In This Issue

KZG Hosts 5th Annual Beer and Wine Reception in Washington, D.C.

Meet the New Lawmaker: Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro (D-3)

KZG "Goes Red"

to Support Awareness for Heart Disease

Kaufman Zita Group was pleased to donate funds and participate

in the American Heart Association's National "Wear Red" Day to help raise awareness for

heart disease.

February is American Heart Month: Visit the American Heart Association to learn about the risks of heart disease or join the nationwide movement.

Kaufman Zita Group to Host 5th Annual Beer and Wine Reception

At the N.J. Chamber of Commerce "Walk to Washington" Trip in Washington, D.C.

The Kaufman Zita Group is excited to host its 5th Annual Beer and Wine Reception in Washington, D.C., during the Annual New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Walk to Washington on Thursday, February 19th. The Reception will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., and will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Maryland Rooms A and B near the hotel lobby.

This year's event will once again promote New Jersey's craft brewing industry, featuring beers of the Garden State Craft Brewers Guild, a KZG client. Comprised of microbreweries and brewpubs in New Jersey, the Brewers Guild strives to promote innovation in the state's craft brewing industry and expand New Jersey's reputation as a home to quality craft beers.

The Kaufman Zita Group would like to extend its thanks to our clients for their support and sponsorship of this event, including Bayer HealthCare, The Mercadien Group, T-Mobile US Inc., Fidelity Investments, the Garden State Craft Brewers Guild, the N.J. Society of Optometric Physicians, and others.

Please join us for a night of beer, wine, food and distinguished company in our nation's capital. We hope to see you there!

KZG Welcomes Anthony "Skip" Cimino

We are pleased to announce that Anthony "Skip" Cimino has joined Kaufman Zita Group. As Senior Executive Vice President, Cimino will put his many years of high-profile, diverse public and private sector experience to work in providing counsel in the areas of health care, real estate development and overall public policy issues.

Anthony "Skip" Cimino, Senior Executive Vice President

Cimino recently retired as President/Chief Executive Officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Healthcare Corporation at Hamilton, a position he held for five years. Prior to joining RWJ/Hamilton, he was President and a Director at CMX, a national professional design firm that was the successor firm to Schoor DePalma.

Cimino also served as Commissioner of Personnel during the Florio Administration, and served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 14th district.

He was a Mercer County freeholder for six years, where he served as board president, and a member of the Hamilton Township Board of Education, where he served two terms as president.

"We have known Skip for many years and he is a highly respected individual throughout the State of New Jersey," said KZG Principals Adam Kaufman and Trish Zita. "We believe his vast experience in managing and directing complex matters will be helpful to our clients, and we welcome him to the KZG team."

Read more about this story in the Times of Trenton or in PolitickerNJ. You can also visit our website to learn more about Skip's background, experience and new role within the KZG team.

Meet the New Lawmaker:

Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro (D-3)

From the Cumberland County Clerk's office to the steps of Capitol Hill, five state lawmakers left their seats under the dome last fall to embark on new chapters in their political careers. With these departures from the State House, new lawmakers have stepped in to fill these vacant seats ... and begin new chapters of their own.

Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro (D-3)

Over the next few months, we will be introducing you to the newest members of the State Legislature in our "Meet the New Lawmaker" article series.

The first lawmaker to be featured in our series, Adam Taliaferro (D-3), was sworn in to the New Jersey General Assembly on January 29th. He fills the 3rd district seat left vacant by former Assemblywoman Celeste Riley, who assumed her new role as Cumberland County Clerk on January 1st.

Born January 1, 1982, Adam Taliaferro grew up in Voorhees, New Jersey. In 2000, he gained national recognition for his inspiring recovery from a paralyzing spinal cord injury sustained while playing on the Penn State football team. He went on to found the Adam Taliaferro Foundation, which provides emotional, financial and educational support to student-athletes who suffer catastrophic head or spinal injuries.

Adam Taliaferro graduated from Penn State in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Labor and Industrial Relations, and earned his law degree from the Rutgers School of Law - Camden in 2008. After working for five years as a lawyer in Duane Morris's Cherry Hill office, Taliaferro joined pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he currently works as a policy analyst.

A resident of Woolwich Township, Taliaferro was elected to serve on the

Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 2011.

He won his second, three-year term as Gloucester County freeholder last November and was sworn in to office on January 2nd. Two weeks later, he was tapped by the Democratic leadership of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland counties to fill the open 3rd district seat.

Assemblyman Taliaferro joins Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-3) and Asm. John Burzichelli (D-3) in representing the 3rd legislative district, which covers parts of Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.

For more information about Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro, please visit his legislative Web page.