Lawrence "Pat" Kramer

Mr. Pat Kramer, as he is more commonly known, began his career in 1964 when he was selected as New Jersey's Outstanding Young Man. Two years later he was elected Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey's third largest city. In 1969 he was re-elected.

In 1970 Mr. Kramer was appointed by President Richard Nixon to serve on the Intergovernmental Relations Commission. A year later Mr. Kramer was appointed to the Governor's Cabinet and served as the Commissioner of Community Affairs.

Mr. Kramer came back to serve as Paterson's Mayor in 1974 and was re-elected in 1978.

In 1980 President Ronald Reagan appointed Mr. Kramer to the National Historic Sites Commission.

In 1990 he was appointed to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

Mr. Kramer is presently the Executive Vice-President of V. Paulius & Associates, an International Architectural and Engineering Construction Firm.

Pat (Pasquale) DiIanni

Mr. Di Ianni, a native of Paterson, New Jersey, presently resides in Hawthorne, New Jersey. He attended Paterson and Clifton Public Schools. Mr. Di Ianni was awarded both a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree by Montclair State Teachers College (now Montclair State University). He taught Junior High School Science for several years.

During the Korean Conflict, Mr. Di Ianni served honorably for four years in the United States Air Force.

In 1957 Mr. Di Ianni earned a Law degree from Rutgers Law School, that was later converted to a Juris Doctor degree. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1958 and has conducted a private law practice in Passaic County ever since. In the early 1960's he served as an Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor and later was appointed Borough Attorney for Pompton Lakes, New Jersey. For about two decades Mr. Di Ianni developed real estate in Passaic County.

Mr. Di Ianni has served as the President or as an Officer of the South Paterson Kiwanis Club, the South Paterson Boys Club and Passaic County Vision 2020, Inc. Vision 2020 is a non-profit organization established by the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders to spur economic development and to improve the quality of life in Passaic County.

Margaret "Peggy" Anastos

Peggy grew up in Paterson and now lives in Wayne. She graduated John F. Kennedy High School where she was the president of the SGA (Student Government Association). In her yearbook she wrote that she wanted to be the first female President of the United States. She is still not President but has had the experience of working for a President. She is presently the EEO/AA Officer at the Department of Law and Public Safety/Consumer Affairs.

Her other experiences have been:

• "Presidential Appointee-White House Conference on Small Business/ SBA
• "Consultant/Advisor - Governor/Government of Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico
• "White House Roundtable/Hispanic advisor to the President and Vice-President
• New Jersey State Democratic Committee- Present Chairwoman / Hispanic Task for 14 years
• New Jersey State Director-Clinton/Gore "Adelante con Clinton" 92/96 Surrogate Speaker and Coordinator
• "Board of Directors- National Democratic Committee Hispanic Political Action Committee/ USA
• "New Jersey Woodrow Wilson Advisory Council (coordinator)-Governor Florio's office
• "White House Advisory Leader from New Jersey
• "National Hispanic Summit-Leadership Coordinator
• National Latina Democratic Women-Board of Advisors and New Jersey-Chairwoman
• "Emily and Pam's List (political women's committee)
• LULAC-National Board, former Vice-President Northeast, presently New Jersey State Chairwoman
• "Blue Ribbon Commission/Government of Puerto Rico
• "President-Hispanic Committee for Political Action non-partisan
• "Elected Delegate-Puerto Rican Congress of New Jersey
• "President-Puerto Rican/Hispanic Institute for Community Empowerment-Arts
• "State Democratic Platform Resolution Committee
• "Commissioner-Hispanic Affairs of New Jersey
• "NJ World Cup Host Committee
• Comite Noviembre- Women of the Year, Politician of the Year, Community Leader Awards
• "Democratic National Convention Delegate 1996, 2000
• "Advisor- National Organization of Puerto Rican women
• "Member of 100 Hispanic Women in the metropolitan NY area
• "Wrote/implemented voter registration programs in New Jersey, Texas, Chicago, Orlando, Boston, New York, Miami, Hartford, and Philadelphia.
• "Passaic County, NJ Voter Registration Committee
• National Statehood Award-Commissioner for Puerto Rico - 51st state

Business Background:

• President-Diversified Consulting Services Inc. (corporate, political, sports, public relations)
• "President-Anastos Agency-insurance, travel, accounting - Business Woman of the Year
• "Program planner, senior counselor, administrator, trainer-United States Department of Housing
• "Researcher-Princeton University-Woodrow Wilson School of Economics
• "Founder-Hispanic Insurance Brokers' Association

Personal/Membership:

Membership/Present-former: La Raza, Puerto Rican Action Council, National Hispanic Media Board, Hispanic Multi-Purpose Board, Images, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, National Organization for Women, Business Women of America, University Women of America, former Miss Puerto Rico, Miss Latin America, and League of United Latin American Citizens.

Peggy is married to Van and has a daughter Lisa, who is a law partner in New York and a dog named "Jack".

John Givens

Arnold Speert

Dr. Arnold Speert became the sixth president of William Paterson College on September 1, 1985. He joined the University in 1970 as an assistant professor of chemistry, achieved the rank of full professor in 1980 and served as an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and then Vice President Academic Affairs before assuming the presidency.

A Phi Beta Kappa at the City College of The City University of New York, Dr. Speert graduated cum laude with honors in chemistry. Dr. Speert earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Princeton University where he was a National Institute of Health Fellow. Active in the community, Dr. Speert is a director of the State Farm Indemnity Company; a trustee and former chair of the board of the Barnert Hospital; a trustee of The William Paterson University Foundation; a member of the United Way of Passaic County Board of Directors, and serves as Vice President for the U.S. Region and member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education. He chaired the New Jersey Presidents' Council (1996-1998) and served on the Board of Examiners of the New Jersey Department of Education (1987-1998). He is former chairman of the Tri-County Chamber of Commerce and a former member of the board of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Ramapo Bank, the Respiratory Health Association, the Jewish Federation of North Jersey, the YM-YWHA of North Jersey and the Better Business Bureau.