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 — Tim Crouch
Tim Crouch
Executive director, West Coast center
Choose New Jersey
Former British trade diplomat is leading efforts to attract tech/AI companies on West Coast from Choose’s Sunnyvale, California, office.
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 — Emma Corrado
Emma Corrado
Chief of staff
N.J. Economic Development Authority
knowledgeable in many areas of community development and all types of organizations (she’s worked in the Senate and U.N., too), Corrado helps keep the EDA running smoothly.
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 — Tai Cooper
Tai Cooper
Chief community development officer
N.J. Economic Development Authority
Aims to advance strategies, research and data that will help drive equitable and inclusive economic development policies and programs, with a specific focus on social impact.
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 — Tara Colton
Tara Colton
Executive vice president for economic security
N.J. Economic Development Authority
Being one of the key architects of the stunningly smart and successful Sustain & Serve program is just one of the ways she is having...
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 — Joanne Cimiluca
Joanne Cimiluca
Director, Bergen County Economic Development
Bergen County
From marketing available sites to delivering decision-making data to finding loans and grants, Cimiluca is a pro’s pro when it comes to business attraction.
