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NJWLA Gala Honorees

JUDICIAL – FEDERAL

Honorable Katharine Sweeney Hayden – 2008
Honorable Freda L. Wolfson – 2008
Honorable Madeline Cox Arleo – 2009
Honorable Rosemary Gambardella – 2010
Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry – 2011 Honoree and Keynote
Honorable Susan D. Wigenton, U.S.D.J – 2012
Honorable Judith H. Wizmur – 2013
Honorable Patty Shwartz – 2014
Honorable Esther Salas – 2015

JUDICIAL – STATE

Justice Virginia Long – 2008
Honorable Sybil R. Moses (Posthumously) – 2009
Honorable Helen E. Hoens – 2010
Honorable Marie L. Garibaldi – 2012
Justice Jaynee LaVecchia – 2013 Honoree and 2009 Keynote Speaker
Honorable Patricia Costello – 2014
Honorable Barbara Byrd Wecker – 2015

Corporate

Ann Marie Burke – 2008
Wakefern Food Corporation

Mariellen Dugan – 2008
New Jersey Resources

Alice J. Guttler – 2008
CentraState Healthcare Systems

Susan Ellen Wolf – 2008
Global Governance Consulting

Barbara Ann Sellinger – 2009
Arts Horizons

Katherine Hatton – 2010
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Colleen D. Brennan, Esq. – 2011
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Lynn E. Feldman, Esq. – 2012
Wyndham Hotel Group

Lucinda Long – 2013
Valley National Bank

Pamela Craven – 2014
Avaya, Inc.

Michele C. Meyer- Shipp – 2015
Prudential Financial, Inc.

PUBLIC

Anne Milgram – 2008
Nina Mitchell Wells – 2008
Honorable Paula T. Dow – 2009
Susan Bass Levin 2010
Honorable Kim Guadagno – 2011
Honorable Camelia M. Valdes – 2012
Honorable Jennifer Velez – 2013
Jane Hanson – 2014
Honorable Grace H. Park – 2015

LAW FIRM

Christine Amalfe, Esq. 2008
Cathy Fleming, Esq. 2008
Nancy Erika Smith, Esq. 2008
Lynne Anne Anderson, Esq. 2009
Holly English, Esq. 2010
Paulette Brown, Esq. 2011
Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C. 2012
Lynda Bennett 2013
Adams, Gutierrez & Lattiboudere, LLC 2014
Susan A. Feeney 2015

TRAILBLAZER

John J. Degnan – 2009
Paula A. Franzese, Esq. – 2010 Honoree and Keynote Speaker
Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway – 2011
Donald A. Robinson, Esq. – 2012
Dean Frances V. Bouchoux – 2013
Honorable Dorothea Wefing – 2014
Phoebe A. Haddon – 2015

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Lynn Fontaine Newsome – 2008
Justice Jaynee LaVecchia – 2009
Professor Paula Franzese – 2010
Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry – 2011
Anna Quindlan – 2012
DeeDee Myers – 2013
Deborah Norville – 2014
Phoebe A. Haddon – 2015

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