The NJBIZ 40 Under 40 awards honor young professionals, as you may have guessed, under the age of 40 making moves in the Garden State. Some names you may know, others you may be seeing for the first time – but we’re betting it won’t be the last.
Following a nomination process, entries were evaluated by an independent panel of judges to recognize five honorees in each of eight categories.
The 2018 40 Under 40 awards will be held September 20 at 6:00 pm at iPlay America in Freehold. Join us to celebrate this year’s winners by registering on our event page.
Congratulations to this year’s winners:
Accounting
Joseph Cassano, partner, WithumSmith Brown PC
Age: 36
Lara Kanjo, partner, EY
Age: 35
Ermal Luzaj, partner, Sax LLP
Age: 39
Joseph McGrath Jr.,audit and assurance senior manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Age: 36
Steve Sciortino Jr., partner, Lear & Pannepacker LLP
Age: 34
Banking
John Del Mauro, associate vice president and portfolio manager, Morgan Stanley
Age: 34
Ari Fuchs, director, The DAK Group
Age: 39
Shannon Lazare, vice president team leader, M&T Bank
Age: 36
Arianna Orpello; senior vice president, head of brand and channel marketing; TD Bank
Age: 35
Jason E. Wallace; vice president, deputy chief BSA AML OFAC compliance officer, Cross River Bank
Age: 39
Entrepreneur
George Garcia III, CEO and founder, Wheatpaste Inc.
Age: 22
Robert Hagemann, founder, Corgi Spirits
Age: 34
Jonathan Hakakian, managing director, SoundBoard Angel Fund
Age: 33
David Lee Hernandez Jr., principal, Jersey Memorial Group
Age: 36
Bryan Jakovcic, president, Fusion Health Technologies
Age: 32
Health Care
Veronica Diaz; manager, sales enablement; AmeriHealth New Jersey
Age: 28
Alana Letourneau, vice president of clinical program strategy, Concordia Care Inc.
Age: 29
Matt McDonald, vice president and chief medical officer, Children’s Specialized Hospital
Age: 39
Michael Pizzano; vice president, NJ hospital division; CareOne Management LLC
Age: 37
Balavignesh Thirumalainambi, government affairs and finance director, New Jersey Innovation Institute
Age: 31
Law
Harris Freier, partner, Genova Burns LLC
Age: 37
Gemma M. Giantomasi, member, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
Age: 38
Djenaba Parker, general counsel and chief talent officer, New York Red Bulls
Age: 38
Clelia Pergola, chief operating officer, NJ Elder Law Center at Goldberg Law Group
Age: 34
Benjamin Widener, shareholder, Stark & Stark
Age: 39
Marketing
Jennifer Bredehoft; vice president recruitment, alumni relations and communications; Lead New Jersey
Age: 36
Rich Cannava, president and partner, The CSI Group
Age: 36
Beth More, director of marketing, Mazars USA LLP
Age: 39
Anthony Piperno, president, A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts
Age: 36
Matthew Taylor, managing director, Delia Associates
Age: 33
Real Estate Development
Steven Beyda, first vice president, CBRE Inc.
Age: 35
Sean Clark, vice president, Advisors Mortgage Group LLC
Age: 39
Nicholas “Niko” Nicolaou, senior vice president, Gebroe-Hammer Associates
Age: 37
Tim Sullivan, chief executive officer, New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Age: 37
Jon Williams, managing director, Cushman & Wakefield
Age: 37
Technology
Kelcey Brown, chief strategy officer and executive vice president, WebMax
Age: 39
Rebecca Mae Correa; director, digital marketing; Brother International Corp.
Age: 38
Rob Eyerkuss III, director of sales and strategic alliances, Corporate Training Group Inc.
Age: 31
Jenna Gaudio, vice president of product management, Vydia
Age: 31
David Klatt, vice president operations and analytics, Energy Technology Savings
Age: 30
