The Powerful WOMEN of New Jersey
SENATOR WEINBERG’S 2019 WOMEN POWER LIST
MAKE OUR STATE A BETTER PLACE! “If you don’t have a seat at the table, make one.”
"They are the Journalists who write about us; the Lobbyists who represent our communities; the Department Directors and Staffers who keep our state moving forward; and the Activists who keep pushing us. In other words, these are only some of New Jersey's most Powerful Women."
–Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg
*Elected Officials are not eligible for the Weinberg Women's Power List
1 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
TAMMY MURPHY SHEILA OLIVER SUE ALTMAN First Lady of New Jersey Commissioner, NJ Depart - NJ Executive Director, ment of Community Affairs/ Working Families Party Lt. Governor
HELEN ARCHONTOU ROSEMARY BERNARDI MARIE BLISTAN YWCA Women's Political Caucus NJEA
2 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
KATIE BRENNAN CATHERINE MCCABE TAHESHA WAY Activist Commissioner, NJ Department Secretary of State of of Environmental Protection New Jersey
CHRISTINE NORBUT MARLENE CARIDE CAROLE JOHNSON BEYER Commissioner, NJ Department Commissioner, NJ Department Commissioner, NJ Depart - of Banking and Insurance of Human Services ment of Children and Families
3 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
ELIZABETH MAHER DIANE GUTIERREZ- ANNA MARTINEZ MUOIO SCACCETTI State Director, NJ Division NJ State Treasurer Commissioner, NJ Department on Women of Transportation
SUE FULTON JUDITH PERSICHILLI MARCELA MAZIARZ Commissioner, NJ Motor Acting Commissioner, NJ Deputy Commissioner, NJ Vehicle Commission Department of Health Department of Health
4 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
ALISON ACCETTOLA ELAINE ADLER SAILY M. AVELENDA, NJ Senate Democratic Office Adler Aphasia Center ESQ. Activist
SHARON BALSAMO SUSAN BASS LEVIN JANINE BAUER, ESQ. NJ State Bar Association The Cooper Foundation, Deputy Commissioner, NJ President & CEO Department of Health
5 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
CARMEN BENITEZ CATHLEEN D. BENNETT ANDREA BETANCOURT Office of Senate President NJ Hospital Association, 200 Club Steve Sweeney President & CEO
NICOLA BOCOUR DEBORAH BOZARTH LAUREL BRENNAN Giffords New Jersey Association NJ State AFL–CIO, Secretary – for Justice Treasurer
6 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
VICTORIA BROGAN DANA M. BURLEY RUTHI BYRNE NJ Hospital Association Clerk of the General Assembly Gov't Relations/Lobbyist
JULIE BUSBY CHRISSY BUTEAS NANCY CANTOR Philadelphia Inquirer Gov't Relations, NJBIA Rutgers University Newark, Chancellor
7 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
LYNNE CHAIKEN LISA CHAPLAND JANNA CHERNETZ NJ Activist NJ State Bar Association Tri–State Transportation Campaign
RHODA CHODOSH LAURIE CLARK SISTER PATRICIA Republican Operative New Jersey Association of CODEY Osteopathic Physicians and Hospital Administrator Surgeons
8 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
JENNIFER M. COFFEY DR. SUSAN COLE KELLYANNE CONWAY Association of New Jersey Montclair State University, Adviser to President Trump Environmental Commissions, Preisdent Executive Director
TAI COOPER MICHELLE CORYELL DEBORAH VP/NJEDA Office of Senate President CORNAVACA Steve Sweeney Office of the Governor
9 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
CRISTINA CUTRONE SONIA DAS ERICA DAUGHTREY WEDO Bergen County AMG Office of Congressman Albio Sires
JENNY DAVIS MARILYN DAVIS MICHELLE DEANGELO PANYNJ Altice Scheduler, Governor Murphy
10 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
AMY DEGISE SONIA DELGADO ANGELA DELLI SANTI Chairwoman, Hudson County Princeton Public Affairs NJ Department of Labor Democratic Organization
BARBARA DEMARCO TRACIE DESARNO BRIDGET DEVANE Porzio Government Affairs Public Strategies Impact Public Policy Director, HPAE
11 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
JULIE DIAZ PATRICIA DICOSTANZO MICHELE DIIORGI Chief of Staff, NJ Department Bergen County Superintendent Chief of Staff, Bergen County of Labor of Elections Executive, James Tedesco
JUDY DISTLER BETH DOHM DIANE DU BRULE Teaneck International Film Kaufman Zita Group Director of Development, Festival, Co–Founder ACLU-NJ
12 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
ROSI EFTHIM KARIN ELKIS BRENDA FLANAGAN Blue Jersey Optimus Partners NJTV
DEBBIE FRANCICA JANICE FULLER SHIVAUN GAINES Chief of Staff, Office of the Anbaric The College of NJ Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg
13 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
BARBARA GEORGE BARBARA GITENSTEIN GAIL GORDON JOHNSON Association of Governing GOP Fundraiser Thomas Edison State Boards of Universities and University, Executive Director Colleges
TRISH GRABER C.J. GRIFFIN, ESQ. PHOEBE HADDON NJ Department of Banking OPRA Attorney Specialist Rutgers University-Camden, and Insurance Chancellor
14 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
SHARON ANNE BRIGID HARRISON MELISSA HAYES HARRINGTON Montclair State University North Jersey Transportation NJ Casino Control Planning Authority Commission, Vice–Chair
LYNN HAINES LYNDA HINKLE JEANETTE HOFFMAN AMG Law Offices of Lynda L. Hinkle Marathon Public Affairs, President
15 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
DEBORAH HOWLETT MICHELE JAKER KATIE JENNINGS University of Delaware MBI-GluckShaw Politico
LORRAINE JOEWONO LISA MIZRAHI KAADO MARLENE KALAYIL - Bergen County Division of Women’s Political Caucus PARAMPIL Senior Services, Director New Jersey Medical Society
16 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
CAROL KATZ KATE KING KAREN KOMINSKY Katz Government Affairs, Wall Street Journal CLB Partners Founder
ANDREA KATZ SARA LEE KESSLER JEANNINE LARUE Chief of Staff, Commissioner, TV/Radio personality Kaufman Zita Group NJ Human Services
17 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
MARY JO LAYTON SABEEN KALYAN- STEPHANIE LAGOS Hackensack Meridian Health MASIH Chief of Staff, First Lady, Capital Impact Group Tammy Murphy
ADELE H. LATOURETTE LAUREN LALICON WENDY LAZARUS Director, HUNGER FREE NJ Policy Director for First Lady Director,Government Tammy Murphy Relations/Public Affairs at Pfizer
18 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
SARAH LECHNER CLAUDINE LEONE KATHERINE RWJBarnabas Health Government Affairs LANDERGAN Consulting, Principal Politico
KAY LICAUSI EVELYN LIEBMAN SUSAN K. LIVIO Hoboken Strategy Group, AARPNJ NJ Advance Media President & CEO
19 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
TRISH ZITA KELLY STEWART MAER PAULA MADISON Kaufman Zita Capital Health Systems President, Bergen-Passaic Chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women
JENNIFER MANCUSO AMY MANSUE SAMANTHA MARCUS Fair Share Hospitals RWJBarnabas Health, NJ Advance Media Collaborative, Executive President of Southern Region Director
20 Kaufman Zita THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
MARCIA MARLEY MARISSA MARZANO LAURIE MCCABE Blue Wave NJ, President Head of Communications Office of Senator Joe Vitale and for NJCASA Assemblyman Craig Couglin
KATE MCDONNELL PATTI MCGUIRE BERNADETTE Deputy Chief Counsel, Princeton Public Affairs MCPHERSON Governor's Office Millenium Strategies
21 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
LINDA METZGER AUDREY MEYERS KELLY MOOIJ Secretary of the NJ Senate The Valley Health System, NJBPU President & CEO
MAGGIE MORAN ROBIN MORANTE HANNA MORI Kivvit, Managing Partner NJ Judiciary, Chief of Court Office of Senator Cory Booker and Judicial Security
22 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
DENA MOTTOLA JANICE MIRONOV TRICIA MUELLER JABORSKA Chairwoman – Mercer County CLB Partners NJ Citizen Action Democratic Organization
MARY NOONAN LYNN NOWAK JULIE O'BRIEN Chief of Staff, Office of Porzio Government Affairs WEDO Bergen County Congressman Chris Smith
23 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
THERESA O’CONNOR BEA O'ROURKE SHANTÉ PALMER Bergen County Deputy Longtime Activist Gov't Relations, Montclair Superintendent of Elections State University
DR. LAUREN JEAN PIERCE ARLENE QUINONES PECCORALO Public Policy Staff, HPAE PEREZ Leonia Action Alliance DeCotiis, FitzPatrick and Cole / Hunterdon County Democratic Committee, Chairwoman
24 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
JEAN RIMBACH MARY KAY ROBERTS IDIDA RODRIGUEZ The Bergen Record Riker Danzig 1868 Public Affairs
LARA RODRIGUEZ JULIE ROGINSKY PAULA ROGOVIN Bergen County Board of Chosen Democratic Strategist Activist Freeholders, Clerk
25 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
DONNA RORER BARBARA ROSEN HETTY ROSENSTEIN NJ Senate Majority Office 1st Vice President, HPAE NJ Director, CWA
KATIE ROTUNDI LORI SACKLER CHRISTINE SADOVY Sussex County Democratic Bergen Indivisible, Founder Board of Public Utilities Committee, Chairwoman & President
26 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
PHYLLIS SALOWE– PEG SCHAFFER JENN SCIORTINO KAYE Vice Chair, NJ Democratic State NJ Department of Treasury NJ Citizen Action, Executive Committee & Chairwoman, Somer - Director set County Democratic Organization
MARSHA SHAPIRO CHRISTINE SHIPLEY CAROL ANN SHORT AND LOUISE WALPIN NJ Senate Republican Office, CEO – NJ Builders Association Marriage Equality Activists / Executive Director STAND Central NJ
27 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
MILLY SILVA CARLY SITRIN NANCY ERIKA SMITH SEIU Local 1199 Politico Smith Mullin P.C. / represented Gretchen Carlsen in Roger Ailes sexual harrassment case
RASHEIDA SMITH ANTONIA SPANO LILO STAINTON Dunton Consulting Pam's List NJ Spotlight
28 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
CHRISTINE STEARNS CANDY STRAIGHT GRACE STROM POWER Gibbons P.C. Republican Fundraiser / Board of Public Utilities Producer of Film “Equity”
LISA TAKEUCHI- JENNIFER TAYLOR PATRICIA CULLEN NJ Assembly Democratic Office TEFFENHEART Leonia Action Alliance / NBC TV The NJ Coalition Against Writer Sexual Assault, Executive Director
29 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
RENEE TRABERT ANN TWOMEY BRIANA VANNOZZI Office of the Senate Minority President, HPAE (retired) NJTV Leader Tom Kean
JENNIFER VELEZ MARY WACHTER DEBBIE WALSH RWJBarnabas Health Genentech Center for American Women and Politics, Director
30 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
ROBIN WALTON LINDY WASHBURN SHARI WEINER Thomas Edison State The Bergen Record Murphy McKeon P.C. University
KATIE WERTHEIMER DEBBIE WHITE MARY ALICE Director of Communications/ President, HPAE WILLIAMS Constituent Affairs for NJTV Assemblywoman Huttle
31 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
MELANIE ANNA WONG CATHERINE YAXLEY WILLOUGHBY Progressive Activist Vice President, Holy Name Executive Director, Nj Medical Center Business Action Center
ELISE YOUNG KATE ZERNIKE CEIL ZALKIND Bloomberg The New York Times Advocates for Children of NJ, President & CEO
32 THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF NEW JERSEY
CHRISTINA ZUK Princeton Public Affairs Group
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