90th ANNUAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS BANQUET

The Suburban Essex Chamber of Commerce (SECC) celebrated its 90th Annual Recognition and Awards Banquet on Friday, March 2nd at the Forest Hill Field Club in Bloomfield. 

Our sincere appreciation is extended to this year sponsors: The Provident Bank, Platinum, Belleville Motor Lodge, Gold and Web Epoch Interactive, Inc., Silver. The chamber comprises of over 210 member businesses and professional people networking together to nurture and enhance the growth and prosperity of the business community of Bloomfield, Belleville and Glen Ridge.

The 2007 Suburban Essex Chamber of Commerce Executive Board and Trustees includes the following: from left to right John D. Hilcher, CPA, Trustee, Maria Paladino-Fitz, Bloomfield Life, Belleville Times and Glen Ridge Voice, Senior VP, Membership Chair, Frank Marmo, Yerg Accounting Supplies/Printing, Trustee, Cecelia Polizzi, Belleville Motor Lodge, Trustee, Lois Tirrell, Tirrell Enterprises, Inc. t/a SIGNS AND, VP Programs, James N. Galione, American Hometown Mortgage LLC, Trustee, Leroy Johnson, Symphony Printing, Trustee, Mary Murdoch, JT Murdoch Shoes, VP Retail, Joseph DeFuria, Esq., Law Offices of Gaccione, Pomaco & Malanga, Trustee, Dee Frias, The Provident Bank, Trustee, Austin Sammon, The Independent Press, Belleville Post, Glen Ridge Paper, Trustee and George Celentano, The Provident Bank, Trustee

Not in photo: Nancy Connelly, Community Newspapers of North Jersey Media Group, Trustee, Gary Iacobacci, Bloomfield Municipal Youth Guidance Council, Trustee, David Mayi, Sovereign Bank, Trustee, Luis Midon, Five Star Cleaning, Trustee, Paul Gagliano, CPA, Gagliano & Associates, Treasurer, Mark Greenstein, Brookdale Shop Rite, VP Membership, Richard Hathaway, Hathaway's Pub, Trustee, Regina Orsogna, Bloomfield College, Trustee, Roj Prasad, Web Epoch Interactive, Inc., Marketing Director, Mary Ellen Redding, Premier Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (ACES), Trustee, George Rupp, Edward Jones Investment, Trustee, Joseph Sandora, Bloomfield Carpet and Tile, President, Rev. Paul Walker, Christ Episcopal Church, VP Retail, Dennis Wilson, Clara Maass Medical Center, Trustee, David Worrall, Worrall Community Newspapers, Trustee.