About

Board of Trustees

Trustees

List of 24 items.

  • M. Richard Merklinger, Esq. ’65 | Chairman

    Retired Managing Partner, Hack, Piro, O’Day, Merklinger, Wallace, McKenna
    Florham Park, NJ

  • J. David Gill ’68 | Vice Chairman

    Retired Partner, KPMG, LLC
    Short Hills, NJ

  • Bill P. Penders | Secretary

    Director, Radius Corporation
    Falls Church, VA

  • Frank E. Walsh, Jr. ’59 | Chairman Emeritus

    Chairman, Sandy Hill Foundation
    Morristown, NJ

  • Akinyemi T. Akiwowo '98

    Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
    Global Litigation Group

  • James J. Burke, Jr. ’69

    Managing Partner, J. Burke Capital Partners LLC
    New York, NY

  • Martin P. Caffrey '70

    Retired Managing Director,  Credit Suisse

  • Mary Beth Childs

    President, MBC Marketing LLC
    Millington, NJ

  • Richard E. Constable III, Esq. '90

    Executive Vice President
    Government Affairs & Social Impact
    Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.
    Parsippany, NJ

  • Kevin Deignan, '89

    Former Managing Director– Investment Banking, Financial Institutions Group
    City Group Global Markets
    New York, NY

  • David L. Flood ’84

    President, Intermountain Foundation System Chief Development Officer - Intermountain Healthcare
    Salt Lake City, UT

  • Michael G. Gallo '79

    Headmaster, Seton Hall Preparatory School
    West Orange, NJ

  • Rev. Msgr. Michael E. Kelly ’57

    President, Seton Hall Preparatory School
    West Orange, NJ

  • David J. King '81

    President, Dosch-King Co., Inc.
    Whippany, NJ

  • Marc D. Larkins, Esq. '90

    Corporate Secretary, Johnson & Johnson  
    New Brunswick, NJ

  • Thomas P. Mac Mahon ’64

    Retired-Chairman & CEO, Laboratory Corp. of America
    Raritan, NJ

  • G. Kelly Martin '77

    Chairman, Transition Bio,  Inc.
    Cambridge, MA

  • Anthony J. Mazzone H’08

    President, Innovation Data Processing
    Little Falls, NJ

  • James McCormick H’12

    CEO, Vertek Corp.
    New Providence, NJ

  • Theodore W. McDonagh '90

    Alex Brown
    Managing Director
    New York, NY

  • Thomas J. McEvoy '81

    Senior Vice President
    One Digital Financial Services
    Manasquan, NJ

  • Joseph J. Oakes, IV '90

    President & CEO, Acorn Financial
    Livingston, NJ

  • Jacqueline Parkes Hendrix H'20

    Fmr CMO MTV Entertainment &
    EVP Digital Studios
    Fmr CMO Major League Baseball

  • Paul V. Scura ’69

    Managing Partner, Scura, Paley Securities, LLC
    New York, NY

Trustees Emeriti

List of 16 items.

  • Andrew Beifus H'92

    Retired President and CEO of Beifus Motors
    South Orange, NJ

  • Samuel F. Champi ’62

    Consultant
    Chester, NJ

  • Edward J. Ferrari H’85

    Retired President, Dickinson Webber Company, Inc.
    Garden City, NY

  • Gregory Fusco ’64

    Sea Girt, NJ

  • John M. Gentempo ’57

    President, Service and Technical Systems, Inc.
    Stockton, NJ

  • Melvin Knight ’67

    Retired Director of Athletics, Essex County College
    Newark, NJ

  • John T. Magnier ’49

    New Vernon, NJ

  • Rev. Msgr. Dennis J. Mahon ’62

    Faculty, Seton Hall University
    South Orange, NJ

  • Robert Nolan, Esq. ’43

    Retired Attorney
    Brielle, NJ

  • Margaret C. O’Connor , P.A. H’00

    Physician Assistant
    West Orange, NJ

  • Nicholas Palihnich ’57

    Sea Girt, NJ

  • Robert H. Stovall ’43

    Managing Director & Global Strategist, Wood Asset Management, Inc.
    Sarasota, FL

  • M. Randall Strickland ’80

    Director, Cornerstone Capital Group
    New York, NY

  • Nina Mitchell Wells, Esq. H’03

    Former Secretary of State of New Jersey
    Livingston, NJ

  • Jesse J. Watkins H’99

    Richmond Hill, GA

  • Hon. James R. Zazzali, Esq. ’54

    Retired Chief Justice
    Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey

In Memoriam

List of 13 items.

  • John B. Murray, Esq. '59 | Chairman Emeritus

  • Andrew L. Clark ’43

  • Donald Remlinger '55

  • Thomas J. Sharkey, Sr. '50

  • Rev. Msgr. William J. Daly ’38

  • John J. Farrell ’47

  • Thomas Farley, Esq. '44

  • John Hunt, Esq. '46

  • Phillip M. Keegan ’59

  • James P. Kelleher ’43

  • John P. McGee, Esq. ’48

  • George J. Minish, Esq. ’61

  • Daniel P. Nugent ’43

Members of the Corporation

List of 5 items.

  • His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Tobin, C.Ss.R H'17

    Archbishop of Newark

  • Very Reverend John J. Chadwick, S.T.D.

    Vicar General

  • Sr. Donna L. Ciangio, O.P., D.Min. H'20

    Chancellor

  • Very Reverend Stephen Fichter, Ph.D.

    Vicar of Education

  • Very Reverend Charles Pinyan

    Vicar of Clergy
120 Northfield Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052

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