Bipartisan Coalition for Women's Appointments

2025 Advisory Committee

Affiliations for identification purposes only.

  • Laura Ali       
    Chair, Morris County Republican Committee
     
  • Alexis Bailey       
    Associate, Public Strategies Impact (PSI)

  • T. Missy Balmir       
    Partner, Thorough Planning

  • Rosemary Becchi       
    Founder, New Jersey Policy Institute & Jersey 1st

  • Christine H. Buteas       
    President & CEO, HealthCare Institute of NJ

  • Patricia Campos-Medina       
    The Worker Institute at Cornell University

  • Silvia Catalan-Culnan       
    Legislative Director, New Jersey Assembly

  • Dyese Davis       
    Chair, Monmouth County Democratic Committee

  • Alyssa Dawson       
    Former Chief of Staff, NJ State Senator Holly Schepisi

  • Tara Dowdell       
    President, The Tara Dowdell Group

  • Amalia Duarte       
    Former Chair, Morris County Democratic Committee

  • Nancy Fitterer       
    President & CEO, Home Care & Hospice Association of NJ

  • Jeanne Fox       
    Rutgers Trustee; Women's Political Caucus Board; Columbia Adjunct Professor

  • Theresa Furmato Velardi       
    Chair, Monmouth County Federation of Republican Women

  • Kate Gibbs       
    ELEC825

  • Gail Gordon       
    Attorney and Commissioner, New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority

  • Jody Herkloz       
    COO, NorthStar Strategies

  • Fatima Heyward       
    President, New Jersey Young Democrats

  • Jeanette Hoffman       
    President, Marathon Public Affairs

  • Uyen "Winn" Khuong       
    Executive Director, Action Together New Jersey

  • Karen J. Kominsky       
    CLB Partners and Co-Chair, PAM's List

  • Jacy Lance     
    Director of Government Affairs, Porzio Governmental Affairs

  • Jeannine F. LaRue       
    Partner, Moxie Strategies

  • Kay LiCausi       
    President, Hoboken Strategy Group

  • Jennifer Mancuso       
    Director, Government Affairs, NJLECET

  • Andrea Martinez-Mejia       
    Greater Newark Health Care Coalition and Chair, Latina Civic Foundation

  • Sabeen Masih       
    Senior Vice President, Capital Impact Group

  • Laura Matos       
    Partner, MAD Global Strategy Group and Chair, Latina Civic PAC

  • Maggie Moran       
    Partner, Moxie Strategies

  • Paulina O'Connor       
    Executive Director, New Jersey Offshore Wind Alliance

  • Toral Patel       
    Board Member, AAPI NJ

  • Arlene Quiñones Perez       
    Equity Partner, DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP

  • Grace Strom Power       
    General Counsel and EVP, Government Affairs, Solar Landscape

  • Cheryl Quinio-Blodgett       
    Director, UBS

  • Scarlett Rajski       
    New Jersey Schools Development Authority

  • Samantha Roman       
    President & CEO, Associated Builders & Contractors

  • Stacy Schuster       
    Executive Director, Women for a Stronger NJ

  • Afsheen Shamsi     
    Board Member, Emgage Action 

  • Christine Shipley
    Managing Director, Stevens & Lee Public Affairs
     
  • Michele Siekerka       
    President & CEO, NJ Business and Industry Association

  • Christine A. Stearns       
    Chief Government Relations Officer, New Jersey Hospital Association

  • Amanda Stone       
    Vice President of Public Affairs, NJ Restaurant and Hospitality Association

  • Brittany Wheeler     
    Vice President of Government Affairs, NJ Bankers Association

  • Amanda Woloshen Glass       
    Senior Vice President, Checkmate Strategies

  • Patrizia A. Zita       
    CEO, The Zita Group