Leadership & Contacts
Garden State Council - SHRM, Inc. Officers
State Director: jdropcho [at] comcast [dot] net (Jerry Dropcho, SPHR)
Secretary: jtenzer [at] optonline [dot] net (Janet Tenzer, SPHR)
Treasurer: kit [at] changebridgeinternational [dot] com (Kit Welge)
Immediate Past Director: ed [at] effectivehr [dot] com (Ed Dougherty, SPHR)
Operational Directors
Certification Director: somerset [dot] pat [at] verizon [dot] net (Pat Rantkowski, SPHR)
College Relations Director: carol [dot] asselta [at] comcast [dot] net (Carol Asselta, SPHR) | Co-Chair: John H. Knoop, Jr., SPHR
Diversity Director: pjscarpahr [at] aol [dot] com (Pamela J. Scarpa)
Finance Co-Directors: BWitkoski [at] medquist [dot] com (Robert H. Witkoski, SPHR) | elliots [at] seabrookfarms [dot] com (R. Scott Elliott) | Mike Hagelgans
SHRM Foundation: Deirdre Simmons
Legislative Affairs: Louis Lessig, Esg
Marketing/Public Relations Director: mary [dot] pomerantz [at] mpaads [dot] com (Mary Pomerantz, SPHR)
Membership Director: underhilljm [at] embarqmail [dot] com (Michele Underhill)
Nominating/Governance Committee: stubbled [at] comcast [dot] net (Dorothy J. Stubbleline, SPHR)
Professional Development Director: cgmeer [at] rci [dot] rutgers [dot] edu (Claudia Meer, Ph.D.)
State Conference Director– 2012 Chair: tdboy [at] optonline [dot] net (Stewart Feller)
State Conference – 2012 Co-Chair: Alma Scott-Buczak
Workforce Readiness Director: sherrill [at] curtisgroupllc [dot] com (Sherrill A. Curtis, SPHR)
Past Garden State Council Directors
Ed Dougherty, SPHR (2009 - 2010)
Rich Cialone, SPHR (2007 - 2008)
Bette J. Francis, SPHR (2002 - 2007)
Dorothy J. Stubblebine, SPHR (2001 - 2002)
Donald Doele, SPHR (1999 - 2000)
Pat Reeves (1997 - 1998)
James V. Moran, SPHR (1994 - 1996)
Robert H. Witkoski, SPHR (1992 - 1993)
Linda B. Paulhamus, SPHR (1990 - 1991)
Robert Harris, SPHR (1987 -1989)











