ROI Influencers: Power List 2023; Accounting — James Watson
James Watson
Regional managing principal, Northeast
CLA
He leads CLA’s eight-state Northeast region, but that will include extra attention in New Jersey, where fast-growing national firm just added Sobel & Co.
Diane WasserJames Bourke
ROI Influencers: Power List 2023; Real Estate — Ed Cohen; Gene Diaz
Ed Cohen; Gene Diaz
Principals
Prism Capital Partners
Cohen was recently inducted into the NAIOP New Jersey Hall of Fame. Diaz will join him there one day
Wasseem Boraie; Sam BoraieShane Connell
ROI Influencers: Power List 2023; Super 60 — Christina Renna
Christina Renna
CEO
Chamber of Commerce Southern N.J.
The South Jersey Chamber is a model for chambers on how to be the voice of businesses and the connector of businesses — and do both with an eye...
ROI Influencers: Power List 2023; Executives: New Jersey — Lilia Rios
Lilia Rios
Entrepreneur
La Providencia/Nuuku
La Providencia, a maker of authentic Mexican products for restaurants, sells in 22 states. Nuuku is a boutique hotel located in the heart of the jungle of the Mexican Riviera Maya.
Mike RickettsMarcus...
ROI Influencers: Power List 2023; Super 60 — Gov. Phil Murphy
Phil Murphy
Governor (D)
State of New Jersey
No state gives more power to its governor. Murphy has mastered how to use it. Ever the progressive, he appears to be sliding more to the middle (perhaps with...
ROI Influencers: Power List 2023; Accounting — Diane Wasser
Diane Wasser
Partner-in-charge, N.J., and managing partner, regions
EisnerAmper
She is responsible for N.J. office stewardship and growth, client service initiatives, talent maximization, and day-to-day operations and administration.
Pat WalshJames Watson
ROI Influencers: Power List 2023; Super 60 — Don Ghermezian
Don Ghermezian
CEO
American Dream
The facility, which survived the pandemic, is now slowly but surely showing the area how impactful the retail-entertainment destination can be.
#27 Frank Bisignano#29 Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti
ROI Influencers: Power List 2023; Health Care/Life Sciences — Warren Geller
Warren Geller
CEO
Englewood Health
Heads a hospital that competes with — and often exceeds — the care and treatment options of others in one of the most competitive health care regions in the country.
John GallucciPhillip Heath
ROI Influencers: Power List 2023; Executives: National/Global — Mitch Livingston
Mitch Livingston
CEO
NJM Insurance Group
Ably guiding the once New Jersey-centric insurer into a company that is a force throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
Eyal LifshitzJohn Mara
ROI Influencers: Power List 2023; Accounting — Pat Walsh
Pat Walsh
CEO and managing partner
Withum
The new CEO of one of country’s Top 25 advisory, accounting and tax firms is determined to do things the Withum Way — which includes a culture of inclusion and...
