Lisa Gorab of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer in Woodbridge recently took over as chair of the public finance practice. She is assistant managing shareholder, and the first woman to serve as a permanent member of the management committee. She helped launch the firm’s women’s initiative and co-chairs the diversity committee. She has handled upward of 200 government bond matters, including recent fundings for Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and the Performing Arts Center in New Brunswick. She was on Gov. Phil Murphy’s transition team as well.

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