Board of Trustees

	President, Fred M. Jacobs, MD, JD is former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, and currently Executive Vice President and Director of the Saint Barnabas Quality Institute at Saint Barnabas Health Care System. He is also Chair of the New Jersey Breathes Coalition. Dr. Jacobs served an instrumental role in the passage of the 2006 New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act. For more biographical information, click here.
	Vice-President, Senator John Bennett, JD, is a 24-year veteran of the New Jersey State Legislature. During his tenure, he served as Senate President and Acting Governor, and is currently a partner with the law firm of Dilworth Paxson, LLP
	Secretary, Neal Collins, MD is Senior Medical Director of Pfizer's Global Medical Oncology. He is very active in smokefree initiatives, as a Councilman and Board of Health member for Chatham, NJ.
	Treasurer, Louis Rigamonti is an accountant with a 30-year diverse career in finance, cash management and accounting. He works and resides in Summit, NJ.
	Member-at-Large, Omowunmi Y. Osinubi, MD, M.Sc., MBA., FRCA is a leader in research, teaching, writing, and lecturing in the area of secondhand smoke exposure in occupational settings. Dr. Osinubi is board certified in preventive medicine, with a sub-specialization in occupational and environmental medicine. She is President of Occupational & Environmental Health Associates, Inc., an occupational and environmental medicine consultant to the Veteran's Administration War-related Illness and Injury Study Center, in East Orange, NJ, and an adjunct assistant professor at the UMDNJ School of Public Health and the UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
	Executive Director, Karen Blumenfeld, JD joined the staff and Board of Trustees in Spring 2008. She has worked with NJ GASP for more than 20 years, and continues in her role as Director of our Policy & Legal Resource Center. Karen is recognized internationally in tobacco control, especially in the emerging areas of smokefree casinos, and in protecting children and housing residents from secondhand smoke.

This information is created by the Tobacco Control Policy and Legal Resource Center of New Jersey GASP, which provides expert information, guidance, and technical assistance about policy, legislation, and litigation, especially regarding smokefree air. Major funding for this service is provided by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJ DHSS).The information presented on this website is not intended as, nor to be construed, or used, as legal advice, and should not be used to replace the advice of your legal counsel.