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The Ann Klein Advocate Awards Dinner has been held each year since 1988 to honor Ann Klein, former Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services, who was instrumental in establishing a community-based system of care for people with mental and physical disabilities. Past honorees have included legislators, scientists, advocates, corporate leaders, reporters, and entertainers. Past Masters of Ceremonies have included Governor Brendan Byrne, actress Olympia Dukakis, and former Attorney General Robert Del Tufo. Proceeds from the event are used each
year to support student interns in law, social work, and public policy, and for the general support of CHLP services and programs.
22nd Anniversary Ann Klein Advocate Awards
October 22, 2009
This year’s Ann Klein Advocate Awards event was held at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in West Orange. Four individuals were honored:
Bruce A. Bird, Ph.D., Immediate Past President, The ARC of New Jersey;
William A.B. Ditto, Director, New Jersey Division of Disability Services;
Carmela Lunt, Founder and President, Community Hope, Inc., one of New Jersey’s largest residential recovery programs for individuals in recovery from mental illness; and
Mary Lynne Reynolds, MPA, Executive Director, Mental Health Association in Southwestern New Jersey.
We thank this year’s sponsors: Verizon; Pfizer; Columbia Bank; McCarter & English, LLP; Gibbons P.C.; Mutual of America; TD Bank; and Trenk, DiPasquale, Webster, Della Fera & Sodono, P.C.
SAVE THE DATE
The 23rd Annual Ann Klein Advocate Awards
will take place on October 21, 2010
at the Wilshire Grand in West Orange
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