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The 2023 NJBIZ Education Power 50 slideshow
At a glance, meet the most influential women and men conducting vital research and training a new generation of leaders.
Presenting the 2023 NJBIZ Education Power 50
Keeping New Jersey’s workforce on the cutting edge of achievement will be the job of these individuals.
2023 Education Power 50: I – Z
Meet the most influential women and men conducting vital research and training a new generation of leaders.
2023 Education Power 50: A – H
Meet the most influential women and men conducting vital research and training a new generation of leaders.
No. 3: Robert Johnson
Since 2011, Johnson has served as dean of the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School – the state’s oldest medical school.
No. 1: Jonathan Holloway
Since 2020, Holloway has served as the 21st president in the history of New Jersey’s flagship state university.
No. 2: Todd Wolfson and Rebecca Givan
Wolfson and Givan, president and general vice president of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, played key roles in Rutgers' historic five-day strike this spring.
No. 5: Teik Lim
Lim is president of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, joining the Newark school from the University of Texas at Arlington.
No. 8: Gigi Schweikert
The chief executive officer of Lightbridge Holdings Group is leading the Iselin-based early childhood day care center franchise through a substantial period of expansion.
No. 10: Jane Bokunewicz
Bokunewicz serves as faculty director and associate professor at Stockton University’s Lloyd Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism, where she is perhaps the leading voice on those issues and more here in the Garden State and across the region.
No. 6: Ali Houshmand
After serving in a series of senior administrative roles, Houshmand became Rowan University’s seventh president in 2012.
No. 9: Dale Caldwell
After being unanimously appointed as Centenary University’s 15th president earlier this year, Caldwell made history July 1 by officially becoming the first African American to lead the Hackettstown-based institution.
