Women in Business

The 2019 Best 50 Women in Business winners.
Feb 10, 2020

Introducing: The 2020 NJBIZ Best 50 Women in Business

Meet the honorees and join us to celebrate on Sept. 21.

First Lady Tammy Murphy addresses attendees at the Golden Seeds Kickoff event at Montclair State University on Feb. 4, 2020.
Feb 6, 2020

Female-focused angel investor network Golden Seeds plants NJ roots

"We are trying to change the reality that female entrepreneurs lag far behind their male counterparts when it comes to attracting capital, and the launch of the New Jersey chapter of Golden Seeds is an important step in that process,” said Kathleen Coviello, executive vice president for technology, life sciences & entrepreneurship, NJEDA.

Brenda Ross-Dulan, principal, The Ross-Dulan Group; 2020 board chair, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Feb 3, 2020

Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber names board chair

The Princeton Mercer Chamber of Commerce inducted a new chair for its board last week. On Monday, the group with more than 1,500 member companies, announced Brenda Ross-Dulan, principal of […]

Rutgers University featured in the Camden skyline.
Jan 13, 2020

Rutgers Camden names Adya first female dean at business school

Business education innovator and information technology workforce issues scholar Monica Adya will take up the post in March.

Kelly Ford, general partner, Edison Partners.
Jan 6, 2020

Trailblazer Ford named to leadership role at Edison Partners

Kelly Ford will serve as the Princeton-based growth equity firm's first female general partner.

Amrit Walla, regional managing director at Wells Fargo, moderates a panel discussion titled Cultivating Success: During the Climb and After, at the NJBIZ Women in Business Symposium on Dec. 17, 2019 in Somerset. Panelists were: Laura Matos, general manager-NJ at Kivvit; Jennifer Phillips Smith, director, Real Property Department at Gibbons PC; Judith Sheft, associate vice president, Strategic Relationships and External Affairs at the New Jersey Innovation Institute; and Stacey Roman, senior vice president, wealth advisor at Wells Fargo.
Jan 6, 2020

Lessons from women in business (video)

Panelists and participants at NJBIZ's December symposium emphasize the importance of finding your voice, making time and negotiating.

Amrit Walla, regional managing director at Wells Fargo, moderates a panel discussion titled Cultivating Success: During the Climb and After, at the NJBIZ Women in Business Symposium on Dec. 17, 2019 in Somerset. Panelists were: Laura Matos, general manager-NJ at Kivvit; Jennifer Phillips Smith, director, Real Property Department at Gibbons PC; Judith Sheft, associate vice president, Strategic Relationships and External Affairs at the New Jersey Innovation Institute; and Stacey Roman, senior vice president, wealth advisor at Wells Fargo.
Dec 18, 2019

Find your voice, make time & negotiate: lessons from women in business

“Find your voice,” Janet Duch, president of the XFL's New York Guardians, said during her keynote address at Tuesday’s NJBIZ Women in Business Symposium at the Doubletree by Hilton in Somerset, where she and others spoke about finding opportunity and cultivating success throughout a career.

Concept of inequal pay and gender gap
Dec 18, 2019

BLS: 2018 wages for NJ women little changed from year prior

In the Garden State, on average, females made just over 80 percent of the typical weekly earnings of their male counterparts last year.

Dec 17, 2019

En Masse Coworking becomes latest NJ Ignite participant

The latest addition to the rent-assistance program, Morristown’s women-led En Masse Coworking, currently has 85 members.

FINTECH
Dec 4, 2019

2019 Business Insider Rising Star Lee rises in ranks at Edison Partners

Senior Fintech team member Jennifer Lee has been promoted to principal at the Princeton-based growth equity firm.

Janet Duch, team president, New York Guardians of the XFL.
Nov 18, 2019

Guardian state

Janet Duch, president of the New York Guardians, leads the team into the reconstituted XFL from a base in Jersey City, looking to launch local partnerships and put down N.J. roots.

Nov 14, 2019

Sierra House: Events like LWE Force for Change can inspire women in transition

Case Manager Marcia Dash-Smith is attending the conference Thursday in Newark, seeking motivation and encouragement to bring back to her women and girls. She was invited by Desiree Watson, president and CEO, a sponsor of the event.