Prior to his current role, he was responsible for the finance and leasing departments in the company’s commercial real estate portfolio which consisted primarily of office parks, multi-family residential, industrial property, data centers, shopping centers and hotels. In 2005, he played an instrumental role in the 1031 exchange program that shifted the balance of Hartz Mountain’s portfolio from suburban office to residential with an investment of $1 billion over four years.

Milano is a licensed New Jersey Mortgage Banker and a licensed New Jersey Real Estate Salesman. In 2013, the All Stars Project of New Jersey honored Milano for his commitment to Newark’s young people at its “Building Bridges, Creating Opportunities: A New Play for Newark” annual benefit dinner. In 2015, he was listed as No. 15 on NJ BIZ’s Real Estate Power List.

Milano received a Bachelor of Science in accounting from �ǿ����޴�ý College in 1981 and earned an MBA/Business Administration degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Mortgage Bankers Association. Milano is a board member of the All Stars Project of New Jersey, an afterschool development program located in Newark, N.J.

Bio as of May 2016

Her prolific career has spanned the entertainment world. She has been on the Broadway stage in productions of Hair, Timbuktu, Inacent Black, Les Misérables and Purlie, for which she earned a Tony Award. Her movie credits include roles in Cotton Comes to Harlem, Pigeons, Hair, Lost in the Stars, All Dogs Go to Heaven and The Fighting Temptations. In addition, she starred or appeared in many television programs including The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show, Ellis Island, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Love Boat, Flamingo Road, Melba, Falcon Crest, The American Women and Portrayals of Courage.

As a vocalist, Moore has recorded albums and has enjoyed great success musically with such chart-topping songs as “Love’s Comin’ At Ya,” “Living for Your Love” and “Read My Lips,” for which she received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal. She also received a Grammy nomination for her album, Peach Melba.

Moore was the first female pop artist to perform a non-operatic solo concert at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House. Her most recent single, “Love Is” was released in 2001. In 2015 she headlined “Forever Moore” at Feinstein’s 54/Below and returned again last January.

Moore was instrumental in having “Lift Every Voice and Sing” inducted into the U.S. Library of Congress as the official Black National Anthem. She has served as national membership chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women and has been active in the National Congress of Black Women through her involvement with C. Delores Tucker.

Moore is a 1970 graduate of �ǿ����޴�ý College with a BA in Music.

Bio as of May 2016

Kuykendall has more than 30 years of experience working with charitable and nonprofit organizations. She is former executive director of the National Alliance of Black School Educators, director of urban and minority relations for the National School Boards Association and director of marketing for RLA, Inc. She has served on the board of directors of Health Power, Inc., has served as chair of the Family Life Center Foundation of Washington, DC.  Her expertise has provided assistance to the Congressional National Youth Leadership Conference and to the Education Task Force of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change.  Appointed by a U.S. President to the National Advisory Council on Continuing Education, she served as chair for 2 years.

She was a member of the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chesapeake and the Maryland Mentoring Partnerships and is a lifetime member of the NAACP and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. In 1988, she was admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia.

Kuykendall earned a BA from Southern Illinois University and an MA in Sociology from �ǿ����޴�ý College. She holds a doctorate in educational administration from Clark Atlanta University, a JD from Georgetown University Law Center and an M. Div from the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia University. She is the recipient of over 350 Awards including the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Lewis and Clark College and the �ǿ����޴�ý University Distinguished Alumni Award of 2016.

As a labor lawyer, Genova has represented management before the National Labor Relations Board and the New Jersey Public Employment Commission in traditional labor and employment matters in both the private and public sectors. Genova has served four New Jersey Governors (Florio, McGreevey, Codey and Corzine) as the state’s labor negotiator with the unions, representing more than 50,000 public workers. He has participated as defense counsel in employment litigation, discrimination, whistle-blower and wrongful termination trials and appeals. His representation in election law has included appearances on behalf of candidates for public office for the offices of State Assembly, City Council, Mayor, County Executive, State Senate and United States Senate.

Genova is a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He served two terms as chair of the Section on Labor and Employment Law of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is the co-author of “In the Election of 2002: The Voters of New Jersey Were the Winners,” which appeared in the Seton Hall Legislative Journal in 2002. He frequently lectures on election law and election law financing matters and is a regular commentator on such matters on television and in the print media.

Genova graduated from �ǿ����޴�ý College in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He continued his education at Rutgers University School of Law where he earned a Juris Doctor in 1978. He has remained an active alumnus and is a current member of the �ǿ����޴�ý University Foundation Board of Trustees. He also is a recent recipient of �ǿ����޴�ý University’s Carpe Diem Award.

Allen and her husband have established the Craig and Arlene Crescenzi Allen Endowed Scholarship, which helps support �ǿ����޴�ý teacher education majors during their student teaching experience. The two also support three other annual scholarships to assist student teachers. Allen made the lead gift to establish the Dr. Russell Krauss Classroom in University Hall, which was dedicated in 2008, in memory of a beloved professor and mentor.

A dedicated supporter of �ǿ����޴�ý, Allen has served on the Alumni Association Board, and as a member of her 50th Anniversary Reunion Committee and the Annual Scholarship Dinner Committee. She was a participant in a panel discussion at the University entitled, “Teacher Education at �ǿ����޴�ý: A Proud Past, A Promising Future.”

Allen earned a BA in English from �ǿ����޴�ý College and an MA in humanities from Kean University. Allen and her husband regularly attend events at �ǿ����޴�ý, including the recent Kasser Theater 10th Anniversary celebration, the Annual Scholarship Dinner, and the opening celebrations for the new Feliciano School of Business building and the Center for Environmental and Life Sciences.

Bio as of May 2016

Miano and his wife support two scholarships at �ǿ����޴�ý. The first is the Miano Graduate Special Education Scholarship, which is awarded to a graduate student enrolled in a program leading to working with children who have pervasive development disorders. The second scholarship, the Miano Math/Science Scholarship, is awarded to a full-time undergraduate student majoring in chemistry and enrolled in a program qualifying them for New Jersey teacher certification.

Miano graduated in 1958 from �ǿ����޴�ý College with a science degree. He earned a PhD in chemistry from Cornell University. Miano was a member of the �ǿ����޴�ý University Foundation Board for many years. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Our House, Inc., a social service agency serving people with developmental disabilities, as well as that of the Eden Institute, an adult residence for developmentally disabled individuals.

Bio as of May 2016

Tavakoli founded EagleRock Capital Management, LLC, a private investment partnership, in 2002. Prior to that he managed substantial investment portfolios with Odyssey Partners and Highbridge Capital Management, also private investment partnerships. During his 25-year investment career, Tavakoli has made investments across numerous industries, including significant investments in financial services companies. Tavakoli began his professional career as an attorney with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy, where he primarily represented institutional clients in banking, litigation and corporate restructuring matters.

Tavakoli is a director of Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation, a Korea-based manufacturer of analogue and mixed-signal semiconductors. Until 2014, he served as chairman of the board of Peak Hotels & Resorts Group, a privately held company that owns and manages the Aman Group of Resorts. Until its sale to AT&T in 2013, Tavakoli was a director of Nextwave Wireless Inc., a wireless technology company.

Tavakoli is a Governance Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He is involved with a number of not-for-profit organizations, including Little Kids Rock, Stand and Deliver, the Princess Grace Foundation and the Challenged Athletes Foundation. He has previously served as a member on the board of the Montclair Art Museum and the Montclair Film Festival, which he co-founded.

Tavakoli graduated from �ǿ����޴�ý College in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He continued his education at Rutgers University School of Law where he earned a Juris Doctor in 1983. He has remained an active alumnus and is a former chair and current member of the �ǿ����޴�ý University Foundation Board of Trustees.

Bio as of May 2016