Regina Egea

B.A. degree, Montclair State University; M.B.A. degree in marketing, Fordham University
Regina M. Egea is president of the Garden State Initiative (GSI), an independent research and educational organization dedicated to promoting new investment, innovation and economic growth in New Jersey. She brings diverse private and public sector leadership experience to the organization’s mission.

Egea served as Governor Chris Christie’s chief of staff from 2015 to 2016. She joined the Christie Administration in 2010, first as the State Treasurer’s chief of staff, where she was instrumental in pension reforms enacted in 2011, and then was brought into the Governor’s Office as director of the authorities Unit in 2012.

Prior to entering public service, Regina enjoyed a 30-year career at AT&T, holding leadership positions with expanding responsibility in product management, network operations, human resources, and sales & marketing. In her final year, as senior vice president in global business marketing, she led a globally diverse workforce supporting AT&T’s business sales force to deliver on revenue goals and numerous new product introductions.

While working at AT&T, Regina was involved in her community, being elected to her hometown’s School Board of Education (2003-2007) and then to the Township Committee (2008-2012), serving as deputy mayor in 2010.

v earned an M.B.A. in marketing from Fordham University and a B.A. from Montclair State University. Regina previously completed the International Executive Program at the International Institute for Management in Lausanne, Switzerland and more recently completed Harvard University’s Women on Boards program in 2018.

She and her husband, Emilio, have two grown children.