New Jersey Restaurant Association (NJRA)

NJ Restaurant Association
2013 OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

George Vlahos
Gusto Grill, Olympia Diner
Chairman

Nancy Laird
Restaurant Serenade
Senior Treasurer

Cory Wingerter
Princeton Innkeepers
Treasurer

Jeanne Cretella
The Liberty House Restaurant/Stone House at Stirling Ridge/Ryland Inn
Vice Chairwoman

Ray Kucuk
New Black Horse Diner
Vice Chairman

Jack Koumbis
Assembly Steakhouse
Immediate Past Chairman, Director

DIRECTORS

Jon Aneson
Mud City Crab House
Director

Wade Avondoglio
Perona Farms
Past Chairman, Director

Laurie S. Boyle
Salt Gastropub
Director

David Burke
David Burke Fromagerie
Director

Maryellen Chappell
American Express Company
Allied Director

Tony Chigounis
Lacas Coffee Co.
Allied Director

Jeffrey Cook
Telford Inn/Riverview Inn/Carolina Blue
Director

Amy Coss
Milford Oyster House
Director

Paul Dillon
Culinary Arts Institute, HCCC
Director

George Ebinger
GTE Enterprises/IHOP
Past Chairman, Director

Kurt Elsaesser
Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP
Allied Director

Jerry Fernandez
Spanish Pavillion
Director

Chris Fifis
Maran Corporate Risk Associates
Director

Greg Friedman
Ecolab
Director

Marty Horn
Pals Cabin/Mayfair Farms
Past Chairman, Director

David Karner
Battleground Country Club
Director

Assad Khoury
Kuzina By Sofia
Director

James Klein
NJRA TDB Plan, LLC
Director

Craig Kunisch
Mahwah Bar and Grill/Allendale Bar & Grill
Director

Jimmy Logothetis
Candlewyck Diner
Director

Nick Manousos
4th Street Pub/Throwbacks Bar & Grill
Director

Theresa Marshall
The Hooper Group/TGIF Newark Airport
Director

Shaun Mehtani
Mehtani Restaurant Group
Director

Mark Metzger
American BD Company
Director

Danny Murphy
Danny's Steakhouse & Sushi Bar
Director

Jon Perper
Raxx Bar & Grill
Director

Steven Sanders
Sea Breeze
Allied Director

Marilyn Schlossbach
Labrador Lounge/Langosta Lounge
Director

Francis P. Schott
Stage Left/Catherine Lombardi
Director

Ronald Squillace
Castalia Trattoria
Director

Jimmy Thornton
The Grand Summit Hotel/Hat Tavern
Director/Past Chairman

Michael Veneziano
Doherty Enterprises
Director

Rick Weinstein
Allied Beverage Group
Director

Marilou Halvorsen
New Jersey Restaurant Association
President