2025 Leadership

Executive Committee

Jennifer Mazawey, K&L Gates
Chair

Mary Makfinsky, Popular Bank
​Vice Chair
Interim Treasurer (through mid-June 2025)

Mitch Cahn, Unionwear
Treasurer (as of mid-June 2025)

Sarah Jones, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ
Secretary

Monica Slater Stokes, United Airlines
Immediate Past Chair

Ferlanda Fox Nixon, Esq., Newark Regional Business Partnership
President & CEO

Calvin Ledford, PSEG and PSEG Foundation
At-Large

Frank Ferruggia, McCarter & English, LLP
At-Large

Darrell K. Terry, Sr., RWJBarnabas Health/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
At-Large

Renard Barnes, PS&S
At-Large

Napoleon Stephenson, PNC Bank N.A.
At-Large

Board of Directors

Sam Caucci, 1Huddle

Luis Collazo, Berkeley College

Ameer Washington, Boys and Girls Clubs of Newark

Dr. Suffiyah Webb, Brilliant Smiles Pediatric Dentistry

Jason Holt, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

Silvia Pereira, Citizens Bank

Gary Love, FAPS

Ana Sciara, Gateway Group One

Roger Smith, Gensler

Sarah Jones, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield NJ

Cheryl McCants, Impact Consulting Enterprises

Marlene Bauer, InGroup, Inc.

Emily Manz, Invest Newark

Jennifer Mazawey, K&L Gates

Mary Makfinsky, Popular Bank

Matthew Kuiken, Kuiken Brothers Company

Joelle Hutcheon, Mars Wrigley Confectionery U.S.

David Andrew, Marsh

Ramelle Massey, Massey Insurance Agency, Inc.

Frank E. Ferruggia, McCarter & English, LLP

Marjorie Perry, MZM Construction & Management Co.

Ferlanda Fox Nixon, Esq., Newark Regional Business Partnership 

Alejandra Ceja, Panasonic Industrial Components Sales Company of America

Amanda Joinson, Phelps Construction Group LLC

Napoleon Stephenson, PNC Bank N.A. 

Sarah McKeon, Port Authority of NY & NJ

Renard Barnes, PS&S Architecture & Engineering

Calvin Ledford, PSEG and PSEG Foundation

Chitra Radin, Radin Consulting, Inc.

Arcelio Aponte, Rutgers University-Newark

Darrell K. Terry, Sr., RWJ Barnabas Health/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center & Children's Hospital of NJ

Naomi Stevens, SOSV/HAX

Chris Marx, Savills Inc

Rosa Alves, Seton Hall University School of Law

Thomas Marolaukos, Skopos Hospitality Group

Daniel Gallagher, TD Bank

Jorge Fernandez, The Provident Bank

Adam Beckmann, Thornton Tomasetti

Larry Boresen, Turner Construction Company

Mitch Cahn, Unionwear

Monica Slater Stokes, United Airlines

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