HIGH-LEVEL SPEAKERS FOR ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE
High-level speakers will participate in the special conference on hospital construction hosted by the New Jersey Alliance for Action on Tuesday, June 20.

Nearly 200 people are expected to attend the conference which will begin at 10 a.m. at the Lafayette Yard Marriott Conference Center in Trenton. They will hear details on billions of dollars of expansion and renovation projects planned by hospitals from throughout the state.

They also will hear a roundtable discussion on the economic impact of hospital construction by representatives of major contracting, architectural, and construction management firms.

The hospital presentations will include reports by:
Michael D’Agnes, Chairman of the New Jersey Hospital Association and President & CEO of Raritan Bay Medical Center; Catherine Ainora, Senior Vice President of Planning for the St. Barnabas Health Systems; Robert Peake, Director of Construction for Atlantic Health Systems; Steve Littleson, President of Jersey Shore Medical Center; James Van Wart of the New Jersey Health Care Financing Authority; and Bob Segin, CFO of Virtua Health Care System.
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ROSENGARTEN SAVES AND RESTORES HISTORIC
WILENTZ HOME
Barry Rosengarten, a developer and member of the Alliance for Action Board of Directors, has purchased the historic Wilentz house on High Street, Perth Amboy, and restored it to its original 1908 appearance. It was the home of the late David T. Wilentz, a former state attorney general and head of one of New Jersey’s most prominent political families. Wilentz prosecuted Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the famed Lindberg kidnapping trial.

Rosengarten first planned to raze the home as a site for 12 townhouses, but decided the building was too historic to destroy. In an editorial, the Home News Tribune said, “All who prize history owe Rosengarten a nod of gratitude.”

RUTGERS OPENS NEW TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CENTER
Rutgers University has dedicated its new building for the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT). The 15,000 square-foot facility is on Rutgers’ Busch campus in Piscataway.

The Center’s mission is to contribute to the operation and maintenance of safe and efficient transportation and infrastructure through research, education and work force training.

The $4.3 million facility will house programs including Rutgers Intelligent Transportation Systems and the Transportation Safety Resource Center. They are looking at installing sensors to monitor the integrity of structures like bridges and tunnels and helping local police and fire departments identify areas with high accident rates and how to reduce mishaps.

The Center is funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The Director is Ali Maher.

MEMBERS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TASK FORCE ARE APPOINTED
Members have been announced to the Higher Education Task Force of the New Jersey Commission on Government Efficiency and Reform. Commission Chairman Richard C. Leone said the members “bring a broad spectrum of experience and insight on higher education issues.”

The Task Force members are:
Jordan Cohen, President, Association of American Medical Colleges; Peter Contini, President, Salem Community College; Robert DelTufo, Chairman of the Board of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ); Carlos Hernandez, President, New Jersey City University; Jeannine LaRue, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Governor; Jane Oates, Executive Director, New Jersey Commission on Higher Education; Neil Rudenstine, former President of Harvard University, and Carl Van Horn, Director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University.

GOETHALS BRIDGE COMMITTEE TO MEET AND HOLD PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES
The Stakeholder Committee for the Goethals Bridge Replacement Environmental Impact Statement will meet on Thursday, June 15, from 2pm to 6pm at the Elizabeth Public Library, 11 South Broad Street. The meeting will review development of the Goethals Transportation Model, which will be used to forecast traffic conditions for each alternative for the project being studied.

The Committee also announced two public open houses on the project. The first will be held on Tuesday, June 27, from 6pm to 8pm, at the Elizabeth Public Library. The second will be held in Staten Island, New York, on Wednesday, June 28, from 6pm to 8pm at the Staten Island Hotel, 1415 Richard Avenue.

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
Peter Sheridan, formerly a partner at Graham, Curtin & Sheridan, was sworn in as a U.S. District Court Judge on June 13th. He will sit in Newark.

ALLIANCE IN ACTION
CAMDEN COUNTY ALLIANCE TO MEET JUNE 23
The Camden County Alliance for Action will meet on Friday, June 23, with an array of speakers on everything from the state of the county to South Jersey transportation construction. The meeting at the Mansion on Main Street, Voorhees, will begin at 9 am following registration at 8:15 am.

Presentations will be made by the Deputy Director of the Camden County Board of Freeholders Edward T. McDonnell; Samuel E. Donelson, P.E., Chief Engineer of the South Jersey Transportation Authority; and Alliance for Action President Philip K. Beachem. Co-chairs of the Camden Alliance are McDonnell and Nancy Myers, President, QWIC, Inc./Myers Construction Group.
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