[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              IN RECOGNITION OF JEFFREY AND SUZANNE CITRON

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 13, 2010

  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Jeffrey and 
Suzanne Citron for their immeasurable contributions to their 
communities, and the subsequent honor they have received from the 
American Cancer Society (ACS) in appreciation of their efforts. The 
Citrons are valuable members of my district and assets to their 
communities. I would like to congratulate them on being the honored 
individuals at ACS's Annual Golf Classic 2010.
  Jeffrey and Suzanne Citron are married, have two children, Kyra and 
Noah, and are both extremely successful business leaders and 
philanthropists. Mr. Citron has always been a visionary entrepreneur, 
even right out of high school, beginning on Wall Street at the age of 
17. He revolutionized financial services in the '90s when he founded 
the computerized trading system known as Island ECN, allowing traders 
to cut out the middleman in the stock market. He was the CEO for Datek 
Online Holdings until 1999, and then became the CEO and founder of the 
VoIP company, Vonage. Founded in Edison, New Jersey, and now located in 
Holmdel, Vonage is a publicly traded company on the NYSE as of 2007. 
Mr. Citron has now retired from Vonage and enjoys spending time with 
his family.
  His wife, Suzanne, is also a vigorous philanthropist. Mrs. Citron 
herself has been a former member of the ACS' Peer Review Committee for 
Institutional Research Grants, and has also been on the society's 
Jersey Shore Region Board of Advisors. Together, the Citrons have 
founded the Charles Laffite Foundation in 1999, which is dedicated to 
education, medical research, children, and the arts. Their commitment 
to their communities and the betterment of it, as well as their 
entrepreneurial business intellect, is a credit to the state of New 
Jersey and the nation as a whole.
  Madam Speaker, I would once more like to thank Jeffrey and Suzanne 
Citron for their immeasurable contributions to my district and their 
communities and to again congratulate them for the honors they have 
received from the American Cancer Society in this year's Annual Golf 
Classic.

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