What's Your Legacy?

Christine Handy is an international print and runway Model. Christine is also a National Best selling author of the book Walk Beside Me, a fictional depiction of Christine’s life. Christine became a Key-Note Speaker after her book was published in 2016. Christine serves on the board of two non-profit organizations: EBeauty- and People of Purpose. Christine is a mentor, a breast cancer advocate, a public figure, a Social Media Influencer, a Nationally recognized Humanitarian and a Mother. Christine just competed a Masters degree at Harvard University in Literature and Creative Writing. Christine’s novel is currently being adapted into a film called Willow the feature film.

Special Guest: Christine Handy.

Christine Handy is an international print and runway Model. Christine is also a National Best selling author of the book Walk Beside Me, a fictional depiction of Christine’s life. Christine became a Key-Note Speaker after her book was published in 2016. Christine serves on the board of two non-profit organizations: EBeauty- and People of Purpose. Christine is a mentor, a breast cancer advocate, a public figure, a Social Media Influencer, a Nationally recognized Humanitarian and a Mother. Christine just competed a Masters degree at Harvard University in Literature and Creative Writing. Christine’s novel is currently being adapted into a film called Willow the feature film.

Special Guest: Christine Handy.

As President and CEO of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Maggie leads the only national paralysis-focused organization centered around a dual mission – Today's Care. Tomorrow's Cure®. Maggie has served with the Foundation for more than 20 years, helping drive its mission to cure spinal cord injury by advancing innovative research and improving the quality of life for individuals and families impacted by paralysis.

The Foundation's mission is extremely personal for Maggie, who experienced a C2 injury at 16 years old. Thankfully, she fully recovered, but it set her on a mission-driven career path to work on behalf of the paralysis community.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Maggie joined the Reeve Foundation in 2000 and has held numerous leadership roles during her tenure. She recently served as Chief Operating Officer, providing the leadership, management, and vision to grow the organization. Before that, Maggie served as Vice President of Policy and Programs, which included overseeing the Foundation's National Paralysis Resource Center. She has also served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications. Maggie started her career in Washington D.C., working for Witeck Combs Communications, Feld Entertainment and U.S. Senator Arlen Specter.

Maggie is a wife and mother of two teenage daughters. She resides in Morris Plains, New Jersey where she enjoys working out, spending time with friends, travel and her two dogs, Zoey and Ziggy.

Special Guest: Maggie Goldberg .

As President and CEO of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Maggie leads the only national paralysis-focused organization centered around a dual mission – Today's Care. Tomorrow's Cure®. Maggie has served with the Foundation for more than 20 years, helping drive its mission to cure spinal cord injury by advancing innovative research and improving the quality of life for individuals and families impacted by paralysis.

The Foundation's mission is extremely personal for Maggie, who experienced a C2 injury at 16 years old. Thankfully, she fully recovered, but it set her on a mission-driven career path to work on behalf of the paralysis community.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Maggie joined the Reeve Foundation in 2000 and has held numerous leadership roles during her tenure. She recently served as Chief Operating Officer, providing the leadership, management, and vision to grow the organization. Before that, Maggie served as Vice President of Policy and Programs, which included overseeing the Foundation's National Paralysis Resource Center. She has also served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications. Maggie started her career in Washington D.C., working for Witeck Combs Communications, Feld Entertainment and U.S. Senator Arlen Specter.

Maggie is a wife and mother of two teenage daughters. She resides in Morris Plains, New Jersey where she enjoys working out, spending time with friends, travel and her two dogs, Zoey and Ziggy.

Special Guest: Maggie Goldberg .

Founded in 1946, NMF was one of America’s first diversity organizations. Today, NMF remains the only the only national organization solely dedicated to providing scholarships to medical and health professions students in all groups underrepresented in healthcare. Ms. Davis comes to NMF from RWJBarnabas Health, the largest academic medical center system in New Jersey, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. Ms. Davis created and led Social Impact and Community Investment, an equity-centered, policy-led community health practice dedicated to addressing the social and political determinants of health. During her tenure there her portfolio consisted of: Policy Development and Government Affairs, Healthy Living and Community Engagement, Employee Wellness, Marketing, Communications, External and Corporate Affairs and, Global Health. She is the creator of the RWJBarnabas Health Women’s Leadership Alliance, the Young Professional Advisory Council, and the Corporate Institute for Internship.

The Social Impact and Community Investment Practice was created to leverage the system's range of assets to advance a culture of health and lift the quality of life in New Jersey communities. With a programmatic emphasis on ensuring health equity, the practice spearheads innovative social impact and external affairs initiatives that address the social, economic, and environmental conditions that have a significant impact on health outcomes. The policy arm leads the practice as it seeks to change systems, structures, and policies to create a more equitable future for all New Jerseyans.

Before joining RWJBarnabas Health, Ms. Davis served as Chief Policy Counsel to former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, where she was the first African American to serve in this position in state history. She was the first African American and only the second women to serve as Acting New Jersey State Treasurer responsible for a state budget of over $30 billion dollars. She was the youngest person to serve as Executive Director of the New Jersey Lottery in state history and served as a senior policy advisor in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

She has a proven record of supporting the equitable building of community wealth and health throughout her career and, while Acting State Treasurer of New Jersey, founded the New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Office of Supplier Diversity and Division of Minority and Women Owned Businesses.

Ms. Davis is also active in civic engagement in the local and the global community. Nationally, she serves on the Boards of The Democracy Collaborative and The Root Cause Coalition and on the Health Anchor Network Founding Design Team; Root Cause Coalition National Advisory Board and United Way ALICE National and Building Healthy Places Advisory Councils. Globally, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute.

She is the President Emeritus of Executive Women of New Jersey, the state’s premier organization for senior level executive women in business, Chair of Academic Affairs for the Joint Board of Rutgers-Rowan Universities; Treasurer of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Women’s Association; and is on the boards of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association; Rutgers Institute for Women’s Leadership; New Jersey Bipartisan Coalition for Women’s Appointments; Caucus Educational Trust and the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation.

Ms. Davis began her legal career as a trial litigator, is an Honors graduate of Seton Hall University and holds a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall School of Law. She holds Executive Education Certificates in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Harvard Business School and in Social Impact Strategy from the Wharton School of Business.

Special Guest: Michellene Davis.

Founded in 1946, NMF was one of America’s first diversity organizations. Today, NMF remains the only the only national organization solely dedicated to providing scholarships to medical and health professions students in all groups underrepresented in healthcare. Ms. Davis comes to NMF from RWJBarnabas Health, the largest academic medical center system in New Jersey, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer. Ms. Davis created and led Social Impact and Community Investment, an equity-centered, policy-led community health practice dedicated to addressing the social and political determinants of health. During her tenure there her portfolio consisted of: Policy Development and Government Affairs, Healthy Living and Community Engagement, Employee Wellness, Marketing, Communications, External and Corporate Affairs and, Global Health. She is the creator of the RWJBarnabas Health Women’s Leadership Alliance, the Young Professional Advisory Council, and the Corporate Institute for Internship.

The Social Impact and Community Investment Practice was created to leverage the system's range of assets to advance a culture of health and lift the quality of life in New Jersey communities. With a programmatic emphasis on ensuring health equity, the practice spearheads innovative social impact and external affairs initiatives that address the social, economic, and environmental conditions that have a significant impact on health outcomes. The policy arm leads the practice as it seeks to change systems, structures, and policies to create a more equitable future for all New Jerseyans.

Before joining RWJBarnabas Health, Ms. Davis served as Chief Policy Counsel to former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, where she was the first African American to serve in this position in state history. She was the first African American and only the second women to serve as Acting New Jersey State Treasurer responsible for a state budget of over $30 billion dollars. She was the youngest person to serve as Executive Director of the New Jersey Lottery in state history and served as a senior policy advisor in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.

She has a proven record of supporting the equitable building of community wealth and health throughout her career and, while Acting State Treasurer of New Jersey, founded the New Jersey Department of the Treasury’s Office of Supplier Diversity and Division of Minority and Women Owned Businesses.

Ms. Davis is also active in civic engagement in the local and the global community. Nationally, she serves on the Boards of The Democracy Collaborative and The Root Cause Coalition and on the Health Anchor Network Founding Design Team; Root Cause Coalition National Advisory Board and United Way ALICE National and Building Healthy Places Advisory Councils. Globally, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute.

She is the President Emeritus of Executive Women of New Jersey, the state’s premier organization for senior level executive women in business, Chair of Academic Affairs for the Joint Board of Rutgers-Rowan Universities; Treasurer of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Women’s Association; and is on the boards of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association; Rutgers Institute for Women’s Leadership; New Jersey Bipartisan Coalition for Women’s Appointments; Caucus Educational Trust and the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation.

Ms. Davis began her legal career as a trial litigator, is an Honors graduate of Seton Hall University and holds a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall School of Law. She holds Executive Education Certificates in Corporate Social Responsibility from the Harvard Business School and in Social Impact Strategy from the Wharton School of Business.

Special Guest: Michellene Davis.

Rosanne DeTorres is one of 150 attorneys in the State of NJ that is certified by the NJ Supreme Court as a Matrimonial Law Attorney. Ms. DeTorres is the managing partner and co-founder of DeTorres & DeGeorge Family Law with offices in Morristown and Flemington, New Jersey. D|D is a boutique law firm specializing in divorce and family law and estate planning. The firm prides itself on settling 99% of all divorce cases without going to court in about half the time of the statewide average.

Ms. DeTorres graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 1985 and graduated with Honor from The University of Maryland School of Law in 1988.

She was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1988, the New Jersey Bar in 1994 and the Pennsylvania Bar in 1997.

Ms. DeTorres concentrates her practice in family law cases, including divorce, custody, grandparent’s rights, domestic violence, and is a trained family mediator. She is also in a 3-year post graduate educational training program for estate planning. Ms. DeTorres is also trained as a Collaborative Law attorney. She is an accomplished Appellate attorney having taken a number of cases to the New Jersey Appellate Division and New Jersey Supreme Court.

Ms. DeTorres is a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the NJ State Bar Association, the Hunterdon County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

Ms. DeTorres was named to the NJ Super Lawyers List for 2015 to 2017. Her firm was named one of the Top 500 fastest growing law firms in the U.S. by Law Firm 500. She has been appointed to Finance Committee of Hunterdon County United Way and the Local Business Community Leadership Council of the Hunterdon County United Way. Ms. DeTorres was also nominated for NJ BIZ 50 Best Women in Business and as a Leading Women Entrepreneurs two years in a row. Last year, Ms. DeTorres was a finalist for this distinction. Ms. DeTorres also won the Best Lawyer category for the 2015 Hunterdon Happenings Award and was a 2016 finalist. Ms. DeTorres is also graduate of the Leadership Hunterdon Class of 2016. Ms. DeTorres is a member of the Board of Trustees of BW Nice, an organization that provides networking opportunities for women business owners and financial support to local domestic violence agencies. She is also the author of two books: Breakthrough Results and Divorce: The Answers You Need Before, During & After.

Ms. DeTorres' personal mission statement is to be the best version of herself on any given day. Her mission is to give of her time, energy and resources to her family, to her team and to those in need, to inspire hope in those without hope, and to lead others to these insights.

Special Guest: Rosanne DeTorres.

Rosanne DeTorres is one of 150 attorneys in the State of NJ that is certified by the NJ Supreme Court as a Matrimonial Law Attorney. Ms. DeTorres is the managing partner and co-founder of DeTorres & DeGeorge Family Law with offices in Morristown and Flemington, New Jersey. D|D is a boutique law firm specializing in divorce and family law and estate planning. The firm prides itself on settling 99% of all divorce cases without going to court in about half the time of the statewide average.

Ms. DeTorres graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 1985 and graduated with Honor from The University of Maryland School of Law in 1988.

She was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1988, the New Jersey Bar in 1994 and the Pennsylvania Bar in 1997.

Ms. DeTorres concentrates her practice in family law cases, including divorce, custody, grandparent’s rights, domestic violence, and is a trained family mediator. She is also in a 3-year post graduate educational training program for estate planning. Ms. DeTorres is also trained as a Collaborative Law attorney. She is an accomplished Appellate attorney having taken a number of cases to the New Jersey Appellate Division and New Jersey Supreme Court.

Ms. DeTorres is a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the NJ State Bar Association, the Hunterdon County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.

Ms. DeTorres was named to the NJ Super Lawyers List for 2015 to 2017. Her firm was named one of the Top 500 fastest growing law firms in the U.S. by Law Firm 500. She has been appointed to Finance Committee of Hunterdon County United Way and the Local Business Community Leadership Council of the Hunterdon County United Way. Ms. DeTorres was also nominated for NJ BIZ 50 Best Women in Business and as a Leading Women Entrepreneurs two years in a row. Last year, Ms. DeTorres was a finalist for this distinction. Ms. DeTorres also won the Best Lawyer category for the 2015 Hunterdon Happenings Award and was a 2016 finalist. Ms. DeTorres is also graduate of the Leadership Hunterdon Class of 2016. Ms. DeTorres is a member of the Board of Trustees of BW Nice, an organization that provides networking opportunities for women business owners and financial support to local domestic violence agencies. She is also the author of two books: Breakthrough Results and Divorce: The Answers You Need Before, During & After.

Ms. DeTorres' personal mission statement is to be the best version of herself on any given day. Her mission is to give of her time, energy and resources to her family, to her team and to those in need, to inspire hope in those without hope, and to lead others to these insights.

Special Guest: Rosanne DeTorres.

Barbara Mannino is an award-winning journalist, author, and content writer who creates the human touchpoints that forge emotional connections with her audience.

She gets her sources the attention that positions them as thought leaders and her clients the traffic, leads, and conversions they need. Barbara tells stories that address people’s problems and open the door to their hopes and dreams. She develops content that’s a win-win for those she represents and writes about and for the audiences her sources and clients serve.

Barbara has written for Fox Business Network, entrepreneur.com, Huffington Post, and BestWeek and Best’s Review Magazine. She has also held senior editorial positions in Fortune 500 corporations and created powerful content for small and mid-sized businesses. Recognized as a professional who researches thoroughly, interviews thoughtfully, and listens attentively before she picks up her pen, Barbara has earned many awards for excellence in communications and journalism from leading organizations and corporations.

Special Guest: Barbara Mannino.

Barbara Mannino is an award-winning journalist, author, and content writer who creates the human touchpoints that forge emotional connections with her audience.

She gets her sources the attention that positions them as thought leaders and her clients the traffic, leads, and conversions they need. Barbara tells stories that address people’s problems and open the door to their hopes and dreams. She develops content that’s a win-win for those she represents and writes about and for the audiences her sources and clients serve.

Barbara has written for Fox Business Network, entrepreneur.com, Huffington Post, and BestWeek and Best’s Review Magazine. She has also held senior editorial positions in Fortune 500 corporations and created powerful content for small and mid-sized businesses. Recognized as a professional who researches thoroughly, interviews thoughtfully, and listens attentively before she picks up her pen, Barbara has earned many awards for excellence in communications and journalism from leading organizations and corporations.

Special Guest: Barbara Mannino.