Basking Ridge's Mary Lou Panzano Elected to Morris Habitat Board

Morris Habitat for Humanity is pleased to announce the election of seasoned communications professional Mary Lou Panzano of Bayer to its board of directors.

“Our board is comprised of advocates and community leaders dedicated to guiding the mission of providing safe, decent and affordable housing for families in need in the Morris County area,” said Blair Schleicher Bravo, CEO of Morris Habitat for Humanity. “We are excited to utilize Mary Lou’s unique talents and expertise to furthering our mission.”

Panzano, a lifelong New Jerseyan who resides in Basking Ridge, is Vice President of U.S. Internal Communications at Bayer and is responsible for developing, leading and implementing countrywide, cross-business employee communications strategies. She provides strategic employee communications counsel for executives, ensuring consistency in messaging for more than 20,000 employees based in the U.S. and a $16 billion business portfolio, while furthering the company’s vision of health for all and hunger for none. Panzano works at Bayer’s U.S. headquarters in Whippany.

Panzano joined Bayer in October 2008 as head of internal communications for the company’s U.S. Pharmaceuticals business. Prior to that, she led retiree relations at Pfizer for two years and spent 22 years at Prudential, where she moved through various positions of increasing responsibility in management and communications.

A long-time supporter of organizations focused on helping provide food and shelter for the underserved and those in need, Panzano volunteers with a number of local charitable organizations and her church.

Continuing their service on the Morris Habitat Board of Directors for 2020 are: President, Kenneth R. Sauter, Hill Wallack, LLP Attorneys at Law; Vice President, David Farrell of MetLife (Retired); Treasurer, Richard Barrett of Quattran Associates; Secretary, Jasmine L. Lim, Community Partner; Immediate Past President, John Lester, Community Partner; Alan Archuleta of Archuleta Builders; Jim Christy of The Provident Bank; Aura Dunn, Community Partner; Peter H. Eliot of AB Global; Hank Tomlinson of Chevron Corporation (Retired); Michael Trueba, Jr. of

MPT Industries; Rev. Dr. Sidney Williams of Bethel Church of Morristown; Alan Albin of the Law Offices of Alan Albin.

ABOUT MORRIS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Morris Habitat for Humanity is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization committed to building homes, communities and hope. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Morris Habitat builds new homes and provides home repair services to income eligible families. Morris Habitat collaborates with other Habitat affiliates and related housing organizations to improve the affordable housing stock in the region, and over the last four years has more than doubled the number of homes built. Morris Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds and serves people in need of decent housing regardless of race

or religion. Since 1985, Morris Habitat has served over 550 households through home ownership opportunities, home preservation, and international home building programs. Proceeds from the ReStore, opened in 2007, have helped to fund construction while diverting over 9,300 tons of

useable material from local landfills. The ReStore store is located at 274 South Salem Street, Randolph. For more information, visit www.morrishabitat.org or call 973-891-1934.