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No. 15 Vol. 7
www.themorristownnews.com
July 2017
Chamber Honors Local Women Who Shine
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By Jane Primerano orris County’s own Janice Huff, senior meteorologist with NBC News, was master of ceremonies of the Morris County Chamber of Commerce inaugural Women Who Shine luncheon. Huff was credited for bringing with her the first summerlike weather of the season to the event at the Park Savoy in East Hanover. The Denville resident said she is married to a Morristown native whose family has mostly
remained in the county and she has come to love the area. Honoree Morristown Medical Center President Trish O’Keefe went from bedside nurse to senior administrative positions with Atlantic Health System. She was honored for her professional and personal commitment to nursing and health care. In her introduction, Huff noted O’Keefe was previously chief nursing officer and during her tenure the hospital received awards for nursing excel-
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lence. She spearheaded a healthy aging program and is a frequent speaker on nursing topics, Huff said. Among O’Keefe’s previous honors were the UMDNJ Dean’s Award for Advancing the Professional of Nursing and the Organization of Nurse Executives/NJ Nurse Executive of the Year Award and Professional Recognition Award. She also received the Mary A. Mulholland Service Award from the Boy Scouts of America. She is a board member of the Morris County Chamber and the NJ Sharing Network. She participates on the McKesson National Clinical Advisory board and Seton Hall University President’s Advisory Board. She has served on the board of the ONE/NJ and was recently Advisory Board Chair for the Salvation Army of Morris County. She is a member of Sig-
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Trish O’Keefe Photos by Jane Primerano
ma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and is a certified nurse administrator, according to her biography in the program book. O’Keefe holds a bachelor’s in nursing from Wilkes College and a master’s in nursing administration and PhD from Seton Hall. “It does take a village,” she said in her acceptance speech, talking not just about raising children but about improving lives in general.
“It’s all about the team, she said, adding, “What gave me the energy to achieve was I kept thinking about resiliency. We can do it all if we support each other. We lift each other up when we have to.” Cathy Roy, director of education at the Mayo Performing Arts Center, is another Woman Who Shines. Starting as a performer and director, Roy worked at The North Carolina theater, Sacremento Music Theater, The North Shore Music Theater, The Chautauqua Institution and Theater by the Sea, Michigan Opera Theater, The Garden State Arts Center, New York University and more. She taught musical theatre and acting at NJPAC, NYU, West Point Academy and Bergen Community College. As founder of The John
Harms Center Performing Arts School in Englewood she served as director for years and took her students to provide entertainment for The American Cancer Society, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the United Nations, Ellis Island, Ronald McDonald House and more. She has been artist in residence at NJPAC and Arts Horizons. She studied musical theatre and arts education at NYU, according to her biography in the program book. Huff noted Roy brought the Miracle Project which helps unlock artistic potential for autistic children east from Los Angeles. Roy thanked her colleague at MPAC for helping to make all the educational programs happen for “the kids who need us most, the kids who don’t believe in themselves.”
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