Advisory Board

The mission of the Bloustein School Advisory Board is to assist the school in locating and resourcing opportunities to promote and strengthen its academic and research programs, and its partnerships with communities and organizations in New Jersey and beyond.

The Advisory Board is comprised of friends and alumni whose experiences and insights from careers in the private, public and nonprofit sectors collectively benefit the development of the school. Individual members are active and retired CEOs and principals from private industry and nonprofits representing diverse sectors including affordable housing and health care delivery, home building and development finance, community and environmental planning, local and state public policy, and health administration. Some members teach as adjuncts at the Bloustein School; one co-founded the Bloustein Alumni Association.

Collectively, Board members have given and/or pledged in excess of $1.7 million to the Bloustein School and/or Rutgers University.

Nike P. Bach

Nike P. Bach

Chair

Retired Program Manager, Executive Communications Group and former analyst for government agencies in New York City

Christopher Black

Christopher Black

Vice Chair

Senior Director, Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence (CORE) at Merck & Co., Inc.; part-time lecturer of epidemiology at Rutgers

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson

Board Member

Mercer County Executive

Leah Furey Bruder

Leah Furey Bruder

Board Member

President and Principal Planner at LFB Land Planning

Joseph Burgis

Joseph Burgis

Board Member

President of Burgis Associates, Inc.

Michael Hedden

Michael Hedden

Board Member

Owner, Hedden Realty Consulting

Anthony Marchetta

Anthony Marchetta

Board Member

Immediate past Executive Director of the New Jersey Home Mortgage Finance Agency; Co-founder of the Bloustein School Alumni Association

Sara Meyers

Sara Meyers

Board Member

Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer, CHIPS Program Office, U.S. Department of Commerce

Jason J. Redd

Jason J. Redd

Board Member

Managing Director at Stono Public Affairs; Adjunct Lecturer at the Bloustein School

Moses Salami

Moses Salami

Board Member

Director of Business Development and Marketing at Saint Michael’s Medical Center

Robert G. Sommer

Robert G. Sommer

Board Member

CEO, Awsom Associates, LLC; Adjunct lecturer at the Bloustein School

Glorian Yen

Glorian Yen

Board Member

Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research division of US Medical Affairs at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Emeritus Members

Lawrence B. Burrows

Lawrence B. Burrows

Emeritus Board Member

Independent Director of TriPointe Homes and Conner Industries, and retired Executive Officer of the Weyerhaeuser Company; Senior Planning Fellow at the Bloustein School

Christiana R. Foglio-Palmer

Christiana R. Foglio-Palmer

Emeritus Board Member

Founder & CEO, Community Investment Strategies; Rutgers University Foundation Board of Overseers, Advisory Board Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Susan Gruel

Susan Gruel

Emeritus Board Member

Partner in the planning consulting firm of Heyer, Gruel & Associates; long-time instructor at the Bloustein School