Board of Trustees

GEORGE E. NORCROSS III serves as Executive Chairman of Conner Strong & Buckelew, among the nation’s largest insurance, risk management, and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firms, which operates in all 50 states. Norcross has been the head of Conner Strong & Buckelew and predecessor companies since founding the firm in 1979 in a basement office in Camden, New Jersey. 

Norcross also serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cooper Health System, Cooper University Hospital, and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, all in Camden, NJ. He has served as a Trustee of Cooper University Hospital since 1990. Under his leadership, Cooper has grown into a top-tier academic health system and is the only state-designated Level 1 Trauma Center in South Jersey, with nearly10,000 employees across the region. Annually, nearly two million patients from across all 50 states and 35 countries visit Cooper’s 800-plus physicians practicing in 75 specialties at more than 100 convenient medical offices and three urgent care centers. As Chair, Norcross led Cooper as it launched the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, the first new medical school in New Jersey in 30 years and opened MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. In September 2022, Norcross announced a new $2 billion expansion, the largest development project in Camden County’s history, which will dramatically expand the academic health system’s Camden campus to meet the current and future projected demand at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Cooper University Hospital.

In addition to his roles at Conner Strong and Cooper, Norcross has been recognized for his personal philanthropy and support of the larger South Jersey community, especially the City of Camden. Through Norcross’s family foundation, and in partnership with Conner Strong & Buckelew and the Cooper Foundation, Norcross focuses much of his charitable efforts on improving education for youth, funding research to help cure diseases, supporting the arts and culture, improving the community’s safety, and helping people with disabilities in the Camden area. Over the last decade, the groups have collectively donated to more than 500 groups across the region and state.

In connection with his leadership at Conner Strong & Buckelew, Norcross and his family made a significant investment in BroadStreet Partners ("BroadStreet"), and Norcross has taken on the role as Vice Chairman. BroadStreet is majority owned by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund. In 2022, the Norcross family purchased the iconic Formica’s Bakery, a South Jersey institution and baker of the “World Famous Atlantic City Bread.” He added Freitag to the company to honor his great grandfather’s legacy as a baker in Camden. Norcross also serves on the Board of Directors for the Coriell Institute for Medical Research and Holtec International, a global leader in power generation technologies.

He formerly served on the Board of Directors for Delta Risk, a firm that provides high-impact cybersecurity and risk management services to government and private sector clients worldwide and on the Board of Directors of Commerce Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:CBH) and as Lead Director of the $7.8 billion sale of the bank to TD Bank Financial Group. Norcross was Chairman and majority shareholder of U.S. Vision, a large national retailer of optical products and services, which he later sold. In 2012, Norcross and other local business and civic leaders purchased Interstate General Media (IGM), the parent company of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com, the region’s largest and most popular online news source. In 2014, Norcross sold his shares to the minority owners. 

Norcross was named a 2020 “Champion of the C-Suite” by ROI-NJ for “making the impossible possible” and the 2018 Business Leader of the Year by the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University for his successes as a business and community leader.

Norcross has won wide praise for his leadership of Cooper and has been repeatedly named one of New Jersey’s top health care leaders by NJBiz, recognized as one of New Jersey’s Top Influencers in New Jersey Biotech by BioNJ, Trustee of the Year by the New Jersey Hospital Association, and Trustee of the Year by the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals. For his leadership in creating Cooper’s Veterans VIP Priority Program, Norcross was awarded the prestigious Seven Seals Award given by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Employer Support for National Guard and Reserves. Norcross accepted the Susan G. Komen Beacon of Hope Award on behalf of Cooper University Hospital/Cooper Cancer Institute.

Norcross serves as chair of the Cooper Red Hot Gala, which is one of the largest single event charity fundraisers in the greater Philadelphia-South Jersey area each year and has raised almost $25 million to benefit Cooper University Health Care, including a record $3.5 million in 2022. In addition to supporting The Cooper Foundation, Norcross committed $5 million to Cooper as the first commitment in a $50 million capital campaign to help fund the rapid expansion of one of New Jersey’s preeminent academic medical centers.

As part of his leadership role in Camden, Norcross serves as a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for the Camden Community Partnership, a private, non-profit corporation dedicated to planning and implementing high-quality urban redevelopment projects to revitalize the City of Camden. To increase employment among Camden residents, Norcross led the creation and funding of Camden Works, along with NAACP, Latin America Economic Development Association, Center for Family Services, Hopeworks, and Camden County Workforce Investment Board.

Through the Norcross Foundation and in conjunction with The Cooper Foundation and in partnership with the non-profit TEAM Schools of New Jersey, Norcross led development of the KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy, which delivers world-class public education to 2,000 children, grades K-12, in Camden. A KIPP Cooper Norcross High School opened in the fall of 2020.

The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey awarded Norcross and his family the Haas Regional Champion Medal for their commitment to the United Way’s mission and embodying the entrepreneurial spirit of the legendary philanthropist, John Haas. Norcross has been honored by the New Jersey March of Dimes at the organization’s Born to Shine Gala and by Chabad Lubavitch, awarded the Annual Champion of Children Award by the Camden Children’s Garden, and the Tree of Life Award from the Jewish National Fund for his philanthropic and community leadership. 

In partnership with AmeriHealth New Jersey, the Cooper Foundation and the Norcross Foundation, he founded and provided $1 million to create the Camden Health and Athletic Association (CHAA) to expand youth sports programs and health initiatives in the City of Camden. Since its kickoff, CHAA has helped more than 1,000 Camden children participate in more than 30 sports programs across Camden. Conner Strong & Buckelew was a founding sponsor of a $1 million grant program for Camden City based non-profit organizations committed to making Camden a healthier place to live, work, learn, and play.

Norcross has been a long-time benefactor of the Larc School in New Jersey, a special education school for children with disabilities, and he and his family were recognized for their commitment at the school’s 50th anniversary in 2018. His involvement includes serving as Chairman of the Cooper Norcross Run the Bridge, the largest 10K run in the tri-state area and the Larc School’s most significant fundraising event. Through the Run and other initiatives, Larc School has been the beneficiary of more than $5 million in fundraising dollars.

A student of history who has visited almost every presidential museum with his family, Norcross purchased a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence in 2021, which is being lent to the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, to be displayed beginning in the spring of 2023. It will also be displayed at Cooper University Hospital.

Norcross has two adult children.

KEVIN M. O'DOWD, JD, is Co-President/CEO, Cooper University Health Care.

In 2019, the Cooper University Health Care Board of Trustees named Mr. O'Dowd as Co-Chief Executive Officer.  He began his career at Cooper as the health system’s Chief Administrative Officer and was later appointed to the position of Co-President.  

Before joining Cooper in 2014, Mr. O’Dowd served for nearly four years in the Office of the Governor for the State of New Jersey, initially holding the position of Counsel to the Governor and then Chief of Staff to the Governor.  

Prior to joining the Office of the Governor, Mr. O’Dowd was the Chief of the Securities and Health Care Fraud Unit in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. During his seven-year tenure as a federal prosecutor, he investigated and prosecuted cases ranging from computer hacking and intellectual property theft to complex health care, securities, and financial fraud. While at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he also served as the chair of the Health Care Task Force, which comprised the leading federal and state health care fraud investigators and prosecutors in the State of New Jersey.

While at the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. O’Dowd was a frequent panelist and speaker on health care matters. Hewas twice awarded the Integrity Award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Award for Excellence from the U.S. President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency. Seton Hall University School of Law also awarded him with the St. Thomas More Medal for his distinguished public service.

Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office in 2003, Mr. O’Dowd served as Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey for nearly five years. He earned his BA from The Catholic University of America and his JD from St. John’s University School of Law.

Mr. O’Dowd serves a member of the New Jersey Hospital Association Board of Trustees, as the vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital Alliance of New Jersey, a member of the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey Board of Trustees, a member of The VIDOCQ Society of Philadelphia, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey Board of Directors.  Healso serves on the Board of Directors of South Jersey Industries, a publicly traded energy services holding company. 

Mr. O’Dowd was recently honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey for his exceptional leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ANTHONY J. MAZZARELLI, MD, JD, MBE is Co-President/CEO of Cooper University Health Care. Dr. Mazzarelli has had various roles at Cooper since his arrival in 1999. His most recent role prior to being named Co-President/CEO of Cooper University Health Care was as Chief Physician Executive and Senior Executive Vice President. In that position he had oversight of Quality and Patient Safety for the health system as well as oversight of Cooper's practice plan of more than 630 employed physicians who also serve as the faculty for Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.

Prior to that role, he was Senior Vice President of Operations and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, where he reorganized the Quality and Patient Safety Department, which led Cooper to its recent first-time recognition as a “Top Performer” by The Joint Commission. Under his leadership, Cooper also realized significant improvement in the nationally recognized quality and safety Leapfrog Report Card.

In 2011, Dr. Mazzarelli helped start Cooper’s new Process Improvement office, which has included the introduction of continuous process improvement principles, such as Lean Six Sigma, as a methodology for operational efficiency improvements. Prior to that role, he was Vice President of Strategic Planning and Implementation and was responsible for assisting in the development of the latest strategic plan for the health system as well as other business development projects. He was also one of the three original team members to work on integrating Cooper and Rowan in preparation for the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.

Dr. Mazzarelli received his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, his law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School and his master's in bioethics from University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics. He trained in Emergency Medicine at Cooper University Hospital, where he also served as Chief Resident and later as the Medical Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine. In 2009, he was recognized as one of Philadelphia’s “Best Physicians Under 40.” In 2010, he was awarded the Halo Award by the South Jersey Professionals Association for leading a team of 18 health care providers from Cooper into Haiti in the days immediately following the 2010 earthquake.

In 2012, Dr. Mazzarelli was named one of the 50 most powerful people in New Jersey health care by NJ Biz. A member of the board of trustees for the YMCA of Burlington and Camden Counties, as well as the Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers, Dr. Mazzarelli has also received commendations for his leadership, and was named an Outstanding Young American by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce.

PETER S. AMENTA, MD, PhD, a Cooper Board Member since 2006, most recently served as the President and CEO of Joslin Diabetes Center (2015–2019), the world-renowned institute centered on diabetes treatment and research. A former member of Joslin’s Board of Trustees, Dr. Amenta is also a well-known clinician and scientist with significant administrative experience in medical education, clinical management, and research development.

Dr. Amenta served as the Dean of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) and became the founding dean of Rutgers-RWJMS in 2013; the CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group, the faculty medical practice and a faculty member/practitioner of Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and University Hospital from 1989 to 2015, respectively.

During his 26-plus years at RWJMS and the University Hospital, Dr. Amenta held a number of key administrative positions, including Residency Program Director, Chief of the Pathology Service and Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief of Staff at RWJUH, and Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at RWJMS. He was the founding Director of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey’s Immunohistochemistry Shared Resource, and a member of the Cancer Institute’s Scientific Council and Internal Advisory Board. He is a board certified anatomic and clinical pathologist. His research contributed to our understanding of novel connective tissue components during development and disease, as well as the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal diseases. He served on the Editorial Board of Human Pathology and as a reviewer for a number of other clinical and research journals. He has published more than 175 manuscripts, chapters and abstracts, including co-editing the textbook Histology-From Normal Microanatomy to Pathology. He is also a member at large of the National Board of Medical Examiners.

Dr. Amenta holds a bachelor of science from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and received his medical degree at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, PA, where he also obtained his PhD in anatomy.

SIDNEY R. BROWN is Chief Executive Officer of National Freight Industries (NFI), a premier integrated supply chain solutions company.

NFI is one of the largest privately-held third party logistics companies in the country. Mr. Brown joined National Freight in the early 1980s when the company was focused mainly on over-the-road trucking services. Over the next twenty-five years the company quickly evolved into four affiliated companies providing transportation services (National Freight), warehousing and inventory management (National Distribution Centers), dedicated fleets and transportation management (Interactive Logistics) and real estate development (Real Estate). In 2008, the company continued to evolve and positioned all its companies under one corporate brand, NFI. NFI in North America now consists of Logistics, Warehousing and Distribution, Transportation, Intermodal, Real Estate, Transportation Brokerage, Contract Packaging, Solar, Global Freight Forwarding and NFI Canada.

In addition to his role as CEO of NFI, Mr. Brown also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sun National Bank (NASDAQ: SNBC). He was also Acting President and CEO of Sun National Bank from February 2007 to January 2008 and from November 2013 to June 2014.  

Mr. Brown is a graduate of Georgetown University with a BSBA degree. He began his career as a financial analyst with Morgan Stanley in New York City. In 1983 he received his MBA from Harvard University before joining NFI.

Mr. Brown formerly served on the Board of Beth El Synagogue and Moorestown Friends. He is currently a Board Member of J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ: JJSF) and FS Energy and Power Fund.

Mr. Brown has three children and resides in Philadelphia, PA, with his wife Sandy.

MICHAEL E. CHANSKY, MD, is Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Cooper University Health Care and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) in Camden. For the past 35 years, under his direct leadership and through his strong commitment to his patients, undergraduate and graduate education and mentorship, Dr. Chansky has transformed Cooper’s Department of Emergency Medicine into one of the highest quality and busiest EDs in the region, treating more than 80,000 adults and children a year.

Dr. Chansky received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he moved on to serve as Chief Resident prior to coming to Cooper full time.  He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Dr. Chansky has received many teaching awards for his commitment to academics from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) and CMSRU, where he has taught for more than three decades. He was inducted into the Masters Education Guild and appointed the inaugural Chair of Emergency Medicine at RWJ/UMDNJ – the first Camden Campus faculty member to be so honored. Most recently he received the Sol Sherry Teaching Award, was inducted into the Arnold Gold Humanism Society, and was appointed AOA honor society lead councilor at CMSRU.

LEON D. DEMBO, Esq., is the managing member of the law firm Dembo, Brown & Burns LLP in Mount Laurel, NJ, where his practice is concentrated in the areas of real estate and commercial law.

Mr. Dembo received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Georgetown University and earned his juris doctor degree from Rutgers University Law School, Camden, NJ. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1980 and is licensed in the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Dembo is a past vice-president and previously served on the Board of Managers for the Katz Jewish Community Center of South Jersey. He resides in Voorhees with his wife, Jody. They have two children, Adam and Michelle.

JUSTICE FAUSTINO FERNANDEZ-VINA was born on Feb. 15, 1952, in Santiago, Cuba. His family escaped persecution by the communist government led by Fidel Castro as a young boy, eventually settling in South Jersey. He attended Haddon Heights High School, playing football for an undefeated team that went on to win a state championship his senior year. He went on to college at Widener University to play for a powerhouse college football program and was the co-captain of the 1973 team that featured running back and NFL Hall of Fame inductee Billy “White Shoes” Johnson and NFL All-Pro center Joseph Fields.

Upon graduating from Widener with a degree in history, Fernandez-Vina attended Rutgers University School of Law-Camden and graduated in 1978. Before entering private practice, he served as a law clerk to Superior Court Judge E. Stevenson Fluharty.

During his first tenure in private practice, Fernandez-Vina became a certified civil trial attorney and served on the District IV Ethics Committee, the Supreme Court Committee on Character and the Supreme Court Committee on Jury Selection. In 2004, then Governor James McGreevey appointed Fernandez-Vina to the Superior Court bench. He was the first Latino nominated to the Superior Court from Camden County and sat in the civil division of the Camden Vicinage. He moved to the family division in 2006 and was named presiding judge of the civil division on February 1, 2007. Chief Justice Stuart Rabner named him assignment judge of the Camden Vicinage on January 11, 2012.

While on the bench, Fernandez-Vina served on a number of committees, including the Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee. Fernandez-Vina was nominated to the Supreme Court by Governor Chris Christie on September 30, 2013, and was sworn into office on November 19, 2013, following confirmation by the state Senate. He continued to serve as an associate justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court from November 2013 until he retired in February 2022, at the mandatory retirement age of 70. Justice Fernandez-Vina is currently practicing law with the law firm of Parker McCay.

CHARLES W. FOULKE III is General Manager and Vice President of Foulke Management Corporation, established by his father, Charles W. Foulke Jr., in 1967. Mr. Foulke has overall responsibility for consolidated operations of eight retail automotive dealerships in South Jersey, representing five major automotive manufacturers. Mr. Foulke has more than 40 years of experience in all phases of automotive retail sales, service, parts, and collision center operations.

When Mr. Foulke is not working, he enjoys attending youth sporting events and assisting in developing youth athletic facilities. Mr. Foulke has donated significant funds to improve his local communities, including sports facilities, youth sports programs, and his local church. Mr. Foulke also serves on the Board of Catholic Charities.

GENEROSA GRANA, MD, FACP, is Director of MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. She is an expert in the field of genetics and breast cancer. She is also Professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research in Camden, New Jersey.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Grana attended medical school at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago before completing her residency in internal medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia. Dr. Grana completed her fellowship in hematology and oncology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center and Temple University in Philadelphia, where she also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in preventive oncology.

At Cooper University Health Care, she has held multiple administrative roles including Division Head of Hematology and Medical Oncology and, currently, Director of MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. Dr. Grana serves as a member of the Cooper University Health Care Board of Trustees, and The Cooper Foundation Board of Trustees – the fundraising arm of the organization. She is also a member of the Cooper University Physicians Executive Committee. Dr. Grana has been actively involved in the teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows and has been actively involved in multiple community outreach initiatives.

Dr. Grana has received numerous awards, including the Johnson & Johnson Community Health Crystal Award in 1999, the American Cancer Society Silver Chalice Award in 1999, and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure "Light of Life" award in 2009.

PHOEBE A. HADDON, JD, LLM, is the Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Board of Directors. She served as Chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2020. As chancellor, she led a research university that enrolls 7,350 students in 39 undergraduate programs and 28 master’s and doctoral programs, and has more than 1,300 employees. Under her leadership, Rutgers University–Camden increased affordable access through its landmark Bridging the Gap program, which provides full or significant tuition coverage for New Jersey’s working families. Ms. Haddon also amplified Rutgers–Camden’s role as an anchor institution in Camden and the Delaware Valley by expanding the university’s nationally recognized civic engagement program. In 2020, she became chancellor emerita and returned to the Rutgers Law School faculty in Camden.
 
Ms. Haddon is on the Board of Trustees for The Cooper Health System, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and HERS (Higher Education Resource Services), she also serves on the New Jersey Tuition Aid Grant Study Commission.

Ms. Haddon is the recipient of the 2019 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of American Law Schools and the 2019 Smith College Medal. In 2015, she received the Trailblazer’s Award from the New Jersey Women Lawyer’s Association, and was similarly honored by the National Association of Women Business Owners in South Jersey in 2016. NJBIZ named her among the “Top 50 in Higher Ed” in New Jersey in 2019, while Philadelphia Business Journal named her to its “Power 100” list for 2019 and the Philadelphia Inquirer selected her as a winner of its 2019 Diversity & Inclusion Pioneer Award. In 2011, she received the Great Teacher Award from the Society of American Law Teachers.

She previously served as dean of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. In 2011, the school received a $30 million commitment from the W.P. Carey Foundation. Prior to joining UM Carey Law, she was a distinguished faculty member at the Temple University Beasley School of Law. She has written extensively on equality and access in education issues as well as on matters related to access to counsel for civil litigants.

Haddon earned an LL.M. from Yale Law School in 1985 and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Duquesne University School of Law in 1977. She received a bachelor’s degree from Smith College in 1972 and served as vice chair of the Smith College Board of Trustees until 2009.
 

MARTHA S. MATTHEWS, MD, FACS is the President of the Medical Staff of Cooper University Health Care and the first female Professor of Surgery at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU). She has been a member of the Cooper Medical Staff since 1989.

Dr. Matthews received her undergraduate degree at the Pennsylvania State University and is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She completed training in General Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and went on to complete training in Plastic Surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical College. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. 

In addition to her role as Medical Staff President, Dr. Matthews is also the Medical Director of the Regional Cleft Palate Program and Chair of the Graduate Medical Education Committee. She serves on a number of committees in the Cooper Health System and at CMSRU. She served as Head of the Division of Plastic Surgery from 1999 to 2013, and was the Program Director of the Plastic Surgery Residency Program from 1999 to 2018.

She is active in leadership positions in a number of national organizations, including service as a Senior Examiner for the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the Chair of the American Cleft Palate Association Committee on Approval of Teams.  

Dr. Matthews’ clinical specialties include pediatric plastic surgery, particularly cleft lip and palate; cosmetic surgery; and trauma. She has been the recipient of more than 60 top doctor awards both locally and nationally, as well as the Cooper University Hospital Outstanding Physician award. Her other area of expertise is in medical education. She has an American Association of Medical Colleges Certificate in Educational Leadership, has been elected to the Cooper Academy of Master Educators, and is a recipient of the Sol Sherry Award for Teaching Excellence.

DUANE D. MYERS is President and Chief Executive Officer of M&C Insurance Agency, Inc., a full-service insurance agency, writing property, casualty and health insurance lines. Mr. Myers founded the company in 1983 after receiving a bachelor of arts in accounting from Rutgers University, CCAS in Camden, NJ. The company is headquartered in Pennsauken, NJ, and has grown to include multiple locations in South Jersey. 

Mr. Myers formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Camden County, NJ. Currently, he serves on the Camden Board of Education Foundation. Additionally, Mr. Myers serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for CAMcare Health Corporation. He is also a Board Member of Rebuilding Together.

Mr. Myers has devoted many years of service and support to numerous South Jersey community organizations with a strong commitment toward working with youth. He and his wife reside in Washington Township with their two children.

CHERYL NORTON serves as President of New Jersey American Water. She is the principal external contact for American Water in New Jersey, serving approximately 2.7 million people. In this role, she reinforces and strengthens customer, regulatory, and local government relationships and drives operational and financial results for New Jersey. Additionally, she serves as Senior Vice President of the company’s Eastern Division, which includes New Jersey and New York.  In March 2020, in addition to her other roles, Ms. Norton became American Water’s Chief Environmental Officer, overseeing environmental leadership and compliance across American Water’s regulated and market-based businesses.

Ms. Norton previously served as President of Missouri American Water for three years, and in the same role for Kentucky American Water for five years. Ms. Norton started her career with American Water in 1988 as a microbiology research technician at the company’s central laboratory in Belleville, IL, which provides services for American Water subsidiaries across the country.  From 2000 to 2007, she served as the laboratory’s director overseeing companywide chemical compliance testing. In 2007, Ms. Norton was appointed Vice President of Operations for Illinois American Water.

Ms. Norton is a member of American Water Works Association (AWWA) and in 1992 she was recognized by AWWA for the most notable contribution to the science of public water supply development. She was awarded the Professional Service Award from the Illinois Section AWWA in 2006.

Ms. Norton received a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in environmental studies from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

New Jersey American Water is a subsidiary of American Water. With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly traded water and wastewater utility company. The company employs more than 6,800 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater, and other related services to more than 15 million people in 46 states. American Water provides safe, clean, affordable, and reliable water services to customers to keep their lives flowing.

PHILIP A. NORCROSS, ESQ., is the Managing Shareholder and Chief Executive Officer of Parker McCay P.A., a New Jersey law firm based in Mount Laurel, with offices in Hamilton, Atlantic City, and Camden, NJ. Mr. Norcross focuses his law practice in the area of public finance and transactional law, with an emphasis on municipal, economic development, redevelopment, and other specialized financings. Mr. Norcross is also Chairman of Optimus Partners, LLC, a public affairs advisory firm based in Trenton, New Jersey.

Mr. Norcross serves as Chairman of The Cooper Foundation Board of Trustees. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Cooper Health System and a member of the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and Treasury Subcommittee. He serves on the Board of Directors as Secretary of the Board and member of the Executive Committee of the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Mr. Norcross was a founding member of the Board of Trustees of Home Port Alliance for the U.S.S. New Jersey, Inc. Mr. Norcross also served as a member of the Mount Laurel Board of Education and was a founding member and Vice-President of the Mount Laurel Public Education Foundation, Inc.

An active member of the corporate and business community, Mr. Norcross served as a member of the Board of Directors of Sun Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNBC) and Sun National Bank from 2012 to 2016. In addition, Mr. Norcross is a former member of the Board of Directors of U.S. Vision, Inc., one of the largest retail optical chains in the United States.

Mr. Norcross is widely recognized by various publications as one of the preeminent attorneys in New Jersey. He was named to SJ Magazine’s Top Attorney List for Business in 2015. NJBIZ has included Mr. Norcross on the Power 100 list every year from 2015 to 2020, and the Power 50 Banking list in 2011. 

The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey honored Mr. Norcross and his family with the prestigious 2015 John C. Haas Regional Champion Medal for their commitment to volunteerism and the community. In 2018, Mr. Norcross was recognized, with his family, by the Larc School, a special education school for children with disabilities, for their commitment to the school.

Mr. Norcross is a graduate of Temple University School of Law (JD, 1987) and Rutgers University (BA, summa cum laude, 1984) and is admitted to the practice of law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Born in Camden, New Jersey, Mr. Norcross currently resides in Philadelphia, PA, and Ocean City, NJ, with his wife, Carole. They have two grown children, Nicole and Christopher.

ANNETTE C. REBOLI, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and the Dean of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) in Camden, NJ. As such, she is the Chief Academic Officer with ultimate responsibility for all areas of the school. Prior to this, she was Founding Vice Dean and was responsible for oversight of the LCME accreditation process, undergraduate and graduate medical education, faculty affairs and faculty development, and developing affiliations for the medical school.

Dr. Reboli received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in biology from Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences in Washington, DC. She received her medical degree cum laude from Georgetown University School of Medicine and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society during medical school. She completed an internship, residency, and a year as Chief Medical Resident in Internal Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC, followed by a three-year clinical and research fellowship in infectious diseases at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. Prior to becoming Founding Vice Dean, she served as Interim Dean of CMSRU and was also the Head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Deputy Chief for Administration of the Department of Medicine at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ, where she also served as the hospital epidemiologist.

Dr. Reboli is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. She has authored or co-authored more than 180 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and abstracts. Dr. Reboli has been named a “Top Doctor” in a variety of magazines, including New Jersey Monthly, Philadelphia Magazine, South Jersey Magazine, SJ Magazine, and Consumer’s Checkbook. She has been recognized by Who’s Who and Best Doctors in America. She has served on several committees for Camden County and the state of New Jersey, volunteering her expertise in infectious diseases. Dr. Reboli’s main research interest is in candidemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis. Over the course of her career, she has garnered more than $15,000,000 in research support from a variety of sources, including NIH, NIAID, private foundations, and private industry. She also served as a consultant to Janssen, Vicuron, Pfizer, and Merck Pharmaceutical Company on antimicrobial drug development and clinical trial design. During her tenure as Division Head of Infectious Diseases, she established a comprehensive clinical research program that led the Department of Medicine in external funding.

In 2008, she received the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Dean’s Research Award in the faculty-clinical sciences category for research on antifungal therapy that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. She serves on the Candida Infections Guidelines Committee of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. She has received several teaching awards and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and the Philadelphia College of Physicians. She served as the President of the Medical Staff of the Cooper Health System from 2011-2015. In 2016, Dr. Reboli received the Healthcare Professional of the Year award from the New Jersey Hospital Association.

STEVEN E. ROSS, MD, FACS, FCCM, is the President of the Medical Staff of Cooper University Health Care, Vice-Chair of the Department of Surgery, and Professor of Surgery at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. He came to Cooper in 1984 and served as the Trauma Division Head from 1988 until 2015, during which time Cooper’s Trauma Center achieved national recognition for clinical care, education, and clinical research. Since 1989, the Trauma Center has been continuously credentialed by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Dr. Ross has served as Surgical Residency Director for two separate terms, and as Director of the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Cooper University Hospital.

Dr. Ross is a graduate of the University of Delaware, and obtained his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He completed his General Surgery residency at York Hospital, York, PA; and a fellowship in Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He is board certified in surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and the American College of Critical Care Medicine. 

His clinical and research interests include a wide range of trauma and emergency medical system-related topics, as well as surgical critical care. He has numerous scientific publications in these fields. His work in trauma has been recognized by the New Jersey Brain Injury Association; the B’Nai Brith Foundation; the Camden Police Department; the Department of Veterans Affairs; and the Edward J. Ill Excellence in Medicine Foundation, Inc. His work at Cooper has been recognized with both awards for teaching and the Diane Barton award. He has served as Chair of the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, and on the national ACS-COT. He has also been President of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, the nation’s oldest surgical organization. He was a founding member and Chair of the New Jersey State Trauma Center Council and is a strong advocate for trauma system development in New Jersey.  

Dr. Ross and his wife, Carolyn, live in Cherry Hill, NJ. They have three adult children, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

ROLAND SCHWARTING, MD, is the Chairman of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Cooper University Health Care, and Professor of Pathology at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. He received his MD from Kiel University, Germany, in 1981. He subsequently spent three years at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center developing tumor markers, some of which have U.S. patents and are distributed worldwide. Dr. Schwarting finished his residency in pathology in Berlin, Germany, and continued as an attending pathologist at Thomas Jefferson University until 2006. He is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Hematopathology. He serves also as the President of the South Jersey Pathology Society.

KRISHNA (KRIS) P. SINGH, PhD, is the Founder, President, and CEO of Holtec International, a multi-national energy technology company with its business footprint in 18 countries on five continents. Holtec’s major business concentration is in the development of non-polluting power generation technologies which include an innovative small modular reactor (SMR-160) and the HI-POWER energy storage system. The company has six overseas operation centers based in the UK, Ukraine, India, Brazil, South Africa, and Spain, and four centers in the U.S., of which the KPS Technology Campus in Camden, NJ, is the largest. Holtec is America’s largest exporter of capital nuclear equipment.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (PhD, 1972), Dr. Singh is a widely published author (70 archival technical papers, one textbook, and numerous symposia volumes) and a prolific inventor (121 granted patents) whose inventions underpin most of Holtec’s products and systems sold around the world. He has been elected to America’s most elite academies (National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors, Fellows of the ASME) and received numerous citations from public institutions for his entrepreneurship and philanthropy. In addition to Cooper, he serves on the boards of the Nuclear Energy Institute; the University of Pennsylvania (Trustee emeritus and overseer of the engineering school); the Atlantic Council (DC); EOS, Inc.; and the National Investment Council (Ukraine).

HARVEY A. SNYDER, MD, is an attending physician in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine at Cooper University Health Care, with a teaching appointment at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. He also holds active privileges at Virtua, Inspira, and Jefferson Health systems.  

Dr. Snyder is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine/Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology. He is also a member of the American College of Physicians and American Medical Association.

He received his bachelors of arts degree from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, with honors and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. His medical degree is from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.  

Dr. Snyder served his internship, residency, and chief residency at Cornell University Medical Center/New York Hospital and then proceeded to the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases.  

SUSAN H. WEINER is the Executive Director of Larc School, a private, non-profit school serving children with severe and multiple disabilities ages 3-21 and a Special Needs Adult Program for those over 21. 

Through her leadership over the last 29 years, Larc School added an adult program and a preschool program, and expanded the building to create more classrooms and instructional space, a multimedia library, an adaptive playground, and a sensory garden. Under her direction, the school’s fundraisers and grant writing have allowed her to set up a Legacy Fund for Larc School—though that’s not how Ms. Weiner measures success. Her goal for Larc is to strive always, and in every way, to better the lives of Larc’s children and their families.

Ms. Weiner is an active member of ASAH, a state organization supporting private, special-education schools in New Jersey. She sits on the ASAH Executive Board of Directors and serves on the Government Relations, Public Relations, and Program Development Committees. For her leadership and service to the organization, and her advocacy on behalf of New Jersey’s citizens with special needs, Ms. Weiner received the ASAH Presidential Award.

Ms. Weiner, along with two others, and support from the Jewish Community Foundation, founded a support group for parents who have lost a son or daughter. Their mission is to bring bereaved parents together to find comfort, healing, and friendship.

Throughout her career, Ms. Weiner has been honored for her achievements and her service to others. The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners acknowledged Ms. Weiner in their Salute to Women Leaders. The Girl Scouts presented Ms. Weiner with their Women of Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Goodwill Industries of South Jersey presented her with the Helms Award for Outstanding Charitable Works. She also received the Camden County Freedom Medal from the Camden County Board of Freeholders and the Constitutional Row Officers.

Ms. Weiner holds a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in special education, both from Temple University.