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PIANJ Elects LaPenna President

L-R: Immediate Past President Charles J. Caruso, CIC, CPIA, passes the ceremonial gavel to newly elected president Donald F. Lapenna, Jr., during the PIANJ annual business meeting Sunday morning
L-R: Immediate Past President Charles J. Caruso, CIC, CPIA, passes the ceremonial gavel to newly elected president Donald F. Lapenna, Jr., during the PIANJ annual business meeting Sunday morning

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—Donald F. LaPenna, Jr., of Cranford, N.J., president of Donald F. LaPenna Associates Inc., was elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey today at the association’s annual business meeting at Harrah’s in Atlantic City.

An active member of PIANJ, LaPenna has served as first vice president (2015-16), vice president (2013-15), and treasurer (2012-13). He is also vice president of the Government Affairs Committee and the Political Action subcommittee, and a member of the Executive/Budget & Finance Committee.

In his community, LaPenna served on the board of directors of the Central New Jersey Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and as a committee chair for the Center of Great Expectations. He is also a former director of the Union County Red Cross and a past head coach and treasurer of the Clark Pop Warner program.

PIANJ is a trade association representing professional, independent insurance agencies, brokerages and their employees throughout the state.