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Stuart Lesser, a financial adviser with Edward Jones, Manalapan, will host a free educational seminar, “A Woman’s Guide to Money Matters,” at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. July 26 at the Yorktowne Center branch office on Gordons Corner Road, Manalapan. Participants will learn about preparing for retirement, options to pay for a child’s education and developing a strategy to help achieve financial goals. The seminar is free, but space is limited. Call 732-536-0269 for details.

John T. Gribbin, president and CEO of CentraState Healthcare System, has received the CEO IT Achievement Award from Modern Healthcare Magazine and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

The award recognizes healthcare CEOs who have demonstrated leadership and commitment in using IT to advance their organizations’ strategic goals. CEOs must also achieve measurable results through leadership and commitment to IT in their organization, and share their health care organization’s IT experiences to benefit peers and other members of the industry.

Prior to joining CentraState in 2000, Gribbin was a founding member and served as executive vice president of Meridian Health System. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 and from Rider University with a Master of Business Administration in finance in 1979. He lives with his family in Clarksburg section of Millstone.

Monmouth County attorney Angela White Dalton, of Howell, has become secretary of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Dalton is on track to become president in 2016. Dalton received her B.A. summa cum laude from Monmouth University, West Long Branch, where she was an H.R. Young Scholar and received the Hon. Elvin R. Simmill Scholarship. She received her law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, with honors, where she was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Research and Writing. As a partner with Zager Fuchs P.C., Dalton handles probate, guardianship and chancery litigation as well as estate planning and administration.

Laura Bligh, of Freehold, a local speech-language pathologist, was one of only 25 North American speech-language pathologists selected to attend the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Intensive Training Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa., a new four-day intensive training institute concerning the diagnosis and treatment of childhood apraxia of speech, a complicated speech disorder. For successful completion, the selected speech-language pathologists must attend all training sessions and case reviews, pass an exam, and successfully complete a case review with an expert mentor. The goal of the training is to have each speech-language pathologist bring increased expertise to the children in their care and to serve as a resource in their communities. The training institute is sponsored by the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of NorthAmerica and the Duquesne University Department of Speech-Language Pathology.

Freehold chiropractor Liam Schübel received the Service to the Profession Award from Sherman College of Chiropractic, Spartanburg, S.C., in appreciation of his extraordinary, unselfish and noteworthy service to the chiropractic profession. Dr. Schübel is a 1995 graduate of Life University School of Chiropractic, Marietta, Ga., and a member of the Sherman College board of trustees. Dr. Schübel, who speaks fluent Spanish, is owner of Centro Quiropractico Schübel, with 16 offices in Peru and two in the Dominican Republic. He also owns Schubel Chiropractic in New Jersey. He now spends most of his time coaching, traveling and speaking to promote chiropractic.

Access Self Storage of Manalapan has partnered with AERC Recycling Solutions to host a free electronic recycling collection event. The event will take place on July 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. The event is open to all New Jersey residents and small businesses. There is no fee. The following will be accepted: printers, scanners, CPUs, laptops, internal computer components, telephones, cameras, radios, modems, pagers, VCRs, DVD players, handheld games, computer accessories and peripherals, cables and cords. For a complete list of acceptable materials, visit the Internet website at www.com-cycle.com or call AERC toll free at 866-447-5177. All hard drives are completely destroyed. AERC adheres to a zero-waste-to-landfill policy. Access Self Storage is at 100 Madison Ave., Manalapan, off Route 33 between Woodward and Iron Ore roads (west of Knob Hill). Details: 732- 792-8200.

David Bertone, a physical therapist and president of db Orthopedic Physical Therapy PC in Lincroft, has been nominated by Gov. Chris Christie for an appointment to the New Jersey Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. This board is responsible for the regulation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants in New Jersey. This appointment requires approval of the Senate Judiciary Committee prior to becoming effective.

Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, and Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood, recently dedicated a facility that offers western Monmouth County residents convenient access to Monmouth Medical Center’s Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center. Monmouth joined its sister hospital, Kimball Medical Center, to celebrate the dedication of the Jacqueline M. Wilentz Breast Center at Howell, 59 Kent Road, Howell. The event follows last October’s dedication of the Jacqueline M. Wilentz Breast Center at Colts Neck.

The Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center, which was introduced by Monmouth Medical Center in 1994 to bring together under one roof all preventive, diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitation, psychosocial and educational services for women concerned about their breast health, was modeled after the nation’s most highly regarded breast centers. It is equipped with the most technologically advanced systems, offering a comprehensive array of preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services. Details: 732-923-7700.