TRENTON – Governor Murphy today filed the following direct appointments:

Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Rehabilitation Advisory Council

• Appoint Ida Behreini (Bayonne, Hudson)
• Appoint Pamela Aasen (Scotch Plains, Union)
• Appoint Clarke King, Jr. (Jersey City, Hudson)
• Appoint Damian Petino (Lake Hopatcong, Morris)
• Appoint Alice P. Eaddy (Millville, Cumberland)
• Reappoint Gary Altman (Fair Lawn, Bergen)
• Reappoint Jennifer R. Armstrong (Howell, Monmouth)
• Reappoint Charles Pat McKenna (Highland Park, Middlesex)

Warren County Community College Board of Trustees

• Appoint Elizabeth Kelly Gittins (Stewartsville, Warren)

New Jersey Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

• Appoint Tiki Barber (New York, New York)

New Jersey Real Estate Commission

• Appoint Darlene Bandazian (Wyckoff, Bergen)
• Appoint Carlos A. Lejnieks (Hoboken, Hudson)

Transgender Equality Task Force

• Appoint Franceline Ehret (Jamesburg, Middlesex)

Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

• Appoint Jeffrey L. Pierson (Marmora, Cape May)
• Appoint The Honorable Cleopatra Tucker (Newark, Essex)

Natural Lands Trust

• Appoint Emile Dominick DeVito (South Plainfield, Middlesex)
• Appoint John P. Cecil (Phillipsburg, Warren)
• Appoint Judith Piccinini Yeany, Esq. (Marlton, Burlington)
• Appoint Laurance S. Torok (Mount Laurel, Burlington)
• Appoint The Honorable Bob Smith (Piscataway, Middlesex)

Disparity in State Procurement Study Commission

• Appoint Hester H. Agudosi (North Brunswick, Middlesex)

New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology

• Appoint David Pascrell, Esq. (Montclair, Essex)
• Appoint Gunjan Doshi (Clifton, Passaic)
• Appoint Beth Simone Noveck, Esq. (New York, New York)
• Appoint Debra Hart (Robbinsville, Mercer)
• Appoint Dr. Nariman Farvardin (Hoboken, Hudson)
• Appoint Dr. Robert L. Barchi (Piscataway, Middlesex)
• Appoint Charlene Brown-Smith (Franklin Township, Somerset)
• Appoint Joel S. Bloom, Ed.D. (Monmouth Beach, Monmouth)

New Jersey Council for the Humanities

• Appoint Jacqueline Colgan (Summit, Union)
• Appoint Joyce Hendricks (Warren Township, Somerset)
• Appoint Mei-Mei Tuan (Millburn, Essex)
• Appoint Ruth Mandel (Princeton, Mercer)
• Appoint Lacey Rzeszowski (Summit, Union)

Task Force for the Continued Transformation of Youth Justice

• Appoint Tanya Washington (Baltimore, Baltimore County)
• Appoint The Honorable F. Lee Forrester, J.S.C. (retired) (Hopewell, Mercer)
• Appoint Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae (Vineland, Cumberland)
• Appoint Reverend John D. Givens. Sr. (Paterson, Passaic)
• Appoint Sarah Luciano (Mount Holly, Burlington)
• Appoint Hetty Rosenstein (South Orange, Essex)
• Appoint Reverend Steffie Bartley, Sr. (Perrineville, Monmouth)
• Appoint The Honorable Charles Dortch, J.S.C. (Voorhees, Camden)
• Appoint Alexander R. Shalom (South Orange, Essex)
• Appoint Emma S. Scott (Cherry Hill, Camden)
• Appoint Natalie Kraner (Jersey City, Hudson)
• Appoint Laura Cohen, Esq. (Montville, Morris)
• Appoint Carlos A. Lejnieks (Hoboken, Hudson)
• Appoint Kevin Brown (Cherry Hill, Camden)
• Appoint Crystal Charley (Maple Shade, Burlington)
• Appoint Ryan Haygood (Newark, Essex)
• Appoint Reverend Dr. Charles Boyer (Vineland, Cumberland)
• Appoint Krista Larson (Brooklyn, Kings) 

Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board

• Appoint Luis Alamo (North Bergen, Hudson)
• Appoint Matthew Marinello (Morristown, Morris)

State Planning Commission

• Appoint The Honorable Diane Gutierrez Scaccetti (Lawrenceville, Mercer)
• Appoint The Honorable Tahesha Way (Wayne, Passaic)
• Appoint The Honorable Catherine McCabe (Princeton, Mercer)
• Appoint The Honorable Joseph L. Fiordaliso (Livingston, Essex)
• Appoint Danielle D. Esser (New Brunswick, Middlesex)
• Appoint Chigozie U. Onyema, Esq. (Newark, Essex)

Independent Mental Health and Addiction Fee-for-Service Transition Oversight

• Appoint Marie D. Verna, MPAP (Titusville, Mercer)
• Appoint Barbara G. Johnston (Bradley Beach, Monmouth)
• Appoint The Honorable Phil Lubitz (Stockton, Hunterdon)
• Appoint Theresa L. Edelstein, MPH, LNHA (Livingston, Essex)
• Appoint Vera Sansone (Fair Haven, Monmouth)
• Appoint Mary R. Abrams (Yardville, Mercer)
• Appoint Kathleen F. Powers, CPA, CGMA, PSA (Jackson, Ocean)
• Appoint Tonia Ahern (Petersburg, Ocean)
• Appoint Susan Loughery, MBA (Wall, Monmouth)
• Appoint James M. Cooney, LCSW (Toms River, Ocean)
• Appoint Robert J. Budsock (Cranford, Union)
• Appoint Kendria McWilliams (Spring City, PA)

Independent Developmental Disability Fee-for-Service Transition Oversight

• Appoint Eric M. Eberman, M.S., Ed.D. (Tabernacle, Burlington)
• Appoint Daniel J. Keating, Ph.D. (Downington, PA)
• Appoint Laura A. Williams (Point Pleasant, Ocean)
• Appoint Deborah M. Spitalnik, Ph.D. (Stockton, Hunterdon)
• Appoint Valerie Sellers (Bell Mead, Somerset)
• Appoint Mercedes Witowsky (Boonton, Morris)
• Appoint Kathleen F. Powers, CPA, CGMA, PSA (Jackson, Ocean)
• Appoint Peter A. Phillips, CPA (Far Hills, Somerset)
• Appoint Audrey Winkler (South Orange, Essex)
• Appoint Erin R. White, Ph.D., BCBA (Paramus, Bergen)

New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education

• Appoint Herbert Gilsenberg (Monroe Township, Middlesex)

State Board of Medical Examiners

• Reappoint Paul J. Carniol, M.D., F.A.C.S. (New Providence, Union)
• Appoint Shahnaz Akhtar, MD (Scotch Plains, Union)
• Appoint Joseph A. Racanelli, D.O. (New Vernon, Morris)
• Appoint Clayton I. Bridges, Jr., PA (Mt. Arlington, Morris)

New Jersey Board of Nursing

• Reappoint Barbara B. Blozen, Ed.D., MA, RN, BC, CNL (Forked River, Ocean)
• Appoint Patricia M. Egenton, MSN, RN, BSN, CEN, CCRN (Voorhees, Camden)

Home Inspection Advisory Committee

• Appoint Keith Salviano (North Haledon, Passaic)
• Appoint Michael K. Amendola (Wyckoff, Bergen)

Board of Pharmacy

• Appoint John L. Colaizzi, Jr. (Franklin Lakes, Bergen)
• Appoint Eileen Kean, Esq. (Ocean Grove, Monmouth)

State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey

• Appoint Kara L. Whigham (Union, Union)
• Appoint Kim Nesbitt Good (Elizabeth, Union)
• Appoint Rita T. Alvarez (Oradell, Bergen)
• Appoint Eleanor J. Rudolph (Franklin, Somerset)
• Appoint Aladar G. Komjathy (Lambertville, Hunterdon)
• Reappoint Bruce Van Tassel (Bergenfield, Bergen)

New Jersey Complete Count Commission

• Appoint Gail B. Gordon, Esq. (Fair Lawn, Bergen)
• Appoint Maria Bonita Duncan (Lebanon, Hunterdon)
• Appoint Stacy A. Johnson (Camden, Camden)
• Appoint The Honorable James L. Cassella (East Rutherford, Bergen)
• Appoint Mary Rivera (Elizabeth, Union)
• Appoint The Honorable Douglas Cabana (Boonton, Morris)
• Appoint Terry Tucker (East Orange, Essex)
• Appoint Reverend Kenneth Clayton (Paterson, Passaic)
• Appoint Michael E. Greene, Esq. (Newark, Essex)
• Appoint The Honorable Maura DeNicola (Franklin Lakes, Bergen)
• Appoint Eileen De Freece-Wilson (East Orange, Essex)
• Appoint Michele Siekerka, Esq. (Robbinsville, Mercer)
• Appoint Sara Cullinane, Esq. (Newark, Essex)
• Appoint Reva Foster (Willingboro, Burlington)
• Appoint George Gore (Plainfield, Union)
• Appoint Gualberto Medina (Little Falls, Passaic)
• Appoint Aisha Glover (Fanwood, Union)
• Appoint The Honorable Tahesha Way (Wayne, Passaic) 

Police and Firemen's Retirement System Board of Trustees

• Appoint Edward T. Oatman (Woodbridge, Middlesex)
• Appoint Nicholas Trasente (Flemington, Hunterdon)
• Appoint The Honorable John C. Glidden, Jr.  (Closter, Bergen)
• Appoint Susan Jacobucci (Philadelphia, PA)

New Jersey Commission on Veterans Benefits

• Appoint Judith L. Morales (Totowa, Passaic)