20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

NOVEMBER 24 , 2014 HELDRICH HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ

Program

Opening Remarks by Dean Susan J. Schurman  

Gabrielle Carteris, Executive Vice President, Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Radio and Television Artists  

(SAG‐AFTRA)  introduced by  

Charles  Wowkanech,  President,  New  Jersey  State  American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial  

Organizations (AFL‐CIO) &  20th Anniversary Co‐Chair 

 Claude Richardson, GEMHRL ’07, Vice President, Human  

Resources, Thermal Management Systems Division, Ametek, Inc.  introduced by 

Sidney D. Seligman, Chief Human Resource Office and Senior Vice President of Barnabas Health &  20th Anniversary Co‐Chair 

 

Dana Britton, Director, SMLR’s Center for Women and Work  

William Castellano, Associate Dean, SMLR’s Executive and  Professional Education  

 Barbara Lee, Chair, SMLR’s Department of Human Resource  

Management  

Adrienne Eaton, Chair, SMLR’s Department of Labor Studies and  Employment Relations 

 Remarks by Richard L. Edwards, Executive Vice President and 

Chancellor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 

Brief Update 

3:00 p.m. Symposium 

5:00 p.m. Networking Reception 

Special Guest

Gabrielle Carteris Executive Vice President 

Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Radio and  Television Artists (SAG‐AFTRA) 

Gabrielle Carteris was elected as the executive vice president of SAG-AFTRA on Sept. 26, 2013 at the union’s inaugural national convention. Carteris became a household name when she landed the role of Andrea Zuckerman on the Aaron Spelling program Beverly Hills, 90210. A show with a shaky beginning, 90210 ended up being one of the longest running one-hour series in television history as well as being viewed in over 100 countries. The success of the show allowed Carteris to get involved with many great organizations, including DARE, Noxzema Extraordinary Teen program, MADD and Read to Grow. Carteris has also worked as a producer, creating a series of specials called Lifestories, which led to her producing and hosting her own talk show for Fox, Gabrielle. Recent credits include guest starring roles on Criminal Minds, Make It or Break It, The Event, Longmire, The Middle and the recent holiday television movie, 12 Christmas Wishes. Carteris previously served Screen Actors Guild in 2008 as 5th alternate national director, 2009 as 1st alternate national director, and in 2010 she began a three-year term as national board member. Her previous American Federation of Television and Radio Artists service includes two consecutive terms on the AFTRA Los Angeles Local Board and the AFTRA National Board, three terms as AFTRA convention delegate/actor category, and in 2011 she was elected Los Angeles local president and national 2nd vice president. She also served SAG-AFTRA during the transition year as national vice president, Los Angeles.

Special Guest

Claude Richardson, GEMHRL ’07  Vice President, Human Resources 

Thermal Management Systems Division Ametek, Inc  

Claude Richardson currently serves as the Vice President of Human Resources for Ametek’s Thermal Management Systems Division headquartered in Garden City, NY. Prior to joining Ametek, Claude worked for Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense and aerospace company, where he served as the HR Site Lead for Lockheed Martin’s Moorestown and Baltimore facilities, and he was the HR Director for the finance and the new ventures organizations, totaling approximately 4,500 employees. During his 26-year career, Claude has had a wide variety of leadership experiences that range from leading Marines into a combat zone to leading production operators in achieving world class manufacturing goals, and most recently, leading HR professionals in ensuring that the organization has the talent needed to execute the business strategy. Claude has significant HR experiences in salary administration, incentive compensation, executive compensation, staffing, diversity, talent management, HR analytics, workforce planning, and HR business partnering. Claude holds a Bachelor of Science degree in general engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and an Executive Master’s Degree in Human Resources Leadership from Rutgers University.

20th Anniversary Co-Chairs

Charles Wowkanech President 

New Jersey State American Federation of Labor and  Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL‐CIO) 

Sidney D.  Seligman   Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President 

Barnabas Health

20th Anniversary Advisory Committee The Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations 20th  

Anniversary Advisory Committee is comprised of  the SMLR State Advisory Committee members. Members include: 

 Christine A. Amalfe, Chair, Employment Law, Gibbons, P.C.

Robert L. Barchi, President, Rutgers, The State University

Michele Boronkas, Executive Director, SETC

Laurel Brennan, Secretary/Treasurer, NJ AFL-CIO

Steven Cugine, Executive Vice President, Global New Products Innovation, Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

Michael Dragun, Vice President of Human Resources, New World Aviation

Wyatt Earp, President, Monmouth-Ocean Central Labor Council

Thomas P. Giblin, Business Manager, Local 68-68A-68B, International Union of Operating Engineers

Vince Giordano, Executive Director, NJ Education Association

Patricia Lee, Senior Vice President, Organizational Effectiveness, Wyndham Worldwide

Susan J. Schurman, Dean, SMLR

Sidney D. Seligman, Senior Vice President, Saint Barnabas Health Care System

Doug E. Solomon, Genova, Burns & Giantomasi

John E. Sweeney, Director of Mediation, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service

Jeffrey B. Tener, Arbitrator

Ann Twomey, President, Health Professionals and Allied Employees, AFT, AFL-CIO

Steven Weissman, Esq., Weissman & Mintz, LLC

Charles Wowkanech, President, NJ State AFL-CIO

Lynne Zahumeny, MHRM ’96

 

*The information above is dated June 2014

of New Jersey

SMLR’s Deans

The Institute of Management and Labor Relations (IMLR) was  established as Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor  

Relations in 1994. Over the past 20 years, the school has fallen  under the leadership of four Deans, each one contributing to the  school’s lasting impacts and a collective vision for its future.   

Professor Susan J. Schurman is Distinguished Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations and Dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where she also serves as Dean of the University College Community. From 1997-2007 she served as the founding president of the National Labor College. She received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, where she served as director of the Labor Studies Center and research investigator in the School of Public Health. She is a past president of the United Association for Labor Education and was recently reelected to a second term as president of the International Federation of Workers' Education Associations (IFWEA). She is also a board member of the Labor and Employment Research Association. She has served on numerous non-profit boards and government commissions including as a member of the Board of Trustees of Morris Brown College. Her research and teaching focus on labor union effectiveness including strategy, structure and governance as well as constructive labor-management relations. She is also an expert on workplace safety and health – especially on the effects of occupational stress on physical and mental health.

Susan J. Schurman  (2011‐2015) 

SMLR’s Deans

David Finegold (2006‐2011) 

Professor David Finegold serves as the Chief Academic Officer for American Honors (americanhonors.org), a new organization that is helping talented first generation and lower and middle-income students from the U.S. and around the world gain access to top degrees by creating honors colleges in partnership with community colleges and then enabling students to transfer to leading colleges and universities.

He is a leading expert on skill development systems and their relationship to the changing world of work and economic performance in the global marketplace. He developed the concepts of "the low-skill equilibrium" and "high-skill ecosystems" and has done research, executive education, and consulted for governments around the world on skills issues.

Prior to joining the American Honors team, he served as Distinguished Professor of HR Management and Senior Vice President for Lifelong Learning and Strategic Growth at Rutgers University, spearheading efforts to build a workforce development system for New Jersey’s bioscience sector. David is the author of more than 80 journal articles and book chapters, and has written or edited seven books. He was elected into the New Jersey High Tech Hall of Fame in 2008. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in social studies from Harvard University, and he earned his D. Phil in politics as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.

Professor Barbara A. Lee holds a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and a J.D. from Georgetown University. She joined Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in 1982. In addition to being Dean, she has served as Associate Provost, Director of the Center for Women and Work, Associate Dean, Department Chair, and Graduate Director. She received the prestigious Gorenstein Award in 2009. Under Professor Lee's leadership, the school implemented a Global Executive Human Resource master's degree program, created the Center for Human Resource Strategy, and initiated the James Chelius International Internship Program. She also was instrumental in hiring excellent scholars in both the Department of Human Resource Management and the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations. Professor Lee teaches employment law for SMLR and higher education law for the Graduate School of Education. She is an active scholar.

SMLR’s Deans

Barbara Lee (2000‐2006) 

John F. Burton  Jr. SMLR Dean (1994‐2000) IMLR Director (1991‐1994) 

SMLR’s Deans

John F. Burton Jr. is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Man-agement and Labor Relations (SMLR) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He is also Professor Emeritus, School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Professor Burton was director of the Rutgers University Institute of Man-agement and Labor Relations from 1991 to 1994 and led the process of transforming the Institute into a school. He served as Dean from 1994-2000. He was also Acting Dean of the Rutgers Business School in New Brunswick from 1993 to 1995. During his tenure as Dean, the Center for Women and Work was created, which has become an internationally recognized source of policy and research. He has an bachelor’s degree from Cornell and a law degree and doctoral degree in economics from the University of Michigan. He is a leading expert on workers' compensation and workplace safety and health.

IMLR’s Directors

Robert Klein (1970-1979)

Richard Wood

(1948-1970)

Norman Miller

(1947-1948)

James P. Begin is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Human Resource Management at SMLR, where he taught from 1969 through 1998. Dr. Begin, who holds a Ph.D. in Management from Purdue University.

Under Professor Begin's leadership, master's degrees in industrial relations and human resources and in labor studies were launched, as well as a Ph.D. program in industrial relations and human resources. He negotiated the transfer of labor studies faculty positions, programs, and related resources to the institute from the Graduate School of Education, Livingston College, and University College. He also transformed a unit that once focused primarily on applied research and continuing education into what today is the strongest collection of scholars in human resource management and labor studies/employment relations in the United States.

James Begin (1979‐1990) 

For more information about SMLR’s history and leaders, visit smlr.rutgers.edu/history 

Professor William Castellano is Associate Dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations Executive and Professional Education Program and Associate Professor of Strategic HR Management. He is the former Executive Director of the Center for Management Development and Director of the Center for HR Strategy and HRM Undergraduate Programs. His research, teaching, and consulting activities are focused on the effective management of contract human capital and strategic alliances, employee engagement, and aligning business and human resource strategies to enhance organizational effectiveness. Bill has over 30 years of experience working in corporate Fortune 50, entrepreneurial and research environments. He is the author of Practices for Engaging the 21st Century Workforce: Challenges of Talent Management in a Changing Workplace.

Dana Britton  Director, Center for Women and Work 

William Castellano Associate Dean, 

Executive and Professional Education 

Dana Britton is Director of the Center for Women and Work and Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. She is interested in the ways organizations reproduce gender inequalities at work, and she is the author or editor of four books and many articles on these topics. She is currently involved in a number of research projects, including a study funded by the National Science Foundation on gender and career advance-ment for university faculty, particularly in the STEM disciplines.

Our Speakers

Adrienne Eaton Chair, Department of Labor  

Studies and Employment Relations 

Professor Adrienne Eaton's work has been published in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Labor Studies Journal, Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations and several book chapters. Most recently, she is co-author along with Tom Kochan, Paul Adler and Robert McKersie of the book, Healing Together: The Kaiser Permanente Labor-Management Partnership and several research reports on the Kaiser Permanente Labor-Management Partnership.

She is a member of the editorial boards for Labor Studies Journal and the Journal of Workplace Rights. She is past Editor-in-Chief of the Labor and Employment Relations Association and a member of New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission. She is the immediate past President of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT, the union of faculty and graduate student employees at Rutgers.

Our Speakers

RUTGERS’  SCHOOL  OF  MANAGEMENT  AND  LABOR  RELATIONS  (SMLR)  WAS  ORIGINALLY  ESTABLISHED  BY  AN  ACT  OF  THE  NEW    JERSEY  LEGISLATURE   IN  1947  AS  THE  INSTITUTE  OF  MANAGEMENT  AND  LABOR  RELATIONS  ( IMLR) .    

LIKE   ITS  COUNTERPARTS  THAT  WERE  CREATED   IN  THE  OTHER  LARGE  INDUSTRIAL  STATES  AT  THE  SAME  TIME,  THE   INSTITUTE  WAS    CHARTERED  TO  PROMOTE  NEW  FORMS  OF  LABOR‐MANAGEMENT    COOPERATION  FOLLOWING  THE   INDUSTRIAL  UNREST  AT  THE  END  OF  WORLD  WAR   I I .    

IMLR  OFFICIALLY  BECAME  RUTGERS  SMLR  AT  THE  FLAGSHIP    CAMPUS  OF  RUTGERS,  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW   JERSEY   IN  NEW  BRUNSWICK/PISCATAWAY   IN  1994 .  THE  SCHOOL  HAS  BEEN  LED  BY  FOUR  DEANS  AND  ESTABLISHED  SEVERAL  CENTERS  AND  PROGRAMS  TO  ADVANCE  THE  FIELDS  OF  HUMAN  RESOURCES  AND  LABOR  AND    EMPLOYMENT  RELATIONS.    

IN  1993 ,  THE  CENTER  FOR    WOMEN  AND  WORK   (CWW)  WAS    FOUNDED,  AND  PROFESSOR  DOROTHY  SUE  COBBLE  BECAME  THE    CENTER’S  FOUNDING  DIRECTOR.  SHE  WAS  FOLLOWED  BY  PROFESSORS  BARBARA  LEE,  EILEEN  APPLEBAUM,  AND  DANA  BRITTON.  CWW  HAS  RECEIVED  NATIONAL  AND   INTERNATIONAL  RECOGNITION  FOR   ITS  WORK.  

DISCOVER  MORE  OF  RUTGERS  SCHOOL  OF  MANAGEMENT  AND  LABOR  RELATIONS’  HISTORY  AND  FUTURE  DEVELOPMENTS  AT  SMLR.RUTGERS.EDU/HISTORY    

Our History

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Sollers

Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations’  20th Anniversary Celebration was organized to celebrate the 20 years in which SMLR has operated as a school, to honor its history, and celebrate its future developments. The theme of this event is  

leadership. Special thanks to all of IMLR’s and SMLR’s leaders in education and industry as well as its alumni, students, faculty, staff, donors, sponsors, friends of SMLR,  and  Rutgers  Mason  Gross  School  

of the Arts’ talented musicians.   

For more information about this event, contact  Renée Walker at rwalker@smlr.rutgers.edu or  Meera Ananth at meera.ananth@rutgers.edu 

smlr.rutgers.edu Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 

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