PSEG Services Corporation President Derek DiRisio Appointed Co-Chair of All Stars Project of New Jersey Board

NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The All Stars Project of New Jersey (ASP NJ), New Jersey's fastest growing leader in afterschool development, announced the appointment of Derek DiRisio, president of PSEG Services Corporation, to co-chairman of its New Jersey board.

Mr. DiRisio has been a member of the board since 2011 and has played the lead role in building PSEG's involvement with and participation in ASP NJ programs. For over a decade, dozens of PSEG employees have given their time and expertise to young people through the Development School for Youth (DSY) leadership training program, conducting business workshops and supervising summer internships at PSEG's Newark headquarters.

"Derek has a very special passion for partnering with youth who live in Newark and New Jersey's toughest neighborhoods and helping them to grow and develop," said Gloria Strickland, City Leader, ASP NJ.  "He inspires everyone – our young people, other PSEG volunteers and partners in the broader business community."

The PSEG Foundation is a leading funder of ASP NJ programs, including the Scott Flamm Center for Afterschool Development, ASP NJ's 9,000 square foot, state-of-the-art community center in downtown Newark.

"I'm very excited to have Derek serve as co-chair," added Christopher Street, director, ASP NJ.  "Derek has a deep understanding of the importance of afterschool development across Newark and the state of New Jersey and the impact caring people in the business community can make.  I am pleased to work with him to broaden our impact in the area."

Mr. DiRisio has been appointed to a three-year term as co-chairman. He and the PSEG Foundation will be honored for ten years of partnership at the ASP NJ annual benefit dinner in November.

Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE: PEG) is a publicly traded diversified energy company with annual revenues of $10 billion. Its operating subsidiaries are: PSEG Power, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and PSEG Long Island.

About the All Stars Project (ASP): ASP is a national thought leader and action leader in the emerging field of Afterschool Development, a new way of engaging poverty.  ASP transforms the lives of youth and poor communities through the developmental power of performance in partnership with caring adults.  It sponsors a wide range of programs that include hip-hop talent shows, training in theatre and the arts and programs that partner with the business community.  ASP is 100% privately funded.  For over three decades, tens of thousands of individual donors nationwide have given $90 million and millions of hours of personal time to share their lives, expertise, workplaces and even their homes with some of our nation's most disadvantaged young people.  ASP is headquartered in New York City on West 42nd Street and has established programs in six cities – New York City, Newark, N.J., Chicago, IL., the San Francisco Bay Area, CA., Dallas and Bridgeport, CT. 

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SOURCE Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)

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