Business Leadership Conference
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2024 Business Leadership Conference
Pre-Conference Mixer
September 11, 2024
6:00 P.M.- 9:00 P.M.
Full Day Conference
September 12, 2024
8:30 A.M.- 3:00 P.M
APA Hotel Woodbridge
Iselin, NJ
Join the AACCNJ for our conference consisting of a four-panel discussion, with industry experts, on critical issues facing the business community in New Jersey: Capital, Energy & 21st Century Efficiency, Public & Private Sector Opportunities, Innovation/Infrastructure, and Local/State Government, Community Partnerships & Public Policy .
Join us the night before for our Pre-Conference Mixer which offers a time to network with industry professionals, corporations, business owners and entrepreneurs.
Why Should You Attend The Business Leadership Conference?
- Opportunity to network with those on panel, prospective clients, and members
- Learn about the future of business in NJ
- Learn about new Infrastructure projects & RFP opportunities
- Make meaningful connections with business owners and corporations
Agenda
Registration Begins, Networking Breakfast
- 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Welcome Remarks- John E. Harmon, Sr. IOM - 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Panel 1: Capital, Energy, Technology & 21st Century Efficiency - 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Panel 2: Public & Private Sector Opportunities - 10:55 AM – 11:40 AM
Lunch - 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Panel 3: Innovation & Infrastructure - 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM
Panel 4: Local/State Government, Community Partnerships & Public Policy - 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Closing Remarks- John E. Harmon, Sr. IOM - 1:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Refreshments/Networking - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Panel 1: Capital, Energy, Technology & 21st Century Efficiency
10:00 AM-10:45 AM
William Bowie
CEO
Empower Construction
Elijah Dixon
Senior Program Officer
Economic Development LISC – Greater Newark
Glenda Thomas
CEO
Electra Lines
Doug Mokoid
President & CEO
JCP&L
Panel 2: Public & Private Sector Opportunities
10:55 AM-11:40 AM
Suzi Cabo
Managing Director, Business Diversity
United
Charlene Vickers
Director, Supplier Diversity & Inclusion
Johnson & Johnson
William Holmes
Director, Supplier Diversity, US Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Novartis Corporation
Bianca Reyes
Supplier Diversity Manager
PSE&G
Deborah Frazier, MBA, RICP
(Moderator)
Wealth Management Advisor
LRG Wealth Advisors|Hightower
Panel 3: Innovation & Infrastructure
12:45 PM-1:30 PM
Leslie Anderson
Pres. & CEO
NJ Redevelopment Authority
Francis K. O’Connor
Commissioner
NJ Department of Transportation
Tim Sullivan
CEO
NJ Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)
Melanie Walter
Executive Director
NJ Housing Mortgage Finance Authority
Phil Woolfolk
(Moderator)
CEO
Mainstreet Advisory
Panel 4: Local/State Government, Community Partnerships & Public Policy
1:40 PM-2:25 PM
Keith D. Wright, Ph.D.
Director, Business Diversity, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Port Authority of NJ & NY
Haya Qureini
Networks, Integration
& Automation\ Transmission & Distribution Services
Burns & McDonnell
The Honorable
Dahlia Vertreese
Mayor
Hillside, NJ
Adonis Abreu
Manager, Outreach and Operations
Support, Office of Business Development
NJ Transit
John E. Harmon, Sr. IOM (Moderator)
Founder, President & CEO
AACCNJ
