Great Conversations 2011

People are still talking about last year’s sold out GREAT CONVERSATIONS.  Over 250 guests enjoyed dining and conversing with the 30 outstanding “host conversationalists,” whose names read like a veritable Who’s Who in the world of the arts, education, medicine, sports, food, business and the nonprofit world.

The Conversationalists at the 2011 Great Conversations

Kenneth R. Adler, MD Attending Physician, Morristown Memorial Hospital; Vice Chair NJ Commission on Cancer Research                   Watch Video	William R. Lovett Director, NFL Officials Training; NFL Official (retired) (Field Judge Super Bowl XXXV)
Virginia Fabbri Butera, PhD Director of the Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery; Chairperson, Art & Music Departments, College of St. Elizabeth	Brigadier General Jonathan A Maddux Commanding General & Program Executive Officer for Ammunition, Picatinny Arsenal and  Lt. Col. Charles Koehler Commander, US Army Garrison, Picatinny Arsenal
E. LaBrent Chrite, PhDDean,School of Business and Professor of Management, Montclair State University      Watch Video	Kent Manahan Chair, NJ Public Broadcasting Authority; Former Anchor and Reporter, NJN News Watch Video
Carol Higgins Clark Mystery Author; Actor Watch Video	Peter D. Manahan Partner, Connell Foley; Former Morris County Prosecutor
Christopher J. Daggett President & CEO, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; Independent candidate for NJ Governor (2009)	John McEwenExecutive Director, New Jersey Theatre Alliance   Watch Video
Carolyn Dorfman Choreographer/Dancer and Founder, Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company Watch Video	Dennis R. Robinson President & CEO, New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority
Gabriel Esteban, PhD President, Seton Hall University Watch Video	John Scher CEO, Metropolitan Talent, Inc.; Music industry Producer, Promoter & Manager  Watch Video
John J. Farmer, Jr. Dean, Rutgers School of Law; Former Senior Counsel & Team Leader to 9/11 CommissionDue to unforeseen circumstances, Mr. Farmer will be unable to participate in Great Conversations.	Judith A. Spires CEO & President, Kings Super Markets, Inc.  Watch Video
Peter Genovese Mr. “Munchmobile,” The Star Ledger	David Shulkin, MD President, Morristown Memorial Hospital; Vice President, Atlantic Health
John F. Hollway Author of Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom; Winner of the Innocence Project’s 2011 Media Award. Check out recent coverage from the NYTimes_10-03-10 and USA Today_10-06-10.	John D. Turpin President & Broker of Record, Turpin Realtors   Watch Video
Bunny Johnson Vice President & General Manager, Neiman Marcus (Short Hills) Watch Video	Jerry Vezza Jazz Pianist, Composer and Concert Piano TechnicianWatch Video
Peter Keller Owner, The Madison Hotel	Brian T.Voynick,DVM Host, The Pet Stop on News 12 New Jersey
Roger Knowles, PhD Associate Professor and Director, Neuroscience Program, Drew University	Helen Wronski President & CEO, Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey
James Laird James Laird, Star Ledger profile Chef/Partner, Restaurant Serenade (Chatham)	David B. Wyshner CFO, Avis Budget Group, Inc.
Al Leiter National League All-Star & 19-year Major League Baseball Pitcher (retired); MLB Analyst	Meryl Zausner CFO, Novartis Corporation; Healthcare Businesswomen Association’s (HBA) Woman of the Year Watch Video

L-R: Event Chair, Joen Luy Ferrari; Conversationalist Jerry Vezz and his wife Diane; Ann and Wayne Walters with Jeanne and Malcolm Campbell.

L-R:  Conversationalists  E. LaBrent Chrite, Ph.D. with Gabriel Esteban, Ph.D.; Arts Council Development Director, Gina Moran listens as Executive Director Anne Aronovitch explains the rules of conversation; Conversationalists Dennis Robinson and Christopher Daggett with Arts Council Board Member Cheryl Ellis and Conversationalist Helen Wronski.

L-R: Conversationalist Kent Manahan; Conversationalists Peter Keller and James Laird; Conversationalists Dr. Kenneth Adler and Bunny Johnson talking with guest.

The event was generously sponsored by Atlantic Health; Avis Budget Group, Inc.; The Madison Hotel; The MCM Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; Novartis Corporation; and  J. Weber Design, LLC, with promotional support provided to the Arts Council by The Star-Ledger.

Tickets for this event are $175. All proceeds support the Arts Council’s many programs and services in the community.

See what the media had to say about this event: Media Coverage

For more information, contact Gina Moran, Director of Development, Arts Council of the Morris Area at gmoran@morrisarts.org or by phone at (973) 285-5115, ext. 13.

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