President’s Message, Summer 2024

Welcome to the Summer edition of the WLIB Newsletter. I want to thank Linda Spiegel, our editor in chief, and everyone who contributes to the Newsletter. The contents of our Newsletter exemplify the diversity that each of us brings to this wonderful organization.

Congratulations and thank you thank Diane Lucianna, our outgoing President, for her dedication to WLIB. Diane is a force to be reckoned with! Diane single-handedly planned and executed so many events for WLIB. She grew our network through her own connections in the community and brought WLIB to the place it is today. Thank you, Diane. As your Vice President for two years, I learned so much from you and am grateful for your hard work.

I am proud and honored to be your new President. I look forward to the next two years working with our Executive Board members: Vice President Sheila O’Shea Criscione, Treasurer Helene Herbert, and Secretary Erica Fields, to make this organization even greater!

Our word is PROGRESS and WLIB is ON THE MOVE! We are growing and expanding and continuing to be a force in the Bergen County legal community.

We have lots of great programs planned for WLIB: Mentoring Seton Hall students, Breast Cancer Awareness Day, Pro Bono work with Northern New Jersey Legal Services, Past Presidents/Founders Dinner, networking cocktail party, trip to the Hermitage Museum, Take Your Kids to Work Day, and new CLE programs – in addition to our annual events such as our Law Clerk Luncheon, Holiday Party, JR Scholarship, and continued support of the Women’s Rights Information Center.

In addition to programming, we are updating from within. We are revamping our website to make it more user friendly and visually appealing. We are increasing our social media presence to market WLIB to new members and to show the world what WLIB has to offer. We are searching out new banking opportunities with our sponsors, such as Blue Foundry and Columbia Bank. We are developing a more robust advertising program to bring in revenue to the organization and highlight those companies who support us.

It is a GREAT time to be part of WLIB.

If you have an idea for programming or CLE, CALL ME!

ATTEND our Board Meetings and PARTICIPATE in our events.

WLIB is here for YOU!