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Breaking through
Melanie Willoughby’s days as a pioneer date to 1972, when she enrolled at Rutgers College as one of the first 400 women accepted at the school. Later, she became the first female president elected to lead the school’s student government. Today, she leads the New Jersey Business Action Center, assisting businesses in growing and navigating through governmental regulation.
‘No longer a backyard market’
How Karolina Dehnhard, who will host the Think Global, Connect Local panel at Leading Women Entrepreneurs' Force For Change event in Newark on Nov. 14., opens overseas opportunities for U.S. and Polish businesses.
EWNJ: 18 percent of board seats at NJ’s top companies are held by women
Of the 100 companies evaluated in the report from Executive Women of New Jersey, 16 percent had no female directors, compared to 23.2 percent in 2017 and 25 percent in 2015.
AI company ElectrifAi appoints three women execs
Saroj Venkatesh, Xian Sun and Nancy Hornberger's cumulative experience in technology implementation, data science, software and business strategy application spans nearly 70 years.
Leading Women Entrepreneurs honors Top 25
Leading Women Entrepreneurs celebrated its Top 25 at the Liberty House in Jersey City, recognizing the best and the brightest female leaders.
Smoother paths
Organizers of Montclair State’s Women Entrepreneurship Week aim to bring down barriers – starting with the conference itself.
Getting ahead by getting results
Verizon’s Kelley Kurtzman doesn’t want to hear any complaints. Just get the job done
Moving up
It started with a cold call. Ann Redler, senior program director at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations, was on the other end of the line pitching an HR leadership program to Teresa Oakley, LG Electronics North America’s vice president of human resources.
SHI set to open second Piscataway integration facility with staff of 120
The 400,000-square-foot Ridge Integration Facility is set to open in Middlesex County by the end of October.
Conference highlights achievements, obstacles for women of color
Presented by NJBIZ and Color Magazine, the Women of Color, Leadership and Empowerment Conference held Tuesday at Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune City featured speakers sharing stories about their experiences in life and in the corporate world.
Kindness in a community
The new, 55-and-over rental complex Weinberg Commons in Cherry Hill offers affordable housing and services for people with special needs.
Making strides
The Oct. 8 Women of Color Leadership and Empowerment conference – sponsored by Color Magazine, NJBIZ and Hackensack Meridian health – underscores diversity efforts at the health care system.
