[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 37 (Friday, March 7, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S3367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO MARY PAT ANGELINI, ALICE J. GUTTLER, THE HONORABLE SUSAN D. 
                     WIGENTON AND THERESA I. SEITZ

 Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, it is with great pride that I 
today pay special tribute to four incredible women from New Jersey. On 
March 13 the Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts will honor Mary Pat 
Angelini, Alice Guttler, Esq., Theresa Seitz, and Judge Susan Wigenton 
at its Annual Women of Distinction Dinner.
  Mary Pat Angelini is receiving the Community Service Award and is 
currently the Executive Director of Prevention First, which works to 
provide leadership and develop leaders to prevent substance abuse. She 
has been with the organization since 1992 and has helped to increase 
its annual budget from $125,000 to multi-million dollar status.
  Mary Pat Angelini has been involved with substance abuse prevention 
for many years. She is the immediate past president of the New Jersey 
Prevention Network and she was a member of the Leadership Council for 
the Community Anti Drug Coalitions of America.
  Since 2000 she has served on the Governor's Council on Alcoholism and 
Drug Abuse. Ms. Angelini coordinated 38 local coalitions to prevent 
substance abuse with the Monmouth County's Division of Alcohol and Drug 
Abuse Services. She also sits on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's 
New Jersey Health Initiative Advisory Committee.
  Alice J. Guttler, Esq., is receiving the Professionalism Excellence 
Award. She currently is corporate counsel with Centrastate Healthcare 
System. Centrastate runs a 241-bed acute care community hospital, a 
continuous care retirement community and a 120-bed skilled nursing 
home.
  Previously she was a New Jersey Deputy Attorney General in the 
Department of Law & Public Safety. She served as counsel to the 
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and conducted labor, 
employment, and commercial litigation.
  Judge Susan Wigenton is also receiving the Professionalism Excellence 
Award. Currently, Judge Wigenton serves as a United States Magistrate 
Judge in U.S. District Court. She previously served as a part-time 
United States Magistrate Judge. Prior to that, Judge Wigenton practiced 
in Middletown, NJ with the law firm of Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, 
P.C.
  Judge Wigenton has also served as a Public Defender in Asbury Park, 
New Jersey. She was Chair, Monmouth County District Ethics Committee. 
She currently serves as the Chair of the Civil Justice Reform Act 
Committee for the Federal Courts in the District of New Jersey.
  Theresa I. Seitz is also receiving the Community Service Award. Since 
1961 she has served on the Recreation Commission of Freehold, New 
Jersey and has directed Christmas plays for the Parent Teacher 
Association or St. Rose of Lima School.
  Since 1982 Ms. Seitz has been a member of the Board of Trustees for 
``180, Turning Lives Around.'' This organization offers services to all 
family members affected by domestic violence and sexual abuse. She 
currently runs 180's ``Puttin' on the Ritz Resale Boutique,'' which is 
a non-profit clothing shop that benefits the organization.
  I ask my colleagues to join me and the Monmouth Council of Girl 
Scouts in honoring Mary Pat Angelini, Alice J. Guttler, Esq., Theresa 
I. Seitz and Judge Susan Wigenton for their great service to the 
residents of New Jersey.
  (At the request of Mr. DASCHLE, the following statement was ordered 
to be printed in the Record.)

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