On Monday, the Rutgers Center for Women and Work at the School of Management and Labor Relations announced that although the Garden State is on par with national statistics, our overall pay equity ranking nationwide is No. 25.

Gov. Phil Murphy spent the weekend in Hollywood, Calif. where he rolled out the red carpet to film, television and media companies, shining a spotlight on New Jersey as the next big location for filming and production. 

Gregory Smith joins Peapack-Gladstone Bank from Capital One Bank where he served as the group sales executive for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions for the past seven years.

Antelliq will be an operating unit within Merck Animal Health.

Former Steinmart CFO Greg Kleffner joins the board of directors for Destination Maternity as the Moorestown-based company also announced a board resignation and committee chairmanship.

In the new role, Jeff Buonforte will be in charge of managing the banking consultation division of SGW.

On Monday, the foundation announced the appointment of Blake Laurence, Julian Leone and Andrew Santoro Jr. to its board of trustees.

The Medicinal Marijuana Program’s Biennial Report, released Monday, also revealed adding more access points for patients to get therapy would reduce current prices and drive times, and geographically diversify the market.

Frank Haines, a legislative budget and finance officer at the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Service, on Monday said he did not want to specify what lawmakers should enact with the budget, but reiterated that “more in the bank is better” when it comes to the budget surplus.

Rebecca Neill has been named chief operating officer for Verasoni Worldwide, effective Monday.