers for the genre in to the new 

decade. After over 12 years at the top 

of their game, they are still selling out 

venues around the world to an ever 

growing army of loyal fans. 

Long may they reign. 

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Friday, March 20, 2020 

8PM 


Johnny Mathis 

The Voice of Romance Tour 

John Scott Lavender, Musical Director/piano/keyboards 

Steve Peavey, guitar 

Ken Wild, bass 

Joe Lizama, drums 

with special guests 

Gary Mule Deer 






Johnny Mathis 

The fourth of seven children, 

John Royce Mathis was born on 

September 30, 1935 in Gilmer, 

Texas to Clem and Mildred 

Mathis. As a small boy, the family 

moved to Post Street in San 

Francisco. It was there that he 

learned an appreciation of music 

from his father who taught him 

his first song, “My Blue Heaven.” 

At age eight, his father purchased 

an old upright piano for $25. 

When he brought it home, it 

wouldn’t fit through the front 

door. So that evening, Johnny 

stayed up all night to watch his 

father dismantle the piano, get it 

into the small living room of their 

basement apartment and then 

reassemble it. Clem Mathis, who 

worked briefly as a musician back 

in Texas playing the piano and 

singing on stage, would continue 

to teach his son many songs and 

routines. Johnny had proven to be 

the most eager of the children to 

learn all about music. He sang in 

the church choir, school functions, 

community events, for visitors in 

their home as well as amateur 

shows in the San Francisco area. 

He was also a successful track 

& field athlete, and was offered 

a chance to compete in the U.S. 

Olympic Trials. In the same week 

Columbia Records called, so 

he chose to go to New York to 

record his first album, which was 

released on July 16, 1956. 

Best-known for his supremely 

popular hits “Chances Are,” “It’s 

Not For Me To Say” and “Misty,” 

Mathis has recorded close to 80 

albums, six Christmas albums, 

and has sold millions of records 

worldwide. During his extensive 

career he has had three songs 

inducted into the GRAMMY ® Hall 

of Fame, achieved 50 Hits on 

Billboard’s Adult Contemporary 

Chart, and ranks as the all-time 

#6 album artist in the history of 

Billboard’s pop album charts. 

He has received five GRAMMY 

nominations and in 2003 was 

given the Lifetime Achievement 

Award from the Academy of 

Recording Arts & Sciences. 1958’s 

Johnny’s Greatest Hits started the 

industry tradition of “Greatest 

Hits” albums, and is noted in 

Guinness Book of World Records 

for a nearly 10-year run on the 

Billboard Top Albums Chart. 

In addition to all this Mathis 

and his music have appeared in 

numerous films and TV shows, 

including Lizzie, The Tonight Show, 

Silver Linings Playbook, 

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Family Ties, Close Encounters 

of the Third Kind and Mad Men, 

just to name a few. In 2017 he 

released his 78th studio album 

titled Johnny Mathis Sings The 

Great New American Songbook, 

and debuted his “lost” 1982 album 

I Love My Lady, produced by 

Nile Rodgers and Bernard 

Edwards. Mathis continues to be 

Columbia Records longest-signed 

recording artist, and to fans of all 

ages “The Voice of Christmas!” 

In spite of a very busy tour 

schedule and many charity 

events, Mathis still finds time to 

enjoy a little free time. He was an 

avid tennis player until the late 

1960s when a good friend turned 

him on to his now life-long love 

of golf. He plays golf almost 

every day when he’s not traveling, 

and has even hosted his own golf 

tournament: The Johnny Mathis 

Seniors PGA Classic. He is also 

quite the gourmet chef thanks 

to his parents, who taught him 

how to cook at an early age. 

After 64 years as a Recording 

Artist, what’s next for Johnny 

Mathis? “I don’t think about 

retiring. I think about how I can 

keep singing for the rest of my 

life. I just have to pace myself.” 


Gary Mule Deer’s comedy 

and music have set him 

apart as one-of-a-kind. He has 

performed on nearly every major 

concert stage in the country 

and made over 360 television 

appearances, including many 

on both The Tonight Show and 

David Letterman. He was one 

of six comedians, along with 

Jay Leno, to star on the first HBO 

Comedy Special, was the comedy 

host of Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert 

for four years on NBC, and a series 

regular on Make Me Laugh. He is 

currently featured on the DVDs 

Jeff Foxworthy’s Comedy Classics 

and The World’s Greatest Standup 

Comedy Collection, and is one 

of the most played comedians on 

Sirius XM’s Laugh USA. 

In a career spanning over five 

decades, Gary has shared the 

stage with a very long list of 

music legends. He appears 

regularly on the Grand Ole Opry, 

and has performed everywhere 

from Albert Hall to Carnegie Hall. 

He has also been part of 

Johnny Mathis’ shows as a 

special guest since 1994 in 

major venues across the country. 

In addition to his well-known 

comedy, Mule Deer is a talented 

singer and musician, and has 

been performing classic country 

and the music of Johnny Cash in 

his show since the early ’60s. 

The great popularity of Gary’s 

comedy and music cuts across all 

ages and demographics. 


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Essex County 

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Prudential/The Prudential Foundation 

Estate of Eric F. Ross 

State of New Jersey 

Victoria Foundation 

Women’s Association of NJPAC 

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$5,000,000 & above 

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The Joan and Allen Bildner 

Family Fund 

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation 

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation 

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Elberon Development Co. 

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The Griffinger Family 

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Pfizer Inc. 

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PwC 

Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. 

Charitable Trust 

The Ryan Family 

The Sagner Family Foundation 

The Walter V. and Judith L. Shipley 

Family Foundation 

The Smart Family Foundation/David 

S. Stone, Esq., Stone and Magnanini 

John Strangfeld and 

Mary Kay Strangfeld Foundation 

Morris and Charlotte Tanenbaum 

TD Bank/TD Charitable Foundation 

Turner Construction Company 

Turrell Fund 

United Airlines 

Diana and Roy Vagelos 

Verizon 

Robert and Mary Ellen Waggoner 

Wallace Foundation 

+ deceased 


njpac leadership As of December 1, 2019 

Board of Directors 

Co-Chairs 

Steven M. Goldman, Esq. 

Barry H. Ostrowsky 

President and CEO 


Treasurer 

Marc E. Berson 

Secretary 

Michael R. Griffinger, Esq. 

Assistant Secretary 

Alma DeMetropolis, CFA 

*Founding Chair 

Raymond G. Chambers 

*Chairs Emeriti 

William J. Marino 

Arthur F. Ryan 

Honorary Counsel 

Donald A. Robinson, Esq. 

Marsha I. Atkind 

Lawrence E. Bathgate II, Esq. 

James L. Bildner, Esq. 

Daniel M. Bloomfield, M.D. 

Linda Bowden 

Modia Butler 

Jacob Buurma, Esq. 

Dr. Nancy Cantor 

Kevin P. Conlin 

Wayne M. Cooperman 

J. Fletcher Creamer, Jr. 

Pat A. DiFilippo 

Robert H. Doherty 

Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Esq. 

Debbie Dyson 

J. Andres Espinosa 

Anne Evans Estabrook 

Michael Fucci 

Christine C. Gilfillan 

Savion Glover 

Steven E. Gross, Esq. 

Ryan P. Haygood, Esq. 

William V. Hickey 

Jeffrey T. Hoffman 

Ralph Izzo 

David Jones 

Jill Kaplan 

The Hon. Thomas H. Kean 

Scott A. Kobler, Esq. 

Mitchell Livingston 

Charles Lowrey 

Charles J. Marchesani 

Ellen B. Marshall 

D. Nicholas Miceli 

Victor Parsonnet, M.D. 

Christopher R. Reidy 

Richard W. Roper 

Philip R. Sellinger, Esq. 

The Hon. Clifford M. Sobel 

David S. Stone, Esq. 

Michael A. Tanenbaum, Esq. 

Rishi Varma 

Carmen Villar 

Robert C. Waggoner 

Amrit Walia 

Nina M. Wells, Esq. 

Josh S. Weston 

Karen C. Young 

Directors Emeriti 

Dennis M. Bone 

Barbara Bell Coleman 

Albert R. Gamper, Jr. 


Judith Jamison 

A. Michael Lipper 

Morris Tanenbaum 

Diana T. Vagelos 

Ex Officio 

The Hon. Ras J. Baraka 

Marcia Wilson Brown, Esq. 

The Hon. Mildred C. Crump 

The Hon. Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. 

The Hon. Elizabeth Maher Muoio 

Elizabeth A. Mattson 

The Hon. Philip D. Murphy 

The Hon. Tahesha Way 

Corporate Counsel to the Board 

Christopher Porrino, Esq. 

Lowenstein Sandler LLP 

Women at NJPAC 

Board of Trustees 

President 

Marcia Wilson Brown, Esq. 

Co-Executive Vice Presidents 

Suzanne M. Spero 

Faith Taylor 

Vice Presidents 

Deborah Q. Belfatto 

Mindy A. Cohen 

Treasurer 

Michellene Davis, Esq. 

Assistant Treasurer 

Lisa Osofsky 

Secretary 

Christine Pearson 

Dini Ajmani 

Beverly Baker-Jackson, Esq. 

Audrey Bartner 

Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield, Ph.D 

Patricia Capawana 

Alejandra Ceja 

Patricia A. Chambers* 

Carol Chartouni 

Sally Chubb* ** 

Barbara Bell Coleman** 

Antoinette Ellis-Williams 

Catherine J. Flynn 

Christine C. Gilfillan 

Tenagne Girma-Jeffries 

Aisha Glover 

Veronica M. Goldberg* ** 

Sheila F. Klehm** 

Margarethe Laurenzi 

Ruth C. Lipper** 

Dena F. Lowenbach 

Sonia Luaces 

Marlie Massena 

Gabriella E. Morris, Esq.* 

Ferlanda Fox Nixon, Esq. 

Mary Beth O’Connor 

Immediate Past President 

Mary Kay Strangfeld** 

Mikki Taylor 

Diana T. Vagelos* ** 

Nina M. Wells, Esq. 

*Founding Member 

**Trustee Emerita 

Council of Trustees 

Val Azzoli 

Michael F. Bartow 

Rona Brummer 

John M. Castrucci, CPA 

Elizabeth G. Christopherson 

Susan Cole, Ph.D. 

Robert S. Constable 

Irene Cooper-Basch 

Anthony R. Coscia, Esq. 

Andrea Cummis 

Samuel A. Delgado 

Steven J. Diner, Ph.D. 

Dawood Farahi, Ph.D. 

Curtland E. Fields 

Bruce I. Goldstein, Esq. 

Renee Golush 

Paula Gottesman 

Sandra Greenberg 

Kent C. Hiteshew 

Patrick E. Hobbs 

John A. Hoffman, Esq. 

Lawrence S. Horn, Esq. 

Reverend M. William Howard, Jr. 

Reverend Reginald Jackson 

Howard Jacobs 

Byerte W. Johnson, Ph.D. 

Robert L. Johnson, M.D. 

Marilyn “Penny” Joseph 

Donald M. Karp, Esq. 

Douglas L. Kennedy 

Gene R. Korf, Esq. 

Rabbi Clifford M. Kulwin 

Ellen W. Lambert, Esq. 

Paul Lichtman 

Kevin Luing 

Joseph Manfredi 

Antonio S. Matinho 

Bari J. Mattes 

John E. McCormac, CPA 

Catherine M. McFarland 

Joyce R. Michaelson 

Edwin S. Olsen 

Richard S. Pechter 

Daria M. Placitella 

Jay R. Post, Jr., CFP 

Steven J. Pozycki 

Marian Rocker 

David J. Satz, Esq. 

Barbara J. Scott 

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njpac leadership As of December 1, 2019 

Council of Trustees cont. 

Marla S. Smith 

Suzanne M. Spero 

Joseph P. Starkey 

Sylvia Steiner 

Arthur R. Stern 

Andrew Vagelos 

Richard J. Vezza 

Kim Wachtel 

Rita K. Waldor 

Constance K. Weaver 

Elnardo J. Webster, II 

E. Belvin Williams, Ph.D. 

Gary M. Wingens, Esq. 

NJPAC Senior Management Team 

President and CEO 


Senior Vice President, Real Estate 

and Capital Projects 

Timothy Lizura 

Senior Vice President, Development 

Lisa Mantone 

Vice President and CFO 

Lennon Register 

Executive Vice President 

and Executive Producer 

David Rodriguez 

Managing Director, 

Women’s Association 

Sarah Rosen 

Vice President, Arts Education 

Alison Scott-Williams 

Vice President, Human Resources 

Beth Silver 

Vice President, Operations 

and Real Estate 

Chad Spies 

Vice President, Marketing 

and Communications 

Katie Sword 

Executive Vice President and COO 

Warren Tranquada 

Theater Square 

Development Company, LLC 

President 


njpac contributors—business partners 

NJPAC is deeply grateful to the following corporations, foundations and government agencies for 

their generous annual support of artistic and arts education programs, the endowment fund, and 

maintenance of the Arts Center. For more information, please contact Doris Thomas, Director, 

Corporate Relations and Sponsorships, at 973.353.7569. As of November 20, 2019 

Benefactor 

$1,000,000 & above 





Leadership Circle 

$200,000 & above 

ADP 



The Horizon Foundation for 

New Jersey/Horizon Blue Cross 

Blue Shield of New Jersey 


Merck Foundation 


RWJBarnabas Health 


Co-Chair Circle 

$100,000 & above 


BD 

The Healthcare Foundation 

of New Jersey 

The Blanche and Irving 

Laurie Foundation 

Mars Wrigley Confectionery US 

M&T Bank 


TD Bank 

Wells Fargo 

Director’s Circle 

$50,000 & above 

Atlantic, Tomorrow’s Office 

Audible 

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 

Deloitte LLP 

Disney Corporate Citizenship 


Investors Bank/Investors 

Foundation, Inc. 




PwC 

Richmond County Savings Foundation 

Rutgers, The State University 

of New Jersey 

Santander Bank, N.A. 

Steinway and Sons 

TD Charitable Foundation 

Turrell Fund 


President’s Circle 

$25,000 & above 

The Russell Berrie Foundation 

Bloomberg Philanthropies 

Boraie Development, LLC 

Capital One 

CastleOak Securities, LP 

Chubb 

Dranoff Properties 

Gibbons P.C. 

Greenberg Traurig, LLP 

Lowenstein Sandler, LLP 

The Nicholas Martini Foundation 

McCarter & English, LLP 

The Johnny Mercer Foundation 

NJM Insurance Group 

PNC Bank, N.A./The PNC Foundation 

Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 

Turner Construction Company 

Valley National Bank 

Whole Foods Market 

Composer’s Circle 

$10,000 & above 

The Berger Organization 

Coca-Cola Refreshments 

EpsteinBeckerGreen 

Flemington Car & Truck Country 

J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc. 

Jacobs Levy Equity Management 

F. M. Kirby Foundation 

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP 

Landmark Fire Protection 

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton 

& Garrison LLP 

Sandalwood Securities 

SP+ 

Tanenbaum Keale, LLP 

Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP 


njpac contributors—business partners 

Encore Circle 

$5,000 & above 

Advance Realty 

The Allergan Foundation 

Alliance Building Services 

Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation 

Berkeley College 

Brach Eichler LLC 

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC 

Connell Foley LLP 

Credibility Capital 

DeWitt Stern Group 

EisnerAmper LLP 

Evergreen Partners, Inc. 

Gateway Group One 

Genova Burns LLC 

Gilbane Building Company 

E.J. Grassmann Trust 

HLW Architecture LLC 

Inserra Supermarkets 

Jewish Federation of 

Greater Metro West 

KPMG 

L&M Development Partners, Inc. 

The Lieb Family (Bob and Sherry) 

Linden Cogeneration Plant 

Lotus Equity Group 

Mazars USA, LLP 

Michael Rachlin & Company, LLC 

MidAtlantic Arts Foundation 

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation 

Peapack-Gladstone Bank 

Prudential Center and 

New Jersey Devils 

PS&S 

RBH Group 

Sherman Wells Sylvester 

& Stamelman LLP 

ShopRite of Newark & Brookdale 

SILVERMAN 

Tito’s Handmade Vodka 

Union Foundation 

Vibe | The Tower at Halsey 

and William 

Willis Towers Watson 

njpac contributors—vanguard society 

New Jersey Performing Arts Center is deeply grateful to the following individuals and families for their 

generous annual support, which makes it possible for NJPAC to maintain its world-class venue, fill it 

with star-studded, diverse performances, and carry out its arts education programs that transform 

New Jersey’s children. For more information, please contact Lisa Mantone, Senior Vice President of 

Development, at 973.297.5154. As of November 20, 2019 

Leadership Circle 

$200,000 & above 





The Smart Family Foundation/ 

David S. Stone, Esq., Stone 

and Magnanini 





Co-Chair Circle 

$100,000 & above 



John and Suzanne Willian/ 

Goldman Sachs Gives 

Director’s Circle 

$50,000 & above 

The Joan and Allen Bildner 

Family Fund 

Jennifer A. Chalsty 

Edison Properties Newark Foundation 

Mimi and Edwin Feliciano 


William and Joan Hickey 


Michael and Jill Tanenbaum 


President’s Circle 

$25,000 & above 

Lawrence E. Bathgate, II 

Randi and Marc E. Berson 

Ann and Stan Borowiec 

Sally Chubb 

Mindy A. Cohen and David J. Bershad 

The Celia Lipton Farris and 

Victor W. Farris Home Community 

Fund at the Community 

Foundation of New Jersey 


Mr. and Mrs. Warren Grover 

Steve and Bonnie Holmes 

Howard and Debby Kaminsky 

Don Katz and Leslie Larson 

Dana and Peter Langerman 

McCrane Foundation, Inc., 


Bobbi and Barry H. Ostrowsky, Esq. 

James and Nancy Pierson 

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Quick, III 

Marian and David Rocker 

Steven and Beverly Rubenstein 

Charitable Foundation 

The Sagner Family Foundation 

David S. Steiner and Sylvia 

Steiner Charitable Trust 

Turner Construction Company/ 

Pat A. DiFilippo 

Walsh Family Fund of the Community 

Foundation of New Jersey 

Nina and Ted Wells 

Composer’s Circle 

$10,000 & above 

Anonymous 


Judith Bernhaut 

Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation 

Rose Cali 

Carol and Roger Chartouni 

Kevin & Linda Conlin 

Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Esq. 

Debbie Dyson 

J. Andres Espinosa 

Michael Fucci 


Alice Gerson Goldfarb 

Phyllis and Steven E. Gross 

Jeffrey and Judith Hoffman 

Carolyn Wright and J. 

Michael Hopkins 

The Huisking Foundation 

Meg and Howard Jacobs 

The Honorable and 

Mrs. Thomas H. Kean 

Scott and Susan Kobler 

Michelle Y. Lee 

Ann M. Limberg 

A. Michael and Ruth C. Lipper/ 

Lipper Family Charitable Foundation 

Amy and William Lipsey 

The Harold I. & Faye B. 

Liss Foundation 

Mitchell A. Livingston 

Barry and Leslie Mandelbaum 

Ellen Marshall and Jim Flanagan 

Harold and Donna Morrison 

Mary Beth O’Connor, Lucky VIII Films 

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njpac contributors—vanguard society 

Composer’s Circle cont... 

Richard S. and Kayla L. Pechter 

Christopher R. Reidy 


Philip R. Sellinger 

Cliff and Barbara Sobel 

Alexine and Warren Tranquada 

Carmen Villar 

Ms. Amrit Walia 

Joyce and George Wein Foundation 

Linda A. Willett, Esq. 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Zinbarg 

Encore Circle 

$5,000 & above 

Jean and Bruce Acken 

Anonymous 

Barbara and Val Azzoli 

Barbara and Ed Becker 

Daniel Bloomfield and Betsy True 

Candice R. Bolte 

Denise and Dennis Bone 

Linda M. Bowden 

The Hon. Jon M. Bramnick 

Nancy Cantor and Steven R. Brechin 

Norman L. Cantor and Tamar Dror 

Nestor and Desiree Charriez 

Austin G. Cleary 

Sylvia J. Cohn 

njpac premier donors and sponsors 

NJPAC is deeply grateful to the institutions and individuals whose aggregate contributions 

(gifts, grants, sponsorships and events) for the year total $50,000 or more. As of November 20, 2019 

$1,000,000 & above 





$500,000 & above 



$250,000 & above 


The Horizon Foundation and 

New Jersey/Horizon Blue Cross 

Blue Shield of New Jersey 





Merck Foundation 


RWJBarnabas Health 


$100,000 & above 

ADP 


Audible, Inc. 

BD 

The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation 


Kevin Cummings 

Alma DeMetropolis, CFA 

Robert Doherty 

Dexter and Carol Earle Foundation 

Leecia Roberta Eve 

Thelma and Richard Florin 

Vincent and Ellen Forlenza 

Leah and Edward Frankel 

Lawrence P. Goldman and Laurie B. Chock 

Renee and David Golush 

Hobby’s Restaurant/ The Brummer Family 

David Hodes and Julie Schwabin 

in memory of Robin Hodes Jacobs 

Jackie and Larry Horn 

Karen and Ralph Izzo 

Roger, Joshua and Rachel Jacobs 

in memory of Robin Hodes Jacobs 

Don and Margie Karp 

Amy and Steven Kruvant 

Rabbi and Mrs. Clifford M. Kulwin 

Lee and Murray Kushner and Family 

Ralph and Martyann LaRossa 

Judith Lieberman 

Dena F. and Ralph Lowenbach 

Charles F. Lowrey and Susan T. Rodriguez 

Lisa Mantone and Thomas Vilardi 

Tom and Joanne Marino 

The Lester and Grace Maslow 

Foundation, Inc. 


The Healthcare Foundation 

of New Jersey 


Mars Wrigley Confectionery US 

M&T Bank 


PwC 


The Smart Family Foundation/ 

David S. Stone, Esq., Stone 

and Magnanini 



TD Bank/TD Charitable Foundation 

Wells Fargo 


John and Suzanne Willian/ 

Goldman Sachs Gives 

$50,000 & above 

Atlantic, Tomorrow’s Office 

Randi and Marc Berson/ 

The Fidelco Group 

The Joan and Allen Bildner Family Fund 

Boraie Development LLC 

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 

Capital One 

Jennifer A. Chalsty 

Mindy A. Cohen and David J. Bershad 

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Judy and Heath McLendon 

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Merson 

Mr. and Mrs. D. Nicholas Miceli 

Joyce R. Michaelson 

Duncan and Alison Niederauer 

Edwin S. and Catherine Olsen 

Ms. Deanne Wilson and 

Mr. Laurence B. Orloff 

Jean and Kent Papsun 

Dr. Victor and Jane Parsonnet 

Christine S. Pearson 

Judith and Kenneth Peskin 

Rob and Nora Radest 

Lennon Register and Barbara White 

Karen and Gary D. Rose 

Susan Satz 


Stephen and Mary Sichak 

The Marion and Norman Tanzman 

Charitable Foundation 

Robert and Sharon Taylor 

Robert and Mary Ellen Waggoner 

Thomas C. Wallace 

Thomas Wisniewski 

Karen and Bill Young 

Helene and Gary Wingens 

Jan and Barry Zubrow 

James Zucker 

Deloitte, LLP 

Disney Corporate Citizenship 

Edison Properties Newark Foundation 


Mimi and Edwin Feliciano 


Gibbons P.C 


William and Joan Hickey 

Investors Bank/Investors Foundation, Inc. 


Lowenstein Sandler, LLP 



NJM Insurance Group 


PNC Bank, N.A/The PNC Foundation 

Richmond County Savings Foundation 

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 

Santander Bank, N.A. 

The Walter V. and Judith L. 

Shipley Family Foundation 

Tanenbaum Keale, LLP 

Michael and Jill Tanenbaum 


Turrell Fund 



Wilf Family Foundation

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njpac muse society 

NJPAC’s Muse Society recognizes those visionary friends who include the Arts Center in their financial 

planning through bequests, charitable gift annuities, insurance and other deferred gifts. We are deeply 

grateful to the following friends who have included the Arts Center in their estate plans and made known 

their future gift. For more information or to notify NJPAC of your intent to include it in your estate planning, 

contact Lisa Mantone, Senior Vice President of Development, at 973.297.5154. As of November 20, 2019 

Anonymous 


Lawrence E. Bathgate, II 

Judith Bernhaut 

Andrew T. Berry, Esq.+ 

Randi and Marc Berson 

Joan+ and Allen Bildner+ 

Candice R. Bolte 

Edmond H.+ and Joan K. Borneman 

Ann and Stan Borowiec 

Raymond G. Chambers 


Fred Corrado 

Ann Cummis 

Mr. and Mrs. James Curtis 

Harold R. Denton 

Richard DiNardo 

Charles H. Gillen+ 

Bertha Goldman+ 



Phyllis and Steven E. Gross 

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Grover 

Opera Link/Jerome Hines+ 

Jackie and Larry Horn 

The Meg and Howard Jacobs 

Family Foundation 

Rose Jacobs+ 

Gertrude Brooks Josephson+ and 

William Josephson in Memory of 

Rebecca and Samuel Brooks 

Adrian and Erica Karp 

Gail and Max Kleinman 

Joseph Laraja, Sr.+ 

Leonard Lieberman+ 

Ruth C. Lipper 

Amy C. Liss 

Dena F. and Ralph Lowenbach 

Joseph and Bernice O’Reilly+ 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ostergaard 

Maria Parise+ 


Marian and David Rocker 

Estate of Eric F. Ross+ 

Bernice Rotberg+ 


Ethel Smith+ 

Leonard R. Stern+ 

Paul Stillman Trust 


Carolyn M. VanDusen 

Artemis Vardakis+ 



+deceased 

njpac members 

New Jersey Performing Arts Center gives special thanks to the following Members who help meet 

the Arts Center’s annual financial needs with gifts of $650 to $4,999. For information on becoming a 

Member, please call 973.297.5809. As of November 20, 2019 

Sustainer 

$3,000 & above 

Wendee Bailey 

Patricia L. Capawana 

Eleanor Kessler Cohen and 

Max Insel Cohen 

Lauren and Steven Friedman 

Gregg N. Gerken 

Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation 

Louis V. Henston 

Mayor Sharpe James 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Kuchner 

Ellen and Donald Legow 

Tim Lizura 

Dr. Diane M. Ridley 

Carlos A. Rodriguez 

Dennis Sanders & Family 

Robin and Leigh Walters 

The Honorable Alvin Weiss 

Aleta and Paul Zoidis 

Patron 

$1,250 & above 

Anonymous 

Brian Archer 

Joseph and Jacqueline Basralian 

George and Jane Bean 

Eileen R. Becker 

Alishia and Henry Brandon 

Margaret M. Brubaker 

Roneea L. Bundick 

Jeri Burt 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Chapin, III 

Judith Musicant and Hugh A. Clark 

Nancy Clarke 

Carol and John Cornwell 

Carmen A. Corrales 

Andrea Cummis and Renard Fiscus 

Margaret J. Cunningham 

Victor L. Davson and 

Cicely Cottingham 

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. - 

North Jersey Alumnae Chapter 

The Development Wing, Inc. 

D’Maris and Joseph Dempsey 

Linda Dunham 

Donna and Kenneth Eberle 

Alice and Glenn Engel 

Herbert and Karin Fastert 

Drs. Brenda and Robert Fischbein 

J. Kevin Gao 

Rosemarie Gentile 

Kenneth and Claudia Gentner 

Thomas P. Giblin 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gilfillan 

Carolyn Gould 

Perry and Robert Halkitis 

Tamara Harris-Robinson 

Kitty and Dave Hartman 

Donald N. Heirman 

Joan Hollander 

Alan and Carrie Holtz 

Jeremy V. Johnson 

Adrian and Erica Karp 

Carolyn and James Kinder 

Eli Kleinman Fund for 

Jewish Education 

Gail and Max Kleinman 

Hans Knapp 

Ben Korman 

Irvin and Marjorie Kricheff 

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Kronthal 

Elaine and Rob LeBuhn+ 

Mark and Gayle Lerch 

Dr. and Mrs. Donald Louria 

Kevin and Trisha Luing 

Lum, Drasco & Positan, LLC 

Terri Seeney Majette 

Michele Mason 

Lana Masor 

Massey Insurance Agency 


njpac members 

Patron cont... 

Edward Moran 

Jack and Ellen Moskowitz 

Bruce Murphy and Mary Jane Lauzon 

H. Herbert Myers Memorial 

Foundation 

Nagel Rice, LLP, in memory of 

Robin Hodes Jacobs 

Jeffrey S. Norman 

Dr. Christy Oliver and Bessie T. Oliver 

Wayne Paglieri and Jessalyn Chang 

Mr. Arnold and Dr. Sandra Peinado 

Dr. Kalmon D. Post and 

Linda Farber-Post 

Caroline and Harry Pozycki 

Cecile Prince 

Jonathan and Bethany Rabinowitz 

Lawrence A. Raia 

Susan and Evan Ratner 

Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf 

Tamara Harris-Robinson 

Brent N. Rudnick 

Barbara Sager 

Donald Schier 

Mr. and Mrs. Newton B. Schott 

Rita and Leonard Selesner 

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shapiro 

Divesh Srivastava 

Elaine J. Staley 

Joan Standish 

Rosemary and Robert Steinbaum 

Kate S. Tomlinson and Roger Labrie 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Charles Tschampion 

Bruce A. Tucker 

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Untracht 

Jon Ulanet 

Kathyrn Vermilye 

Richard and Arlene Vezza 

Drs. Radha and Rao V. Vinnakota 

Lisa Webber 

Dr. Joy Weinstein and 

Dr. Bruce Forman 

Lloyd Williams 

Mr. and Mrs. Pat Wood 

Gary and Wendy Young 

Richard Zaborowski 

Supporter 

$650 & above 

Cheryl Adams 

Sarrina Banks 

Deborah and Joseph Belfatto 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Braun 

James and Sharon Briggs 

Eloyd O. Britt 

Dr. Kimberly Brown and 

Parkway Eye Care Center 

Janice Buffalow and 

David R. Chapman 

Calvin Carver 

Fred Cordero and Jessica Sporn 

Martha Cybyk 

Elizabeth DelTufo 

Suzanne Deluca-Warner 

Walter Douglas 

Josephine Edwards and Stanley Yelen 

Richard R. Eger and Anne Aronvitch 

Linda Caldwell Epps 

Sanford and Zella Felzenberg 

Dr. Ronald Gandelman and 

Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell 

Barbara and Marc Gellman 

Lucia DiNapoli Gibbons 

Clifford and Karen Goldman 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Goodfellow 

Claire and Milton Gottlieb 

Thomas L. Green 

Stephen M. Greenberg 

and Barbara Infeld 

Wayne and Catherine Greenfeder 

Mark Halliday 

Hammond Contracting Co., Inc. 

Lonnie and Bette Hanauer 

Ryan P. Haygood, Esq. 

Lorraine and Bob Henry 

Samantha B. Hickman 

Mary Louise Johnston 

Richard and Cindy Johnson 

Barbara A. Karpinska 

Frances and Robert Kaufmann 

Courtney Koch 

Joan M. Kram 

Michael S. Kurtz 

Mark and Sheryl Larner 

Deborah Lashley and Harrison Snell 

Dorothy Litwin-Brief 

Susan Lippa 

Marco Lopez 

Santa and Michael R. Mallon 

Bernice E. Mayes 

Helen and Thanassis Mazarakis 

Laura and Bobby McGuinness 

Ray Merchant 

Hector Mislavsky 

and Judy Martinez 

Drs. Douglas and Susan Morrison 

Joseph and Sheila Nadler 

William and Patricia O’Connor 

Lisa and Gerald Osofsky 

Michael Ostroff and Esther Rosenberg 

Charles M. Piscitelli 

Jay R. Post, Jr. CFP 

Gusta A. Pritchett 

Oliver B. Quinn 

Frank Rand 

Brian James Remite 

Nogah Revesz 

William A. Robinson 

Idida Rodriguez 

Ina and Mark Roffman 

Joel Rosen 

Arnold Saltzman and Robin Rolfe 

Steven T. Rome 

Suzanne and Richard Scheller 

The Schiffenhaus Foundation 

Sharon and James Schwarz 

Drs. Rosanne S. Scriffignano and 

Anthony Scriffignano 

Carissa Shafto 

Edie Simonelli 

Susan N. Sobbott 

Marilyn and Leon Sokol 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spalteholz 

Beverly and Ed Stern 

Stanley and Sharon Streicher 

Jill Tarnow 

Marva Tidwell 

Louise and David J. Travis 

Paul and Sharlene Vichness 

Dr. Deborah and Peter Vietze 

Douglas Walter 

Susan D. Wasserman 

Stephen Weinstein 

Jacqueline Williams 

Cheryl Y. Wilson 

Dr. A. Zachary Yamba 

Diane C. Young, M.D., P.A. 

Claire and Gil Zweig 

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season funders 

New Jersey Performing Arts Center is grateful to the following partners for their 

commitment and investment in NJPAC’s mission. As of November 20, 2019 

Official Sponsors: 

OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF 

NJPAC’S SPOTLIGHT 

GALA 

OFFICIAL AIRLINE 

OF NJPAC 

OFFICIAL IMAGING 

SUPPLIER OF NJPAC 

OFFICIAL SOFT DRINK 


MEDIA SPONSOR 

Major support provided by: 

The Chambers Family and The MCJ Amelior Foundation, Stewart and Judy Colton, Toby & Leon Cooperman, 

Betty Wold Johnson, John Strangfeld and Mary Kay Strangfeld Foundation and Judy & Josh Weston 

Additional support provided by: 

Audible, Inc., Joan and Allen Bildner Family Fund, Edison Properties Newark Foundation, 

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Griffinger Family, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, 

William J. & Paula Marino, McCrane Foundation, Inc., care of Margrit McCrane, PNC Bank, N.A./The PNC Foundation, 

The Ryan Family, The Walter V. and Judith L. Shipley Family Foundation, 

The Smart Family Foundation/David S. Stone, Esq., Stone and Magnanini, Steinway & Sons, 

Michael & Jill Tanenbaum, TD Charitable Foundation, Turrell Fund, John & Suzanne Willian/Goldman Sachs Gives 

and The New Jersey Cultural Trust 

for your information 

As part of our Enhanced Safety Program, the following 

items are prohibited upon entry into Prudential Hall, 

the Victoria Theater, and all public spaces of NJPAC: 

backpacks, large pocketbooks, shopping bags, suitcases, 

briefcases, weapons, animals (except service animals). 

Late Seating Policy: Latecomers and persons 

leaving the theater midshow will be seated/ 

re-seated at the discretion of the management. 

Camera and Recording Equipment is Prohibited: 

The use of recording equipment and the taking of 

photographs of any performance or the possession 

of any device for such use without the written 

permission of the management is strictly prohibited. 

Parking Facilities: Easy parking is available in the 1,100-car 

garage under Military Park, directly across from NJPAC. 

Safe and secure surface parking is also available. 

Smoking and/or vaping is prohibited 

throughout all indoor spaces of NJPAC. 

Lost and Found: Any found items should be returned 

to NJPAC Security or Guest Services staff. If you 

believe you have lost an item, call (973) 297-5868. 

Found clothing items will be held for 30 days after 

which they will be donated to a local shelter. 

Mobile Device Courtesy Reminder: Please 

respect performers and fellow audience members 

by ensuring that all cellular phones and mobile 

devices are turned off during performances. 

Newark Light Rail: NJTRANSIT’s Newark Light Rail offers 

frequent service in Downtown Newark that includes a 

station stop at NJPAC, offering a convenient alternative 

to driving to a performance or event. This service is an 

extension of the Newark City Subway and connects all rail 

lines served by Newark Penn and Broad Street Stations. 

Other popular destinations served by the extension 

are The Newark Museum of Art and Broad Street area 

businesses. For more information, visit njtransit.com/nlr. 

Disabilities: All Tiers of Prudential Hall and Victoria 

Theater are wheelchair accessible. Open captioning is 

provided at select performances. Sennheisser Infraport 

infra red audio receivers are available free-of-charge 

from an NJPAC Guest Service staff member. 

NJPAC welcomes children of all ages to its 

family events, but adult performances are not 

recommended for children 5 years old 

and younger. 

New Jersey Performing Arts Center 

NJPAC, One Center Street, Newark, NJ, 07102 

Administrative: 973.642.8989 

Box Office: 1.888.466.5722 

njpac.org 

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njpac staff & administration As of December 18, 2019 

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 

John Schreiber* 

President & CEO 

Chelsea Keys 

Special Projects and 

New Ideas Lead 

Mercedes Samuels 

Administrative Assistant, 

Office of the President 

David Rodriguez* 

Executive Vice President & 

Executive Producer 

Kira M. Ruth*** 

Administrative Assistant & 

Office Manager 

Warren Tranquada** 

Executive Vice President & COO 

Valerie Fullilove 

Senior Administrative Assistant 

Timothy Lizura 

Senior Vice President, 

Real Estate & Capital Projects 

ARTS EDUCATION 

Alison Scott-Williams* 

Vice President, Arts Education 

Jennifer Tsukayama* 

Assistant Vice President, 

Arts Education Operations 

Denise Jackson 

Administrative Assistant to 

Vice President & Assistant Vice 

President 

Cathleen Plazas 

Senior Director, Curriculum & 

Program Evaluation 

Mark Gross 

Director, Jazz Instruction 

Rosa Hyde* 

Director, SchoolTime & Assemblies 

Jamie M. Mayer* 

Director, Curriculum & Professional 

Development 

Victoria Revesz 

Director, School & Community 

Programs 

Roneasha Bell 

Manager, On-site and 

Community Programs 

Kyle Conner 

Manager, Sales & Partnerships 

Ashley Mandaglio 

Manager, Professional 

Development 

Danielle Vauters 

Manager, School and 

Summer Programs 

Becca Grek 

Coordinator, Program Registration 

& Operations 

Kristine Mathieson 

Coordinator, School & 

Summer Programs 

Daniel Silverstein 

Coordinator, On-site & 

Community Programs 

Patricia Sweeting* 

Coordinator, Performances 

& Engagement 

Kendra Williams 

Coordinatior, Faculty 

Evaluation and Training 

Tara Baker 

Administrative Assistant & 

Office Manager 

Sheikia “Purple Haze” Norris 

Faculty Lead, Hip Hop 

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP 

MANAGEMENT 

Hassab Gebremedhin 

Senior Director, CRM 

Ameris Poquette 

Business Systems Analyst 

DEVELOPMENT 

Lisa Mantone 

Senior Vice President, 

Development 

Trisha Singh 

Senior Administrative Assistant 

Laura McGuinness 


Individual Giving 

Kathleen Braslow 

Director, Events and 

Donor Services 

Amy Fitzpatrick 

Director, Development 

Deborah Purdon 

Director, Research & 

Prospect Management 

Doris Thomas 

Director, Corporate Relations 

& Sponsorship 

Valerie Blau 

Corporate Giving Manager 

Rolston Cyril Watts 

Senior Manager, 

Development Operations 

Jenifer Braun 

Writer, Institutional Content 

& Correspondence 

Harris Cabrera 

Manager, Foundation Relations 

Angela Marie Tayco 

Manager, Membership 

Aisha Irvis 

Senior Coordinator, 

Corporate Relations 

FINANCE 

Lennon Register 

Vice President & CFO 

Yolanda Doganay 

Assistant Vice President & 

Controller 

Mary Jaffa*** 

Assistant Vice President, Finance 

Betty Robertson** 

Senior Accountant, 

General Accounting 

Manuela Silva**** 

Senior Accountant, Payroll 

Geraldine Richardson*** 

Staff Accountant, 

Accounts Payable 

Monique Cook 

Financial Analyst 

HUMAN RESOURCES 

Beth Silver 

Vice President, Human Resources 

Ginny Bowers Coleman*** 

Director, Volunteer Services 

Taheerah Smiley 

Human Resources Generalist 

Ashanti Hargrove 

Receptionist & HR Assistant 

INFORMATION 

TECHNOLOGIES 

Ernie DiRocco** 

Chief Information Officer 

Carl Sims**** 

Director, Network Infrastructure 

Rodney Johnson** 

Support Analyst, IT & Telecom 

MARKETING & 

COMMUNICATIONS 

Katie Sword* 

Vice President, Marketing & 

Communications 

Fallon Currie (Parrish) 

Administrative Assistant 

Debra L. Volz*** 

Senior Director, Creative Services 

Yesenia Jimenez**** 

Director, Loyalty Services 

Charlene A. Roberts* 

Director, Performance Marketing 

Patricia Ryan 

Art Director 

Tina Boyer* 

Senior Manager, Creative Services 

Yasmeen Fahmy 

Associate Director, 

Digital Marketing 

Latoya Dawson* 

Manager, Marketing 

Nathan Leslie* 

Manager, Marketing 

Katie Stein 

Digital Community Manager 

Doris Ann Pezzolla**** 

Senior Graphic Designer 

Allison Terkowitz 

Graphic Designer 

Matthew Cherry 

Digital Marketing Coordinator 

April Jeffries 

Coordinator, Group Sales 

Daryle Charles** 

Theron Mallard 

Robert Paglia*** 

Priority Customer Representatives 


Jerome H. Enis**** 

Consultant, Herbert George 

Associates 

Angela Thomas 

Consultant, Performance 

Public Relations 

OPERATIONS 

Chad Spies*** 

Vice President, Operations 

& Real Estate 

Anthony Rosta 

Facility Manager & 

ADA Coordinator 

Meredith Hull 

Administrative Assistant 

Todd Tantillo*** 

Chief Engineer 

J. Dante Esposito**** 

Lead Engineer 

Thomas Amory 

Brian Cady** 

Sherman Gamble*** 

Mariusz Koniuszewski** 

Maintenance Engineers 

John Hook* 

Senior Director, Security, Parking & 

Traffic Operations 

Thomas Dixon**** 

Safety & Security Manager 

Robin Jones** 

Senior Director, 

House Management 

Gabrielle DeGaetano 

Ieronimos (Jerry) Xenos 

House Managers 

Kathleen Dickson**** 

Senior Head Usher 

Lamont Akins**** 

Jerry Battle** 

Edward Fleming**** 

Cynthia Robinson*** 

Tracey Robinson 

Head Ushers 

Lauren Vivenzio**** 

Manager, Operations 

Hernan Soto**** 

Senior Supervisor, Operations 

Support Staff 

Francisco Soto* 

Supervisor, Operations Support 

& Services 

Kemar Brown 

Assistant Supervisor, Operations 

Support & Services 

Tyrone Boyd 

Delbert Green 

George Clemons 

David Martina 

Operations Support Staff 

George Gardner**** 

House Painter 

Corey Lester* 

Mailroom Coordinator 

PRODUCTION 

Chris Moses** 

Senior Director, Production 

Christopher Staton* 

Senior Production Manager 

E. Kevin Jones 

Production Manager 

Crystal Cowling 

Associate Production Manager 

Rachel Macleod 

Production Coordinator 

William Worman**** 

Head Carpenter 

Mario Corrales**** 

Bryan Danieli*** 

Assistant Head Carpenters 

Jacob Allen** 

Head Electrician 

John Enea* 

Gumersindo Fajardo**** 

Assistant Head Electricians 

Paul Allshouse** 

Head Audio 

John DiCapua 

John Finney** 

Assistant Heads Audio 

Richard Edwards**** 

George Honczarenko* 

Amere Jenkins* 

Dan Pagan 

House Specialists 

Eunice Peterson**** 

Allison Wyss**** 

Senior Artist Assistants 

Melvin Anderson** 

Lowell Craig*** 

Rachel Dresner 

Daniel Drew III 

Loni Fiscus 

Daniel Ovalle* 

Sindy Sanchez 

MJ Santry 

Suzanne Santry 

Ritesh Vallabhaneni 

Artist Assistants 

PROGRAMMING 

Evan White*** 


Programming 

Simma Levine 

Producer, Special Projects 

Craig Pearce* 

Producer, Festivals & Performances 

Kitab Rollins** 

Director Performance & 

Broadcast Rentals 

Eyesha Marable* 

Director, Community Engagement 

Najiyyah Bailey 

Associate Producer, Community 

Engagement 

Adrien Turner 

Community Impact Coordinator 

William W. Lockwood, Jr.**** 

Programming Consultant 

Donna Walker-Kuhne* 

Senior Advisor, Community 

Engagement 

SPECIAL EVENTS 

Austin Cleary*** 

Assistant Vice President 

Sales & Planning, NJPAC Events 

Roslyn Brown** 

Event Associate 

TICKET SERVICES 

Erik Wiehardt*** 

Director, Ticket Services 

Stephanie Miller**** 

Associate Director, 

Ticketing System 

Nicole Craig*** 

Associate Director, Box Office 

Robin Polakoff* 

Ticketing System Specialist 

Veronica Dunn-Sloan** 

Box Office Managers 

Edward Bogus 

Box Office Manager P/T 

Jana Thompson* 

Box Office Representative 

Belva Moody 

Box Office Representative P/T 

WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION 


Sarah Rosen 

Managing Director 

Amy Mormak* 

Associate Director, Events 

Christine Borowsky 

Events Coordinator 

Service Recognition 

(as of 12/9/19) 

* * * * 20+ years 

* * * 15+ years 

* * 10+ years 

* 5+ years 

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Norman Bluhm, Fresco #13, 1987 (detail). Acrylic and pastel on paper, 60 × 50 in. 

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A new name 

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Sixteen Arakan (Arhat), Disciples of the Historical Buddha Japan, Edo Period (1603–1868). 

Ink, colors, silk. Newark Museum Purchase 1909 George T. Rockwell Collection 9.932 

For those seeking enlightenment… 

On View September 18 Thru January 5 

Major support by: 

E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation 

Additional support by: Japanese Chamber of Commerce of New York, Inc., 

Arlene Lieberman, The Ryan Family Foundation 

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Sheila E. joins Eddie Palmieri, 

Tito Nieves and the Christian McBride 

Big Band on Nov 9 in Congas y Canto, 

an all-star evening of Latin jazz. Part of 

the TD James Moody Jazz Festival. 

Irish music sensation 

Celtic Woman presents an 

all-new Ancient Land Tour 

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1/3/19 1:52 PM 

Alvin Ailey American Dance 

Theater celebrates six 

decades with special 

anniversary programs, 

May 10–12. 

Samantha Figgins and Jeroboam Bozeman Photo by Andrew Eccles 

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strike up the bandwidth 

of your advertising! 

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bravo! 

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NJPAC’s glossy guide to each performance to read, enjoy 

and keep as a souvenir by hundreds of thousands of 

theatergoers each season. Programs are packed with eye 

catching special features, including background info about 

current performances and lively articles. 

More than 500,000 customers viewed BRAVO! at about 

550 performances, events and programs during the 

2018-19 season. Thirty-two percent of that population 

reports an average household income of over $125,000 

In addition to the printed publication, all paid advertising 

will appear in NJPAC’s digital spaces: 

NJPAC Website Simply click to each full issue of BRAVO! 

(1.2 million unique visitors to njpac.org during the 2018-19 season). 

Email NJPAC performance reminders, emailed to ticketholders 

approximately 2 days before the event, include a link 

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Mobile App Tap to each issue of BRAVO! via the NJPAC Mobile 

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WE’RE GETTING BETTER, TOGETHER

Join us for the 

Transplant Games 

of America! 

July 17-22, 2020 

We are proud to partner with NJPAC to honor organ, eye 

and tissue donors and their families. 

Be a part of this inspiring event! Join us on July 18 for the 

Opening Ceremony at The Prudential Center and explore the 

Transplant Games Village at American Dream while celebrating 

all that donation and transplantation make possible. 

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coming this spring! 

ballet 

hispánico 

mar 21 & 22 

michael 

feinstein 

mar 14 

masterchef 

junior 

live 

mar 10 

johnny 

mathis 

mar 20 

the 

chieftains 

mar 15 

tierney sutton 

& ann hampton callaway 

mar 28 

Maz Jobrani 

Fri, Mar 6 @ 7:30 & 9:45PM 

Whindersson Nunes 

Sat, Mar 7 @ 8PM 

National Dance Institute 

Voices of Change 

Sun, Mar 8 @ 4PM 

MasterChef Junior Live 

Tue, Mar 10 @ 7PM 

Michael Feinstein: 

Shaken & Stirred 

featuring Storm Large 

Sat, Mar 14 @ 3PM 

Sugar Bar Comes 

to Newark 

featuring Valerie Simpson 

and Dave Koz 

Sat, Mar 14 @ 2 & 7PM 

The Chieftains 

The Irish Goodbye 


The High Kings 

Tue, Mar 17 @ 7:30PM 

Johnny Mathis 

with special guest 


Fri, Mar 20 @ 8PM 

Ballet Hispánico 

CARMEN.maquia 

Sat, Mar 21 @ 7:30PM 


Tierney Sutton & 

Ann Hampton Callaway 

In Technicolor 

Sat, Mar 28 @ 7:30PM 

dance series 

The American Song series at NJPAC is presented, in part, through the 

generous support of the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, 

the David S. Steiner and Sylvia Steiner Charitable Trust, and the Joan and 

Allen Bildner Family Fund. 

For tickets and full schedule visit njpac.org • 1.888.GO.NJPAC • group sales 1.888.696.5722

P O W E R I N G P R O G R E S S 

EMPOWERING PEOPLE > POWERING LIFE 

Our vision for the future of New Jersey is one where 

we use less energy and the energy is cleaner, more 

reliable, more resilient and affordable. 

We make things work for you.

NJPAC - January/February/March 2020

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