Workforce Development for Health & Pharmas
Computers for China? Lobbying Holt’s Vote
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NJAWBO Expo: Mixing Health & Business
E-mail: MelindaSherwood@princetoninfo.com
Health and business get equal billing at the New Jersey
Association of Women Business Owners annual conference on Friday and
Saturday, April 28 and 29, at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany. The
two-day conference includes a business expo, health panel, networking
opportunities, and workshops on everything from implementing an enterprise
software system to estate planning, start-up financing to holistic
healing (www.njawbo.org).
This year’s keynote speaker is Carol Ash, executive director
of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, which owns and manages
100,000 acres in New York and New Jersey. Prior to joining the Palisades,
Ash was New York State director for the Nature Conservancy, and during
her tenure, 15,000 acres of Whitney Park was preserved as part of
the Adirondack Park. She was also first director of the Port Authority’s
Office of Environmental Policy and Management.
The workshops on Friday, April 28, are:
The Act of Selling, Vicki Lynn Morgan , founder ofAnimal Brands, a market and sales representation agency.Take Back Your Power, Diane Di Resta , presidentof Di Resta Communications and author of “Knockout Presentations.”Reduce Stress & Enhance Creativity through Nature & Garden,Sue Kazel , owner of SK Visions, a public relations firm.What Every Woman Should Know About Estate Planning, JoanneM. Sarubbi , an attorney with Bendit Weinstock.Goals: Your Road Map To Success, Karen Adey , ofPeak Strategies.The E-Business Tidal Wave, Greg Ehr , partner, Deloitte& Touche.Speaking with Style, Donna Cardillo , president ofCardillo & Associates professional development seminars.Start-up Financing.Certification and Procurement, Dolcey Chaplin , directorof the NJIT Procurement Center.Achieving the ROI on ERP, Marcy LoCastro , partner,Deloitte & Touche.Think Tank, interactive exchange of ideas with a panelof experts.On Saturday, April 29, the workshops are:Running Effective Meetings, Susan Managan , publicspeaking coach.Semantics of Design, Joanne MacBeth , owner of ShakespeareComputer and Graphics Inc.Self Defense, Krista Sernack , owner of Sernack’sKarate and Fitness.Because First Impressions Count, Marlene J. Pagley-Waldock ,owner of Impressions Communications.Mission Statement Design, Michele R. Cohen , presidentand founder of Fun In A Box Solutions Inc.Media Training 101, Victoria Wilson , founder CEIMarketing.Put Your Website to Work For You, Lynn Lancaster ,president of Advanced Networking and Communications Corp.Throughout the day, attendees can visit a Stress Free Zone forfree chair massages, accupressure, and healing talk. The cost to attendis $420. Call 732-560-9607.Top Of PageDeveloping LeadersA leader keeps her ear to the ground and finds new andinteresting ways to apply her expertise in the community, says SharonHarrington, partner at Public Strategies Impact Inc., a governmentrelations lobbying firm on West State Street in Trenton (www.njlobbyist.com). A formermember of the administration of Governor Jim Florio, Harrington’swork in the public sector has reinforced her belief in people andin the political process. “I was fascinated by the way representativesgenuinely listen to people and take constituent’s positions into consideration,”says Harrington, “and also just how all the things we know ona common sense basis apply — like respect for people, communicationsskills, concern for one another, and the range of issues that youneed to be conversant with.”One way to foster professional development and personal growth isto join a board of an organization close to the heart, says Harrington,a consummate lover of the arts who sits on the boards of the ShakespeareFestival, the New Jersey Symphony, and Anchor House Foundation. Harringtonspeaks on “Leadership in the New Century” at the Mercer CountyBar Association’s three-part educational series for women attorneyson Wednesday, May 3, at 5:15 p.m. at McCarter Theater. Call 609-585-6200.Cost: $40 (www.mercerbar.org).A graduate of Glassboro State (now Rowan) with a BA in communications,Class of 1976, Harrington started her career in college as a pressresearch assistant in congressman Florio’s office, at an importantperiod in New Jersey’s history — the state income tax was justadopted, the criminal code revised, and the endangered New JerseyPinelands were placed under protection. Harrington became deputy campaignmanager for Florio’s 1989 election campaign, and was appointed tothe state Council on the Arts, where she served until 1996.Harrington has successfully translated her experience in the publicsector experience into a marketable skill for the private sector.As a partner in Public Strategies, where she has been since 1996,Harrington is an advocate for such companies as the Direct MarketingAssociation, Amerada Hess Oil Company, and the New Jersey CorrectionsOfficers Association. “I’ve grown to have a greater respect forthe history and evolution of issues and what you find is that it’sthe same from decade to decade, century to century,” she says.”This gives me a chance to stay involved in some of the most compellingissues affecting the state.”All professionals need to think of creative and alternative ways touse their professional skills, says Harrington, and a good place tostart is mentoring. “I’ve had a lot of supportive people in mylife, people who encouraged me, even when I was hesitant to take thenext step,” she says. “I think it’s very important to empowerpeople and to give them encouragement as they move along and to givethem feedback.”— Melinda SherwoodTop Of PageNJEN Player: TelliumA hot young player in the field of fiber optics, TelliumInc., based in Oceanport, will be the featured company at the nextNew Jersey Entrepreneurial Network meeting on Wednesday, May 3, atnoon at the Doral Forrestal. Call 609-279-0010 (www.njen.com).Tellium is developing optical switches that use light instead of electronicmedia to carry live traffic over networks. A three-year-old spin-offof Bellcore, Tellium raised $50 million in a mezzanine round of fundinglast December, and provided its optical switching technology to theDepartment of Defense’s Monet Network. The company also recently announceda $250 million contract over five years with Extant, a Denver-basedservice provider, for its Aurora 35 switch.Top Of PageWorkforce Development for Health & PharmasLast year Rutgers University paved the way for morecooperative relationships between business and academe by launchingits MBA program in pharmaceutical management. This program and otherswill be the topic on Wednesday, May 3, at 8:30 a.m. when the HealthcareInstitute of New Jersey hosts a Workforce Development Symposium atBristol-Myers Squibb Research Facility on Pennington-Rocky Hill Road.Call 732-342-8442 (www.hinj.org).Company and college representatives will present case studies of businesspartnerships that are working to train the next generation of pharmaceuticaland healthcare workers. Included: Rutgers’ partnership with BristolMyers Squibb in an MBA program in pharmaceutical management, MercerCounty College’s certification in clinical research and drug development,a partnership with Covance, and Middlesex County College’s partnershipwith Siemens Medical Systems.Top Of PageComputers for China? Lobbying Holt’s VoteE-mail: BarbaraFox@princetoninfo.comTrade with China means bread on the table for area hightech workers, or so says the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA).It has arranged for W. Pat Fiedler of Church & Dwight to hosta meeting for Representative Rush Holt on Friday, April 28,at 8 a.m. at its headquarters at 469 North Harrison StreetThe purpose, says EIA spokesperson Rob Nichols is to educateHolt “on the need for swift Congressional passage of permanentnormal trade relations (PNTR) with China and to engage him in a meaningfuldiscussion regarding the importance of high technology to New Jersey’seconomy.”The meeting is not open to the general public. “The invitationshave gone out to a who’s who of high tech employers in the Princetonarea” says Nichols. “It will be a freeflowing discussion sothat workers and executives can say why trade is important, and thattheir families and communities are dependent on trade with China.””Holt’s staff says that he is undecided and going with open ears,that he wants to hear from his constituents, specifically from thehigh tech industry,” says Nichols. “It is our top priority.”Holt is known for his high tech background (he was assistant directorof the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory) but has declared himselfundecided on the China vote, scheduled for the week of May 22. Three-fourthsof House Republicans, Nichols says, have committed to vote for thebill and an estimated one-third of the Democrats (www.house.gov/rholt).The EIA represents 80 percent of the $550 billion national electronicsindustry — more than 2,100 member companies and more than 2 millionjobs for American workers. Included in its sectors are consumer electronics,telecommunications, components, government electronics, and semiconductors.Among the EIA members invited to this meeting are Dataram, Somfy Systemson Commerce Drive, Sarnoff Corporation, and Travroute. Also invitedare Lockheed Technical Systems, Philips, Lucent, Panasonic, Matsushita,and Samsung.Fiedler is president of Armand Products Company, a 14-year-old jointventure between Church & Dwight Company and Occidental Chemical Corporation.It is the world’s largest producer of potassium carbonate and theonly U.S. producer of potassium bicarbonate, used to make such hightech products as television tubes (www.armhammer.com).Also that morning Dave McCurdy, president of EIA, will presenta check (matched by the Armand Products Company) to a representativeof the Trenton Engineering Club to benefit the Mercer County ScienceFair. McCurdy, who used to be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee,formerly represented Oklahoma. EIA, based in the District of Columbia,is the second largest trade association in the nation.”This market is 1 billion potential customers, and they are juststarting to use our products,” says Nichols. He cites statisticsshowing that high tech exports to China grew 500 percent from 1990to 1998, that it is the fastest growing semi conductor market, thesecond largest cell phone market, and the largest PC market outsidethe United States. “Just 10 million of China’s 1.3 billion peopleuse the Internet. It is THE market. That’s why this vote is so important.”Now that China has joined the World Trade Organization, continuingCongress’ annual approval process only hurts the United States, accordingto the EIA. But what about human rights? Wouldn’t permanent tradingstatus remove any possible influence the United States might have?On the contrary, claims Nichols. “All the freedom fighters wantthis bill to pass, because they know that then the Chinese governmentwill not be able to control the Information Age. They point to howthe fax machine brought freedom to the Soviet Union, and they believethat the Internet will do the same in China. All those folks are speakingon behalf of trade with China.”Previous StoryNext StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
