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 Garrett launched his career at Hackensack University Medical Center in 1981 and served as president and CEO of the Hackensack University Health Network from November 2009 through July 2016. Mr. Garrett dramatically expanded the network through a series of acquisitions, partnerships and affiliations. In July 2016, the network merged with Meridian Health creating Hackensack Meridian Health. Under Mr. Garrett’s visionary leadership, the network has advanced treatment, innovation, research and medical education through bold strategies and strategic partnerships that are transforming care delivery in New Jersey and beyond.

Mr. Garrett recently led efforts for the network to merge with Carrier Clinic, New Jersey’s largest and most respected provider of mental health and addiction treatment. The merger will result in more coordinated and advanced treatment for behavioral health as well as new addiction treatment centers and the first behavioral health urgent care center in New Jersey. It represents one of the few partnerships in the U.S. between a multihospital network and a major behavioral health provider.

Mr. Garrett also brought Hackensack Meridian Health together with Seton Hall University to open New Jersey’s first private medical school in decades. The campus is also home to the Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI), which will attract leading researchers from around the globe who will advance our knowledge of regenerative medicine, cancer and infectious disease and multiple myeloma.

Mr. Garrett serves on the boards of the Bank of America Trust Advisory Board, Choose New Jersey, The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, Seton Hall University, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Greater New York Hospital Association, and the American Hospital Association’s Regional Policy Board.

Mr. Garrett is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and received his Master of Health Administration from Washington University in Saint Louis, MO, and his bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University in New York.