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 - 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