NORCROSS III, serves as Executive Chairman of Conner Strong & Buckelew, one of the nation’s premier insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firms. Norcross has been the head of Conner Strong & Buckelew and predecessor companies since 1. Norcross also serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Cooper Health System and Cooper University Hospital in Camden, where he has served as a Trustee since 1. During this time, Cooper has been transformed into a top- tier tertiary academic medical center; launched the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, the first new medical school in New Jersey in 3. MD Anderson Cooper Cancer Center in October 2. In 2. 01. 5, Norcross was appointed to the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, whose goal is to end cancer both locally and globally.
Norcross has won wide praise for his leadership of Cooper, including the prestigious Seven Seals Award given by the U. S. Department of Defense’s Employer Support for National Guard and Reserve in recognition of Cooper’s Veterans VIP Priority Program. Norcross was also recognized as one of New Jersey’s 2.
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Top Influencers in New Jersey Biotech by Bio. NJ, Trustee of the Year by the New Jersey Hospital Association in 2. Trustee of the Year by the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals in 2. In 2. 00. 9, Norcross accepted the Susan G. Komen Beacon of Hope Award on behalf of Cooper University Hospital/Cooper Cancer Institute. In addition to his role in making Cooper a regional health care leader, Norcross has been recognized for his personal philanthropy and support of the larger South Jersey community, especially the City of Camden.
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Each year, Norcross and his wife Sandy serve as co- chairs of The Cooper Gala, which is the largest fundraising event in South Jersey. The Gala has raised over $6 million to benefit Cooper University Health Care.
In addition to supporting the Cooper Foundation, in 2. Sandy and George Norcross announced a $5 million pledge to Cooper. It was the first commitment in a $5. New Jersey’s preeminent academic medical centers.
The Norcross’s family foundation focuses its charitable efforts on improving education for youth, funding research to help cure diseases, supporting the arts and culture, improving the community’s safety and helping people with disabilities. Through the Norcross Foundation, in conjunction with the Cooper Foundation and in partnership with the non- profit TEAM Schools of New Jersey, New Jersey’s first “renaissance school” is being developed. The KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy will deliver world- class public education to 3,0. K- 1. 2, in Camden. Norcross has been a long- time benefactor of the Larc School in New Jersey, a special education school for children with disabilities. His involvement includes serving as Chairman of the Cooper Norcross Run the Bridge, the largest 1. K run in the tri- state area and the Larc School’s most significant fundraising event.
Through the run and other initiatives, Larc School has been the beneficiary of over $3 million in fundraising dollars. The Norcross family, The Norcross Foundation, and its affiliated entities provide support to over 2. Norcross has been nominated for numerous awards to honor his contributions to the community. In 2. 01. 3, Norcross was honored by the New Jersey March of Dimes at the organization’s Born to Shine Gala and has been honored by Chabad Lubavitch, awarded the Annual Champion of Children Award by the Camden Children’s Garden and the Tree of Life Award from the Jewish National Fund for his philanthropic and community leadership. Norcross also serves on the Board of Directors for Holtec International, a global leader in power generation technologies. Formerly, he served on the Board of Directors of Commerce Bancorp, Inc. Norcross also served as chairman and majority shareholder of U.
S. Vision, a large national retailer of optical products and services, which he later sold. In 2. 01. 2, Norcross and other local business and civic leaders purchased Interstate General Media (IGM), the parent company of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly. In less than 1. 5 months, Norcross helped stop the rapid decline of the papers circulation, rebuild its delivery system and dramatically improve its online performance.
In 2. 01. 4, Norcross sold his shares to the minority owners. Norcross and his wife, Sandy, reside in Cherry Hill and their two children, Lexie and Alex, reside in Philadelphia. ADRIENNE KIRBY, Ph. D, FACHE, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cooper University Health Care. She is responsible for the health system including all hospital and ambulatory operations and oversees the physician group and the Institute structure at Cooper.
Kirby leads Cooper's efforts to advance strategic health care partnerships and the implementation of new models of care delivery to improve quality and service and decrease cost. Dr. Kirby joined Cooper in January 2. Delaware Valley. Prior to joining Cooper, Dr.
Kirby served as President of Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center in Baltimore, a 3. Franklin Square is the third largest hospital in Maryland and has been nationally recognized for excellence in clinical quality. Prior to her accomplishments at Franklin Square, Dr.
Kirby served in various leadership positions at Virtua Health, including Chief Operating Officer of Ambulatory Services and Programs of Excellence and Chief Operating Officer of Virtua Hospital Voorhees. At Virtua, she spent more than 1. Kirby has also worked at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was involved in an international health care project in Kiev, Ukraine. Dr. Kirby has served as the chairman of numerous physician- health system joint venture boards. She has also served on many community boards in southern New Jersey. In 2. 01. 0 she led the Southern New Jersey American Heart Association's Go Red for Women event. Dr. Kirby earned her bachelor of science in nursing degree from Rutgers University and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
She has been a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives since 2. Kirby was born at Cooper and raised in South Jersey. PETER S. AMENTA, MD, Ph. D, is the President and CEO of Joslin Diabetes Center, the world- renowned expert in diabetes treatment and research. A former member of Joslin’s Board of Trustees, Dr. Amenta is a well- known clinician and scientist with significant administrative experience in medical education, clinical management, and research development. Prior to joining Joslin, Dr.
Amenta served as the Dean of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS); the CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group, the school’s faculty medical practice, from 2. Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and University Hospital from 1. During his 2. 5- plus years at RWJMS and University Hospital, Dr. Amenta held a number of key administrative positions, including Residency Program Director, Chief of the Pathology Service at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief of Staff, Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the medical school, the founding Director of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey’s Immunohistochemistry Shared Resource, and a member of the Cancer Institute’s Scientific Council and Internal Advisory Board. From 2. 00. 6 through 2. Dr. Amenta holds a bachelor of science from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and received his medical degree at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, PA, where he also obtained his doctorate in anatomy.
SIDNEY R. BROWN is Chief Executive Officer of National Freight Industries (NFI), a premier integrated supply chain solutions company. NFI is one of the largest privately- held third party logistics companies in the country. Brown joined National Freight in the early 1. Over the next twenty- five years the company quickly evolved into four affiliated companies providing transportation services (National Freight), warehousing and inventory management (National Distribution Centers), dedicated fleets and transportation management (Interactive Logistics) and real estate development (Real Estate).
In 2. 00. 8, the company continued to evolve and positioned all its companies under one corporate brand, NFI. NFI in North America now consists of Logistics, Warehousing and Distribution, Transportation, Intermodal, Real Estate, Transportation Brokerage, Contract Packaging, Solar, Global Freight Forwarding and NFI Canada. In addition to his role as CEO of NFI, Mr. Brown also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sun National Bank (NASDAQ: SNBC). He was also Acting President and CEO of Sun National Bank from February 2.
January 2. 00. 8 and from November 2. June 2. 01. 4. Brown is a graduate of Georgetown University with a BSBA degree.
He began his career as a financial analyst with Morgan Stanley in New York City. In 1. 98. 3 he received his MBA from Harvard University before joining NFI. Mr. Brown formerly served on the Board of Beth El Synagogue and Moorestown Friends. He is currently a Board Member of J& J Snack Foods (NASDAQ: JJSF) and FS Energy and Power Fund.
Mr. Brown has three children and resides in Philadelphia, PA, with his wife Sandy. MICHAEL E. CHANSKY, MD, is Chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Cooper University Health Care and Associate Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden. For the past 2. 5 years, under his direct leadership and through his strong commitment to his patients, graduate education and staff, Dr. Chansky has transformed Cooper’s Department of Emergency Medicine into one of the highest quality and busiest EDs in the region, treating more than 6. Dr. Chansky received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, NY, and is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine.