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The Business Coalition for Educational Excellence (BCEE) at the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce is an association of business people, educators and policy makers who are deeply committed to ensuring that all children in our schools achieve at high levels, become productive citizens, and are well-prepared to function successfully in the workforce. The BCEE focuses on four main areas of interest: standards and assessments, accountability, teacher quality, and technology. More than 1,000 businesses have been or are currently engaged in BCEE programs or policy efforts.
Established:
1996 at the New Jersey Business-Education Summit.
Committees:
Volunteer committees from business and education drive the BCEE to establish strategic direction, develop policy positions, deploy initiatives, and recruit program participants. Fiduciary oversight for BCEE programs is provided by the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation Board of Directors. The BCEE is spearheaded by an executive committee consisting of high-level corporate representatives who have strong concern for educational reform and representation from the educational and governmental sectors.
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation Board of Directors:
Arthur F. Ryan, Chairman & CEO, Prudential Financial Inc.
Joan Verplanck, President, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
Thomas A. Bracken, President, Sun Bancorp
Peter J. Cocoziello, President, The Advance Group, Inc.
William J. Cozine, Consultant, KPMG, LLP
Anne Evans Estabrook, Owner, Elberon Development Co.
Alfred C. Koeppe, President & COO, Public Service Electric & Gas
William J. Marino, President and CEO, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
M. Brian Maher, Chairman & CEO, Maher Terminals, Inc.
Hazel Gluck, President, Gluckshaw Group
T. Joseph Semrod, Chairman & CEO, Summit Bancorp
Dana Egreczky, Vice President, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
BCEE Executive Committee:
Mary O'Malley, Prudential Financial, Inc.
JoAnn Bartoletti , NJ Principals and Supervisors Association
Michael Bzdak, Johnson & Johnson
Dana Egreczky, NJ Chamber of Commerce
William Friel, Prudential Financial, Inc.
James Sulton , NJ Commission on Higher Education
Jeff Osowski, New Jersey Department of Education
Carlo Parravano, Merck Institute for Science Education
Peter Ventimiglia, Verizon
Richard Ten Eyck, New Jersey Department of Education
Contributions:
Tax-deductible corporate contributions support the work of the BCEE and contributions that sustain program efforts can be donated to the NJ Chamber's 501(c)(3) Education Foundation.