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The College of New Jersey Magazine
CLASS NOTES
Hutnick credits a chance encounter years ago for her ability to understand that any given
industry depends on people with skills in various fields. Growing up in a blue-collar family in
Woodbridge, New Jersey, she had few immediate examples of unconventional career paths.
But on a flight home from Walt Disney World when she was 12, she sat beside a man
designing the park's fireworks show on his laptop. "That was the first time I had ever been
exposed to a cool job," says Hutnick, who later became the first in her family to attend college.
The encounter stayed with her. Today, Hutnick encourages students to find what she calls
the "hybridization between their passions." For her, chemistry and cosmetics turned out to be
exactly the right formula.
— Michelle Rivera
HUTNICK
ENCOURAGES
STUDENTS TO FIND
WHAT SHE CALLS THE
"HYBRIDIZATION
BETWEEN THEIR
PASSIONS."
Alumni on board
Five alumni have been elected to the TCNJ Foundation's board of directors: Ryan Chiu '19,
Charles E. Garrity '94, Jillian Greene '18, James C. Hedden '72, and Brendan Scher '10.
Together, they bring experience in finance, entrepreneurship, public service, and corporate
leadership.
