Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey Elects New Directors to Join Board in 2025

VOORHEES, NJ – At the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey’s (CCSNJ) December 12th Annual Meeting the Chamber board members elected the following new directors to the terms detailed below:

The following individuals were newly elected to a three-year term running from January 2025 through December 2027:

• Amanda Burns, President of Private Label Division, Lassonde Pappas & Company
• Daniel Keenan, Vice President, Business Development Executive, Conner Strong & Buckelew
• Douglas Smith, Senior Vice President, Business Banking Regional Sales Leader, PNC Bank
• Rick Tousaw, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Holman

The following individuals were newly elected to fill unexpired terms running from January 2025 through December 2025:

• Peter Connolly, President & CEO, New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program
• Blegina Dimashi, District Manager – Vice President, Wells Fargo
• Jaci Kator, Regional Vice President – External Affairs, AT&T
• Braxton J. Plummer, Senior Director of State and Local Affairs, Verizon
• David Vitali, Public Policy Manager, DE/NJ/PA, Amazon

The following individual was newly elected to fill unexpired terms running from January2025 through December 2026:

• Dr. Frederick Keating, President, Rowan College of South Jersey

The following Board Officers were elected to a two-year term running from January 2025 through December 2026:

• Chair of the Board: Robin A. Walton, Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Chief Philanthropy Officer, Inspira Health
• Vice Chair of the Board: Anthony DiFabio, Psy.D., President & CEO, Acenda Integrated Health
• Vice Chair, Finance and Treasurer: Kimberly A. Brandley, CPA, Partner, CohnReznick, LLP
• Secretary: Liz Thomas, CEO, Thomas/Boyd Communications
• Vice Chair, Membership: Denise V. Monahan, Executive Vice President and President of PA & SNJ, Wilmington Trust
• Vice Chair, Special Events & Marketing: Anthony Bawidamann, Vice President of Government Affairs, Comcast
• Vice Chair, Government Action: David R. Mayer, Director of Government Affairs, New Jersey American Water
• Vice Chair, Education & Workforce Development: Michael Angulo, Esq., Chief Officer for Government Relations, Title IX & EEO, Stockton University

Additionally, the following Directors were re-elected for an additional three-year term ending in December 2027:

• Jeffrey Brown, Vice Chair & President, NFI
• Gregory Carlise, Commercial Market President for South Jersey/Coastal New Jersey, TD Bank
• Kate Gibbs, Deputy Director, Engineers Labor-Employer Cooperative 825
• Sarah Jones, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
• Marcela Ospina Maziarz, Vice President for Community and Government Affairs, Thomas Edison State University
• Charles V. McFeaters, P.E., Chief Nuclear Officer, PSEG Nuclear
• Anthony Mongeluzo, President, PCS
• Nichelle Pace, Vice President, Camden Business Association
• Kimberly S. Reed, Chief Transformational Officer, The Reed Development Group
• John Rogers, Esq., Director, Legislative Affairs, NJM Insurance Group
• Michael Sepanic, Vice Chancellor for Governmental and External Affairs, Rutgers University – Camden
• Brent Schomer, President, South Jersey Gas
• Kevin Sheehan, Esq., Shareholder and Chair of Real Estate and Land Use, Parker McCay P.A.
• Gerard Velazquez, III, President & CEO, Cumberland County Improvement Authority

For a full list of CCSNJ’s Board of Directors visit: https://www.chambersnj.com/board-of-directors/

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The Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey (CCSNJ) is the region’s largest, most active, and influential business organization. Started in 1873 as the Camden Board of Trade, the organization has grown to represent the seven counties of Southern New Jersey, Greater Philadelphia and Northern Delaware with over 1,200 member companies.