New Jersey NENA

Bob has been a member of NJNENA since it's inception in 1994. Bob moved through the Vice President offices culminating as President in 2001. Bob has been an Emergency Number Professional (ENP) since the certification was established in 1995 and served as Commercial Vice President from 2006 to 2010. He currently serves as a conference volunteer and advisor.

Bob began his career in Public Safety in 1968 as a member of the Lambertville Youth Rescue Squad. Through the years he was one of the first certified Emergency Medical Technicians and EMT Instructors in New Jersey, spent time as a police officer and is a Life Member of the Union Fire Company in Lambertville, NJ. He began his dispatching career working for the City of Lambertville part time in 1974. Bob worked his way through the ranks to become Director of Emergency Services for Hunterdon County. Bob was appointed to the New Jersey 9‑1‑1 Commission in 1994 and served until 2004 when he retired from Hunterdon County after 28 years of service. He is now a Senior Consultant with Essential Management Solutions.

Bob Gojanovich has over 37 years experience in telecommunications, including 19 years specializing in Public Safety communications. As part of his 31-year career with Verizon, Bob successfully managed the New Jersey Enhanced 9‑1‑1 Network, a statewide system serving over 300 Public Safety Answering Points, 30 telephone companies, seven wireless carriers and nine million people, from its inception in 1989 through 2003.

After retiring from Verizon, Bob spent 2½ years with the consulting firm iXP Corporation, where he led the team that developed the technical specifications for New York City’s next E9‑1‑1 network. This effort included responsibility for network-based call distribution, intelligent workstations and recording systems, plus one-of-a-kind interfaces to unique emergency reporting systems employed in the City. Bob also led iXP’s wireless 9‑1‑1 accuracy testing efforts.

Bob was NJ-NENA's first Commercial Vice President, serving from 1994 until 2006. He served as a Technical Advisor and conference volunteer to NJ-NENA until he was elected as the Private Sector VP in 2010. However shortly after the election Bob had to step down due to taking a position as Sales Director for TeleCommunications Systems. He will remain a volunteer and Technical Advisor.

Bob has been actively involved in the development of 9‑1‑1 technical standards at the national level since 1993. He was Chair of the Network Committee for the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) for 10 years and remains an advisor to NENA’s Technical Lead Team. He served on the NENA Strategic Wireline/Wireless Action Team (SWAT) and the ATIS Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (ESIF) from its original creation in 1996 (as the Wireless E9‑1‑1 Implementation Ad Hoc - WEIAD) until 2005.

In 2003 Bob won the 2003 William E. Stanton Award, which is bestowed upon an individual who not only excelled in his or her everyday job but who has gone above and beyond to further the goals of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). The Award, which debuted in 1999 at the NENA Annual Conference, is named for the first recipient and long-time executive director of NENA. The William E. Stanton Award is a Lifetime Achievement award and replaces the previous NENA 9‑1‑1 Service Awards.

Jeff has been a Dispatcher with the Cherry Hill Police Department for the last 8 years. He has been involved in emergency services for the last 20 years. He was also a volunteer firefighter/EMT with the Cherry Hill Fire Department. He is APCO trained and NCIC and CJIS certified.

Jim has worked for the Gloucester County Department of Emergency Response since 1991. For the past 10 years, Jim has been working as a Shift Supervisor. Along with being a certified NJ Hazmat Technician with Gloucester County, Jim is also a member of the Red Cross Disaster team, and has served as a volunteer Firefighter / EMT for the past 29 years. He is also an Army veteran.

Judy started in the field of Communications back in 1993 as a Class 2 Special for the Montvale Police Department. In 1995 she began working part time for the Tri-Boro Dispatch Center in Park Ridge. In 1997 she became a full time clerk/dispatcher for the Northvale Police Department. Since August of 2001, Judy has been a Senior Dispatcher and 911 Training Officer for the River Vale Police Department. Since obtaining her Emergency Medical Dispatch Instructor Certification in 2005, Judy has been instructing at the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute.

Bonnie has over 35 years of Pubic Safety Communications experience. After 18 years of service with the Plainfield Police Communications Department, where she served as Communications Manager and 9‑1‑1 Coordinator, Bonnie joined OETS in 1992. She is a charter member of NJ NENA and has been ENP certified since the inception of that program. She also serves on NENA's Operations Development Committee.

Bonnie is a chapter Past-President and has served on the executive board in the Vice-President positions, served as Treasurer and most recently as Chapter Secretary. Bonnie is an invaluable resource to NJ-NENA.

Audrey is currently employed as the Deputy Director at the Bucks County 9‑1‑1 Center in Pennsylvania. She has been involved with Emergency Communications since 1993, starting as a dispatcher and working her way up through various managerial roles. Not only is Audrey an ENP but she also serves as the Chapter President of APCO in Pennsylvania, she serves on the Joint Legislative Committee for PA APCO and NENA and is the TERT Coordinator for Pennsylvania. She is married to the NJ NENA Past President, Ray Kenny.

Audrey starting volunteering with the NJ NENA Conferences in 2007

Danny Medina's career in public safety began almost 20 years ago, when he first served as a volunteer firefighter and company secretary with the Avenel Fire Company No. 1 in Avenel, NJ. An opportunity arose in 1999 for Danny to work for the State of New Jersey as a Project Manager for Y2K contingency planning. He later was approached in 2000 with another opportunity to continue working for the State within the Office of Emergency Telecommunications Services (OETS). While there, he eventually became a Coordinator of Emergency Telecommunications Systems recertifying 9‑1‑1 emergency medical dispatchers and working closely with over 25 telephone carriers interconnected into the State-wide 9‑1‑1 system.

Danny has been a part of NJ NENA since 2001 and currently volunteers at the Applegarth Volunteer Engine Company No. 1 in Monroe Township, NJ, Middlesex County. He has held the position of President for the past four years and still remains an active firefighter in his community.

On December 28, 1973, Patti started as Dispatcher #9 with Camden County Police Communications. Today, she is currently employed in the telecommunications field with Cherry Hill Township where she has been for the last 21 years.  To date, Patti has spent the last 39 years in the telecommunications field.

As a trainer in one venue or another, Patti started with Multi-Media Standard First Aid in 1972. "What began as volunteering with the Pennsauken First Aid Squad has turned into a fabulous career! Wouldn't change a minute".

2009 was the first year Patti joined our Conference Committee as a volunteer.