Governor Jon Corzine announced Alliance for Action President Philip K. Beachem as one of the first 17 members of a steering committee to assist in advocating and educating the public about the Governor’s Fiscal Restructuring and Debt Reduction Plan.
Corzine said the steering committee members “represent the highest echelons of some of the most important aspects of our society.”
Beachem stated: “New Jersey’s transportation infrastructure is in serious need of update, expansion and repair. The Governor has taken a courageous stand and delivered a solution that will pay down debt and fund transportation projects for a generation.”
Former Congressman Bob Franks heads the steering committee. The other new members announced by the Governor are: Dennis Bone, President, Verizon New Jersey; Sam Crane, Senior Vice President, External Affairs, Maher Terminals, Inc.; John Degnan, Vice Chair, Chubb Corp, and former New Jersey Attorney General; Larry Downes, Chairman & CEO, NJ Resources; Sheryl Gordon, President, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees; Bill Gormley, former Republican State Senator; Fred Hassan, Chairmain & CEO, Schering Plough; Reverend Reginald Jackson, Executive Director, Black Ministers Council; Mark Juliano, CEO, Trump Entertainment Resorts; Dick Leone, President, The Century Foundation, former Port Authority Chairman, former State Treasurer; Blair MacInnes, NJ Seeds Board Member, University Hospital Trustee; Gil Medina, former Commerce Commissioner to Governor Whitman and advisor to Brett Schundler; Raymond Meillier, Retired Vice President of Financial Services, Campbell’s Soup Company; Ray Pocino, Vice President, Laborers International Union; Shirley Tilghman, President, Princeton University; James Zazzali, former New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice, former Attorney General, former Chairman of State Commission of Investigation.
