J. Lynne Cannon, newly-appointed chair of the RWJ Board of Directors.

Sherise D. Ritter, new chairman for the RWJ Hamilton Foundation.

Phillip S. Miller Jr., Hamilton resident appointed chairman of the Lakeview Child Center Board of Trustees.

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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton named three prominent community members to Board leadership positions on July 7, 2011.

J. Lynne Cannon was appointed chair of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Board of Directors, becoming the first woman to hold the position.

A resident of Princeton, Cannon has been a member of the RWJ Hamilton Board of Directors for more than 16 years, having served most recently as vice chair for four years.

Currently president of the Princeton Management Development Institute, a firm serving biotechnology and pharmaceutical businesses, Cannon has more than 30 years of diverse corporate and consulting experience in areas such as global strategic business and human resources management, organizational development and restructuring, executive search and selection and leadership development.

Joining Cannon, Sherise D. Ritter, CPA, has been named chairman of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Foundation (RWJ Hamilton Foundation) Board of Directors, also the first woman to hold the position. The RWJ Hamilton Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that exists to raise funds in support of RWJ Hamilton and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Hamilton.

A resident of Upper Freehold Township, Ritter has been involved with RWJ Hamilton for the past five years, most recently serving as vice chairman of the Board. She is also a member of RWJ Hamilton’s Board of Directors.

A managing director of the Mercadien Group and a principal of Mercadien, P.C., CPAs, Ritter chairs the firm’s Nonprofit Services Group, has a broad base of tax, accounting and advisory experience, including expertise in the performance of audits, reviews, and compilations of nonprofit organizations, and other entities. She is also the chairman of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors and a member of the Growth Partnership of Central Jersey, an economic development corporation affiliated with the Chamber.

In addition, Phillip S. Miller Jr. has been appointed chairman of the Lakeview Child Center Board of Trustees.

A resident of Hamilton Township, Miller is currently Executive Director of Mercer County Improvement Authority. The Authority undertakes certain projects for the benefit of the residents of Mercer County. Miller is responsible for all programs and services that are available to assist the County, municipalities, school and fire districts, and not-for-profits in the areas of financing, project management, redevelopment, solid waste and recycling.

Lakeview Child Center is an autonomous affiliate of RWJ Hamilton that operates a network of seven childcare centers in Central New Jersey.