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Past Event Honorees
Annual Awards
Awards Dinner Honorees
Since 1981, the Tri-County Scholarship Fund has awarded leaders in business and education for their commitment to advancing the opportunities for financially disadvantaged
Year | Award | Name | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Making A Difference | Fr. Michael A. Tidd, O.S.B. | Delbarton School |
2023 | Leadership | Bank of America NJ | |
2023 | Hall of Fame | John J. Marchioni | Selective Insurance Group, Inc. |
2022 | Hall of Fame | Juan C. Andrade | Everest Re Group, Ltd. |
2022 | Hall of Fame | Guy Adami | CNBC's Fast Money / RiskReversal Media |
2022 | Making A Difference | St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic School | Passaic, NJ |
2021 | Hall of Fame | Steven Goulart | MetLife |
2021 | Making A Difference | Margaret A. Darrin Charitable Trust | |
2021 | Hall of Fame | Navneet & Reema Puri | Nevakar |
2020 | Leadership | Trish O'Keefe, RN, PhD. | Atlantic Health System |
2020 | Making A Difference | Bob & Sue Sameth | Long-time Supporters of Tri-County-County |
2020 | Hall of Fame | John Howard | Trust |
2019 | Leadership | Douglas L. Kennedy | Peapack-Gladstone Bank |
2019 | Making A Difference | Ray & Cathy Donovan and the Donovan Family | Fiddler's Elbow Country Club |
2019 | Hall of Fame | Eric Andersen | Aon |
2018 | Making a Difference | Steven Plate | The Port Authority of NY and NJ |
2018 | Hall of Fame | Marc Adee | Crum and Forster |
2018 | Hall of Fame | Sam Khichi, Esq. | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
2017 | Hall of Fame | Bonita Stanton, MD | Seton Hall/Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine |
2017 | Hall of Fame | Paul J. Krump | Chubb Group |
2017 | Making a Difference | Justin Marcucci | Endava |
2016 | Making a Difference | The Farrell Family | Maeve Foundation, Founders |
2016 | Hall of Fame | Kevin Cummings | President & CEO Investors Bank |
2016 | Lifetime Achievement | Edward L. Hennessy, Jr. | Chair and CEO Emeritus, Allied Signal |
2016 | Lifetime Achievement | Most Rev. Frank Rodimer | Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Paterson |
2015 | Hall of Fame | B.J. Agugliaro | Managing Partner, New Jeresy, PwC |
2015 | Making a Difference | Vaugh and Marnie McKoy | PSE&G and Educator and Co-Author |
2015 | Hall of Fame | Brian A. Gragnolati | President and CEO, Atlantic Health System |
2014 | Making a Difference | Sr. Patricia Pompa, M.P.F. | Principal, Villa Walsh Academy |
2014 | Hall of Fame | Bill O'Reilly | The O'Reilly Factor |
2014 | Making a Difference | Sr. Jo-Ann Pompa, M.P.F. | Principal, St. Gerard School Majella |
2013 | Lifetime Achievement | Sister Francis Raftery, S.C. | President, College of St. Elizabeth |
2013 | Making a Difference | Mr. & Mrs. Walter and Irene Crum | Oratory Preparatory School |
2013 | Hall of Fame | John C. Parry | CEO, Solix, Inc. |
2012 | Making a Difference | Darla Romfo | President & COO, Children's Scholarship Fund |
2012 | Hall of Fame | J. Peter Simon | Co-Chairman, William E. Simon Foundation |
2011 | Hall of Fame | Sharon C. Taylor | Sr. Vice President, Human Resources, Prudential |
2011 | Making a Difference | Derrell Bradford | Executive Director, Better Education for Kids |
2011 | Hall of Fame | Thomas J. Healey | Former Undersecretary of the Treasury |
2010 | Making a Difference | Reade Seligmann | The Innocence Project |
2010 | Hall of Fame | Kurt Bock | Chairman & CEO, BASF Corporation |
2010 | Hall of Fame | Peter J. Cocoziello | President & CEO, Advance Realty Group |
2009 | Lifetime Achievement | Rt. Reverend Giles P. Hayes, O.S.B. | Abbot, St. Mary's Abbey; President, Delbarton School |
2009 | Hall of Fame | Robert E. Mulcahy III | Former CEO of the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority and recent Athletic Director at Rutgers University |
2008 | Hall of Fame | Ralph LaRossa | President & COO, Public Service Electric & Gas Company |
2007 | Hall of Fame | Edward D. Breen | Chairman & CEO, Tyco International Ltd. |
2006 | Hall of Fame | Lucia DiNapoli Gibbons | Regional President, Northern New Jersey, Wachovia Bank, N.A. |
2006 | Hall of Fame | Dennis M. Bone | President, Verizon New Jersey |
2005 | Hall of Fame | John H. Weiland | President & COO, C.R. Bard, Inc. |
2005 | Hall of Fame | Mark S. Newman | Chairman, President & CEO, DRS Technologies, Inc. |
2004 | Hall of Fame | Tim Thomas | Forward, New York Knicks |
2004 | Hall of Fame | Robert J. McCann | Vice Chair, Executive V.P., Merrill Lynch |
2003 | Hall of Fame | Douglas L. Kennedy | Chairman, Fleet New Jersey |
2002 | Hall of Fame | Albert R. Gamper, Jr. | Chairman & CEO, CIT Group Inc. |
2001 | Hall of Fame | Edward L. Hennessy, Jr. | Chairman & CEO, Allied Signal (Ret.) |
2001 | Hall of Fame | Bishop Frank J. Rodimer | Diocese of Paterson |
2000 | Hall of Fame | James E. Fitzgerald | Bank Exec., First Union - Atlantic |
2000 | Leadership | Alan S. Painter | Director Corp. Affairs, Honeywell (Ret) |
1999 | Hall of Fame | Goldman Sachs & Co. | (Accepted by Thomas J. Healey) |
1998 | Hall of Fame | Melvin Russell Goodes | Chairman & CEO, Warner Lambert Co. |
1997 | Hall of Fame | Lawrence A. Bossidy | Chairman & CEO, Allied Signal |
1996 | Leadership | Harry W. Witt | Regional Mgr. Partner, Deloitte & Touche |
1996 | Hall of Fame | Dr. J. Dieter Stein | Chairman & CEO, BASF |
1995 | Hall of Fame | T. Joseph Semrod | Chairman & CEO, UJB Financial Corp. |
1995 | Leadership | William S. Ford, Jr. | Bell Atlantic |
1994 | Leadership | John W. Barter | Allied Signal |
1994 | Hall of Fame | James G. Cullen | Bell Atlantic Corp. |
1993 | Hall of Fame | Victor A. Pelson | Exec. V.P., AT&T; Chairman, Global Opr. |
1993 | Leadership | Thomas G. Ferguson | Chairman & CEO, Ferguson Comm. Group |
1992 | Leadership | Gerald F. Jones, Jr. | President, Jerry Jones Mack, Inc. |
1992 | Hall of Fame | Robert P. Luciano | Chairman & CEO, Schering-Plough Corp. |
1991 | Hall of Fame | General P. X. Kelley | USMC (Ret.) |
1991 | Founder | Bishop Frank J. Rodimer | Diocese of Paterson |
1991 | Founder | Edward L. Hennessy, Jr. | Chairman & CEO, Allied Signal |
1990 | Hall of Fame | George Martin | Tanagraphics, Inc. |
1990 | Leadership | William M. Kearns, Jr. | Lehman Brothers, Inc. |
1989 | Hall of Fame | Sir John M. Templeton | Templeton, Galbraith & Hansberger |
1989 | Leadership | Frank L. Lynch III | U.S. Aviation Underwriters, Inc. |
1988 | Leadership | The Hon. Bernard M. Shanley (deceased) | Shanley & Fisher, P.C. |
1988 | Hall of Fame | The Hon. Nicholas F. Brady | Secretary of the U.S. Treasury |
1987 | Leadership | Joseph D. Williams | Warner Lambert Company |
1987 | Hall of Fame | Bowie K. Kuhn, Esq. (deceased) | Wilkie Farr & Gallagher |
1986 | Hall of Fame | Peter T. Buchanan | The First Boston Corporation |
1986 | Leadership | W. Donald Georgen (deceased) | Touche Ross & Co. |
1985 | Leadership | William R. Hartman | Hartman Assoc. |
1985 | Hall of Fame | Henry Taub (deceased) | Chairman, Automatic Data Processing |
1984 | Hall of Fame | John C. Whitehead | Goldman Sachs & Co. |
1984 | Leadership | Robert E. Mulcahy III | NJ Sports Exposition Authority |
1983 | Leadership | Rocco J. Marano (deceased) | AT&T |
1983 | Hall of Fame | William E. Simon (deceased) | Westray Corporation |
1982 | Leadership | Edward L. Hennessy, Jr. | Allied Signal |
1982 | Leadership | Loretta Swit | Pope Pius XII High School |
Women of Achievement
Women of Achievement Honorees
Year | Name | Company |
|---|---|---|
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 Maddaio & 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 | 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 |
2013 | Meg Paradise | null |
2013 | Lelia Pappas | Blessed Sacrament School |
2013 | Katherin Nukk-Freeman, Esq. | Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C. |
2013 | Heather G. Suarez, Esq. | Walder, Hayden & Brogan, P.A. |
2013 | Barbara E. Kauffman | Newark Regional Business Partnership |
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Trustees of Justice
Trustees of Justice Honorees
Year | Name | Company |
|---|---|---|
2022 | The Honorable Susan D. Wigenton | US District Court, District of NJ |
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 | Hon. Julio M. Fuentes | Senior United States Circuit Judge, US 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 | Hon. Brian R. Martinotti, U.S.D.J. | U.S. District Court, District of NJ |
2017 | Thomas M. Moriarty, Esq. | CVS Health Corporation |
2017 | Hon. Michael A. Shipp | U.S. District Court, 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 | Hon. Esther Salas | United States District Court, 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 | 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 | Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry |
2014 | William M. Laufer | Laufer, Dalena, Cadicina, Jensen & Boyd LLC |
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