#118 10/03/08
BUSINESS LEADER
Freeholder Director Joseph H. Vicari presents Emil Kaunitz, president of Speciality Systems, Toms
River with a citation marking the system and software development firm's 's 30th anniversary. Vicari
said, noting the recognition was as much for Kaunitz's leadership and contributions to the community
as it was to mark the anniversary, "Emil understands the value of 'giving back.' He serves on the
Ocean County's Workforce Investment Board, and is chairman of the Ocean County College Trustee Search
Committee, a board member of the Jersey Shore Boy Scouts of America and a past director of the Toms
River-Ocean County Chamber of Commerce." Kaunitz, who was a volunteer panelist on the recent program
Vicari sponsored, "Doing Business with the Military," was on the Save Lakehurst Base Committee which
was largely responsible for saving Naval Air Warfare Center at Lakehurst from closure in 1995. He has
been chairperson of the Friends of Navy Lakehurst since 1995, has served as the Lakehurst representative
on the Governor’s Commission to Support and Enhance New Jersey’s Military and Coast Guard Installations
and is on the Governor’s Council on Armed Forces and Veterans’ Affairs.
