Panel of Experts
Capitol Insights has recruited some of the best, brightest, and most informed professionals to lend you their wisdom. Our distinguished Panel of Experts includes the academics, reporters, association leaders, lobbyists, and business leaders with the unique perspective needed to truly understand government and politics in New Jersey.
Panelist are:
Michael Affuso, Vice President, NJBankers Association
Rob Asaro-Angelo, Executive Director, NJ Democratic State Committee
Paul Anzano, Partner, Pringle, Quinn, Anzano, PC
James B. Appleton, President, New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers
Michael Aron, NJN News
Steve Ayscue, Democratic Strategist
Philip K. Beachem, President, New Jersey Alliance for Action
Russell F. Bent, Pathways Government Relations
Jim Benton, Executive Director, New Jersey Petroleum Council
Roger A. Bodman, Senior Partner, Public Strategies Impact, LLC
Paul N. Bontempo, Partner, MBI-GluckShaw
Thomas A. Bracken, President, Tristate Capital Bank-NJ
Brad Brewster, Partner, Princeton Public Affairs Group
Robert Briant, Jr., CEO, Utility & Transportation Contractors Association
David Brogan, Vice President, Environmental Policy, NJBIA
Richard J. Brunelli, President, RJ Brunelli and Co. Inc.
Cynthia Burton, Political Reporter, Philadelphia Inquirer
Tom Byrne, Byrne Asset Management
Bruce Caswell, Political Science, Rowan University
Peter F. Cammarano, Partner, Cammarano and Hagan
James Cobb, Director of Governmental Affairs, New York Shipping Association
Joseph A. Corbo, Jr., President, Casino Asssociation of New Jersey
Tom Dallessio, Executive Director, Leadership New Jersey
Angela Delli Santi, Statehouse Reporter, Associated Press
Barbara DeMarco, Vice President, Porzio Governmental Affairs
Ulises Diaz, Verizon
Josie DiRienzo, Manager, State Governmental Affairs, PSEG
Linda M. Doherty, President, New Jersey Food Council
Beth Dohm, Kaufman Zita Group
John Donnadio, Deputy Executive Director, New Jersey Association of Counties
Joseph V. Doria, former Speaker, New Jersey General Assembly
Deborah Dowdell, President, New Jersey Restaurant Association
William G. Dressel, Jr. , NJ League of Municipalities
Kevin Drennan, Director of Governmental Affairs, NJ, Cablevision
Paul T. Fader, Esq. , Fmr. Chief Counsel to Govs. McGreevey & Codey
Adam E. Falk, Comcast
Dale Florio, Princeton Public Affairs Group
Jamie Fox, Fox & Shuffler
Al Gaburo, Partner, Princeton Public Affairs Group
Richard Gannon, Chairman, Winning Strategies/Global
Rudy Garcia, Partner, MBI Gluck-Shaw
Angelo J. Genova, Co-founder, Genova Burns, Attorneys at Law
Noreen Giblin, Attorney, Gibbons P.C.
R. Barbara Gitenstein, President, The College of New Jersey
Carl J. Goldberg, Managing Partner, Roseland Property Company
Darryl G. Greer, CEO, NJ Association of State Colleges & Universities
Bob Guarasci, CEO, New Jersey Community Development Corporation
Kevin P. Hagan, Partner, Cammarano & Hagan
Brigid Callahan Harrison, Professor of Political Science and Law, Montclair State University
Debbie Hart, President, BioNJ
John Holub, President, NJ Retail Merchants Association
James W. Hughes, Dean, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University
Jeff Kaszerman, Government Relations Director, NJ Society of CPAs
William Kettleson, Regional Vice President Government Affairs, Comcast
David Jones, President, State Troopers Fraternal Association
Laura Jones, Host, News12 NJ Power & Politics
Paul Josephson, Partner, Hill Wallack/Government Process Solutions
Adam Kaufman, Kaufman Zita Group
James A. Kocsi, District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration
John Kohler, Senior Legislative Agent, Riker Danzig
Aladar G. “Al” Komjathy, Managing Partner, KomjathyStewart Government Affairs LLC
Paul R. Langevin, President, Health Care Association of NJ
Jeannine Frisby LaRue, Founder, LaRuelist Report
Bob Ingle, Senior Political Columnist, Gannett New Jersey Newspapers
Richard Lee, Communications Director, The Hall Institute of Public Policy
Rick Lloyd, Executive Director, State Government Affairs, Johnson & Johnson
Bev Lynch, B. Lynch Associates
Curt Macysyn, Executive Vice President, Community Associations Institute, NJ Chapter
William J. Maer, Partner, Public Strategies IMPACT, LLC
Joseph Marbach, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Seton Hall University
Clark Martin, President, MBI*GluckShaw
Bob Master, Legislative and Political Director, Communications Workers of America, District One
David Matos, Jr., President, The Matos Group
Art Maurice, First Vice President, NJBIA
John P. McAlpin, State House Bureau Chief, Bergen Record
Kevin McArdle, Statehouse Correspondent, Millennium Radio New Jersey/ NJ 101.5 FM
Peter J. McDonough, Jr., Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University
Michael McGuinness, CEO, NAIOP New Jersey
Gualberto “Gil” Medina, former Secretary, New Jersey Department of Commerce
Randy Minniear, Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Policy, New Jersey Hospital Association
Tom Moran, Editorial Page Editor, The Star-Ledger
Tricia Mueller, Political Director, NJ Carpenters Union
Michael Murphy, Managing Partner, Impact NJ, LLC
Patrick Murray, Director, Monmouth University Polling Institute
Lynn Nowak, Executive VP, Porzio Governmental Affairs
Patrick J. O’Keefe, Director of Economic Research, J.H. Cohn, LLP
Eric Orlando, Legislative Representative, Kaufman Zita Group
Robert A. Ortiz, Jr., Partner, Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, LLC
David J. Pascrell, Director, Gibbons PC
William J. Pascrell, III, Partner, Princeton Public Affairs Group
Anthony Pizzutillo, Partner, Smith Pizzutillo LLC
Marcus Rayner, Executive Director, The New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance
Michael P. Riccards, Executive Director, Hall Institute of Public Policy
Mary Kay Roberts, Partner, Riker Danzig
Idida Rodriguez, Partner, 1868 Public Affairs, LLC
Julie Roginsky, President, Comprehensive Communications Group
Betsy Ryan, President & CEO, NJHA
Wardell Sanders, President, NJ Association of Health Plans
John Sarno, President, Employers Association of NJ
Jeffrey Scheininger, President, Flexline and Vice Chairman, NJ Chamber of Commerce
Sharon E. Schulman, Executive Director, William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy, Stockton College
Jim Schulz, Director of Governmental Affairs, New Jersey Dental Association
Mark Sheridan, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath
Donald Sico, President, Donald Sico & Co. LLC
Joseph A. Simonetta, Partner, Public Strategies Impact, LLC
Troy Singleton, Vice President, NJ Carpenter Contractor Trust
Mark Smith, Partner, Smith Pizzutillo LLC
Lynne Strickland, Executive Director, Garden State Coalition of Schools
Charles Stile, Columnist, The Record
Bob Sommer, President, Rock Entertainment Mgmt
Michael Symons, News Editor, Gannett State Bureau
Jeremy Teigen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ramapo College
Rick Thigpen, VP State Government Affairs, PSEG
Brain Thompson, NJ Reporter, WNBC-TV
Michael Torpey, Partner, 1868 Public Affairs, LLC
Patrick Torpey, Partner, 1868 Public Affairs, LLC
Michael P. Turner, Managing Principal, Government Process Solutions LLC
Mark Valli, President & CEO, New Jersey After 3
Joan Verplanck, President, NJ Chamber of Commerce
Mike Vrancik, Director, Government Relations, NJ School Boards Association
Jeffrey A. Warsh, Partner, MBI GluckShaw
Sharon Waters, Editor, NJBIZ
John Weingart, Professor, Eagleton Institute of Politics
Melanie Willoughby, Senior Vice President, New Jersey Business & Industry Association
Tom Wilson, Partner, Kaufman Zita Group
Peter J. Woolley, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Ted Zangari, Chair, Law & Public Policy Practice Group, Sills Cummis & Gross PC
Adam Zellner, President, Greener by Design
Patrizia Zita, Kaufman Zita Group
George R. Zoffinger, President & CEO, Constellation Capital Corp.
