2020

John Harmon CEO African American Chamber of Commerce of N.J. The founder and CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce is our No. 1 selection this year. Read his full profile here. Ras Baraka Mayor City of Newark As long...

Ras Baraka, Cory Booker and Mo Butler appeared in our Top 25 rankings. View them here. Mahalaxmi Aburi Director, Atlantic Center for Research Atlantic Health System Aburi is the director of a research arm located at Morristown Medical...

Jose Lozano, Luis De La Hoz/Carlos Medina and Bob Menendez appeared in our Top 25 rankings. View them here. Allison Ladd Director of Economic and Housing Development City of Newark Ladd has focused on implementing Mayor Ras Baraka’s...

Zakiya Smith Ellis, Bob Unanue and Tahesha Way appeared in our Top 25 rankings. View them here. Marcus Samuelsson Owner and chef Marcus B&P Samuelsson, who is noted as much for his commitment to Newark as his restaurant’s...

Here is what we are tired of: Business leaders and companies saying they would like to have a more diverse workforce, leadership team and board representation — but they struggle to find qualified candidates. Nonsense. We...

John Harmon CEO African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey He has Gov. Phil Murphy’s ear. Trust us when we say he is one of the people Murphy turns to when he needs to know what’s going...

Michellene Davis, Ken Frazier, Alberto Garofolo, Don Ghermezian, Aisha Glover, David Gould and Gurbir Grewal appeared in our Top 25 rankings. View them here. Marilyn Davis N.J. state director, government affairs Altice The former Labor Department official now...

John Harmon is No. 1 on our list this year; see our writeup here. Ryan Haygood, George Helmy, Jonathan Holloway and Jeh Johnson also appeared in our Top 25 rankings. View them here. Bernel Hall CEO Invest Newark Hall...