Annual Gala 2010

March 9, 2010
Hanover Marriot, Whippany, NJ
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Honorees


Ronald J. Del Mauro
President and Chief Executive Officer of Saint Barnabas Healthcare System

Ronald J. Del Mauro is responsible for the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, a statewide integrated health care delivery system that provides treatment and services for more than two million patients each year and delivers 17,000 babies annually.

The Saint Barnabas System, the largest in New Jersey, includes six acute care hospitals, two children’s hospitals, ambulatory care centers, nursing and rehabilitation centers, an assisted living facility, geriatric centers, a statewide behavioral health network and comprehensive home care and hospice programs.  The System includes 19,600 employees (second largest private employer in New Jersey), 4,600 physicians (representing one-fourth of the total physicians actively practicing in New Jersey), and 450 residents.

Among SBHCS’ nationally recognized services and facilities are New Jersey’s only certified burn treatment facility; world-class cardiac surgery services; the state’s oldest, most experienced heart transplant program ranked in the top 10 by volume nationally; New Jersey’s only lung transplant program; six certified chest pain centers by the American Society of Chest Pain Centers; three Joint Commission-accredited Primary Stroke Centers, one Comprehensive state-accredited Stroke Center and three-state accredited Primary Stroke Centers; one of the most comprehensive robotic surgery services in the nation; two kidney transplant centers which are among the largest 10 programs in the nation with 35 years of experience; a renowned neurology and neurosurgery program; a widely recognized reproductive medicine and science program; nationally recognized geriatric services; comprehensive cancer services; three Valerie Fund Children’s Centers for Cancer and Blood Disorders; renowned women’s and children’s services, including Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel and The Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center; three highest level neonatal intensive care units; and New Jersey’s only neonatal ECMO program (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation program, life support for babies with severe respiratory failure).

Mr. Del Mauro began his career with Saint Barnabas Medical Center in 1967.  For 14 years, he served as Vice President for Human Resources and Director of Personnel.  In 1983, he was named Senior Vice President for Human Resources for the Saint Barnabas Corporation and General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Livingston Services Corporation, the for-profit affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System.

In 1985, Mr. Del Mauro was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Saint Barnabas Medical Center. In 1986, he was also named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Saint Barnabas Corporation, and in 1993, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Medical Center.  From 1998 to 2000, he also served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Clara Maass Medical Center, a System affiliate.

Throughout his career, Mr. Del Mauro has been actively involved in many professional organizations and health associations including the New Jersey Hospital Association, of which he is former Chairman; Chairman of the Infrastructure Advisory Commmittee of the N.J. Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force; the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce; Life Sciences Advisory Committee of the CIT Group, Inc.; Leadership Council of the Center for Leadership Studies and The Center for Public Service Advisory Council at Seton Hall University; member of the Board of Trustees of the Delbarton School in Morristown; member of the Certificate of Need Study Commission, an appointment by Governor Christine Todd Whitman; member of the New Jersey Essential Health Services Commission, an appointment by Governor James Florio; a member of the Board of Directors of Margaretten Financial Services Commission; a Management Trustee of Local 68 International Union of Operating Engineers’ Pension Fund; a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network and of the Stone Center of New Jersey and the Papermill Playhouse in Millburn.

Mr. Del Mauro is a graduate of Seton Hall University, where he served as an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration from 1983 to 1985.  

 

 


Anthony Kuczinski
President and Chief Executive Officer of Munich American Re-Insurance

Tony Kuczinski is President and Chief Executive Officer of Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. and Chairman of HSB Group, Inc.  He has responsibility for all of Munich Re’s property and casualty reinsurance and insurance business written in the US, including the Midland Insurance Group and Hartford Steam Boiler.

Prior to assuming his current position in January 2008, he was President of the Specialty Markets division of Munich Reinsurance America and President of American Alternative Insurance Corporation and The Princeton Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance Company.

Tony also served as project leader of Munich Re’s US Strategy Project, where he was an architect of the Group’s strategy for long-term profitable growth in the US.

During his more than 20+ years with Munich Reinsurance America, Tony has held various other positions including President of Munich Reinsurance America’s Insurance Company Operations and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Specialty Markets. He has over 28 years of industry experience.

Tony is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York and New Jersey State Societies of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.  He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU). He has completed the Advanced Executive Education Program in conjunction with the AICPCU and the Wharton School. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Pace University. 

Tony is the Chairman and a board member of the National School Boards Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that works to promote excellence and equity in public education throughout the United States.  He resides in the United States with his wife and three children. 

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More Event Information

The Association hosted its first Gala in 2007 to celebrate our 25th Anniversary. Based upon the resounding support it received, we set out since to have one every year during Brain Injury Awareness Month in March. We take this opportunity each year to celebrate the services of the Association and honor individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing the quality of life for people affected by brain injury in our state.

 

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