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Peter J. Cocoziello

Peter J. Cocoziello
Commissioner

Appointed: January 2002
Occupation: President and CEO
Advance Realty Group
Committees:

Foundation Committee, Italian American Heritage Commission

Professional Experience

Advance Realty Group, President and CEO (Founded in 1979)

Educational Background:

Bachelor of Science Degree, Business Administration, specialization in Finance, Penn State University

Senior Certificate, New York University, Mortgage Financing

Harvard University Presidents’ Program

Affiliations/Organizations:

Chairman, The Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting, Inc. ("NJN")

Board of Directors and Executive Committee, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce

Board of Visitors, Smeal College of Business - Penn State University

Board of Directors, Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House

Past Executive Committee Member, Somerset County Business Partnership

Board of Directors, The National Conference for Community and Justice

Past Member - Board of Governors, Delbarton School

Trustee, Abbey Woods at Delbarton

President, Advance Realty Foundation

Past Board member Emmanuel Cancer Foundation

Chairman, New Community Golf Classic

Italian American Affiliations:

Commissioner, Italian American Heritage Commission

Chairman, Italian American Heritage Foundation

Generational Ancestry:
Mother and father 1st generation
Regional Ancestry:
Salerno, Avelino, Umbria
Favorite Italian Personages:

Columbus, DaVinci, Galileo

Meaning of Italian Heritage: "Man who loses sense of his roots, loses sense of himself."
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