Photo Gallery

Ron Beit (center), Founding Partner and CEO, RBH Group accepted the 2014 Community Builder Award from former NJISJ President & CEO, Cornell William Brooks, Esq. (left) and NJISJ Board Chair Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq. (right).

Paul V.  Profeta (center), President and Owner, Paul V. Profeta and Associates, Inc. and Publisher, Radius Magazine is presented the Corporate Leadership Award from former NJISJ President & CEO, Cornell William Brooks, Esq. (left) and NJISJ Board Chair Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq. (right).

Junius W. Williams, (center) Director, Abbott Leadership Institute at Rutgers University – Newark, is presented the coveted Alan V. and Amy Lowenstein Social Justice Award from former NJISJ President & CEO, Cornell William Brooks, Esq. (left) and NJISJ Board Chair Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq. (right).

Susan L. Blount, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Prudential Financial accepted the 2013 Corporate Leadership Award.  Ms. Blount appears with NJISJ Board Chairman, Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq. (left) and NJISJ President & CEO, Cornell William Brooks, Esq. (right).

Melville D. Miller, Jr., Esq., Founding NJISJ Trustee and President and General Counsel of Legal Services of New Jersey accepted the 2013 Alan V. and Amy Lowenstein Social Justice Award.  Photo (left to right): The Honorable Deborah T. Poritz, Melville D. Miller, Jr., Esq., NJISJ Board Chairman, Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq. and NJISJ President & CEO, Cornell William Brooks, Esq..

Linda Willett, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey accepted the 2013 Community Builder Award. Ms. Willett appears with NJISJ Board Chairman, Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq. (left) and NJISJ President & CEO, Cornell William Brooks, Esq. (right).

Robert A. Marino, President & CEO of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey was presented the Corporate Leadership Award by Al Koeppe, CEO of Newark Alliance, John J. Farmer, Esq. and Cornell William Brooks, Esq.

The Honorable John J. Gibbons, Director of Gibbons P.C. was presented the Alan V. and Amy Lowenstein Social Justice Award by Larry Lustberg, Esq., John J. Farmer, Esq. and Cornell William Brooks, Esq.

Raymond Ocasio, Executive Director of La Casa de Don Pedro (pictured with Richard Roper, John J. Farmer, Esq. and Cornell William Brooks, Esq.) accepted the Community Builder Award.

Ellen L. Brown, former Chief Operating Officer of NJISJ, received the NJISJ Leadership Award.  She is pictured with Rebecca Doggett, John J. Farmer, Esq. and Cornell William Brooks, Esq.

John J. Farmer, Esq., Chair of NJISJ Board, and Cornell William Brooks, Esq., President and CEO of NJISJ, present Douglas S. Eakeley,  Vice Chair of NJISJ, with a gift in appreciation of his many years of service to NJISJ and the legal community, in general.

Governor Corzine introduced by Chief Justice Zazzali and presented the Alan V. and Amy Lowenstein Social Justice Award by NJISJ Board Vice-chairman Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq.

Lawrence Goldman introduced by Dr. Robert Curvin, founding Trustee of NJISJ and presented the Lifetime Community Achievement Award by NJISJ Board Vice -chairman Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq.

Ralph LaRossa introduced by Al Koeppe, CEO of Newark Alliance, and presented the Corporate Leadership Award by NJISJ Board Vice-chairman Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq.

Karin Weiner introduced by Sandy King, producer and co-host of NJN’s Due Process, and presented the Community Builders Award by NJISJ Board Vice-chairman Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq.

Leonard Lieberman was honored with the Alan V. and Amy Lowenstein Social Justice Award.  From left to right: Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq., founding trustee of NJISJ, Leonard Lieberman, Alan V. and Amy Lowenstein Social Justice Award recipient, Cornell William Brooks, Esq., President and CEO of NJISJ, and John J. Farmer, Jr., Esq., Chairman of NJISJ Board of Trustees and Dean of Rutgers Law School.

Joe Jingoli, of Joseph Jingoli & Son Construction, received the Community Builder Award.  Jingoli has partnered with the Institute to create real opportunities for people to enter the construction business, where they can earn higher wages and gain access to the middle class.

Marc Berson, of the Fidelco Group in Millburn, was the recipient of the Corporate Leadership Award, given to a corporate leader who has shown a concern for improving the lives of urban citizens and others.  He was introduced by Dr. Clement Price, Distinguished Rutgers Professor.

Rebecca Doggett (on the left) and Barbara Bell Coleman, who introduced her, holding the beautiful award made by Glass Roots in Newark.  Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq., who was Trustee Development Chair, is in the background.  Ms. Doggett was the recipient of the Lifetime Community Achievement Award.