Business Briefs

Business Over Breakfast (BOB) - a group of local entrepreneurs and small business owners - will begin welcoming a broad base of new members in 2006. Prior to this, membership in the group was by invitation only. BOB meets every other Thursday, with the next meetings March 16 and 30 from 7:30-9 a.m. at Pierre's Restaurant, 582 Georges Road, South Brunswick. Breakfast is "pay for own." The first half of the meeting is breakfast and networking, followed by a presentation by a member or an executive sounding board discussion. There are no group dues, rather the membership requirement is regular attendance via a "four and four" rule: potential new members will become official after attending four meetings. If members miss four consecutive meetings consecutively, BOB will assume the member is no longer interested. For more information, call Mary at (732) 238-6316 or visit www.BOBnetworking.com.

Rutgers Labor Education Center, Ryders Lane and Clifton Avenue, New Brunswick, will host the 22nd annual job fair of the Central Jersey Job Developers Association March 16 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Job openings at the free fair will range from entry level to managerial and professional positions. A Spanish language translator and sign language interpreter will be available. Workshops will also be provided to assist in the job-search process. Job seekers need not preregister. Employers wishing to take part must register, and may do so by visiting www.cjjda.org. For information, call Dorna at (732) 745-5300, ext. 4201 or Anna at (732) 745-8219.

The American Heart Association (AHA), North Brunswick, has announced Gary Horan, president and CEO of Trinitas Health and Trinitas Hospital, Elizabeth, has been named county co-chair for Middlesex and Union counties for the 2006 AHA "Affair of the Heart Gala." The event, "The Face of Heart Disease and Stroke," will be April 8 at Westminster Hotel, Livingston. It honors excellence in research, health care, treatment and community involvement in cardiovascular diseases and stroke. For more information, call the AHA at (732) 821-2610.