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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
Name
Company
Award
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, O.S.B.
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-County
Making A Difference
2020
John Howard
Trust
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.
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 Jeresy, 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 School Majella
Making a Difference
2013
Sister Francis Raftery, S.C.
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, O.S.B.
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.
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
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
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
Exec. V.P., AT&T; Chairman, Global Opr.
Hall of Fame
1993
Thomas G. Ferguson
Chairman & CEO, Ferguson Comm. Group
Leadership
1992
Gerald F. Jones, Jr.
President, Jerry Jones Mack, Inc.
Leadership
1992
Robert P. Luciano
Chairman & CEO, Schering-Plough Corp.
Hall of Fame
1991
General P. X. Kelley
USMC (Ret.)
Hall of Fame
1991
Bishop Frank J. Rodimer
Diocese of Paterson
Founder
1991
Edward L. Hennessy, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, Allied Signal
Founder
1990
George Martin
Tanagraphics, Inc.
Hall of Fame
1990
William M. Kearns, Jr. (deceased)
Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Leadership
1989
Sir John M. Templeton
Templeton, Galbraith & Hansberger
Hall of Fame
1989
Frank L. Lynch III
U.S. Aviation Underwriters, Inc.
Leadership
1988
The Hon. Bernard M. Shanley (deceased)
Shanley & Fisher, P.C.
Leadership
1988
The Hon. Nicholas F. Brady
Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Hall of Fame
1987
Joseph D. Williams
Warner Lambert Company
Leadership
1987
Bowie K. Kuhn, Esq. (deceased)
Wilkie Farr & Gallagher
Hall of Fame
1986
Peter T. Buchanan
The First Boston Corporation
Hall of Fame
1986
W. Donald Georgen (deceased)
Touche Ross & Co.
Leadership
1985
William R. Hartman
Hartman Assoc.
Leadership
1985
Henry Taub (deceased)
Chairman, Automatic Data Processing
Hall of Fame
1984
John C. Whitehead (deceased)
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Hall of Fame
1984
Robert E. Mulcahy III (deceased)
NJ Sports Exposition Authority
Leadership
1983
Rocco J. Marano (deceased)
AT&T
Leadership
1983
William E. Simon (deceased)
Westray Corporation
Hall of Fame
1982
Edward L. Hennessy, Jr.
Allied Signal
Leadership
1982
Loretta Swit (deceased)
Pope Pius XII High School
Leadership
Women of Achievement

Women of Achievement Honorees

Year
Name
Company
2024
Monica Martinez Milan
Stumpy's
2024
Mary 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 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
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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
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.
US Court of Appeals for the 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, District of New Jersey
2023
Paula A. Franzese, Esq.
Seton Hall University Law School
2023
Patricia A. Barbieri, Esq.
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
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
The Honorable Julio M. Fuentes
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
The Honorable Brian R. Martinotti
U.S. District Court, District of NJ
2017
Thomas M. Moriarty, Esq.
CVS Health Corporation
2017
The Honorable 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
The Honorable 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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