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Gift Planning Council of New Jersey Board

Kenneth Cole President Senior Director, Planned Giving and Capital Campaigns Overlook Hospital Foundation 36 Upper Overlook Road P.O. Box 220 Summit, New Jersey 07902 kenneth.cole@atlantichealth.org 908.522.2181	Elizabeth Truslow Vice President Executive Director of Gift Planning Rutgers University Foundation Winants Hall 7 College Avenue New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 etruslow@winants.rutgers.edu 732.932.8808
Eric L. Abramson Co-chair Programming Certified Financial Services, LLC 52 Forest Avenue Paramus, New Jersey 07652 EAbramson@CFSLLC.com 201.843.7700 # 227	Jacqueline M. Bartley, J.D Nominating Chair Associate Vice President Monmouth University West Long Branch, New Jersey 07764-1898 jbartley@monmouth.edu 732.263.5758
Geoffrey Close First Vice President & Wealth Advisor Morgan Stanley Smith Barney 1200 Mount Kemble Ave. Morristown, New Jersey 07960 geoffrey.close@morganstanley.com 973.993.3905	Joseph Guasconi, J.D. Senior Director of Major Gifts and Gift Planning Seton Hall University 457 Centre St. South Orange, New Jersey 07079 guascojo@shu.edu 973.378.9850
Paul Hansen Financial Advisor The HTC Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney 31 W 52nd St., 23rd Fl New York, New York 10019 paul.hansen@smithbarney.com 800.843.0211 Toll Free	Keith Kawecki Vice President, Investments Raymond James & Associates 163 Madison Avenue, Suite 101 Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Keith.Kawecki@RaymondJames.com 973.829.1016
Regina Ketting Co-chair Membership Director of Gift Planning Peddie School South Main Street PO Box A Hightstown, New Jersey 08520 rketting@peddie.org 609.944.7615	Maja Meighan Treasurer Director of Major Gifts Monmouth Medical Center 300 Second Avenue Long Branch, New Jersey Majameighan@yahoo.com 732.923.7986 x 37986
Ted Mills Co-chair Membership Associate Director, Gift Planning Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey 08544 edwardm@princeton.edu 609.258.3316	Cynthia W. O'Donnell, JD Secretary Director of Gift Planning Morristown Memorial Health Foundation 100 Madison Avenue Morristown, New Jersey 07962 cynthia.odonnell@atlantichealth.org 973.593.2418
Robert Wahlers MS, CFRE Senior Director of Development & Gift Planning Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations 1345 Campus Pky Ste 42 Neptune, New Jersey 07753 rwahlers@meridianhealth.com 732.751.5118