ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023 — Suzan Nickelson
Suzan Nickelson
Founder & CEO
Holistic Solutions
A dedicated leader in the New Jersey cannabis scene, she recently got approval to open the first Blackwomen owned medical dispensary in the state.
ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023 — Rebecca O’Connell
Rebecca O’Connell
Metro market executive
Citizens Bank
She’s leading the integration of Investors into Citizens — creating what figures to be a banking powerhouse in the state.
ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023 — Melissa Orsen
Melissa Orsen
President & chief operations officer
South Jersey Gas
Longtime state official is excelling in her role at South Jersey Gas and with the parent company, South Jersey Industries, where she is a senior vice president.
ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023 — Patricia Prezioso
Patricia Prezioso
Member
Sills Cummis & Gross
She’s a former prosecutor and expert litigator who is crushing it as the chair of the firm’s fast-growing Employment and Labor Practice Group.
ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023 — Crystal Pruitt
Crystal Pruitt
External affairs lead
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
One to watch: The former chief of staff to state Sen. Andrew Zwicker also serves as a councilwoman at large in township of Franklin.
ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023 — Lorna O’Hara
Lorna O’Hara
Strategic adviser
Princeton Public Affairs Group
A key figure at PPAG in association management, marketing, communications and PAC development, she also serves as executive director of the N.J. Marijuana Retailers Association.
ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023 — Marjorie Perry
Marjorie Perry
CEO
MZM Construction
Hall of famer is a symbol of success — and the result of hard work — for women looking to enter the construction industry.
ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023 — Toni Pergolin
Toni Pergolin
CEO
Bancroft
Heads organization whose services include extensive programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism and those in need of neurological rehabilitation.
ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023 — Jill Ojserkis
Jill Ojserkis
Partner
Cooper Levenson
Highly respected attorney is chair of the firm’s Healthcare Law Practice Group and a member of its Cannabis Law Practice Group.
ROI Influencers: Women in Business 2023 — Asw. Eliana Pintor Marin
Asw. Eliana Pintor Marin
D-Newark
State Legislature
Her role as Assembly chair makes her one of the most powerful legislators in the state.
