Hackensack Meridian Health Board

Gordon N. Litwin, Esq., Chairman

Partner / Litwin and Provence, LLC

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, FACHE

Chief Executive Officer

Robert C. Garrett is the CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest health network with 17 hospitals, 500 patient care locations, 34,000 team members and 6,500 physicians. Under Mr. Garrett’s visionary leadership, the network opened the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, formed an historic partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and secured the network’s merger with New Jersey’s largest behavioral health provider to dramatically improve access and the quality of care for addiction treatment and mental illness in New Jersey and beyond.

Mr. Garrett’s leadership and strategic vision have garnered much professional praise. He was featured in The CEO Forum’s 10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare in America this year, on ROI Influencers: Power List 2019 and 2018 and was ranked #1 in the NJBIZ 2017 “Power 50 Health Care” list. He was also ranked on the 2017 “NJBIZPower 100: The most powerful people in New Jersey business” list for six consecutive years.