Spirit of Edison Previous Honorees

Community Leader Award
Sean Murray
Market Executive, Fulton Bank

Distinguished Alumna Award
Bonny Simi ’19
President of Operations, Joby Aviation

Family Award
Dr. Ahmed A. Azmy
President, Azmy Architects

Community Leader Award
Frank Clyburn
Chief Executive Officer, IFF

Community Leader Award
Jeannine Frisby LaRue
Senior Vice President, The Zita Group

Community Leader Award
Dave Carroll
Head of Total Rewards, UPS

Community Leader Award
Dr. Walt MacDonald
Retired President and CEO, ETS

Community Leader Award
Kemi Alli, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Henry J. Austin Health Center

Community Leader Award
Candice Long
President, Janssen Infectious Diseases and Vaccines

Community Leader Award
Dr. Deborah Mican
Vice President of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer, Capital Health

Community Leader Award
Dr. Ralph Izzo
Chairman, President and CEO, PSEG

Distinguished Alumnus Award
Jeffrey Stokes, BSAST ’15
Senior Director Power Generation, PSEG

Community Leader Award
Merodie A. Hancock, Ph.D.
President, Thomas Edison State University

Community Leader Award
George A. Pruitt, Ph.D.
President, Thomas Edison State University (1982-2017)

Community Leader Award
Kevin Cummings
President and CEO, Investors Bank

Community Leader Award
Michele Brown
President and Chief Executive Officer, Choose New Jersey, Inc.

Family Award
Brian T. Maloney
Corporate Consultant, Foundation Board Chair (2008-2014)

Community Leader Award
Bernard M. Flynn, Esq.
President and Chief Executive Officer, NJM Insurance Group

Family Award
Eileen M. Horton, MSM ’00
Vice President, Patient Services & Chief Nursing Officer, Capital Health

Community Leader Award
Eileen Martinson
CEO, Sparta Systems

Community Leader Award
John Martinson
General Partner and Founder, Edison Venture Fund

Family Award
Ernest Wooden Jr., BSBA ’06, MSM ’07
President and CEO, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board

Community Leader Award
Karen L. Clark
Vice President, Medicaid, HBCBSNJ
President, Horizon NJ Health

Family Award
John J. McCann ’90
Retired, CEO/Chairman, Bridge Trading, a Reuters Company

Community Leader Award
Kevin Tylus
Regional President, PNC Bank

Alumni Award
Madeleine Yates ’91
Director of Marketing, Dow Jones

Family of Edison Award
Richard J. Gillespie
Retired President, Gillespie, Inc.

Community Leader Award
Thomas X. Geisel
President & CEO, Sun National Bank

Family of Edison Award
Michael R. Toscani, Pharm.D.
President, Clinical Solutionz

Community Leader Award
Amy B. Mansue
President & CEO, Children’s Specialized Hospital

Family of Edison Award
Greg Milzcik ’94
President & Chief Executing Officer, Barnes Group, Inc.

Community Leader Award
Joan Verplanck
President, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce

Family of Edison Award
Eric Robert Lear
Managing Partner, Lear & Pannepacker CPAs, LLP

Alumni Award
Troy Vincent ’07
Pro-Defensive Back, National Football League (Ret.)
Founder, Love Thy Neighbor Community Development and Opportunity Corp.

Community Leader Award
The Honorable Peter A. Inverso
Former Senator, 14th District New Jersey Legislature
President & CEO Roma Bank/Roma Financial Corporation

Alumni Award
Ida B. Hammond ’77, ’79
New Jersey Department of Education (retired)

Community Leader Award
Anthony G. Dickson
President and CEO (retired), New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company

Alumni Award
Lieutenant Eric J. Petrevich ’05
Executive Officer, U.S. Army Second Battalion 102nd Cavalry
Senior Notes Administrator, TetraTech, Inc.

Community Leader Award
Helene M. Garcia
VP - Community & Strategic Initiatives (retired), Merrill Lynch

Alumni Award
Frieda M. Applegate ’85
Founder, Project Freedom, Inc.

Community Leader Award
Reginald E. Davis
Northern Banking Group Executive, Wachovia

Alumni Award
The Honorable Brian Hughes ’92, ’00
County Executive, Mercer County, New Jersey

Community Leader Award
Dr. Al Maghazehe
President & CEO, Capital Health

Family of Edison Award
Maria P. Imbalzano, Esq.
Partner, Stark & Stark

Alumni Award
Barbara Armand ’93
Founder, President & CEO, Armand Corporation

Community Leader Award
Thomas A. Bracken
President & CEO (retired), Sun Bancorp, Inc.

Alumni Award
Bonnie Watson Coleman ’85
Assemblywoman, New Jersey Legislature

Community Leader Award
Dennis Bone
President, Verizon New Jersey, Inc.

Family of Edison Award
S. John Quattrone
Founder & President, S. John Quattrone Associates

Alumni Award
Antonia “Toni” Marotta-Brinton ’83
Co-Founder & Former Co-Director, Lean Line, Inc. (Ret.)

Community Leader Award
Albert M. Stark, Esq.
Shareholder, Stark & Stark

Family of Edison Award
Maurice T. Perilli
Chairman of the Board, Roma Federal Savings Bank

Alumni Award
Eric S. Pennington, Esq. ’87
Partner, Eric Pennington, P.C.
Vice Chairperson, UMDNJ

Community Leader Award
Alfred E. Mann
Founder, MiniMed, Inc.
CEO and Chairman, MannKind Corporation

Family of Edison Award
Nicholas L. Carnevale
Chairman, Walter B. Howe, Inc. (Ret.)
Vice President, Carnevale Consulting Corp.

Alumni Award
John J. McCann ’90
CEO and Chairman (retired), Bridge Trading, A Reuters Company

Community Leader Award
Dr. Suren N. Sehgal
Distinguished Research Fellow, Wyeth & Ayerst Research

Family of Edison Award
Rita A. Novitt
Executive, Johnson & Johnson (Ret.)
Consultant, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Alumni Award
Dr. Marc Jordan Ben-Meir ’84
Owner & Operator Springhaven Clinic, Fort Worth, Texas

Community Leader Award
John J. Heldrich
Corporate Vice President of Administration (Ret.), Johnson & Johnson
Founding Chairman, New Brunswick Tomorrow

Community Leader Award
The Honorable Joseph H. Rodriguez
Senior District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Alumni Award
Captain Howard E. Butt ’95
Chief, Narcotics & Organized Crime (retired), New Jersey State Police

Community Leader Award
Richard J. Gillespie
Chairman of the Board, Gillespie, Inc.

Alumni Award
Paula Vaughan ’91
Vice President for Change Management, Prudential, Inc.

Community Leader Award
James Kilgore
President & Publisher, The Princeton Packet, Inc.

Alumni Award
Steven E. de Souza ’76
Screenwriter, Director, & Producer

Community Leader Award
John P. Neary
Executive Vice President (retired), CoreStates Financial Corp.
Executive Vice President for Retail Banking, Sun National Bank

Alumni Award
Frank Z. Hawrylo ’79
Project Engineer Leader, Laser Diode Products, Inc.