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25th Annual
Distiguished Citizens Dinner
March 3, 2007
John D. McMahon
A.J. Sabath '93
Lawrence and Theresa Salameno
March 3rd 2007
Rockleigh Country Club
Rockleigh, New Jersey
For additional information please contact the Ramapo College Foundation:
E-mail: lkloak@ramapo.edu
Telephone: (201) 684-6834
 John D. McMahon
John D. McMahon is President and
CEO of Orange and Rockland
Utilities, Inc. He previously served as
Senior Vice President and General
Counsel of Consolidated Edison,
Inc., its parent company. He joined
the company in 1976 as an attorney
in the Rate Proceedings department.
In 1992, he received Con Edison’s
“Living Our Values” award, the
Company’s highest employee award.
During his career, he has been closely
involved in the utility industry
restructuring.
A graduate of Manhattan College and New York Law School, Mr.
McMahon has also completed the
Advanced Management Program
from Harvard Business School and
Wharton Business School.
Mr. McMahon is active in
community and professional
organizations and serves on the
Board of Directors of the Rockland
Economic Development Corporation,
the Board of the New Jersey Utilities
Association and the Ramapo College
Foundation Board of Governors.
Devoted to his family, community
and a healthy lifestyle, Mr.
McMahon recently ran the NYC
marathon. John is married and the
father of three sons.
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 A.J. Sabath '93
A.J. Sabath is the chief of staff to the
President of the New Jersey Senate and
is the only alumnus of Ramapo College
currently serving on its Board of
Trustees. Previously, he has served as
Commissioner of Labor and Workforce
Development for the State of New
Jersey and was Director of Constituent
Relations and Intergovernmental
Affairs and Senior Research Associate
for the New Jersey Senate Majority
Office and the New Jersey General
Assembly.
For two years, Mr. Sabath worked
overseas for the National Democratic
Institute in the former Soviet Republic
of Azerbaijan. In addition to
conducting democracy and governance
training programs for political, civic
and government organizations, he
created an election monitoring panel
of local officials that collected and
publicized voter complaints of
intimidation, inaccuracies, and fraud.
Mr. Sabath is a member of the State
Board of Examiners for Master
Plumbers and previously served as an
executive member of the Capital
Planning Commission and a board
member of the School Construction
Corporation.
Mr. Sabath is married and is the proud
father of two daughters.
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 Lawrence and Theresa Salameno
Lawrence and Theresa Salameno are
key supporters of Ramapo College
and are instrumental in the
establishment of an on-campus
Spiritual Center. Mrs. Salameno is a
member of the Board of Governors
of the Ramapo College Foundation.
She grew up in England and
graduated with honors as a certified
chef and earned a degree in
Hospitality Management. Her many
clients included the Queen of
England.
After practicing law for several years.
Mr. Salameno began his career in the
financial services industry with
Merrill Lynch & Co. in 1976.
Currently, he is Executive Vice-President and Director of Permal
Group., and Director of Permal
Group Ltd., Legg Mason Companies.
Mr. Salameno graduated from
Cornell University with a B.A. and
Doctor of Jurisprudence. He is a
member of the Board of Trustees of
the Oak Knoll School and the Valley
Hospital Foundation.
Mr. and Mrs. Salameno are trustees
of Stonehill College and have
adopted two parish schools in
Boston; St. Gregory’s and Cathedral
School, providing both with
scholarship and capital construction
grants. Their daughter, Francesca, is a
2006 Ramapo graduate and teaches
in Allendale. Their son Charles is a
sophomore at Boston University.
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