
NJBIZ named seven companies and one individual as winners in the 2022 Business of the Year awards during a ceremony Dec. 13 at The Palace at Somerset Park. – MARCONI PHOTOGRAPHY
NJBIZ named seven companies and one individual as winners in the 2022 Business of the Year awards during a ceremony Dec. 13 at The Palace at Somerset Park.
The program honors those that have made significant contributions to help the state’s business community grow and prosper.

Shown with NJBIZ Publisher Ken Kiczales, right, Donna Schempp, president and chief operating officer of SJI Renewable Energy Ventures, is the 2022 NJBIZ Executive of the Year. – MARCONI PHOTOGRAPHY
Company finalists for the awards – now in its 17th year – were selected in seven categories: Business of the Year (1-50 Employees), Business of the Year (51-100 Employees), Business of the Year (101+ Employees), Non-Profit of the Year (1-100), Non-Profit of the Year (101+), Corporate Citizen of the Year and Emerging Business of the Year.
Additionally, Donna Schempp, president and chief operating officer of SJI Renewable Energy Ventures, was honored as the 2022 Executive of the Year.
Chosen by an independent panel of judges made up of previous Business of the Year honorees, the winners and finalists are:
Business of the Year, 1-50 employees
WINNER:
MouthWatch
FINALISTS:
etherFAX
Kekoa Foods
Kimmerle Group / Kimmerle Newman Architects
MD 3PL
ThinkForm Architects
Zago Manufacturing Co. Inc.
Business of the Year, 51-100 employees
WINNER:
Vydia
FINALISTS:
Denholtz Properties
Dobco Inc.
Vericon Construction Co.
Business of the Year, 101+ employees
WINNER:
Toorak Capital Partners
FINALISTS:
CentralReach
ConnectiveRx
FirstService Residential
GEP
Green Payments
SJP Properties
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman PC
Non-Profit of the Year (1-100 employees)
WINNER:
Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation
FINALISTS:
Fair Lawn Economic Development Corp.
Inroads to Opportunities
Mayo Performing Arts Center
Morris Habitat for Humanity (MHfH)
National Association of Social Workers New Jersey
Students 2 Science
Non-Profit of the Year (101+ employees)
WINNER:
Integrity Inc.
FINALISTS:
Community FoodBank of New Jersey
Hackensack Meridian Health
The Gateway Family YMCA
Thomas Edison State University
Corporate Citizen of the Year
WINNER:
GAF
FINALISTS:
JPMorgan Chase
Summit Place Financial Advisors LLC
Synchronoss
Techbuyer
Emerging Business of the Year
WINNER:
Penelope Bourbon
FINALISTS:
Nassau Consulting Group
Riverside Oral Surgery
The Grateful Gourmet
Executive of the Year
WINNER:
Donna Schempp
President and chief operating officer, SJI Renewable Energy Ventures