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Experience Works! Staffing Service, 2139 Route33, Lexington Square Commons, Box 8303, Trenton 08650-0303. SydelleNorris, state director. 609-890-2121; fax, 609-890-2124. Www.experienceworks.orgGreen Thumb no longer operates as a national nonprofit that offerspaid community service jobs for disadvantaged and older adults. However,Experience Works serves the same population as a staffing agency.General Dynamics, 11 Deer Park Drive, Building4, Princeton Corporate Plaza, Suite 119, Monmouth Junction 08852.Neale A. Messina, vice president/director of research. 732-274-1332;Princeton Combustion Research Laboratories has changed its name toGeneral Dynamics Armament and Technical Products. It does combustionresearch for both government and corporate clients.Product Safety Laboratories, 2394 Route 130, Dayton08810. CarolAnn Soden, client services representative. 732-438-5100;fax, 732-355-3275. Home page: www.productsafetylabs.comProduct Safety Laboratories now does the work that formerly occupiedEurofins Scientific Corporation — research and testing includingtoxicology, analytical chemistry, and pharmacology. Its clients arein these industries: agrichemical, chemical, pharmaceutical, personalcare, animal health, biotechnology and household products.Its website shows that more of the acute toxicology studies submittedto the Environmental Protection Administration were conducted by PSLthan by any other laboratory in the U.S, including Covance.Top Of PageManagement MovesMercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction,447 Bellevue Avenue, Trenton 08618-4502. Githa Arulmohan, executivedirector. 609-396-5874; fax, 609-396-3451. Home page: www.mcada.orgIn January Githa Arulmohan replaced Scott Sechrist as executive directorof the Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. Arulmohanhad been with the Trenton Treatment Center. The private non-profitagency aims to prevent alcohol and drug abuse, and it is also a resourcecenter for substance abuse information.New Jersey Business & Industry Association, 102West State Street, Box 230, Trenton 08602-0230. Philip Kirschner,president. 609-393-7707; fax, 609-989-7371. Home page: www.njbia.orgIn April Philip Kirschner will replace Joseph Gonzalez as presidentof the state-wide advocacy organization. It represents more than 16,000New Jersey companies.Quality New Jersey, Box 827, Trenton 08625-0827.Lisa Albitz, executive director. 609-777-0940; fax, 609-777-2798.Home page: www.qnj.orgAt the end of January Lisa Albitz succeeded Ken Biddle as executivedirector of Quality New Jersey. A management science major at ShippensburgUniversity in Pennsylvania, she has published papers on her work inquality and performance improvement at NCR Corporation, and managedthe HMO products in five states for Prudential, and was director ofoperations for HIP Healthplans. For four years she was on the boardof examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Thisnot-for-profit educational organization, administrators of the Governor’sAward for Performance Excellence.”We’re creating a business strategy to build collaborative effortsto bring together organizations in industry, government, and training— all the players needed to work in a collaborative environmentto achieve performance excellence.” Current usage, she says, replacesthe word “quality,” which implies inspection and relegatesquality control to a particular department. Instead she focuses onthe term “performance excellence throughout the organization.”Top Of PageCrosstown MovesAnthracite Leasing Company Inc., 2659 Route 130,Box 432, Cranbury 08512-0432. Steven J. Feibus, president. 609-655-8833;fax, 609-655-2102. Home page: www.anthraciteleasing.comWhen Anthracite Leasing’s building burned last year, they moved nextdoor. The company does auto leasing, specializing in high end automobiles,new and used.Kirlin Securities (KILN), 29 Emmons Drive, BuildingG, Suite G-20, Princeton 08540. Joe Betti, branch manager. 609-987-0500;fax, 609-987-2299. Home page: www.kirlin.comKirlin Securities, formerly known as Princeton Securities, moved from100 Canal Pointe Boulevard to Emmons Drive last fall. A full servicebroker, it is a market maker in over the counter stocks.Remex Inc., 307 Wall Street, Princeton 08540. KeithKettelkamp, president. 609-921-8950; fax, 609-921-6214.Last year the collection agency moved from 322 to 307 Wall Street.United States Department of Commerce, 20 West StateStreet, Box 820, Trenton 08625-0820. Rodney Stuart, director. 609-989-2100;fax, 609-989-2395. Home page: www.usatrade.govThree people from the Trenton Export Assistance Center, part of thefederal commerce department, moved from 3131 Princeton Pike to WestState Street so that it could be housed in the same building as thestate division of commerce and economic development. Phone and faxare the same.The Trenton Export Assistance Center offers a video conferencing serviceto 86 international locations. Other available services are customizedmarket analysis, trade opportunity programs, international companyprofiling, “Gold Key” custom tailored briefings and appointments,matchmaker trade delegations, international buyer programs, multi-state/catalogexhibitions, and trade fair certifications.Top Of PageExpansionsAllstate Insurance, 45 Georges Road, Dayton 08810.Steve Durdin. 732-329-1147; fax, 732-329-9607.Last fall Steve Durdin expanded by moving his Allstates insuranceoffice from 1139 Old Trenton Road to Dayton.Lear & Pannepacker CPAs, 791 Alexander Road, Princeton08540. Eric Robert Lear, managing partner. 609-683-0233; fax, 609-683-7960.The accounting firm is scheduled to move from 575 Ewing Street, theSeltzer Daley building, to 791 Alexander Road, in March. This building,known as the Treehouse, is the first one designed by Robert Hillierfor the Hillier park on Alexaander Road. It was formerly occupiedby Skey Dumont Matucek, and Lear & Pannepacker purchased it. The 7,100square foot building was listed by NAI Fennelly, and Lear was representedby William Barish of Commercial Property Network. Lear had previouslyoccupied a Trenton office on East Hanover Street, but that has beenclosed.Tony Li & Associates, CPAs, PC, 194 Tamarack Circle,Princeton 08540. Tony Li, CPA, MBA. 609-252-1878; fax, 908-281-9930.Home page: www.taxcutter.netTony Li expanded his accounting business last fall with a move fromBelle Mead to Tamarack Circle.Top Of PageNew in TownMaster Tax Inc., 3598 Route 27, Kendall Park 08824.Gregory R. Stelnick, enrolled agent. 732-297-1070; fax, 732-297-7379.Gregory Stelnick has opened a tax return preparation service for businessesand individuals. He also does bookkeeping and business services.Top Of PageDeathJohn H. Smith III, 72, on February 13. An assistant atthe Institute for Advanced Study, Smith worked on the Eniac Computer,now at the Smithsonian Institute.Next StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
