WHO'S NEWS

ACCOUNTING

Jordan D. Amin, CPA, CFP, has joined Edison's Amper, Politziner & Mattia as a manager in the firm's emerging business group. He previously worked as a manager witli Rosenfarb Winters. Amin earned a B.S. in business administration with a concentration in accounting from Boston University.

ADVERTISING

Bill Kearney has been named vice president of strategic development at Oxford Communications in Lambertville. Kearney joined the agency in 2000 as an account supervisor. He graduated from Trenton State College, now The College of New Jersey, with a B.S. in business administration and a minor in psychology.

Denyse Dabrowski has been promoted to vice president at The Marcus Group in secaucus. She joined the advertising, public relations and crisis-management firm as an account executive in 2004. Dabrowski earned a B.A. in public communications from American University.

BANKING

Carol Johnson has joined Somerset Hills Bank as assistant vice president and sales manager, working with commercial and retail customers in Bernardsville. She has extensive banking experience and most recently worked for Commerce Bank. Johnson studied business administration at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. Also, Claude D'Alessio has been appointed assistant vice president and sales manager for the bank's new branch in Summit. Most recentIy, he managed the main office of Magyar Savings in New Brunswick. D'Alessio earned a B.S. from the University of Louisiana and completed the Rutgers University Institute of Management and Labor Relations Management Development program.

Jeffrey C. Newland has been named vice president, commercial lending, at Cherry Hill's Commerce Bank. Most recently, he served as a vice president at PNC Bank. Newland earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Rutgers University.

Patrick J. DiSanto has joined Hudson United Bank in its Union City regional lending office as senior vice president, commercial real estate lending. DiSanto most recently served as as first vice president, team leader, commercial real estate, at Trust Company of New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree from St. Peter's College and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University. Lawrence J. Zema has joined the bank's North Haledon regional lending office as vice president, commercial loan officer. Most recently he was with Trust Company of New Jersey where he was first vice president and commercial lending manager. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pace University.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Thomas M. Swift has been promoted to president and COO of Raritan Computer in Somerset. Swift joined the company two years ago as COO. He earned a B.S.E. from Princeton University, an M.S. in applied mechanics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Laura Bishop has been named vice president at Thomas/Boyd Communications in Mount Laurel. She brings more than 20 years of public relations experience to the newly created position. Before starting her own consulting firm in 1988, Bishop served as senior account manager for Anne Klein & Associates in Marlton. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Rutgers University-Cook College.

Cheryll O. Forsatz has been promoted to group vice president of East Rutherford-based MWW Group's consumer marketing practice. Forsatz previously served as vice president and specializes in strategic media relations, marketing communications, cause marketing and event management. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Syracuse University and a bachelor's degree in public relations from Syracuse's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

REAL ESTATE

Gerald E. Moore Jr. has been named partner at The Garibaldi Group/CORFAC International in Chatham. Previously, he served as the firm's managing director of financial services. Moore earned a bachelor's degree in economics and M.B.A. and real estate degrees from Pennsylvania State University.

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