Jan. 27-29, 2004
HEALTH & MEDICINE
HJG Medical Associates of Hopewell recently welcomed Dr. Dao Hui into the practice. Dr. Hui is board certified in family practice and has special interests in dermatology and dermatologic office procedures. Fluent in English and Vietnamese, she resides in Hopewell Township with her husband, Lester.
The practice, started by Dr. Ronald D. Grossman almost 30 years ago, includes Dr. James B. Johnson Jr. and Dr. Suzanne Holdcraft. All are board certified in family practice and care for patients of all ages from newborn to geriatric. Each physician has an area of special interest: Dr. Grossman in sports medicine, Dr. Johnson in geriatrics and Dr. Holdcraft in women’s health and pediatrics. They are the school physicians for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District and are active in the community.
LAW
The attorneys and staff of Stark & Stark were successful in collecting over 100 toys and raising over $700 for the children and families served by Trenton-based HomeFront, an organization dedicated to providing resources and services to homeless families in Mercer County.
Teri Pagnotta, legal assistant at Stark & Stark, and her husband Metro District Commander Dan Pagnotta of the Trenton Police Department spearheaded the effort. In addition to Stark & Stark, donations were received from members of the Mounted Unit of the Trenton Police Department and customers and staff of Rosedale Mills.
Bruce H. Stern, a shareholder in the Lawrenceville law firm of Stark & Stark, was recently appointed treasurer of the North American Brain Injury Association. He was also named to the executive board of the society. NABIS is a national organization of professionals dedicated to providing research, treatment and care, and representation of people with acquired traumatic brain injury.
Betty Yan was among 25 attorneys elected nationwide to partnership with international firm Reed Smith. Ms. Yan is partner in the life sciences transactions group in the Princeton office. She provides advice to technology and pharmaceutical companies on general corporate matters as well as transactional matters involving equity and debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, licensing of intellectual property, joint ventures and strategic alliances.
Prior to joining Reed Smith, Ms. Yan was vice president and assistant general counsel at The Chase Manhattan Bank where she concentrated her practice in commercial lending transactions. She also spent time in Chase’s Hong Kong office where she provided legal services to its industry groups located throughout Asia.
Stark & Stark of Lawrenceville announced that John S. Eory was recently elected co-chair of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America New Jersey Family Section. The section will concentrate on improving, developing and teaching the trial practice of family law.
Mr. Eory is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association family law section. He resides in Lawrenceville.
T. Sandberg Durst, an associate in the family law department, was also elected to the association as secretary of the family section.
Mr. Durst specializes in divorce and family law and also serves on the editorial board of the New Jersey family lawyer and the young lawyer’s section of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s family law executive committee. Mr. Durst lives in Ewing.
BUSINESS ADVOCATES
The Greater Mercer County Chamber of Commerce has selected Robert D. Prunetti as its Citizen of the Year. He will be honored March 23 at the Chamber’s annual dinner.
Mr. Prunetti served as County Executive from 1992 to 2003. He was one of the driving forces that led to the construction of Waterfront Park and the Sovereign Bank Arena. Both stadiums have contributed to the revitalization of Trenton. He is currently a consultant with Phoenix Ventures.
EDUCATION
Mercer County Community College Associate Professor Carol Weber of Hamilton was recently elected to the three-member management team of the international organization Europen, a group of mostly European educators that promotes international business education. This marks the first time the organization has elected a U.S. representative to its management team.
Ms. Weber, who will chair the group in calendar year 2005, is the coordinator of MCCC’s International Business Practice Firm, an innovative program that enables students to conduct simulated business with other practice firms worldwide. Mercer’s program recently received the "Program Excellence Award" from the New Jersey Global Educators Association, which chose it as this year’s model program.
Mercer County Community College will present its 2004 Community Service Award to the Princeton Hyatt for its many years of college support. March 20 will be the 15th year that the Hyatt has hosted the college’s dinner dance, which raises funds for student scholarships. This year the event will feature the Sensational Soul Cruisers as part of a "Motown Madness" evening. For information about tickets and advertising call (609) 586-4800, ext. 3607 or 3601.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
For the ninth consecutive year, PNC was a major sponsor of the Princeton Area Community Foundation contributing $20,000 to community organizations at the annual Community Breakfast held recently.
This year’s recipients of PNC grants are Community Without Walls, Crisis Ministry, Family and Children’s Services of Central New Jersey, Family Guidance, Hands on Helpers, HomeFront, Mercer Street Friends, Passage Theatre, Princeton Child Development Institute, People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos, Princeton Nursery School, Princeton Pro Musica, Princeton Public Library Foundation, Princeton YMCA, Princeton Young Achievers, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Stony Brook Watershed and Trinity Counseling Service. Special awards were also given to the National Alliance for Autism, Passage Theatre and Womanspace.
Amper, Politziner & Mattia, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, have announced the following new hires at the Princeton office:
Howard Rauch as a manager in the firm’s litigation and valuation services group. Mr. Rauch provides business valuation and litigation support services in various commercial and matrimonial matters. He has 20 years of experience in both the public and private practice of accounting, including more than nine years as a forensic accountant.
Gary Lewis as a manager in the firm’s tax department. Mr. Lewis has more than 15 years of experience in all phases of tax compliance, and is primarily responsible for review of tax returns, federal, state and local tax research and planning techniques.
The employees of Princeton Insurance Company recently completed a holiday food drive for the Trenton Areas Soup Kitchen. Organized and administered by the company’s Employee Activities Committee, the food items collected were part of the fourth drive by the company to benefit TASK.
FleetBoston Financial Corp.’s employee-directed Diversity Resource Groups have awarded $260,000 in grants to 88 organizations throughout the Northeast that specifically address the needs of the Asian, Latino, African-American, and gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender communities, as well as groups representing persons with disabilities, women and parents. The awards include $15,000 slated for seven New Jersey organizations including three in this area. The funds were provided by the FleetBoston Financial Foundation.
First formed in 1995, the DRGs provide employees who share similar interests and backgrounds opportunities to meet, network and support one another and serve as a resource to members and bank management to help shape the company’s diversity program and plan community outreach initiatives.
Three area nonprofit organizations receiving grants from Fleet’s Diversity Resource Groups are:
My Daughters Keeper Inc. of North Brunswick, an educational and self development organization developed to provide support and resources to mothers/caregivers and their daughters, ages 10-17, to help strengthen their relationships, as well as identify solutions to problems such as communications, peer pressure, personal health, teen pregnancy and substance abuse;
Parents Anonymous of New Jersey Inc. of Princeton, a statewide organization whose mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect and strengthen families; and
Personal Liberty Fund of the Lesbian & Gay Coalition of New Jersey, of New Brunswick, an association of individuals, groups and businesses committed to the development of programs for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people in New Jersey.
Credit Union of New Jersey has announced the addition of Rich Parrett as vice president of investment services. Mr. Parrett joins the credit union with 14 years of experience in investment services, most recently employed as a financial specialist with Wachovia Bank. He will be working with credit union members to identify their investment goals and timeframes.
Credit Union of New Jersey has six full-service offices located in the Ewing/Trenton area. An Internet banking branch is also available at www.CUNJ.org.
Sun National Bank has named James Bortolotti vice president and business banking relationship manager for Sun’s Greater Mercer County Banking Group, which includes Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset and Hunterdon counties.
In addition to developing business banking customer relationships, he will work with community and commercial banking officers in fully utilizing the bank’s resources.
Mr. Borotolotti is a resident of New Hope, Pa.
ARCHITECTURE
Michael Kluck, an architect with Princeton Design Guild in Belle Mead, was recently honored by the Mid-Atlantic Precast Association as the grand-prize winner in the Precast Castle Design Competition.
Participants were challenged to utilize precast concrete in the design of a structurally-sound medieval castle complex, including guest quarters, towers, banquet hall, dungeon, bridge and jousting arena. Mr. Kluck entered drawings and renderings depicting the role precast concrete would have played in the year 1270.
As the grand-prize winner, Mr. Kluck was awarded a trip for two to see the castles of England, Ireland and Wales. In addition, he will receive spending money and a trophy.
The Mid-Atlantic Precast Association, based in Delaware, is a professional organization committed to educating the construction community, design professionals and students as to the advantages of precast concrete. Mr. Kluck’s winning design may be viewed at www.mapaprecast.org.