CONGRESSIONAL AWARD CEREMONY Recognizing initiative, service, and achievement in youth September 8, 2018 | Celgene Corporation | Summit, NJ

Congratulations to this year’s 92 Congressional Award Recipients! with special guest CONGRESSMAN LEONARD LANCE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (NJ-07) 2018 CEREMONY September 8, 2018

PROGRAM New Jersey Medalists at the 2017 state ceremony.

MASTER OF CEREMONIES CONGRESSIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER Katie Kyros Elected to Congress in 2008, Congressman Lance is currently News 12 New Jersey serving in his fifth term. Lance represents New Jersey’s 7th PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Congressional District, which includes parts of Essex, Morris, Somerset, Union, and Warren INVOCATION counties as well as all of Chaplain Gary Holden Hunterdon County. CEO, The Police Chaplain Program Prior to Congress, Lance served as a member of the New Jersey State Senate where he WELCOME FROM TITLE SPONSOR represented the 23rd Legislative Rich Bagger District. He held the position of Executive Vice President of Minority Leader from 2004-2008. Corporate Affairs & Market Access REP. LEONARD LANCE (NJ-07) Celgene Corporation In 2009, Lance was appointed to the House Financial Services Committee, where he worked on a wide range of issues relating to the financial services sector and the American economy.

KEYNOTE & AWARD PRESENTATION Congressman Lance is now a member of the House Energy and Commerce U.S. Representative Leonard Lance Committee, where he will play a greater role in protecting and expanding jobs New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District in New Jersey’s energy, life sciences, and telecommunication sectors.

Before his election to the State Senate Lance served in the New Jersey General STEM STARS PRESENTATION Assembly for 11 years (1991-2002), where he chaired the Budget Committee and U.S. Representative Leonard Lance led the fight against borrowing without voter approval. & Celgene Corporation Born and raised in Hunterdon County, Lance attended North Hunterdon Regional High School. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University, law degree from , and master’s degree from the Woodrow CLOSING REMARKS Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of .

He is married to Heidi A. Rohrbach and they have a son, Peter Frank, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. The Lances reside in Clinton Township. AWARDEES

Gabriella Alicea Vidhi Jain Richard Rivera Eunice Bae Julia Jeong Craig Scharmann Tanvi Bekal Sofia Kwon Heli Shah Nishay Bhatnagar Raelynne Miller Riya Shah Nora Faverzani Malvika Narayan Nicolette Traa James Foran Jeremy Nugent

GOLD Joshua Geldreich Alexis Oliver GOLD Zachary Gill Anthony Olivio Robert Greeley Sakshi Parikh Alexandra Hsueh Sasanka Pitta

Zachary Asselta Jacqueline Lee Shriya Vankadara Andre Biehl Jingyuan Lu Ciana Winkler Woo-Young Cho Saniya Nagali Niklas Wegmann Robert Cuff Ishika Patel Cory Gorczycki Krishant Putrevu Shane Jones Charis Shin Kunal Kanwar Amanda Slater

SILVER Nathanial Kim Katherine Sun Eashan Krishnamoorthy Ariel Tonne Alexandra Kukal John Trombetta

Nikhil Aggarwal Declan Davis Edward Kachinski Christopher Smallwood Ozlem Akilli Luke Davis Kaitlyn King Isabelle Stern Loulia Al Bitar Katie DiCarlo Daniel Laird Roger Sweet Samantha Ard Colin Evoy Mandy Lin Eliza Tagle Berenika Belenkiy Rebeca Fomich Tatiyanna Mingo Lindsey Wettstein Justin Billman Alyssa Grieco Le’Santha Naicker Amanda Witkowski Cydney Black Kendall Hageman Matthew Newman Avinash Yalamanchi Ashley Burkey Melissa Hicinbothem John Rinaldi Quincy Zawadsky

BRONZE Emily Carey Shannon Igo Elias Rios Edward Carrington Ananya Iyer Anesha Santhanam Nikhil Choudhary Anushka Iyer Kevin Sheppard Tiffany Cruz Hezekiah Jenkins Ilana Sheykhet

Through The Congressional Award, Congress challenges youth to take action in PROGRAM AREAS developing their community and their own future. VOLUNTARY PUBLIC SERVICE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICAL FITNESS EXPEDITION / EXPLORATION Sharing time and talents Pursuing new interests or Improving one’s Immersion in an unfamiliar for the benefit of others advancing in ongoing interests quality of life environment or culture

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ABOUT THE AWARD THE IMPACT IN NEW JERSEY The Congressional Award is the ’ New Jersey remains one of the most active states in only charity and the highest honor bestowed upon young The Congressional Award’s national portfolio, ranking Americans. The program is open to all young people within the top ten states in both the number of enrolled ages 13 1/2 to 23. Participants earn Bronze, Silver, and participants and number of awards earned. Gold Certificates and Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals. Each level involves setting goals in four program areas: The Garden State has produced 6,306 awardees all-time. Voluntary Public Service, Personal Development, Physical There are currently 3,335 participants pursuing the Fitness, and Expedition/Exploration. award. The 92 New Jersey Congressional Award Medalists being honored this year have contributed 25,770 hours of Learn more at www.congressionalaward.org. voluntary public service to their communities. THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSOR Celgene is proud to partner with The Congressional Award to support youth development in New Jersey.

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