John Kean, Jr.

Mr. Kean was appointed to the Board of Trustees in June of 2012. He is currently President and a Member of the Board of Directors of BCN Telecom, Inc., a New Jersey-based competitive local exchange carrier. Prior to joining BCN, he served as Managing Director and Head of the energy group at Avondale Partners, a boutique investment bank based in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Kean's background includes serving in leadership positions as a senior executive in public, private and nonprofit entities working in both domestic and international markets. He also has extensive experience serving on a number of boards including public and private corporations, and nonprofit entities. He was a founding member of the Kean University Foundation where he served as a board member for close to 25 years. In addition to his long service at the Kean University Foundation, his dedication to education includes service on the boards of the TVRC Education Foundation and the Morristown Beard School, and as NJ State Chairman of the School Counts Campaign.