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Past Event Honorees
Annual Awards
Annual Awards Dinner Honorees
Since 1981, Tri-County Scholarship Fund has awarded leaders in business and education for their commitment to advancing the opportunities for financially disadvantaged children.
Year | Name | Company | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
2025 | John and Joanne Harrington | Harrington & Sons Construction | Making A Difference |
2025 | Jocelyn Grahame | McKinsey & Company | Leadership |
2025 | Mike Goldman | NFP, an Aon Company | Hall of Fame |
2024 | Vincent C. Tizzio | AXIS | Hall of Fame |
2024 | Brendan Coughlin | Citizens | Hall of Fame |
2024 | Robert Cohen | NJIT/Stryker | Hall of Fame |
2023 | Fr. Michael A. Tidd, OSB | Delbarton School | Making A Difference |
2023 | Bank of America NJ | Leadership | |
2023 | John J. Marchioni | Selective Insurance Group, Inc. | Hall of Fame |
2022 | Juan C. Andrade | Everest Re Group, Ltd. | Hall of Fame |
2022 | Guy Adami | CNBC's Fast Money / RiskReversal Media | Hall of Fame |
2022 | St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic School | Passaic, NJ | Making A Difference |
2021 | Steven Goulart | MetLife | Hall of Fame |
2021 | Margaret A. Darrin Charitable Trust | Making A Difference | |
2021 | Navneet & Reema Puri | Nevakar | Hall of Fame |
2020 | Trish O'Keefe, RN, PhD. | Atlantic Health System | Leadership |
2020 | Bob & Sue Sameth | Long-time Supporters of Tri-County | Making A Difference |
2020 | John Howard | Truist | Hall of Fame |
2019 | Douglas L. Kennedy | Peapack-Gladstone Bank | Leadership |
2019 | Ray (deceased) & Cathy Donovan and the Donovan Family | Fiddler's Elbow Country Club | Making A Difference |
2019 | Eric Andersen | Aon | Hall of Fame |
2018 | Steven Plate | The Port Authority of NY and NJ | Making a Difference |
2018 | Marc Adee | Crum and Forster | Hall of Fame |
2018 | Sam Khichi, Esq. | Becton, Dickinson and Company | Hall of Fame |
2017 | Bonita Stanton, MD (deceased) | Seton Hall/Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine | Hall of Fame |
2017 | Paul J. Krump | Chubb Group | Hall of Fame |
2017 | Justin Marcucci | Endava | Making a Difference |
2016 | The Farrell Family | Maeve Foundation, Founders | Making a Difference |
2016 | Kevin Cummings | President & CEO Investors Bank | Hall of Fame |
2016 | Edward L. Hennessy, Jr. (deceased) | Chair and CEO Emeritus, Allied Signal | Lifetime Achievement |
2016 | Most Rev. Frank Rodimer (deceased) | Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Paterson | Lifetime Achievement |
2015 | B.J. Agugliaro | Managing Partner, New Jersey, PwC | Hall of Fame |
2015 | Vaugh and Marnie McKoy | PSE&G and Educator and Co-Author | Making a Difference |
2015 | Brian A. Gragnolati | President and CEO, Atlantic Health System | Hall of Fame |
2014 | Sr. Patricia Pompa, M.P.F. | Principal, Villa Walsh Academy | Making a Difference |
2014 | Bill O'Reilly | The O'Reilly Factor | Hall of Fame |
2014 | Sr. Jo-Ann Pompa, M.P.F. | Principal, St. Gerard Majella School | Making a Difference |
2013 | Sister Francis Raftery, S.C. (deceased) | President, College of St. Elizabeth | Lifetime Achievement |
2013 | Mr. & Mrs. Walter and Irene Crum | Oratory Preparatory School | Making a Difference |
2013 | John C. Parry | CEO, Solix, Inc. | Hall of Fame |
2012 | Darla Romfo | President & COO, Children's Scholarship Fund | Making a Difference |
2012 | J. Peter Simon | Co-Chairman, William E. Simon Foundation | Hall of Fame |
2011 | Sharon C. Taylor | Sr. Vice President, Human Resources, Prudential | Hall of Fame |
2011 | Derrell Bradford | Executive Director, Better Education for Kids | Making a Difference |
2011 | Thomas J. Healey | Former Undersecretary of the Treasury | Hall of Fame |
2010 | Reade Seligmann | The Innocence Project | Making a Difference |
2010 | Kurt Bock | Chairman & CEO, BASF Corporation | Hall of Fame |
2010 | Peter J. Cocoziello | President & CEO, Advance Realty Group | Hall of Fame |
2009 | Rt. Reverend Giles P. Hayes, OSB (deceased) | Abbot, St. Mary's Abbey; President, Delbarton School | Lifetime Achievement |
2009 | Robert E. Mulcahy III (deceased) | Former CEO of the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority and recent Athletic Director at Rutgers University | Hall of Fame |
2008 | Ralph LaRossa | President & COO, Public Service Electric & Gas Company | Hall of Fame |
2007 | Edward D. Breen | Chairman & CEO, Tyco International Ltd. | Hall of Fame |
2006 | Lucia DiNapoli Gibbons | Regional President, Northern New Jersey, Wachovia Bank, N.A. | Hall of Fame |
2006 | Dennis M. Bone | President, Verizon New Jersey | Hall of Fame |
2005 | John H. Weiland | President & COO, C.R. Bard, Inc. | Hall of Fame |
2005 | Mark S. Newman | Chairman, President & CEO, DRS Technologies, Inc. | Hall of Fame |
2004 | Tim Thomas | Forward, New York Knicks | Hall of Fame |
2004 | Robert J. McCann | Vice Chair, Executive V.P., Merrill Lynch | Hall of Fame |
2003 | Douglas L. Kennedy | Chairman, Fleet New Jersey | Hall of Fame |
2002 | Albert R. Gamper, Jr. | Chairman & CEO, CIT Group Inc. | Hall of Fame |
2001 | Edward L. Hennessy, Jr. (deceased) | Chairman & CEO, Allied Signal (Ret.) | Hall of Fame |
2001 | Bishop Frank J. Rodimer (deceased) | Diocese of Paterson | Hall of Fame |
2000 | James E. Fitzgerald | Bank Exec., First Union - Atlantic | Hall of Fame |
2000 | Alan S. Painter | Director Corp. Affairs, Honeywell (Ret) | Leadership |
1999 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | (Accepted by Thomas J. Healey) | Hall of Fame |
1998 | Melvin Russell Goodes (deceased) | Chairman & CEO, Warner Lambert Co. | Hall of Fame |
1997 | Lawrence A. Bossidy | Chairman & CEO, Allied Signal | Hall of Fame |
1996 | Harry W. Witt | Regional Mgr. Partner, Deloitte & Touche | Leadership |
1996 | Dr. J. Dieter Stein | Chairman & CEO, BASF | Hall of Fame |
1995 | T. Joseph Semrod (deceased) | Chairman & CEO, UJB Financial Corp. | Hall of Fame |
1995 | William S. Ford, Jr. | Bell Atlantic | Leadership |
1994 | John W. Barter | Allied Signal | Leadership |
1994 | James G. Cullen | Bell Atlantic Corp. | Hall of Fame |
1993 | Victor A. Pelson (deceased) | Exec. V.P., AT&T; Chairman, Global Opr. | Hall of Fame |
1993 | Thomas G. Ferguson (deceased) | Chairman & CEO, Ferguson Comm. Group | Leadership |
1992 | Gerald F. Jones, Jr. (deceased) | President, Jerry Jones Mack, Inc. | Leadership |
1992 | Robert P. Luciano (deceased) | Chairman & CEO, Schering-Plough Corp. | Hall of Fame |
1991 | General P. X. Kelley (deceased) | USMC (Ret.) | Hall of Fame |
1991 | Bishop Frank J. Rodimer (deceased) | Diocese of Paterson | Founder |
1991 | Edward L. Hennessy, Jr. (deceased) | Chairman & CEO, Allied Signal | Founder |
Women of Achievement
Women of Achievement Honorees
Year | Name | Company |
|---|---|---|
2026 | Marcela Crossman | Linedata |
2026 | Debra Schatzki | BPP Wealth Solutions, LLC |
2026 | Barbara Luca | SPG - Specialty Program Group |
2026 | Adriana Carrig | Little Words Project |
2025 | Virginia Toledo & Jessica Geller | Toledo Geller Interiors |
2025 | Sonia Amorim | Valley Bank |
2025 | Gladys VonGlahn | Gladys' Cleaning Service |
2025 | Gemma Giantomasi, Esq. | CSG Law |
2024 | Monica Martinez Milan | Hispanic Chamber of Commerce & Stumpy's |
2024 | Mary W. Browning, Esq. | Cole Schotz, P.C. |
2024 | Jill Gateman | TD Bank |
2024 | Ashley Travers | KGPCo |
2023 | Nikki Sumpter | Atlantic Health System |
2023 | Karyn Miller | Capital One |
2023 | Heather Sperduto | ADP |
2023 | Betsy McNeilly, CFP | Morgan Stanley |
2022 | Sr. Marie Antonelli, MPF | Holy Spirit School, Pompton Lakes |
2022 | Sr. Jo-Ann Pompa, MPF | St. Gerard Majella School, Paterson, NJ |
2022 | Karen Young | PwC |
2022 | Ana Madan | McDonald's |
2021 | Sandy S. Broughton | Investors Bank |
2021 | Frances D. O'Brien | Chubb |
2021 | Elisa Charters | Latina Surge National |
2021 | Alina Habba, Esq. | Habba Madaio & Associates |
2019 | Paula Mandell | M&T Bank |
2019 | Michele R. Neves | Immaculate Conception High School, Montclair, NJ |
2019 | Jessica Ortiz, Esq. | MoloLamken LLP |
2019 | Anneliese Seelaus Mitnick | R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. |
2018 | Rosemary Mercedes | Univision Communications Inc. |
2018 | Reema Puri | Nevakar, Inc. |
2018 | Rebecca Levy, Esq. | Summit Medical Group |
2018 | Denise Flanagan | Coldwell Banker |
2017 | Theresa de Leon, Esq. | PNC Wealth Management |
2017 | Michellene Davis, Esq. | RWJBarnabas Health |
2017 | Mary T. Campbell, Esq. | Suez |
2017 | Evelyn Padin, Esq. | Law Offices of Evelyn Padin |
2016 | Sr. Jeanne Agans | De Paul Catholic High School |
2016 | Nancy H. Blattner, Ph.D | Caldwell College |
2016 | Michelle Harris | Newark Housing Authority |
2016 | Camelia M. Valdes, Esq. | Passaic County Prosecutor's Office |
2015 | Ramelle Massey | Massey Insurance Agency |
2015 | Madeleine Robinson | LPS Industries Inc. |
2015 | Gloria Shope (deceased) | Pope John XXIII |
2015 | Deirdre Wheatley-Liss | Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. |
2015 | Angela Kubisky | Morris County Chamber of Commerce |
2014 | Sister Merris Larkin, S.C. | Assumption School |
2014 | Sally Glick | Sobel and Co. |
2014 | Marjorie A. Perry | MZM Construction & Management Co., Inc. |
2014 | France Delle Donne | Union Center National Bank |
2014 | Anna Maria Tejada | Kaufman, Dolowich & Voluck, LLP |
Trustees of Justice
Trustees of Justice Honorees
Year | Name | Company |
|---|---|---|
2026 | The Honorable Jose L. Linares | McCarter & English, LLP |
2026 | Tracey Van Dillen, Esq. | Kenvue |
2026 | Thomas P. Scrivo, Esq. | O'Toole Scrivo, LLC |
2026 | EboneƩ Hamilton Lewis, Esq. | CVS |
2025 | The Honorable Madeline Cox Arleo | U.S. District Court Judge, District of New Jersey |
2025 | The Honorable Jamel K. Semper | U.S. District Court Judge, District of New Jersey |
2025 | Sheea Sybblis, Esq. | Boehringer Ingelheim |
2025 | Sneha Desai, Esq. | Stryker |
2025 | Craig Carpenito | King & Spalding, LLC |
2024 | Natalya G. Johnson, Esq. | Johnson & Johnson |
2024 | Kevin H. Marino, Esq. | Marino, Tortorella & Boyle, PC |
2024 | Rippi K. Karda, Esq. | Verizon |
2024 | The Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. | U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit (Ret.) - Arnold & Porter |
2024 | Kenneth E. Sharperson, Esq. | Armstrong Teasdale |
2023 | Randi W. Kochman, Esq. | Cole Schotz P.C. |
2023 | The Honorable Julien X. Neals | U.S. District Court Judge, District of New Jersey |
2023 | Paula A. Franzese, Esq. | Seton Hall University School of Law |
2023 | Patricia A. Barbieri, Esq. | Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. |
2022 | The Honorable Susan D. Wigenton | U.S. District Court Judge, District of New Jersey |
2022 | Timothy J. Fraser, Esq. | Toshiba America, Inc. |
2022 | Thomas F. Campion, Esq. | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (ret.) |
2022 | Lynda A. Bennett, Esq. | Lowenstein Sandler LLP |
2019 | Catherine P. Wells, Esq. | Chiesa, Shahinian, Giantomasi PC |
2019 | The Honorable Julio M. Fuentes | U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit |
2019 | Timothy I. Duffy, Esq. | Coughlin Duffy LLP |
2018 | Virginia Lazala, Esq. | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation |
2018 | Kevin R. Gardner, Esq. | Connell Foley |
2018 | The Honorable Brian R. Martinotti | U.S. District Court Judge, District of NJ |
2017 | Thomas M. Moriarty, Esq. | CVS Health Corporation |
2017 | The Honorable Michael A. Shipp | U.S. District Court Judge, District of NJ |
2017 | Paulette Brown, Esq. | Locke Lord LLP |
2017 | Law Firm of McElroy Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP | McElroy Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP |
2016 | Edward B. Deutsch | McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP |
2016 | The Honorable Esther Salas | U.S. District Court Judge, District of New Jersey |
2016 | Shavar D. Jeffries | Lowenstein Sandler, LLP |
2016 | Gerald B. O'Connor (In Memoriam) | O'Connor, Parsons, Land & Noble |
2016 | Jeffrey S. Chiesa | Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC |
2015 | Louis John Dughi | Dughi, Hewit & Domalewski, P.C. |
2015 | Lillian A. Plata | McManimon Scotland Bauman LLC |
2015 | Wendy Johnson Lario | Greenberg Traurig LLP |
2015 | Francis W. Donahue (deceased) | Donahue, Hagan, Klein & Weisberg LLC |
2014 | Dennis M. Cavanaugh | McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP |
2014 | Joseph P. LaSala | McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP |
2014 | William B. McGuire (deceased) | Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry |
2014 | William M. Laufer | Laufer, Dalena, Cadicina, Jensen & Boyd LLC |
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