ROI Influencers

Patrick Murray Director, the Polling Institute Monmouth University At a time when the profession has never been more important or come under more fire, Murray remains one of the best known — and most respected — pollsters...

Rana Shanawani Executive director Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship She also is a founder of Refugee Outreach International, a nonprofit that helps refugees resettle in their new countries.

Clean energy … green energy … offshore wind … electric vehicles … water … climate change. We could go on and on. Issues and initiatives around the environment — and what they mean for the businesses connected to...

Ted Zangari Real estate practice Sills Cummis & Gross In addition to being well-known throughout state as a go-to lawyer for complex real estate projects, he is also an executive committee member of the N.J. Chamber of...

Jennifer Mazawey Vinosky Partner K&L Gates A key member of firm’s real estate practice, her experience includes working with developers in a number of asset classes, including mixed-use residential, retail, industrial and office.

Richard Gearhart Gearhart Law Founding partner Case Western Reserve University School of Law Gearhart has built a firm with an international presence that helps entrepreneurs from around the world with their patent, trademark and copyright needs. … Commands...

Lei Lei Dean Rutgers Business School Lei is not just the head of the state’s top business school, she’s regularly voted one of the school’s top professors. She was the founding director of the Rutgers Center for...

Rosalie Acevedo Chief operating officer Genova Burns  Leads the firm’s daily administrative and financial operations while helping execute its long-term strategic initiatives. Is an integral part of the management, hiring and marketing committees. Tara DowdellBaye Adofo-Wilson  

Sen. Andrew Zwicker D-Monmouth Junction State Legislature  He understands STEM issues – and the massive business development opportunities around STEM companies – better than anyone in the Legislature. Sen. Joe VitaleRas Baraka

Christopher Coiley First senior vice president and commercial mortgage division head of New Jersey/New York Valley Bank Coiley manages all the Wayne-based bank’s commercial mortgage relationships in the New Jersey and New York markets. He has been...