ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Economic Development — Evan Weiss
Evan Weiss
CEO
Newark Alliance
Organization created by businesses looking to have local impact recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Economic Development — George Sowa
George Sowa
CEO
Greater Trenton
Making Trenton more than just a commuter city for government leaders would be one of the biggest econ dev successes the state could have.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Economic Development — Jorge Santos
Jorge Santos
Chief real estate development officer
N.J. Economic Development Authority
Veteran economic development professional has been perfect fit for leading the EDA’s ever-growing and ever-important real estate efforts.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Economic Development — Marcus Randolph
Marcus Randolph
CEO
Invest Newark
City’s economic development corporation does much to help attract businesses — and serve the residents.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Economic Development — Lauren Moore
Lauren Moore
President
Atlantic County Economic Alliance
Moore has Atlantic County poised for an economic transformation involving sectors that don’t involve gambling or hospitality.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Economic Development — Mary Maples
Mary Maples
Deputy CEO
N.J. Economic Development Authority
Highly regarded executive and strategist now oversees EDA’s economic transformation, community development, real estate/infrastructure, operations and business support teams.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Economic Development — Jose Lozano
Jose Lozano
Chief growth officer
Hackensack Meridian Health
HMH is growing in so many unique ways. Lozano — who oversees facilities, real estate and strategic partnerships — is in the middle of all of it.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Economic Development — Kara Kopach
Kara Kopach
Executive director
Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority
Kopach oversees agency that is overseeing a transformation of Fort Monmouth into one of the leading production studios on the East Coast for Netflix.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Economic Development — Andrew Gross
Andrew Gross
Director of international innovation and partnerships
N.J. Economic Development Authority
He literally travels the globe, communicating with senior level officials and business leaders in an effort to increase New Jersey’s global business relationships.
ROI Influencers Power List 2025: Economic Development — Aisha Glover
Aisha Glover
Global head of urban innovation
Audible
A thought leader on development with few equals, her work at Audible and as a member of the EDA board means she has statewide impact.
