Glenn Gillmore has been Mayor of Hamilton Township since 1999. He was characterized as a “national hero” in a New York Times article for his “quick response” to our Nation’s anthrax crisis in October of 2001. All four anthrax-laden letters were found to have passed through the Hamilton Township regional postal facility. He garnered worldwide attention for his leadership of a municipality in time of crisis. He was a guest on Good Morning America and was featured in a Time magazine article where he was described as “a man of action” – The Washington Post described him as “a high-energy suburban mayor.” Mayor Gilmore moderated the New Jersey League of Municipalities’ first seminar on Managing Your Municipality in Times of Crisis. As mayor of New Jersey’s eighth-largest municipality, Glen Gilmore is recognized for his leadership of one of the State’s most dynamic communities.

November 2, 2005: Robert Hillier, FAIA, President, The Hillier Group

Bob Hillier is head of one of the largest architectural firms in the United States, with 8 offices in the US and one overseas. His personal interest in economics and commercial enterprise has made him a leader in the design of corporate campuses. Bob has also developed over 150 residential units in the Princeton area.. He has addressed the Symposium twice previously, in 1985 and 1997.

December 7, 2005: Brian M. Hughes, Mercer County Executive

Brian is the son of the late Governor Richard Hughes. He will be reporting on the workings of the County government and will discuss other items concerning county affairs

January 4, 2006: John Harmon, President CEO of the Metropolitan Trenton African American Chamber of Commerce

A Native of Trenton, Harmon lives in Ewing with his wife, Lennice, and their three children. He received a business management degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and worked in the load production offices at Bowery Savings Bank and Chemical Bank in New City before launching a trucking business called Harmon Transfer. Harmon is a recently announced candidate for Mayor of Trenton.

February 1, 2006: Thomas Gates, Vice President, Arlington Capital

Tom Gates joined Arlington Capital in 1993. Arlington Capital is one of the top independent lenders in the area, having awarded more than $4 billion in real estate financing. Mr. Gates joined the firm as a private mortgage banker and becme a member of the Arlington Capital President's Club in 2000. Outside of business, Mr. Gates pursues his passion -- acting. Recently he and his daughter were in local productions of Fiddler on the Room, Damn Yankees and Annie. In addition to all this, believe it or not, Mr. Gates took time recently with his wife Tracey and a team from the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville to help those in serious need. The Gates are members of a volunteer team sent by the church to the Hurricane Katrine ravaged Gulfport/Biloxi, Mississippi area as part of a larger effort of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, a national organization. In his presentation, Gates will provide a first hand account of what the area is actually like today, what the actual needs are, and what it is like to be working side by side to help these people rebuild their lives.

April 5, 2006: Patrick L. (Pat) Ryan. Founding Chairman of the Board and Director, Hopewell Valley Community Bank.

Pat was formerly the Executive Vice President of the Ritchie & Page Distributing Company of Trenton. A graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School, the University of Virginia (UVA) and the UVA School of Law, he is a member of the New Jersey State and Virginia Bar Associations. Ryan holds numerous Board and Officer positions in a variety of state and local business, civic and charitable organizations. He is a former federal criminal investigator and retired major in the US Army Reserve, Military Police Corps.

May 3, 2006: Richard Bilotti, Publisher, The Times of Trenton

A resident of Pennington, Bilotti has served as president and publisher of The Times since 1984. Prior to taking the helm at the The Times he held the same positions at The Gloucester County Times in Woodbury, NJ from 1979-84. Bilotti got his start in journalism in 1958 as a copy boy and reporter for the Newark Star-Ledger. While serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, AK from 1966-68, he handled triple-duty as editor of the Yukon Sentinel, news anchor for KTVF-TV, and reporter for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. After receiving an honorable discharge from the armed forces, he returned to Newark for a four-year stint as a reporter for the The Evening News before taking a job in 1972 as night editor and feature writer with the Cleveland bureau of The Associated Press. Three years later he was named editor of The Sunday Plain Dealer Magazine in Cleveland, a position he held until 1979 when he was given the opportunity to run The Gloucester County Times. In addition to his extensive experience in the newspaper industry, Bilotti's professional and community involvement elevates his status as one of the most respected business leaders in the Delaware Valley. He is a current director and past president of the New Jersey Press Association, as well as a member of the Newspaper Association of America, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and the Society of Professional Journalists. In the community, he is involved with the Urban League of Metropolitan Trenton, the Mercer County Economic Development Council, the United Way of Greater Mercer County, and is a past president of the Mercer County Chamber of Commerce.

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