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Presenting the 2020 NJBIZ Education Power 50
Handling a public health emergency requires strong responses from a variety of institutions. The role played by educators and researchers in ongoing efforts against COVID-19 is reflected here, with the top ten, in particular, indicative of just how crucial universities and medical schools were in getting New Jersey through the worst of the pandemic and – residents hope – on the road to recover[...]
No. 10: Patrick Murray
If he isn’t already, Murray will become a familiar face in New Jersey and around the country. And the Monmouth poll, which he runs, will be a fixture of the fall, providing an ongoing look at how the presidential campaign is evolving both nationally and in the all-important battleground states.
No. 5: Dr. Andrew Brooks
He's the CEO of Infinity BiologiX, the former RUCDR Infinite Biologics lab at Rutgers' New Brunswick campus where the COVID-19 saliva test, which has made testing for the virus in certain populations much easier, was developed.
No. 7: Bonita Stanton
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine’s founding dean saw the institution through its biggest change yet this summer as it was established as an independent medical school after opening three years ago in partnership with Seton Hall.
No. 2: Jonathan Holloway
In January, he was appointed as the 21st president of Rutgers University. In March, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the state. In July, he took over. From then on, he was in the hot seat to decide what sort of in-person system, if any, New Jersey’s largest public university would offer come September. And now here we are, and Rutgers is moving forward with mostly online classes.
The 2020 NJBIZ Accounting Power 50 slideshow
The top 10 honorees are ranked numerically; the others are listed alphabetically.
No. 9: Gil Medina
A CPA who's a former New Jersey Secretary of Commerce – now an executive vice president at CBRE – Medina has worked as an attorney and an accountant.
Presenting the 2020 NJBIZ Accounting Power 50
The profiles on these pages demonstrate that accountants are, in fact, skilled numbers crunchers. But the best – the individuals listed here – are more than that. They are trusted advisors who are counted upon to provide guidance on every facet of an organization’s operations.
No. 2: Miklos A. Vasarhelyi
Albert Einstein changed the study of physics with his theory of relativity. As the director of Rutgers University’s Accounting Research Center, Vasarhelyi is doing something similar for accounting.
No. 6: Bill Hagaman
During his tenure as CEO at Withum, the firm has tripled in size and expanded into non-traditional advisory services.
No. 8: Frank Haines
As legislative budget and finance officer in the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services, Haines is one of the top officials in the non-partisan office tasked with gauging the price tag of legislation passing through the statehouse halls in Trenton.
No. 1: Ralph Albert Thomas
As chief executive officer and executive director of the NJ Society of CPAs, Thomas is the face of the accounting business in the state.
