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#19 John Palmieri Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, Executive Director

John Palmieri

#50 Shaquille ONeal, Himself, CEO #49 Judge Patrick DeAlmeida, Trenton, Tax Court Judge #48 Robert Klausner, Fox Rothschild, Partner #47 Michael McGuinness, NAIOP, CEO #46 Andrew Merin, Cushman & Wakefield, Vice Chairman #45 China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, Construction and Real Estate Conglomerate #44 Ray Pocino, Laborers International Union of North America, Vice President and Eastern Regional Manager #43 Peter Cocoziello, Advance Realty, President and CEO #42 Clark Machemer, Rockefeller Group, Regional Director for N.J. #41 Eugene Diaz, Prism Capital Partners, Principal #40 Anthony Coscia, Windels, Marx, Lane & Mittendorf, Partner #39 Christiana Foglio, Community Investment Strategies, Founder and CEO #38 John Mikula, HFF, Senior Managing Director #37 Samer Hanini, Hanini Group LLC, Principal #36 Richard Constable, Department of Community Affairs, Commissioner #35 Sam Morreale, Vision Equities, Co-founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer #34 Finn Wentworth, Normandy Real Estate Partners, Founding Managing Principal #33 David Simson, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Vice Chairman and COO (N.J.) #32 Dan Loughlin, Jones Lang LaSalle, Managing Director #31 Zygi Wilf, Garden Homes, Principal #30 Edward Russo, Russo Development, President and CEO #29 Kevin Cummings, Investors Bank, CEO and President #28 Gretchen Wilcox, G.S. Wilcox & Co., Founder, President & CEO #27 Jay Biggins, Biggins, Lacy & Shapiro, Executive Managing Director #26 Jeffrey Otteau, Otteau Valuation Group Inc., President #25 Robert Donnelly Sr., Cushman & Wakefield, Vice Chairman #24 Jeremy Farrell, Jersey City, Corporate Counsel #23 Kevin Walsh, Fair Share Housing Center, Associate Director #22 Eric Witmondt, Woodmont Properties, CEO #21 Carol Ann Short, New Jersey Builders Association, Acting CEO #20 Ron Beit, RBH Group, Managing Partner #19 John Palmieri, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, Executive Director #18 Emanuel Stern, Hartz Mountain Industries, President and COO #17 Carl Goldberg, Mack-Cali Roseland Subsidiary, Co-President #16 David Mandelbaum, Interstate Properties, General Partner #15 David Barry, Ironstate Development Co., President #14 Raphael Ghermezian, Triple 5, Owner #13 Richard Tucker, Tucker Development Corp., President and CEO #12 Anthony Perno, Coopers Ferry Development Association Inc., CEO #11 Tim Lizura, Economic Development Authority, COO and President #10 Michele Brown, Economic Development Authority, CEO #8 Ron Ladell, Avalon Communities Inc., Senior Vice President #9 Ralph Zucker, Somerset Development, President #7 Mitchell E. Hersh, Mack-Cali Realty Group, President, CEO and Member of Executive Committee of the Board of Directors #6 David Samson, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Chairman #5 George E. Norcross III, Connor Strong & Buckelew, Executive Chairman #4 Christopher J. Paladino, New Brunswick Development Corporation, President #3 Ted Zangari, Sills, Cumms & Gross, Attorney #2 Steve Pozycki, SJP Properties, Founder, Chairman and CEO #1 Jon Hanson, The Hampshire Cos., Founder and Chairman

Palmieri is the state’s point man for funding all of the big projects (BassPro, Margaritaville, Harrah’s conference center) in Atlantic City. And with Gov. Christie looking to build his resume as a business creator, you can bet Palmieri will have plenty of support — and thus plenty of pressure to succeed — moving forward.