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ROI Influencers: Power List 2024 — Super 60

The ROI Influencers: Power List’s Super 60 aims to recognize the most
influential players in the business world.

Of course, in this state, you cannot separate business and politics. That’s why Gov. Phil
Murphy once again is ranked as the most influential person in New Jersey.

But don’t be confused: This isn’t a political list. We’ve limited the number of elected officials in an effort to give you more of the power players in the business world.

Looking for more? The links below will send you to our 15 additional sector categories, our way of honoring even more of the most influential people in the state.

ROI Influencers

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #1 Gov. Phil Murphy

Phil Murphy Governor (D) State of New Jersey You may not remember it, but there was a time when Gov. Phil Murphy wasn’t the undisputed No. 1 choice on the ROI Influencers: Power List. It was 2020 and the new governor still was struggling to...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #2 Tony Coscia; Kris Kolluri

Tony Coscia; Kris Kolluri Chairman; CEO Amtrak; Gateway Development Commission Out in front and behind the scenes — in New Jersey and in Washington, D.C. — Coscia had been pushing to get the Gateway Tunnel project funded for more than a decade. As chair...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #3 John Saraceno; Jonathan Schultz

John Saraceno; Jonathan Schultz Co-founders & managing principals Onyx Equities The purchase of 108-acre Merck site in Kenilworth (which has been renamed the NEST, for Northeast Science and Technology), the announcement that Kenvue, the billion-dollar spinoff of Johnson & Johnson, will take nearly 300,000...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #4 Chris Paladino

Chris Paladino President New Brunswick Development Corp. Being the master developer of the Helix site and the Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center in New Brunswick, both of which aim to be central players in translational research in life sciences, is monumental — but...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #5 George Norcross

George Norcross Numerous roles South Jersey His work as chair of the board of trustees at Cooper University Health Care, as executive chairman of insurance firm Conner Strong & Buckelew and supporter of all things Camden should be highlighted — they alone are worthy...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #6 Bob Garrett

Bob Garrett CEO Hackensack Meridian Health The opening last winter of the $714 million Helena Theurer Pavilion at Hackensack University Medical Center — the first-ever “smart’’ hospital of its kind — was huge. As is this: HMH has the top-ranked adult and children’s hospitals...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #7 Mark Manigan

Mark Manigan CEO RWJBarnabas Health Manigan, who assumed the top spot at the beginning of the year, is quickly putting his stamp on the organization with a number of key moves — none bigger than the effort to transform cancer care in the state....

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #8 Alberto Garofalo

Alberto Garofalo N.J. market president Bank of America Millions in grants to help provide basic needs (and spur educational and economic development) in underserved communities … millions to hunger relief organizations … mentoring and internship programs that lead to career paths. We could go...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #9 Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti

Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti Chief of staff & commissioner of Department of Transportation State of New Jersey The chief of staff to the governor always is high on power lists — few roles have as much impact and influence. The plan is for her to eventually...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #10 Tim Sullivan

Tim Sullivan CEO N.J. Economic Development Authority It’s easy to say you want to bring back an innovation economy (the governor has proven that for years). Actually implementing those hopes and dreams through complicated and incredibly important programs is the tougher task, one Sullivan...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #11 Kevin O’Toole

Kevin O’Toole Chairman Port Authority of N.Y. and N.J. The new Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport (and new parking deck) is worthy of placing O’Toole this high on the list. To think, that’s only one of numerous projects he’s overseeing. And only...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #12 Ralph LaRossa

Ralph LaRossa Chair & CEO Public Service Enterprise Group Highly respected longtime leader who ascended to the top spots in the company last fall has the perfect pedigree and personality to lead company during a transformative period for energy and energy infrastructure in the...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #13 Chris Porrino

Chris Porrino Partner Lowenstein Sandler He is the chair of the Litigation Department, but few titles on this list fail to convey his role and impact as much as that does. The former attorney general and chief counsel is perhaps the most sought-after attorney...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #14 Chris Eisgruber

Chris Eisgruber President Princeton University For a school with such an overwhelmingly impressive past, Eisgruber makes sure it is looking to the future. Whether it is increasing access for first-generation students or creating a sustainable campus that is a model for others, Princeton is...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #15 Thierry Klein; Peter Vetter

Thierry Klein; Peter Vetter President (solutions research); President (core research) Nokia Bell Labs Key leaders in decision for world-famous Nokia Bell Labs to stay in New Jersey, moving to the Helix in New Brunswick. Klein and Vetter key the research teams — and will...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #16 Kristin Peck

Kristin Peck CEO Zoetis Parsippany-based Zoetis, the largest global animal health company, is committed to nurturing the world and humankind by advancing care for animals. It also is a darling of Wall Street. After assuming the top spot at Zoetis in 2020, Peck has...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #17 Jim Fakult

Jim Fakult President Jersey Central Power & Light JCP&L was big winner of last fall’s transmission derby, as the Board of Public Utilities selected JCP&L’s plan from among 80 proposals submitted by 13 different transmission developers in the nation’s first coordinated offshore wind transmission...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #18 Kevin O’Dowd; Dr. Anthony Mazzarelli

Kevin O’Dowd; Dr. Anthony Mazzarelli Co-CEOs Cooper University Health Care Cooper’s soon-to-open three-story, 166,000-square-foot facility in Moorestown not only will bring more care options to suburban South Jersey, but its location — an anchor at the Moorestown Mall — should serve as a model...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #19 Ali Houshmand

Ali Houshmand President Rowan University Houshmand is one of the most forward-thinking and dynamic leaders in the state — not just in higher ed. It is why Rowan has skyrocketed in influence during his 10-year run as president. An engineering school at heart, Rowan...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #20 Greg Lalevee

Greg Lalevee Business manager IUOE Local 825 There’s not a significant infrastructure project in New Jersey that doesn’t have Lalevee’s members working on it. More than that, 825 has invested millions in training and equipment to ensure the heavy equipment operators remain top-of-class —...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #21 Ras Baraka; Jim Cahill; Steve Fulop

Ras Baraka; Jim Cahill; Steve Fulop Democratic mayors Newark; New Brunswick; Jersey City If the rise and fall of the state can be traced to the success of its three most important cities, these three have put New Jersey in an upward position. Baraka...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #22 Craig Coughlin; Nick Scutari

Craig Coughlin; Nick Scutari Assembly speaker (D-Woodbridge); State Senate president (D-Clark) N.J. Legislature Coughlin, now the longest-serving Assembly speaker as he enters his fourth term in the role, has emerged as a powerful force (see his efforts on the STAY New Jersey program). He...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #23 Cory Booker; Josh Gottheimer

Cory Booker; Josh Gottheimer D-N.J.; D-5th Dist. U.S. Senate; U.S. House of Representatives Booker, who spent a decade respectfully serving as the junior senator in the state, broke that mold when he called on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign. It’s unclear if the former...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #24 Matt Platkin; Tahesha Way

Matt Platkin; Tahesha Way Attorney general; Lieutenant governor State of New Jersey From issues involving gun ownership to parental notification to support for Israel (and security concerns associated with it), Platkin has been an active and aggressive attorney general. Way, who doesn’t get enough...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #25 Joaquin Duato

Joaquin Duato Chair & CEO Johnson & Johnson Leading the breakup of one of the world’s most important companies into two sensible pieces is a legacy moment for most — it’s a starting point for Duato. The J&J he now runs concentrates on pharmaceutical...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #26 Gary St. Hilaire

Gary St. Hilaire Chair & CEO Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.J. Being the state’s largest insurer means it is the one most impacted by the pandemic. St. Hillaire is guiding company through those issues while reorganizing its corporate structure as a nonprofit...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #27 Charles Lowrey

Charles Lowrey Chair & CEO Prudential Financial Few companies in the country do more for the city (and the state) they are located than Prudential does for Newark and N.J., annually investing multiple millions in programs that have huge impact, including numerous arts facilities...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #28 Don Katz

Don Katz Founder Audible; Newark Venture Partners His company remains the industry leader for audiobooks, but it’s his investments with Newark Venture Partners and his philanthropic efforts throughout the city that separate him from others. From an incredible effort to feed the hungry (and...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #29 Frank Bisignano

Frank Bisignano Chair & CEO Fiserv New Jersey is the center of the fintech universe, and Fiserv is a big reason why. The company not only has planted its flag at a state-of-the-art headquarters in Berkeley Heights — one where it aims to have...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #30 Joris Veldhoven

Joris Veldhoven CEO Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind His company is a major bellweather for the offshore wind industry in the state. Clearly, it is in need of some type of adjustment to its pre-pandemic deal (as is the case for all industry deals from...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #31 Amy Mansue

Amy Mansue CEO Inspira Health Mansue is building a winning culture at Inspira, transforming the delivery of health care in South Jersey and serving as a role model and mentor for the next generation. The system, which recently incorporated Salem Medical Center (rebranded as...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #32 Brian Gragnolati

Brian Gragnolati CEO Atlantic Health System Here are two of the many ways to praise Atlantic Health: It had two of the Top 4 hospitals in the state according to U.S. News & World Report (the only system to have two in the Top...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #33 Jonathan Holloway

Jonathan Holloway President Rutgers University Few leaders have faced as much turmoil and pushback. From the teachers’ strike to debate over his vision to combine the medical schools (and law school) under one leader, Holloway has been under fire. He’s good with that. And...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #34 Teik Lim

Teik Lim President New Jersey Institute of Technology State officials love to brag about our diversity and our high number of scientists. If that’s the case, they should be bragging about NJIT, too. The Newark-based school doesn’t get enough recognition for its emphasis on...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #35 Jonathan Koppell

Jonathan Koppell President Montclair State University Few on the list are as creative and visionary as Koppell, who has the school firmly embracing its role as a leader and servant to its community and the state. Look no farther than its institution-saving agreement with...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #36 Dennis Pullin

Dennis Pullin CEO Virtua Health Pullin recently was named a “Top Innovator for 2023” by Modern Healthcare for Virtua’s unique fleet of mobile health programs that bring vital services directly into communities with the greatest needs. Don’t worry, brick-and-mortar still matters, too. The new...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #37 Audrey Meyers

Audrey Meyers CEO Valley Health System As the Valley Hospital prepares to move next year into a state-of-the-art hospital that will be the centerpiece of a 40-acre campus in Paramus, it does so knowing its staff already is at the top of its game....

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #38 Warren Geller

Warren Geller CEO Englewood Health In more than a decade of leadership, he has transformed a local community hospital into a regional health system with one of the largest physician networks in the area (more than 160 locations in five North Jersey counties), major...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #39 Mike Maron

Mike Maron CEO Holy Name Headline writes itself: Small system has huge impact. Holy Name recently received $3.3 million federal grant to launch a new graduate medical education program — one that will train 90 doctors per year in clinical specialties including internal medicine,...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #40 Gary Cross

Gary Cross CEO Maher Terminals We often talk about the raising of the Bayonne Bridge (allowing massive ships to come in) and warehousing throughout the state (which allows New Jersey to be a leader in e-commerce distribution). Cross and Maher Terminals are the unheralded...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #41 Wasseem Boraie

Wasseem Boraie Vice president Boraie Development Company’s latest gem, 777 McCarter, is a jaw-dropping, 370-unit multifamily nestled perfectly between the Prudential Center and Gateway Newark. It already is serving as a game-changer in a key part of the city. And it is just the...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #42 Steve Pozycki

Steve Pozycki CEO SJP Properties It’s one of those years when you wonder: Was SJP involved in all of the big projects? M Station, a transformation office space in Morristown, opened in June. The new Valley Bank headquarters, also in Morristown, opened in October....

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #43 Jack Morris

Jack Morris CEO Edgewood Properties Morris is well known for his real estate empire, co-ownership of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City and his numerous philanthropic efforts (many of which remain private), including his noble support for the military. His greatest...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #44 Joe Jingoli

Joe Jingoli CEO Jingoli Fifth-generation family business, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2022, is a major player in numerous construction projects up and down the state, seemingly in every sector (industrial, power, health care, gaming, education and government). But it’s his commitment to...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #45 Gretchen Wilcox

Gretchen Wilcox President G.S Wilcox & Co. A true hall-of-famer, Wilcox has been the go-to person for financing real estate deals for decades, having financed approximately $6 billion worth of projects representing nearly 60 million square feet. At a time when money is tight...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #46 Ed Russo

Ed Russo CEO Russo Development Come here for news of his latest multifamily effort for his top-of-the-line Vermella project — whether it’s the 410 units coming to Orange or the leasing of 296 units in Newark. Stay for the news on the industrial front,...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #47 Ralph Zucker

Ralph Zucker President Inspired by Somerset Development Everyone knows the masterpiece that is Bell Works. And many know he recently was given approval to develop 155 ultraluxury residences that offer a beach club lifestyle plus retail stores in Asbury Park. Few can match Zucker...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #48 Adenah Bayoh

Adenah Bayoh Founder & CEO Adenah Bayoh & Cos. At what point can we stop describing Adenah Bayoh with the following terms and phrases: civil war survivor, immigrant, self-made entrepreneur, restaurateur and real estate developer, community leader or philanthropist? Perhaps those descriptions — all...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #49 John Schreiber

John Schreiber CEO N.J. Performing Arts Center Far more than just the leader of an arts center, Schreiber has become a big-time developer, too. There’s Lionsgate Newark Studios, a transformative property that will bring an untold number of investment (and jobs) to Newark. Then...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #50 Jose Cruz

Jose Cruz Senior managing director JLL How’s this for the most prolific broker in the state. Cruz and his all-star team closed the largest industrial deal (1.2 million square feet of light industrial space in East Hanover for $217.5 million). The group also closed...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #51 Jake Reynolds

Jake Reynolds President Prudential Center & N.J. Devils You can talk about how the Pru Center is one of the hottest buildings in the world — a now-favored venue for the VMAs as well as being one of the 10 highest revenue buildings in...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #52 Wes Mathews

Wes Mathews CEO Choose New Jersey The excellence of Choose New Jersey was on full display in October, when it led more than 60 delegates on a nine-day tour of East Asia, signing dozens of MOUs while building relationships that will pay off in...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #53 Tom Bracken

Tom Bracken CEO N.J. Chamber of Commerce While he and government affairs lead Mike Egenton keep the governor and the legislators up to date on the wants and needs of the business community, he wants to expand the group. He’s proposed creating an Economic...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #54 Mike Renna; Christina Renna

Mike Renna; Christina Renna CEO; CEO South Jersey Industries; Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey The ultimate South Jersey power couple. Mike is the highly regarded thought leader on all things energy at SJI, which just announced the creation of a huge renewable natural...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #55 Steve Westhoven

Steve Westhoven CEO New Jersey Resources New Jersey Resources was named one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek, one of only 156 companies to earn this distinction for five consecutive years for its excellence and accomplishments in corporate social responsibility. Company’s Clean Energy...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #56 Gary Dahms

Gary Dahms Chair & CEO T&M Associates How do you properly describe the impact T&M Associates has in New Jersey and the country, as the Middletown-based full-service engineering and environmental consulting firm employs more than 350 in eight states. You could talk about its...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #57 Luis De La Hoz; Carlos Medina

Luis De La Hoz; Carlos Medina Chairman; CEO Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of N.J. It’s easy to say they are the best tag-team of economic development leaders in the state, their work is that strong. But they don’t do it alone. The chamber’s...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #58 John Harmon

John Harmon Founder & CEO African American Chamber of Commerce of N.J. The current backlash against DEI programs? That’s not going to stop Harmon — or anyone else on his top-notch team. The group has spent a lifetime fighting for opportunity (not charity, just...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #59 Michele Siekerka

Michele Siekerka CEO N.J. Business & Industry Association The organization’s annual Women’s Business Leaders Forum has long been a can’t-miss event. The same goes for its Public Policy Forum — and its energy event is heading in that direction. Don’t misunderstand: BIA is about...

ROI Influencers Power List 2024: Super 60 — #60 George Helmy

George Helmy Chief external affairs and policy officer RWJBarnabas Health The last selection on our Top 60 list always comes with a twist — but, unlike the NFL, this is not a Mr. Irrelevant. Far from it. As the former chief of staff to...

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