Report To The Community 2022
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women@njpac board of trustees as of January 1, 2023<br />
President<br />
Faith Taylor<br />
Global Sustainability Leader,<br />
Kyndryl<br />
Co-Executive Vice President<br />
Margarethe Laurenzi<br />
Executive Director<br />
Maher Charitable Foundation<br />
Co-Executive Vice President<br />
Sonia Luaces<br />
Partner, PwC LLP<br />
Vice Presidents<br />
Deborah Q. Belfatto<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Mindy A. Cohen<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Lori Spoon<br />
Senior Vice President<br />
Global Head of Customer &<br />
Broker Engagment<br />
Bershire Hathaway<br />
Specialty Insurance<br />
Treasurer<br />
Lisa Osofsky<br />
Partner, Private Client Services<br />
Practice Leader<br />
Mazars USA, LLP<br />
Assistant Treasurer<br />
Suzanne M. Spero<br />
Executive Director<br />
<strong>The</strong> MCJ Amelior Foundation<br />
Secretary<br />
Tammye T. Jones<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Farah N. Ansari<br />
Partner<br />
Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP<br />
Linda J. Baraka<br />
Chief of Staff<br />
State of NJ Legislative District 28<br />
Rana Peterson Barclay<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Audrey Bartner<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Marcia Wilson Brown, Esq.**<br />
Retired Vice Chancellor<br />
for External &<br />
GovernmentalRelations<br />
Rutgers University – Newark<br />
Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield, Ph.D<br />
Executive Vice Chancellor<br />
Rutgers University – Newark<br />
Patricia L. Capawana<br />
Founder<br />
Patricia L. Capawana<br />
Executive Events, LLC<br />
Alejandra Ceja<br />
Executive Director<br />
Panasonic Foundation<br />
Panasonic Corporation<br />
of North America<br />
Patricia A. Chambers* **<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist; Chair<br />
Lambert Bridge Winery<br />
Sally Chubb* **<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Barbara Bell Coleman**<br />
President<br />
BBC Associates, LLC<br />
Michellene Davis, Esq.<br />
President & CEO<br />
National Medical<br />
Fellowships, Inc.<br />
Antoinette Ellis-Williams<br />
Chairperson & Professor<br />
Department of Women’s &<br />
Gender Studies<br />
NJCU<br />
Catherine J. Flynn<br />
Partner<br />
Flynn Watts Law<br />
Christine C. Gilfillan<br />
President<br />
<strong>The</strong> MCJ Amelior Foundation<br />
Aisha Glover<br />
Vice President<br />
Center for Urban Innovation<br />
Audible<br />
Veronica M. Goldberg* **<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Zenola Harper, Esq.<br />
Vice President<br />
Litigation, Labor & Employment<br />
Horizon BCBS of New Jersey<br />
Kim Hobbs<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Vani Krishnamurthy<br />
Founder & CEO<br />
CoCo Gallery<br />
Brooke Lawson<br />
Regional Vice President<br />
North Region<br />
Neiman Marcus<br />
Kerri B. Levine<br />
Vice President<br />
Fidelco Realty Group<br />
Ruth C. Lipper**<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Dena F. Lowenbach**<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Marlie Massena<br />
Senior Brand Planner<br />
Jellyfish<br />
Shennell McCloud<br />
Executive Director<br />
Project Ready & Be Ready<br />
DeAnna L. Minus-Vincent<br />
Executive Vice President &<br />
Chief Social Justice &<br />
Accountability Officer<br />
RWJBarnabas Health<br />
Gabriella E. Morris, Esq.*<br />
Chief Philanthropy Officer<br />
World Food Program USA<br />
Ferlanda Fox Nixon, Esq.<br />
Chief of Policy &<br />
Government Affairs<br />
African American Chamber of<br />
Commerce of New Jersey<br />
Editor, TAPinto Denville<br />
Christine Pearson<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Sara Peña<br />
Director of External Affiars<br />
PSEG<br />
Rhonda McFarlane Richard<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Mary Kay Strangfeld**<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Mikki Taylor<br />
President, Satin Doll<br />
Productions, Inc.<br />
Editor-at-Large, ESSENCE<br />
Magazine<br />
Diana T. Vagelos* **<br />
<strong>Community</strong> Leader &<br />
Philanthropist<br />
Nina Mitchell Wells, Esq.<br />
Former Secretary of State,<br />
State of New Jersey<br />
Nicole D. Wescoe<br />
Regional President<br />
Northeast Region<br />
Whole Foods Market<br />
*Founding Member<br />
**Trustee Emerita<br />
family of donors<br />
NJPAC thanks each and every one of its supporters for making a commitment<br />
that helps ensure the future well-being and success of your Arts Center.<br />
<strong>The</strong> acknowledgments presented here are based on contributions made between July 1, 2021,<br />
to December 31, <strong>2022</strong>. NJPAC is enormously grateful for the many contributions the Arts Center<br />
received after January 1, 2023, which will be recognized in next year's <strong>Report</strong> to the <strong>Community</strong>.<br />
njpac shining stars as of December 31, <strong>2022</strong><br />
New Jersey Performing Arts Center reserves special accolades for its Shining Stars —<br />
the generous visionaries, luminaries and great dreamers who make everything possible.<br />
This list includes contributors whose cumulative giving to NJPAC totals $1 million and above.<br />
dreamers<br />
$10,000,000 & above<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chambers Family &<br />
<strong>The</strong> MCJ Amelior Foundation<br />
City of Newark<br />
Judy & Stewart Colton<br />
<strong>To</strong>by & Leon Cooperman<br />
Essex County<br />
Betty Wold Johnson+<br />
New Jersey State<br />
Council on the Arts<br />
Prudential/<strong>The</strong> Prudential<br />
Foundation<br />
Estate of Eric F. Ross<br />
State of New Jersey<br />
Victoria Foundation<br />
<strong>The</strong> Josh Weston Family<br />
Women@NJPAC<br />
luminaries<br />
$5,000,000 & above<br />
Bank of America<br />
Randi & Marc E. Berson<br />
<strong>The</strong> Joan & Allen Bildner<br />
Family Fund<br />
CIT<br />
Horizon Blue Cross Blue<br />
Shield of New Jersey<br />
Merck Foundation<br />
Katharine+ &<br />
Albert W.+ Merck<br />
NJ Advance Media<br />
PSEG/PSEG Foundation<br />
RWJBarnabas Health<br />
Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch<br />
Diana & P. Roy Vagelos<br />
Wells Fargo Foundation<br />
visionaries<br />
$1,000,000 & above<br />
ADP<br />
Alcatel-Lucent<br />
American Express<br />
Anonymous<br />
AT&T<br />
BD<br />
Casino Reinvestment<br />
Development Authority<br />
Chubb<br />
Joanne D. Corzine Foundation<br />
Jon S. Corzine Foundation<br />
Geraldine R. Dodge<br />
Foundation<br />
Doris Duke Charitable<br />
Foundation<br />
Edison Properties<br />
Newark Foundation/<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gottesman Family<br />
Anne Evans Estabrook DBA<br />
Elberon Development Co.<br />
Ford Foundation<br />
Gibbons P.C.<br />
Veronica M. Goldberg<br />
<strong>The</strong> Griffinger Family<br />
Harrah’s Foundation<br />
Hess Foundation, Inc.<br />
William & Joan Hickey<br />
<strong>The</strong> Izzo Family<br />
Jaqua Foundation<br />
Johnson & Johnson<br />
Family of Companies<br />
JPMorgan Chase<br />
Kresge Foundation<br />
<strong>The</strong> Blanche & Irving<br />
Laurie Foundation<br />
Arlene Lieberman/<strong>The</strong> Leonard<br />
Lieberman Family Foundation<br />
A. Michael & Ruth C.<br />
Lipper/Lipper Family<br />
Charitable Foundation<br />
William J. & Paula Marino<br />
McCrane Foundation, Inc.,<br />
care of Margrit McCrane<br />
<strong>The</strong> Andrew W. Mellon<br />
Foundation<br />
New Jersey Cultural Trust<br />
Panasonic Foundation<br />
Dr. Victor Parsonnet &<br />
Jane Parsonnet+<br />
Pfizer Inc.<br />
Michael F. Price<br />
PwC<br />
Robert Wood Johnson,<br />
Jr. Charitable Trust<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ryan Family<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sagner Family Foundation<br />
Schering-Plough Corporation<br />
<strong>The</strong> Walter V. & Judith L.<br />
Shipley Family Foundation<br />
Sills Cummis & Gross, PC<br />
<strong>The</strong> Smart Family Foundation/<br />
David S. Stone, Esq.,<br />
Stone & Magnanini<br />
John Strangfeld &<br />
Mary Kay Strangfeld<br />
Foundation<br />
Michael & Jill Tanenbaum<br />
Morris+ & Charlotte Tanenbaum<br />
TD Bank/TD Charitable<br />
Foundation<br />
Turner Construction<br />
Company/Pat A. Di Filippo<br />
Turrell Fund<br />
United Airlines<br />
Verizon<br />
Robert & Mary Ellen Waggoner<br />
Wallace Foundation<br />
+deceased<br />
njpac council of trustees as of December 31, <strong>2022</strong><br />
Val Azzoli<br />
Michael F. Bartow<br />
Rona Brummer<br />
John M. Castrucci, CPA<br />
Elizabeth G. Christopherson<br />
Susan Cole, Ph.D.<br />
Robert S. Constable<br />
Irene Cooper-Basch<br />
Anthony R. Coscia, Esq.<br />
Andrea Cummis<br />
Samuel A. Delgado<br />
Steven J. Diner, Ph.D.<br />
Andrew Dumas<br />
Dawood Farahi, Ph.D.<br />
Curtland E. Fields<br />
Albert R. Gamper<br />
Bruce I. Goldstein, Esq.<br />
Paula Gottesman<br />
Sandra Greenberg<br />
Kent C. Hiteshew<br />
Patrick E. Hobbs<br />
John A. Hoffman, Esq.<br />
Lawrence S. Horn, Esq.<br />
Reverend M. William<br />
Howard, Jr.<br />
Reverend Reginald Jackson<br />
Howard Jacobs<br />
Robert L. Johnson, M.D.<br />
Marilyn “Penny” Joseph<br />
Donald M. Karp, Esq.<br />
Gene R. Korf<br />
Rabbi Clifford M. Kulwin<br />
Ellen W. Lambert, Esq.<br />
Paul Lichtman<br />
Kevin Luing<br />
Joseph Manfredi<br />
Antonio S. Matinho<br />
Bari J. Mattes<br />
John E. McCormac, CPA<br />
Catherine M. McFarland<br />
Joyce R. Michaelson<br />
Edwin S. Olsen<br />
Richard S. Pechter<br />
Daria M. Placitella<br />
Jay R. Post, Jr., CFP<br />
Steven J. Pozycki<br />
Marian Rocker<br />
David J. Satz, Esq.<br />
Barbara J. Scott<br />
Marla S. Smith<br />
Suzanne M. Spero<br />
Joseph P. Starkey<br />
Sylvia Steiner<br />
Arthur R. Stern<br />
Andrew Vagelos<br />
Richard J. Vezza<br />
Kim Wachtel<br />
Constance K. Weaver<br />
Elnardo J. Webster, II<br />
E. Belvin Williams, Ph.D.<br />
Gary M. Wingens, Esq.<br />
NJPAC Arts Education staff unveil<br />
a piano gifted by M&M Mars<br />
Wrigley to Newark Pride.<br />
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