Kevin is in charge of the State Chamber’s annual Walk to Washington and Congressional Dinner, the state’s premier political networking event. In March 2001, he planned a 900-person luncheon at the Brunswick Hilton in East Brunswick for President George W. Bush, and in October 2001 he organized a debate between New Jersey gubernatorial candidates James McGreevey and Bret Schundler. In 1998, he created the organization’s annual small business conference. He developed an award winning web site, www.njchamber.com, and has been the recipient of 10 communications awards from the American Chamber of Commerce Executives.

Kevin also serves as secretary/treasurer on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, a networking group for the state’s chamber executives, and is on the board of the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. In 2003, he joined the Advisory Board of the New Jersey Small Business Development Centers.

Prior to joining the State Chamber, Kevin was the special sections editor for Greater Media Newspapers, a weekly chain with nine newspapers. Previously, he was a staff reporter for Greater Media’s North and South Brunswick Sentinel and the Holmdel and Middletown Independent. In 1994, he won the Robert P. Kelly Award from the New Jersey Press Association, which honors the state’s first-year journalists.

In 1993, Kevin earned a B.A. degree from Rider University in journalism and public relations. While at Rider, he wrote a weekly column focusing on college life for the Times of Trenton. He is also an August 2000 graduate of the Institute for Organization Management, a five-year training program for chamber executives run by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Kevin currently resides in Franklin Park with his wife, Erin, and two children.