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Presidents Club

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keynote speaker

Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D.
President
Kean University
​Union, NJ

​Bio

Master & Mistress of ceremonies

​Gary Mann
President & CEO
Jasfel Analytics
Daria S. Torres
Managing Partner
Walls Torres Group LLC
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2022 award recipients 

Community Award
Toni P. Brown
Chief Administrative Officer
​Delaware River Port Authority
Business Award
Nadine Leslie
Chief Executive Officer
​SUEZ North America
Community Award
Rev. Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr.
Retired Senior Pastor - FBCLG, Somerset, NJ
Founder & CEO, Dfree Global Foundation, Inc.
Former Secretary of State, NJ
Business Award 
Michael J. Garner, MBA
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Gus Heningburg Award
John Wesley Boyd, Jr.
Founder & President
National Black Farmer’s Association
Honored Posthumously
Trailblazer Award
Kay Debow Alford
Co- Founder,
​National Black
Chamber of Commerce
December 12, 1957 ~ July 19, 2021
Harry C. Alford
President, CEO and
Co-Founder
National Black
Chamber of Commerce
​February 14, 1948 ~ December 6, 2021
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  • You will wear a mask indoors when not eating or drinking.
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  • If you have traveled internationally within the last 5 days, you have received a negative COVID-19 test within 3-5 days after your return.