Leadership Alumni Achievement Awards

The Leadership Alumni Achievement Awards are given annually, usually in April, to alumni who have been deemed by the Council to have fulfilled the vision of Leadership Morris in providing exemplary community service and leadership as well as demonstrating outstanding professional career achievement.

​While our annual awards breakfast is on hold until we can officially recognize our winners for their outstanding achievements, let’s take a look at this year’s achievement award recipients: Karen Jean Feury and Terry Crummett.

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Karen Jean Feury, RN APN, Injury Prevention Coordinator

​Karen Jean Feury is the Injury Prevention Coordinator for the Surgical Critical Care, Trauma & Injury Prevention Service of Morristown Memorial Hospital. KJ received a diploma in nursing at St. Vincent’s Hospital School of Nursing in New York. She continued her education and obtained her Bachelor of Nursing Degree from the College of Staten Island, a Master of Science Degree from the New School for Social Research, and Master’s in Science from Rutgers University College of Nursing  as a the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.

Throughout her nursing career, KJ has held various staff, administration, and clinical positions.  As the Injury Prevention Coordinator has enabled her to take a leadership role in developing Morristown Medical Center as a Regional Trauma Center committed to injury prevention.  

The establishment of Northern New Jersey Safe Kids / Safe Communities has been one of the projects of which KJ has been most proud. The programming began in 1998 and has continued as a community-based Injury Prevention Coalition. The foundation of this program is the Child Passenger Safety Program which now houses 5 Car Seat Inspection Stations and assists nearly 3000 families each year in the installation of car seats. 

Northern NJ does not only encourage safety for children, but covers teens, adults, and our senior populations with injury prevention programs at Home, on the Road and At Play. KJ has also a coach for the Denville Dawgs Youth Rugby Program and Coordinator for Morris Rugby and is the current President of Rugby New Jersey. 

​KJ lives in Denville with her husband Tom. She has raised 3 children. Blaze who lives in Colorado with his wife Colleen, Jake who lives with his partner Melissa Clelland in Ringwood and Tess who is a Pediatric ICU Nurse at Goryeb Children’s Hospital. 

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Terry Crummett, Retired Colonel, USAF, and Retired Project Manager, Chugach Industries

​Upon high school graduation, Terry enlisted in the U. S. Air Force as an avionics electronics technician and served 38 years of continuous active duty.  In 1979 he earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at University of Florida, Gainesville and then attended Officers Training School.  

In 1988 Terry earned a Master of Science Degree in Business Administration from Boston University, Boston.  During his career he served at various bases in the United States and abroad, managing all facets of base operations and engineering support.  His final assignment was as Commander of the 36th Mission Support Group, 36th Air Base Wing, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.  The group provided essential mission support to the largest air base in the pacific, including more than 9,000 active and retired military, civilian and dependent personnel.  The group maintained an infrastructure of engineering, communications, and information, contracting, logistics readiness, mission support (personnel), security forces and community services. 

When Terry retired from the Air Force, he joined Chugach Industries as a project manager for support of infrastructure services at Picatinny Arsenal.  Capitalizing on his years of experience in Air Force Leadership, he developed a team that was consistently recognized for contributions to supporting the mission at Picatinny. He encouraged a variety of activities to support the community including food drives, renovation of Camp Marcella, New Jersey Camp for Blind Children, support of Army Morale activities and maintenance of the NJ Fallen Service Member Memorial. He was a valuable mentor to other emerging leaders. 

As a private pilot, Terry is passionate about flying for Angel Flight.  He has flown over 600 Angel Flight Missions for Angel Flight Northeast.  Angel flight pilots provide free compassion flights for children and adults who need specialized medical care.