All Stars Honor Jen Rowland

The All Stars Project held its national gala benefit, entitled "Big Builders for Young People," on Monday, May 7 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.

Several board members, including Resident Jennifer Rowland, were honored for their leadership in the New Jersey Expansion Campaign.

The campaign raised $9.2 milion. Funds will help support the Scott Flamm Center for Afterschool Development, which is scheduled to open in January 2013.

Gloria Strickland, the founding director of the All Stars of New Jersey, said the program has been building momentum for 13 years. “[We have been] bringing development to young people in our poorest communities and connecting them with the philanthropic, business and arts community of the Garden State," Strickland said.

"The center will be the country’s first center for afterschool development and will enable the All Stars to reach many more young people from some of the poorest communities in our state and put New Jersey on the map as a center of innovation in the afterschool arena." 

The All Stars raised $2 million nationally and $750,000 in New Jersey for afterschool youth development programs.

Other board members honored for their work on the New Jersey Expansion Campaign were:

• Steven W. Alesio, Senior Advisor, Providence Equity;
• Jeffrey Kronthal, Principal, KLS Diversified;
• Michael Heningburg, Jr., image Dermatology;
• Derek DiRisio, Vice President and Controller, PSEG;
• Jeffrey Hurwitz Esq.;
• Gregory Falzon, Senior Vice President, Retirement Benefits Funding, MetLife;
• Patricia Clifford, Chief Talent Officer, Havas and Arnold Worldwide;
• Robert T. Ross, Director, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Wealth Management;
• Raymond P. Thek, Member of the Firm; and
• David R. Jones, CEO, CastleOak Securities.

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