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Sid Brown
CEO
NFI Industries
NFI is a premier integrated supply chain solutions provider — a logistics leader in a state built around supply chain.
Anthony Calandra
CEO
Calandra Enterprises
Few companies in the state were impacted more by COVID than this multigenerational staple of the state’s business landscape.
Steve Callender
Regional president
Caesars Entertainment
As regional president for Caesars, he has big input and impact throughout Atlantic City.
Keith Campbell
Chair
Mannington Mills
Longtime family-owned Salem County-based business is one of world’s leading manufacturers of fine flooring.
Peter Cancro
Founder and CEO
Jersey Mike’s Subs
A New Jersey original, the sandwich shop is surviving and thriving — and expanding — during the pandemic.
Mark Clouse
CEO
Campbell Soup Co.
West Point grad is whipping Campbell’s into shape, recently saying company had doubled its e-commerce sales during pandemic.
Joseph Colalillo
Chairman and CEO
Wakefern Food Corp.
Heads the largest retailers’ cooperative group of supermarkets in the country — and continues to be one of state’s largest private employers.
Gary Dahms
Chairman and CEO
T&M Associates
Oversees one of state’s most prolific civil engineering firms while playing a big role in New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
Thomas Doll
CEO
Subaru of America
Company is one of the anchors of the new Camden — and makes really great cars, too.
Tami Erwin
Group CEO of business line
Verizon
In charge of providing business solutions for all companies, including those moving to hybrid and remote models.
Jim Fakult
President
Jersey Central Power & Light
Strong leader of JCP&L, a stellar corporate citizen, Fakult is in line to be the next chair of the state chamber.
Ken Frazier (#4)
Chairman & CEO
Merck
He’s announced his retirement at Merck, but he remains a huge presence in the state.
Fabian Garcia
President
Unilever North America
Helps drive Unilever’s mission of making sustainable living commonplace through purpose-driven brands, sustainable packaging development and an inclusive company culture.
Don Ghermezian
CEO
American Dream
Has there ever been a company/project more snakebit than American Dream? Ghermezian, and others, are keeping the faith.
Alex Gorsky (#5)
CEO
Johnson & Johnson
Its one-shot vaccine figures to be a game-changer for the state, country and world — which is what you would expect from J&J.
David Hardy
CEO
Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind
Years from now — if the offshore wind industry is even half of what some are predicting — Ørsted will be one of the 10 most important companies in the state.
Josh Harris; David Blitzer
Co-founders
Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment
We’re confident that the sports/entertainment industry will explode post-pandemic, but it’s been a tough road during it.
Mindy Holman
Chairman
Holman Enterprises
Heads one of the largest privately-owned vehicle dealerships in the country.
Ralph Izzo (#17)
Chair, CEO & president
Public Service Enterprise Group
His vision and mission around energy efficiency could have bigger impact on climate change than any other program.
Andy Jassy (#30)
CEO
Amazon
He doesn’t work out of New Jersey — but he’s the new head of the state’s largest private employer.
Joe Jingoli
CEO
Jingoli
His family-owned construction firm is connected to projects across the state — and that’s just one of the reasons he is influential.
Melonie Johnson
President & chief operating officer
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
She heads one of the jewels of Atlantic City; its success post-pandemic may represent that of the city.
Don Katz
Executive chairman
Audible
Hard to imagine the head of a company being a better corporate citizen than Katz, whose efforts in Newark are legendary.
Nadine Leslie
CEO
Suez North America
Leading the effort to make Suez a more prominent member of the New Jersey business community.
Charles Lowrey (#16)
CEO
Prudential Financial
His decisions will help reshape Prudential — one of the state’s most important businesses — for a generation to come.
Brian Neuwirth
President
Unex Manufacturing
Runs family-owned engineering and logistics firm and serves as the chair of the board for the New Jersey Business & Industry Association.
George Norcross (#9)
Executive chairman
Conner Strong & Buckelew
From business to charities to community building to politics, few have as big an impact on what happens anywhere — and no one has as big an impact as Norcross does in Camden.
Cheryl Norton
Chief operating officer
American Water
The head of New Jersey American Water was promoted to executive vice president and COO of parent American Water last week.
Brendan O’Grady
CEO North America
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Teva hasn’t been able to move into its new headquarters in Parsippany, but its role in pharma — especially generics — will be huge moving forward.
Scott O’Neil
CEO
Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment
Aside from running the biggest entertainment organization in the state, he has become Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration’s go-to person for how the sector can and will recover.
Kristin Peck
CEO
Zoetis
She’s one of the few female heads of a Fortune 500 company — and someone who is on the speed-dial of Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration.
Eric Poe
Chief operating officer
Cure Auto Insurance
His efforts to help pass legislation that would prohibit unfair insurance policies — and prices — for underserved communities had great impact.
Suuchi Ramesh
CEO
Suuchi Inc.
She is the type of entrepreneurial leader and corporate citizen the state needs to hold up as an example to the next generation.
Michael Renna
CEO
South Jersey Industries
He is making a push to make the company more relevant in more parts of the state, while doing his part to help revitalize Atlantic City.
Carlos Rodriguez
CEO
ADP
His commitment to diversity and inclusion — truly making sure ADP mirrors the state in which it is headquartered — should be held up as a model for others.
John Schreiber
CEO
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Head of the state’s top arts center will have big impact in how arts scene returns in Newark and throughout the state.
Gary Stockbridge
President
Atlantic City Electric
Longtime utilities executive also serves as a board member for the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce and the New Jersey Utilities Association.
Rick Taylor
CEO
Konica Minolta
Taylor is helping company in its transition to one that helps companies build workplaces of the future — wherever they may be.
Bob Unanue
CEO
Goya
Unanue has run into issues with Hispanic community and his board over his support of former President Donald Trump, but Goya’s bottom line has not been hurt.
Hans Vestberg (#22)
Chairman, CEO
Verizon
Has been a go-to source of information for Murphy regarding all things involving the digital divide in schools, Wi-Fi in cities and towns, and bandwidth needed for remote work.
Stephen Westhoven
CEO
New Jersey Resources
Company’s significant investment in solar and wind — green energy — has the governor’s attention.
Dennis Wilson
CEO
Delta Dental of New Jersey
Well-respected leader of Delta Dental serves on a number of boards and recently concluded chairmanship of Community Foundation.
