Robin Walton, vice president of Community and Government Affairs, was selected as one of the Forty Under 40 honorees for 2016 by NJBIZ.
Robin Walton, of Burlington, N.J., vice president of Community and Government Affairs at Thomas Edison State University, was named one of the NJBIZ Forty Under 40 honorees for 2016.
The award program, produced by NJBIZ, New Jersey’s premier business news publication, is sponsored by Stark & Stark and Brother International Corporation.
The Forty Under 40 awards program distinguishes New Jersey business men and women who have made significant contributions to their industry as well as their community. These accomplished young professionals share many characteristics of great businesspeople, including a commitment to growth, professional excellence and contributions to the community. To qualify, a nominee had to meet selection criteria that included working in New Jersey, possessing significant authority for decision making within a company or organization and being the age of 39 years old or younger.
The winners, who were chosen by an independent panel of judges, will be honored by NJBIZ and the program sponsors during an awards reception and ceremony on Monday, Sept. 26, at The Palace at Somerset Park in Somerset, N.J.
Currently, Walton serves on Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s Strategic Planning committee. She manages a S.M.A.R.T. Goals series as part of a ministry for young adults in the church she attends in Burlington County, N.J. Walton is a former trustee for the New Jersey Hospital Association. She is past chair for the Board of Trustees for Children’s Specialized Hospital and past trustees of Robert Wood Johnson Healthcare Corporation.
Walton has been appointed to her third term as a public university task force representative for the National Task Force for Higher Education Government Relations for several nationwide higher education associations and serves on the Community Advisory Board for the Trenton Health Team. She was appointed in 2005 by the New Jersey Senate to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and, in 2012, to the Governor’s Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Task Force. Walton is the former institutional representative to NJ ACE (New Jersey’s American Council on Education) Women’s Network for Thomas Edison State University and, in 2012, began a local chapter, Women’s Professional Network, at the University.
Walton also served on the Board of Trustees for Trenton Public Education Foundation for nine years. Walton is especially honored that she was elected chair of Children’s Specialized Hospital for two terms and selected to sit on the Policy Committee of Greater Mercer Public Health Partnership with the CEOs of several healthcare organizations located in Mercer County in 2013.
In her personal life, Walton is the president of the Pastor’s Aide Auxiliary at her church home, and secretary of the youth ministry, Kids are People Too (K.A.P.T.).
Toni M. Terry, BA