2022

Eric Orlando Executive vice president Kaufman Zita Group While he has been providing legislative and public affairs counsel to a variety of clients for more than a decade, he is also the first executive director of the...

Dr. Robert Hariri Chairman & CEO Celularity Under his leadership, he had transitioned Celularity to a public company and positioned it to lead the next evolution of cellular therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, infectious and degenerative...

Wesley Mathews CEO & president Choose N.J. Taking over from Jose Lozano this past February, Mathews thinks Choose is ready for its next leap, wherever that may be. One thing for sure is, being able to impact...

Mindy Lissner Vice chairman Cushman & Wakefield Lissner came to Cushman & Wakefield from CBRE, and she will no doubt continue to excel in her strengths of acquiring industrial property for Fortune 500 companies as well as...

Paul Bakus President, North America Puratos With over 30 years' experience at Nestlé, Bakus fits in well at the innovative food maker in Pennsauken. Much of his time is spent at the company's local Innovation Center, which...

Kevin Lyons Associate professor, supply chain management Rutgers Business School Under his guidance, Rutgers students have crafted and presented plans focused on supply chain management. His research has centered on how to integrate the different aspects of...

State Sen. Linda Greenstein (D-Cranbury) Co-chair Manufacturing Caucus She works hard to find the best ways to incentivize manufacturing businesses to actually come into New Jersey. Ellen GarfunkleAlexandra Groezinger  

Gail Friedberg Rottenstrich Co-founder & CEO ZAGO Manufacturing Co. Inc. Runs woman-owned global manufacturer of high-tech sealing fasteners and components in Newark, serves on board of N.J. Manufacturing Extension Program and is a councilmember in her hometown...

Jennifer Cable President Thor Labs Before joining Thorlabs in 2015, Cable led a team that developed and executed strategic plans for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of N.J. In June 2021, she took over the role as...

Bob Unanue; Peter Unanue CEO; Executive vice president Goya Foods The brothers run the country’s largest Hispanic foods producer, which had more than $2 billion in sales in 2021, despite the pandemic and struggles to find workers. Tom...