2026 Leadership

Executive Committee

Mary Makfinsky, Popular Bank
Chair

Mitch Cahn, Unionwear
​Vice Chair

Napoleon Stephenson, PNC Bank
Treasurer 

Sarah Jones, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ
Secretary

Jennifer Mazawey, K&L Gates
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

Monica Slater Stokes, United Airlines
At-Large

Board of Directors

Sam Caucci, 1Huddle

Ari Fox, Audible

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

Anthony Borelli, Edison Properties

Gary Love, FAPS

Ana Sciara, Gateway Group One

Roger Smith, Gensler

Robert Johnson, Esq., Gibbons P.C.

Sarah Jones, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield NJ

Cheryl McCants, Impact Consulting Enterprises

Amar Singer, International Proactive Security, Inc. (IPS Security)

Emily Manz, Invest Newark

Jennifer Mazawey, K&L Gates

Amanda Joinson, Phelps Construction Group LLC

Mary Makfinsky, Popular Bank

Matthew Kuiken, Kuiken Brothers Company

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 

Amanda Joinson, Phelps Construction Group LLC

Napoleon Stephenson, PNC Bank N.A. 

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

Christopher Marx, Savills Inc

Rosa Alves, Seton Hall University School of Law

Thomas Maroulakos, 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