The library’s annual Champions Dinner honors community members, politicians, volunteers, and organizations who have assisted the library in significant ways, advocated on behalf of the library, or moved the library’s mission further into the community in some capacity.
2026 Champions Rich Alderiso (DIGroup), Santorini Construction, Eric Nathanson (T&M Associates), Paramount Solutions
2022 Champions Jean McKinney, Sergeant Kimberly Leavy, Sylvia Jacobs and Eric Carney
2019 Champions Marvin Marshall, Stan Dzuiba, Alice Kessler, Shatika Wallace, Roberto Ferragina and Sue Sherrill
2013 Champions Dr. Mary Jane Celli, Victoria Cattelona, Al Peskoe, Ruchi Asthana, Shirley Goldenberg
2026 Champions
Santorini Construction
DIGroup Architecture
Paramount Facility Management Solutions
T&M Associates
City of Long Branch
2025 Champions
Past Champions and those involved in the renovation of the Main Library
2024 Champions
Saul Galindo
Kenya Gomes de Faria
Robert Goodman
Long Branch Public Library School District
2023 Champions
State and local champions of the New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act
Governor Phil Murphy
Congressman Frank Pallone
City of Long Branch Mayor and Council
NJLA Director (retired) Pat Tumulty
NJLA Past Chair Public Policy Committee Jeanne Marie Ryan
2022 Champions
Senator Cory Booker
Veronica Buffaloe-Stubbs
Peggy Cadigan
Sergeant Kimberly Leavy
Monmouth Medical Center, spotlighting: Eric Carney, Sylvia Jacobs & Jean McKinney