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The Monmouth Conservation Foundation Elects New President
The Board of Trustees of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF) at its Annual Meeting on April 17, 2011, elected William J. Marraccini to serve as president for a one year term beginning May 1, 2011. He succeeds Howard P. Aronson who served as president since the death of Judith Stanley Coleman in August 2010. MCF, founded in 1977 by Mrs. Coleman, is a private non-profit organization committed to preserving Monmouth County’s open space and farmland. |
Mr. Marraccini has been a MCF Trustee since 2004 and served as co-chair of MCF’s successful Capital Campaign in 2005. The campaign raised over $3 million dollars and secured additional matching gifts and grants totaling $4 million dollars to help MCF preserve land. He is also a member of MCF’s Acquisition Committee and recently co-chaired MCF’s Strategic Planning effort.
Mr. Marraccini is the founder and managing partner of Sweetwater Capital, a middle market telecom venture capital firm. He has over twenty five years of experience in the telecommunication and the wireless industry and was the founder, principal owner and long-time CEO of AAT Communications, the largest privately-owned communications tower operator in the U.S. Active in his community, he serves on the Boards of the Count Basie Theater and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. He resides at Dog Wood Hills Farm in the Locust section of Middletown with his wife Vikki and his three daughters Christina, Kate, and Marie, all avid equestrians who value and enjoy the beauty of Monmouth County’s open spaces. |