Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • January 18, 2012 Area The Ramapo College Foundation has announced the recipients of its 30thAnnual Distinguished Citizens Award. The honorees, who were chosen for their commitment to their community, are Kristine Denning, a 1990 graduate of Ramapo College who is a partner in the Hackensack law firm of Harwood Lloyd; Richard A. De Silva, owner of Liberty Subaru, MV-1, and Liberty Hyundai, and member of the Ramapo College Foundation’s Board of Governors; Kevin Lobo, group president, orthopaedics, at Stryker Corporation; and Thomas Shara, president and CEO of Lakeland Bancorp and Lakeland Bank, Oak Ridge, and member of the foundation’s board of governors. Denning is a partner in Harwood Lloyd’s insurance litigation department, with a concentration in fraud investigation and resulting litigation. She received significant training and experience concerning bad faith litigation, declaratory judgment actions, and fraud ring activity and actions under the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act. Additionally, her practice includes insurance coverage and defense, representing insurance companies directly or insured persons at the request of their insurance carriers. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ramapo in 1990, graduating with honors, including cum Local residents to receive Distinguished Citizens Award Thomas Shara Richard A. De Silva Kevin Lobo Kristine Denning laude distinction. She received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1993. Denning was appointed to the Northern Region Advisory Council for New Jersey’s Youth Consultation Services. She resides in River Edge. De Silva is the driving force behind the inaugural Ramapo Rumble Motorcycle Rally to benefit the Ramapo College Foundation and sponsors the college’s Performing Arts Dinner Series. In 2010, De Silva was named chairman of the American International Automobile Dealers Association. He has been recognized with the Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award and the AIADA All Star Dealer Award. He has previously served as chairman of the New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers and the Subaru National Dealer Advisory Board. De Silva has participated in Capitol Hill press conferences, and has appeared on ABC, CNN, FOX, and MSNBC as an automobile industry professional. He and his wife, Wendy, live in Mahwah. Lobo recently joined Stryker after nearly a decade at Johnson & Johnson, where he held a number of senior level leadership roles. In his new role, he has responsibilities for the company’s reconstructive, trauma, craniomaxillofa- cial, joint preservation, extremities, and orthobiologics business units. Lobo is a graduate of McGill University and received an MBA from the University of Toronto. He resides in Wyckoff. Shara earned an MBA and as a bachelor’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Prior to joining Lakeland Bancorp, Shara served as president and chief lending officer of TD Banknorth’s Mid-Atlantic Division, which included New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Before TD Banknorth acquired Hudson United Bank, he served as executive vice president and senior loan officer of Hudson United Bancorp. He is also vice president of the board of trustees of the Boys and Girls Club of Paterson, assistant treasurer/secretary of the board of trustees of Chilton Memorial Hospital, a member of the board of directors of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, and a trustee of the New Jersey Banker’s Association. He and his family reside in Wyckoff. The annual awards presentation and dinner raises funds for student scholarships, faculty and student research (continued on page 16)