Introducing the 2020 NJBIZ ICONs

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The 2020 NJBIZ ICON Awards will see leaders from New Jersey’s accounting, health care, financial services, commercial real estate industries, and more, recognized for work throughout their careers not just in their respective fields, but in the state’s larger business community.

On Aug. 18, NJBIZ will honor this year’s ICON honorees during a virtual presentation beginning at 8:00 a.m.

Winners were chosen by a panel of independent judges, following an open nomination process for business leaders from across New Jersey over the age of 60.

Keep an eye on our Events Page here for more information, and to register to take part.

Congratulations to this year’s ICONs:

Charles Becht IV, CEO
BECHT

Edward Bond, chairman and founding member
Bederson LLP

Ted Carnevale, CEO
Gramkow, Carnevale, Seifert & Co. LLC

William Cunningham, vice president
Newmark Associates CRE

Gary Dahms; president, CEO and chairman of the board
T&M Associates

Camilo Fernandez, president and CEO
A. M. Capen’s Co. Inc.

Karen Giannelli; director and immediate past chair, Financial Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Department
Gibbons PC

Thomas Giannone, principal
Avison Young

Kenneth Karle, president
LAN Associates, Engineering, Planning, Architecture, Surveying Inc.

Douglas Kennedy, president and CEO
Peapack-Gladstone Bank

Scott Kobler, partner
McCarter & English LLP

Rev. Edwin Leahy, headmaster
St. Benedict’s Preparatory School

Joseph Lizza, managing partner
Lizza, Kmetz & Associates LLP

John Lonsdorf, CEO
R&J Strategic Communications

Joel Lubin, executive managing director
JLL

William Marshall; vice president and general manager, Defense and Homeland Security Division
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII)

Joe Masciandaro, president and CEO
CarePlus NJ

Michael McGuinness, CEO
NAIOP New Jersey Chapter

Dan Myer, vice president of client services
Verus LLC

Steven Papadatos, managing partner
Papadatos Partnership LLP

Daniel Straus, CEO
CareOne Management

Gale Tenen Spak; president / retired associate vice president, Continuing & Distance Learning
Bridge Their Future / NJIT

Robert Tillis, CEO
Imperial Dade

Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark
Archdiocese of Newark

Kenneth Van Leeuwen, founder and CEO
Van Leeuwen & Co.

Vincent Vicari, regional director
New Jersey Small Business Development Center