State Theatre gratefully acknowledges the following donors who generously made a gift in support of the critical Next Stage Campaign and our dedicated leadership for this campaign.

Campaign Leadership

Honorary Chairs

  • SENATOR CHRISTOPHER “KIP” BATEMAN
    New Jersey Legislature, 16th District
  • BOB CAMPBELL
    Retired Vice Chairman
    Johnson & Johnson
  • ROGER S. FINE
    Retired Chairman
    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • MICHAEL FEINSTEIN
    Famed Ambassador of the Great American Songbook
  • WYNTON MARSALIS
    Internationally-acclaimed musician and composer
    Managing & Artistic Director
    Jazz at Lincoln Center
  • AUDRA MCDONALD
    Tony®, Grammy®, and Emmy® Award-winning singer and actress
  • CONGRESSMAN FRANK PALLONE, JR.
    New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District
  • BETTY WOLD JOHNSON (In memoriam)
    Philanthropist
  • NEIL SEDAKA
    Award-winning songwriter, composer, pianist, and popular music artist

Co-Chairs

  • MAYOR JIM CAHILL
    New Brunswick, NJ
  • KEVIN CUMMINGS
    President & CEO
    Investors Bank
  • SCOTT FERGANG
    State Theatre New Jersey Board Chair
    Senior Vice President/Investments
    Stifel Investment Services
  • JOHN HELDRICH, JR.
    Retired President & CEO
    Galey & Lord Swift Denim
  • ANDREW J. MARKEY
    State Theatre New Jersey Advisory Council
    Retired Treasurer
    Johnson & Johnson
  • COMMISSIONER DIRECTOR RONALD RIOS
    Director
    Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners
  • ROBIN SUYDAM
    Director
    Franklin Mutual Insurance Companie
  • SENATOR BOB SMITH
    New Jersey Legislature, 17th District

Committee

  • ANDREA CUNNELL
    Director of External Relations
    Rutgers University Business School
  • LUIS DE LA HOZ
    State Theatre New Jersey Trustee
    Vice President of Business Development
    BCB Community Bank
  • STEPHAN DEMICCO
    State Theatre New Jersey Trustee
    Chairman
    Message & Media, Inc.
  • JEANNE FOX
    Former President
    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
  • SUSAN HEAD
    Wells Fargo
  • MITCHELL “MICKY” LANDIS
    Retired Vice President
    Boston Properties
  • JOHN PULOMENA
    Middlesex County Administrator
  • DR. SALVATORE ROMANO
    Director Emeritus
    Magyar Bank
  • ROY H. TANZMAN, ESQ.
    Shareholder
    Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A.
  • DEBRA CATANZARO WAYNE
    Trustee/Secretary
    The George Link Jr. Charitable Trust
  • WENDY WIEBALK, ESQ.
    State Theatre New Jersey Trustee
    Certified Civil Trial Attorney and Partner
    Cahn & Para, LLC

Advisors

  • BERNARD BERKOWITZ, ESQ.
    Partner
    Berkowitz, Lichstein, Kuritsky, Giasullo & Gross, LLC
  • OMAR & MADIHA BORAIE
    President & CEO
    Boraie Development
  • SHARON CYKTOR
    State Theatre New Jersey Advisory Council
    Co-Owner
    Louis Cyktor Jr., Fords Corner, LLC

Donors

$10,000,000+

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$5,000,000 - $9,999,999

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$1,000,000 - $4,999,999

Joan and Robert Campbell

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Robert Wood Johnson 1962 Charitable Trust

$250,000 - $999,000

Anonymous

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Andrew J. Markey

$100,000 - $249,999

John & Susan Heldrich, in memory of Regina B. & John J. Heldrich

Sharon Karmazin

NJ.com / The Star-Ledger

The Presser Foundation

John Ben Snow Memorial Trust

$50,000 - $99,999

  • Steve and Susan Darien
  • Steve DeMicco and Jeanne Fox
  • Scott and Barbra Fergang
  • Doug and Diane Garback
  • Craig J. and Nancy E. Guiffre
  • The Hornor Family
  • Hyde and Watson Foundation
  • Investors Bank
  • Kosloski Family Foundation
  • The Leist Family
  • George Link, Jr. Charitable Trust, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Catanzaro
  • Lance and Donna Miyamoto
  • New Jersey Cultural Trust
  • Salvatore and Bunny Romano
  • Jack and Donna Walcott

$25,000 - $49,999

  • Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation
  • Christine and Benjamin Bucca, Jr.
  • Andy Chen and Heidi Mass
  • Russell and Stephanie Deyo
  • E & G Foundation, in memory of George and Edith DeVoe
  • Roger and Rebecca Fine
  • John and Jeanne Fitzgerald
  • MagyarBank Charitable Foundation
  • Ed and Lidia Moragas
  • Ken and Jenny Osterman
  • John A. and Margaret Post Foundation
  • Robin Suydam and Paul Corkery
  • Wendy Wiebalk and Steve Cahn

$10,000 - $24,999

  • Ann and Lou Asbaty, in memory of Efrem B. Dlugacz
  • James E. and Diane W. Burke Foundation
  • Mike and Meredith Bzdak
  • Paul and Sarah K. Chaplin
  • Jun and Lisa Choi
  • Kevin and Patricia Cummings
  • Rob and Nadine DiLeo
  • Victor and Diana Fortkiewicz
  • Midge Golin
  • E. J. Grassmann Trust
  • Thomas and Annette Griffoul
  • Judd and Carol Hamlin
  • Eileen Harkins
  • Bill Herman
  • I.B.E.W. Union Local 456
  • Charles and Ruth Larsson
  • Harold I. and Faye B. Liss Foundation
  • The Curtis W. McGraw Foundation
  • Message + Media, Inc.
  • New Jersey Resources
  • Susan K. Perger, in memory of Ruth Van Houten Perger
  • Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Sinko
  • Bob and Ellen Smith
  • Peter and Maggie Stavrianidis
  • The Stolzer Family Foundation
  • Scott Sweeney, in memory of Efrem B. Dlugacz
  • Union Foundation
  • Robert N. Wilson

$5,000 - $9,999

  • Brian and Lauren Agnew
  • Isa and Michael Beck
  • Berkowitz Family Fund
  • Hiam Boraie and Chris McDonald
  • Campbell Family Foundation, in memory of Efrem B. Dlugacz
  • Cornell Charitable Fund, in memory of Joan Bamford and Joan Cornell
  • Luis De La Hoz and Marcela Giraldo Estrada
  • Alice DeVoe and John Szabo
  • Rob and Nadine DiLeo
  • Victor and Mary DiMartino
  • Joseph V. Egan, in memory of Yolanda L. Egan
  • Gorrie Family Foundation
  • Robert and Wanda Hope
  • Ann and John Kosco
  • John and Daina Lucs
  • Lester & Grace Maslow Foundation
  • Farryn and Gary Melton
  • Liliane and Tony Nader
  • NJM Insurance Group
  • Harry and Caroline Pozycki
  • Marion & Norman Tanzman Charitable Foundation
  • Matt and Tracy Taylor
  • Scott Weiner and Beth Siegel
  • Melanie Willoughby

$2,500 - $4,999

  • Barbara G. Baier
  • Carole J. Banfield
  • Gil Blitz and Tali Mendelberg
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Deborah and Saul Curtis
  • John and Maureen Harrison
  • Christian and Christine Jensen
  • Marylu Korkuch
  • Dr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Masi
  • Metuchen Savings Bank
  • Robert E. Mortensen
  • Carlo and Michele Pascetta

$1,000 - $2,499

  • Salvatore and Karen Abbruzzese
  • Mark and Frankie Busch
  • Mayor Jim Cahill
  • Lynne and Peter J. Campbell
  • Andrea and John Cunnell
  • Benjamin and Marie Del Vento
  • Jean Demko-Buchman
  • Etta R. Denk
  • John R. East-Hall, Jr., in memory of Waymon L. Hall-East, Jr.
  • Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP/Stephen B. Genzer, Esq.
  • Mindy and Martin Golden
  • Carolyn and Dave Horn, in memory of Efrem B. Dlugacz
  • Mary Ellen Kaulius
  • Perry and Debra Koplik
  • David and Renee Lewis
  • Joseph M. Light and James C. Kershner
  • Andrew and Pamela Lovasz
  • Magyar Bank
  • Richard and Joan McCormick
  • Daniel and Jean McDonnell
  • Sherard and Naomi Murphy
  • Jonathan and Pam Nemeth
  • Paul Novembre
  • Arnold Rabson and Barbara Barnett
  • Theresa Ragozine
  • Patricia Shanley and Christopher Barr
  • Jack and Julie Sykes
  • John and Christine Whitman
  • Jeff and Judith Winik
  • Doug Woelfel and Don Amorosi
  • Joseph and Kristine Yelencsics

$100 - $999

  • Anonymous (3)
  • Eileen M. Anderson
  • Jon and Kristina Ansari
  • Benjamin and Erika Arenger
  • William and Nancy Beachell
  • Bank of America
  • Anne K. Berry
  • Michael and Donna Bower
  • Brandeis National Committee Tri-County Chapter
  • Neil J. Casey
  • Tony Chen
  • Ida Ciemniecki
  • Philip Coco
  • Colgate-Palmolive
  • Michelle and Russel Conklin
  • Ryan and Margaret Cristelli
  • Dr. Carol C. Cronheim, In Memory of George Cunningham, 1920s STNJ Vaudevillian
  • David Degen
  • Chris Dennison
  • K. Dupuis and Family
  • Matt and Diane Feldman
  • Stanley Fessant and Adrienne Eaton
  • Shirley Fisher
  • Barbara A. Fisk, in memory of Paul A. Fisk
  • Danielle Fleming
  • Lorna Gabby
  • Henry and Ann Godette
  • Lisa M. Grankowski
  • Michael and Gwendolyn Greenberg
  • Margaret Grove, in memory of Ralph and Barbara Voorhees
  • Emir Halepovic
  • Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Hoagland
  • Eileen Holden
  • George and Ellen Horowitz
  • Kelly E. Horzempa
  • David and Jan Houtman
  • Frank B. Hundley and Cynthia Jones-Hundley
  • Michael and Catherine Isnardi
  • Alexander E. Jodidio
  • Patricia Jones
  • Ilana Keller
  • Heather Kibel
  • Alan and Robin Kimmelman
  • Ravikanth Kolla and Rani Angel
  • Joseph Kuronyi
  • Martin and Audrey Lepelstat
  • Howard Levine, in memory of Shelda Levine
  • Rosario Licciardello
  • Jonathan and Maxine Lurie
  • Jessica E. Lynch
  • Gordon and Blair MacInnes
  • The Mandalakis Family
  • Wendy Miller
  • Anthony Monaco and Anna Lascurain
  • Al and Beth Montemurro
  • David Neal
  • Ostrowitz & Ostrowitz, Esqs.
  • Diane Palmer
  • Marcia and Rory Parness, in memory of Efrem B. Dlugacz
  • George and Cheryl Pedersen
  • Mr. and Mrs. Morton A. Plawner, in memory of Efrem B. Dlugacz
  • Carole L. Poller
  • PSE&G
  • Patricia and Vernon Ralph
  • Cindy Rauch
  • Rawlf and Janett Rawlins
  • Diana Richter
  • Hon. Alberto Rivas
  • Miguel A. Saez
  • Lana and Elliot Sambol
  • John Seramba
  • Frederick and Kristen Sharp
  • Carol Struck Smith
  • Rona Solberg
  • Jennifer and Michael Steele
  • Lora Tremayne
  • Susan Uhl
  • Linda Ann Van Derveer, in honor of Clara Van Derveer
  • May Van Norman
  • Verizon
  • The Virkkula Family
  • Kathleen Wagner
  • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Weiss & Family
  • Allan and Joanne Williams
  • Eileen Woodbury
  • Pat Zappone

Please note that every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of these listings, which are current of February 22, 2023. State Theatre New Jersey is also grateful to the generous donors who contributed less than $100 in support of the Next Stage Campaign. Thank you!