Board of Trustees

Mr. Litwin is an attorney and partner at Litwin & Provence, LLC, a general practice of law including public interest environmental litigation, urban redevelopment, and administrative law, including related to EPA and NJ DEP representation of municipalities, planning boards and boards of adjustment. Mr. Litwin is admitted to the Bars of the State of New Jersey, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. Outside affiliations include: trustee of the Scherman Foundation; trustee of the Mary Owen Borden Foundation; advisory board member for Community Foundation of NJ and Urban Coast Institute of Monmouth University.

Mr. Litwin has been involved in many community activities, having served as mayor of Little Silver, NJ, chairman of the Board of Brookdale Community College, and on numerous civic and governmental boards.

Mr. Litwin received his bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
A long-time resident of Little Silver, Monmouth County, Mr. Litwin and his wife, Anne Luzzatto, share five children and nine grandchildren.

Robert C. Garrett, a nationally-renowned healthcare leader and sought-after industry expert, is the CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health Network, the most comprehensive health network in New Jersey.

Mr. Garrett began his time with Hackensack University Medical Center in 1981 as a resident, and served as president and CEO of the Hackensack University Health Network from 2009 through 2016, at which time he assumed his position as co-CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health. In the face of health care reform, Mr. Garrett optimally positioned HackensackUHN and Hackensack University Medical Center for success through a series of acquisitions, mergers, partnerships and affiliations.

Mr. Garrett’s leadership and strategic vision has garnered much professional praise. He was ranked second on the NJBIZ 2016 “Power 50 Health Care” list. He was also ranked on the “NJBIZ Power 100: The most powerful people in New Jersey business” list for five consecutive years. He was selected as a member of The Wall Street Journal CEO Council, an invite-only council representing some of the most well-respected business leaders in America.

Mr. Garrett received his Master of Health Administration from Washington University in Saint Louis, and his bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University in New York. He and his wife, Laura, live in Morris Township, NJ, with their two sons, Jonathan and David.