{"id":7,"date":"2016-04-23T15:49:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T15:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-06-23T18:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T22:49:56","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce is an organization of businesses and professional people in Sussex County, New Jersey working together to further economic development, community improvement, and civic responsibility. We are a non-profit organization whose major concern and commitment is to further the interest of the business community in the greater Newton area.<br><br>The GNCC works to establish new businesses, relocate existing business in the community, and assist our valued members with their specific needs. We are the proud sponsor of many public events and pleased to have established educational scholarships that have had a direct impact on our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong style=\"color: revert; font-size: revert; font-family: inherit;\">Executive Director<\/strong><br><br>Tamrin Serpico <br>973-300-0433<br><a style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"mailto:info@greaternewtoncc.com\">office@greaternewtoncc.com<\/a><\/td><td><strong style=\"color: revert; font-size: revert; font-family: inherit;\">2025 Officers<\/strong><p>Erik Hall<span style=\"font-size: revert; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: initial;\">, President<\/span><\/p><br><p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: initial;\">Steve Lyons, Vice President<\/span><\/p><br><p>Monica McGee, Treasurer<\/p><br><p>Lucia Cochran, Secretary<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Board of Directors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Term Expires in 202<\/strong>6<\/td><td><strong>Term Expires in 2024<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Term Expires in 2025<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Evin Joice, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/oreillysnewton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s Pub and Grill<\/a><br><br>Erik Hall, <br><a href=\"http:\/\/oreillysnewton.com\">O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s Pub and Gril<\/a>l<br><br>Stan Kula, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sussex.edu\/foundation\" target=\"_blank\">Sussex County Community College Foundation<\/a><br><br><br>Michelle Teets, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/newtontownhall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Town of Newton<\/a><br><br>Lucia Cochran,<a href=\"https:\/\/budcitynj.com\/\"> Bud City NJ<\/a><br><br>Anthony Davis, <a href=\"https:\/\/daviscookieco.com\/\"> Davis Cookies<\/a><\/td><td>Monica McGee, <a href=\"http:\/\/Provident Bank\">Provident Bank<\/a><br><br>Sandra Diglio,<br>Councilwoman, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/newtontownhall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Town of Newton<\/a><br><br>Trish Artrip, <a href=\"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/business-directory\/planet-networks-inc\/\" data-type=\"wpbdp_listing\" data-id=\"1062\">Planet Networks, Inc.<\/a><\/td><td>Mel Dennison,<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balanceaccounting1.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Balance Accounting &amp; Financial Services LLC<\/a><br><br>Steve Lyons, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.raymondjames.com\/firsthopewealthmanagement\/\" target=\"_blank\">First Hope Wealth Management<br><\/a><br>Tracy Villaverde, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thorlabs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thorlabs<\/a><br><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The individual currently serving as the Director of Community Development for the Town of Newton (currently, Kimberly Williams) is automatically a member of the Board of Directors.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alternate Board Member: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By-laws<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The GNCC by-laws were last updated in June 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/greaternewtoncc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GREATER-NEWTON-CHAMBER-OF-COMMERCE-BY-LAWS-2022_pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See the current by-laws here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce is an organization of businesses and professional people in Sussex County, New Jersey working together to further economic development, community improvement, and civic responsibility. 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