Women Business Leaders Forum

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7:30 AM Networking & Breakfast

8:30 AM

Welcome Michele N. Siekerka, Esq. – President and CEO, NJBIA

8:40 AM Toast to Empowerment Ginny Marino – CEO, Girl Scouts of Central and Southern NJ

8:45 AM Speed Networking

9:00 AM Business Leaders Deborah Degillio, President, New Jersey American Water

Jill Kaplan, President of New York & New Jersey, United Airlines

Steve Adubato, Ph.D., Emmy Award-winning Anchor, Author of “Lessons in Leadership”

Karen J. Kessler, Founder and President of Evergreen Partners

10:00 AM Networking Break / Coaches’ Corner Opens

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10:15 AM – BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Growth of the Women’s Network (Presented by The Mercadien Group)

Moderator: Heather R. Boshak, Esq., Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Caryn Barnes, LSRP, PG, Principal & Vice President, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services

Amy Clingenpeel, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, ExxonMobil

Sherise D. Ritter, CPA, CGFM, CGMA, PSA, Managing Director, Co-Chair, Nonprofit & Human Services Group, The Mercadien Group

Grace Simon, Business Process Manager, Packaging, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Effective Communication During Difficult Conversations (Presented by PNC Bank)

Moderator: Katie Kyros, Political Reporter, News 12 New Jersey

Leslie Grossman, Chair, Vistage Private Advisory Boards for CEOs, Executives & Business Owners

John Hardiman, Public Affairs Director, NJM Insurance Group

Yuk Louie, Manager, R&D Support Services, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company

Lynley Noviello, Area Vice President, Sales, Cisco Systems

Successful Negotiation Tactics (Presented by Hackensack Meridian Health)

Moderator: Herbert K. Ames, President & CEO, Devin Group, Inc.

Susan L. Nardone, Esq., Director, Employment & Labor Law, Gibbons P.C.

Nicole Plath, Chief Executive Officer, Fortune Title Agency, Inc.

Sandra Powell-Elliott, MBA, Vice President, Life Sciences & Innovation Physician Enterprise Division, Hackensack Meridian Health

Brenda Ross-Dulan, Principal, The Ross Dulan Group, LLC

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The Challenges Leaders Face (Presented by Priority Payment Systems Local)

Moderator: Honorable Kim Guadagno, Esq., Partner, Connell Foley LLP

Charlene E. Davis, Esq., Associate Vice President & Head of Healthcare Compliance North America, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.

Cary Feliciano, Project Manager, FEM Real Estate

Donna Fontana, Senior Vice President, Broker Dealer Clearing and Bank Sales, Fidelity Investments

Krishna Powell, President, HR 4 Your Small Biz, LLC

Alicia Sundberg, Head of Fidelity Real Estate, Fidelity Investments

Bridging the Confidence Gap (Presented by Primepoint)

Moderator: Jamy Barton, Senior Director of Tech Diversity, Audible, Inc.

Michelle Bajwa, Co-Founder, Domain Computer Services

Cindy Cullen, CISSP, CISM, CCSK, ITILv3, SSBB, MSCsc, Managing Director, NDegrees, Inc.

Ling-Ling Nie, Esq., Chief Compliance Officer & Assistant General Counsel, Panasonic Corporation of North America

Vicki Vakiener, Vice President, Global Commercial Leader, Prostate Oncology, Johnson & Johnson

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11:15 AM

Lunch / Awards Presentation NJBIA’s New Jersey Rising Star Awards Amanda Maher – Student at Rutgers University Briann Skiba – Student at Stockton University

Caren Franzini Leadership Award Linda Bowden – Regional President, PNC Bank

12:40 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS – Choose a second breakout session Growth of the Women’s Network (presented by The Mercadien Group) Effective Communication During Difficult Conversations (presented by PNC Bank) Successful Negotiation Tactics (presented by Hackensack Meridian Health) The Challenges Leaders Face (presented by Priority Payment Systems Local) Bridging the Confidence Gap (presented by Primepoint)

1:30 PM Coaches’ Corner Closes

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STEVE ADUBATO Steve Adubato is a broadcaster, author, and motivational speaker. He has served as a distinguished visiting professor at NYU, NJIT, Rutgers University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and has recently joined the faculty at Rowan University and Seton Hall University as a visiting professor. Steve is an Emmy Award-winning anchor for Thirteen/WNET (PBS) and NJTV (PBS), and a syndicated columnist. He has appeared on NBC’s Today show, CNN, FOX News, AM970, SiriusXM and NPR as a media and political analyst. He is the author of five books including his newest, entitled, “Lessons in Leadership.”

HERBERT K. AMES Herb Ames is President and CEO of Devin Group Inc., a management consulting company. Previously, Herb served as Director of Economic Development for Mercer County, where he was responsible for new and existing business growth, relocation, and development. Herb has served on for-profit boards and not-for-profit boards, such as the Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County and the Boys and Girls Club Foundation, Princeton Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau, Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, Hamilton Area YMCA, and other organizations. Herb is the author of “Aim High: Common Sense Success for Common Sense People.”

MICHELLE BAJWA Michelle Bajwa is the co-founder of Domain Computer Services, Inc. Michelle also serves as a Partner at The Domain Tech Academy and Director of HR at Bizratings, Inc. Along with a passion for running and travel, she enjoys regular charitable involvement by serving on the Womanspace Board of Directors and leading development of IT internships at The Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County.

CARYN BARNES Caryn Barnes, LSRP, PG is a leader of Langan’s environmental practice with experience in all aspects of environmental investigations, soil and groundwater remediation, community outreach, and site closure. A graduate of Lehigh University, Caryn has worked extensively in New Jersey on DEP and EPA-led projects. Caryn is also a co-founder and corporate leader of Women@Langan, a women’s initiative program to foster mentorship and support to empower women to achieve career and personal success. Caryn was honored with the “Growing Great Women in the Garden State” award by the New Jersey Society of Women Environmental Professionals.

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JAMY BARTON Jamy Barton is the Senior Director of Tech Diversity at Audible Inc. Jamy focuses on optimizing the Tech organization’s approach to hiring, developing, and motivating technical talent across the full human spectrum. Passionate about technology and the people who build it, Jamy’s professional experience includes more than 20 years in product and program management at leading technology and e-commerce firms such as Yahoo Finance, Real Simple, and Gilt Groupe. Jamy is co-founder and Board President of 28 Days Project, a nonprofit dedicated to providing feminine care products to women in need.

HEATHER R. BOSHAK Heather Boshak, Esq., is a Partner in the Morristown, NJ, office of Fox Rothschild LLP, a national law firm, and centers her practice on employment litigation and counseling. A leader among women lawyers, Heather sits on the board of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association, where she has been an active member for more than a decade, currently serving as Co-Director of Best Practices, and previously as Co-Director of its Judicial Outreach Committee, Co-Secretary, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Within Fox, Heather is Co-Chair of the Partnership Advancement Committee and Co-Chair of the Leadership Subcommittee of the Women’s Initiative.

AMY CLINGENPEEL Amy Clingenpeel, Ph.D., is a senior research scientist at ExxonMobil, currently working in the Analytical Sciences Laboratory providing characterization of challenging petroleum feeds and products through advanced liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques. Amy is an active member of multiple employee resource groups at ExxonMobil’s Clinton, NJ location, including the Women’s Interest Network for which she organizes events and resources to address topics of interest to women, including dealing with dual career situations, standing out with a non- assertive personality, and unconscious bias. Amy earned her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from James Madison University and her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Florida State University.

CINDY CULLEN Cindy Cullen, CISSP, CCSK, CISM, ITILv3, MSCsc, has held a CISSP for over 15 years and has worked in cybersecurity in telecommunications, finance, pharmaceutical, healthcare, on government projects and with security vendors. She has experience

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CHARLENE E. DAVIS Charlene E. Davis, Esq., is Associate Vice President & Head of Healthcare Compliance North America at Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. She is responsible for Sun’s U.S. Comprehensive Compliance Program and Medical, Legal, and Regulatory Review Program for North America. Charlene is a graduate of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law and Cornell University.

DEBORAH DEGILLIO Deborah Degillio serves as President of New Jersey American Water. She is the principal external contact for American Water in New Jersey, serving approximately 2.7 million people. Additionally, she serves as Senior Vice President of the company’s Eastern Division, which is comprised of New Jersey, New York, Virginia and Maryland. Deborah has an MBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree in Math/Statistics and Finance from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

CARY FELICIANO Cary Feliciano is a young real estate professional with an extensive accounting background as well as a finance degree from The Pennsylvania State University. He is currently enrolled part-time at The University of Southern California, pursuing his master’s in Construction Management. Cary started as a Real Estate Financial Analyst, then a Development Coordinator, and is now Project Manager within his family business FEM Real Estate for a 47-unit condominium development under construction in Long Branch, NJ.

DONNA FONTANA Donna Fontana is Senior Vice President of Sales at Fidelity Investments. Prior to joining Fidelity, she served in Manager of Client Relations positions at UBS/PW and Merrill Lynch. Donna regularly participates in professional development panels focused on gender equity and also volunteers at Citizens Schools, a not-for-profit

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that provides afterschool learning opportunities for middle school students provided by local professionals. She takes great pride in the extraordinary learning gains demonstrated by her students and was recognized as Fidelity’s Investments Citizen Teacher of the Year in 2012-13. Donna earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with finance concentration from the University of Delaware (UD) and her EMBA from Columbia University. In 2017, she joined the UD Board of Trustees and Executive Committee. In 2018, she received UD’s Distinguished Alumni award.

LESLIE GROSSMAN Leslie Grossman is a careerist – leadership coach, serial entrepreneur, executive, CEO, activist, and university educator. She has written two books, most recently “Link Out,” and presented a popular TEDx Talk, while juggling motherhood and grandparenting. Today, as a Chair and Executive Coach for Vistage International and the creator of breakthrough women’s leadership programs, Leslie’s commitment is to be a voice for courageous collaborative leadership among women and men. Leslie is a senior fellow at The George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership.

HONORABLE KIM GUADAGNO Former Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, Esq., is a partner at Connell Foley LLP and concentrates her practice on assisting public and private clients with complex civil and regulatory litigation, white-collar defense, public policy, crisis management and internal investigations. As New Jersey’s first Lieutenant Governor, Kim was a steadfast advocate for businesses and corporations statewide, creating an effective infrastructure for economic growth and job creation. She established the Partnership for Action – New Jersey’s multi-faceted economic development strategy, comprised of the Business Action Center, Choose New Jersey, the Economic Development Authority and the Secretary of Higher Education.

JOHN HARDIMAN John Hardiman is the Public Affairs Director of NJM Insurance Company. John serves on the boards of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Highway Loss Data Institute, and the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, three of the nation’s leading organizations dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from crashes on our country’s roadways. Several nonprofit organizations have benefited from his leadership and expertise including Ryan’s Quest, Camp Fire USA, and the Hamilton Township Board of Education. He graduated from Rider University with a B.A. in History.

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JILL KAPLAN Jill Kaplan is President of New York/New Jersey for United Airlines. In this role, she holds the top leadership position for United in the region, and leads United’s brand within the New York metropolitan area, home to the carrier’s New York/New Jersey hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). Jill works closely with all integral departments including government and community affairs, marketing, sales and more, as well as with the local airport authority, to ensure United continues on its path to becoming the best airline for its customers, employees and everyone it serves. Jill graduated from Clark University.

KAREN J. KESSLER Karen J. Kessler is the region’s most sought-after crisis and reputation management consultant. For more than 25 years, Karen has counseled corporations, public institutions and high-profile individuals facing allegations of legal, business and personnel misconduct. Karen serves on the Board of Directors of Northfield Bancorp, Inc., chairs the Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers University Business School, is a member of the NJ Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, a Visiting Fellow at the Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics, and a Director of Cinram Group.

KATIE KYROS Katie Kyros is a political reporter at News 12 New Jersey. She is also an experienced producer and television anchor whose broadcast career has taken her from covering Marine Corps recruits at Parris Island bootcamp to the presidential campaign trail of former Gov. Chris Christie. Katie started her career at WDVM in Maryland, and while there, produced a noteworthy documentary on the death of a young man with Down syndrome who died while in police custody. Special-needs issues are very close to her heart thanks to her younger sister, Lindsey, and she works with Autism Speaks to raise awareness. Katie is a graduate of the University of Michigan and University of Southern California.

YUK LOUIE Yuk Louie is a Research & Development Support Services Manager at ExxonMobil. Yuk leads a team that provides a range of capabilities that enables ExxonMobil to research and develop new technologies to help meet the world’s growing demand for energy while also reducing environmental impacts. She was appointed EMRE

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Automation Division Manager in May 2008, Manager of Engineering Services Canada in 2009, Project Executive for the Syncrude Emission Reduction Project in 2012, and Manager for R&D Process Development in 2013. Yuk received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

GINNY MARINO Ginny Marino is the CEO of the Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey (GSCSNJ). Ginny is a dynamic social-profit executive whose career is focused on the empowerment and advancement of women and girls. GSCSNJ is one of four in the state, annually helping more than 18,000 girls and engaging over 10,000 adult volunteers. Prior to joining Girl Scouts, she had an exceptional 12-year tenure with YWCA Delaware, Inc., where she led the organization’s growth. Before her social profit career, Ginny held senior level positions in the banking and IT industries.

SUSAN L. NARDONE Susan L. Nardone is Director of Employment & Labor Law at Gibbons, P.C. As an experienced litigator and strategic advisor, Susan helps employers face the everyday challenges associated with the employment relationship. She provides strategic, preventive and compliance advice and counseling to her clients in all areas such as employee hiring, discipline and termination, and accommodation and leave. Susan is also an experienced mediator, and her substantive knowledge of employment law offers the parties an objective analysis of the case to facilitate resolution. She received her law and bachelor’s degrees from Villanova University.

LING-LING NIE Ling-Ling Nie is Chief Compliance Officer & Assistant General Counsel at Panasonic Corporation of North America, where she is responsible for managing the corporate compliance and ethics program for over 25 subsidiaries and division companies. She is also a division President of Panasonic’s Women Connect organization and serves as a Global Mentor for the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA). Ling-Ling regularly speaks at events hosted by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Ethisphere Institute, the University of Georgia School of Law, Seton Hall School of Law, and the Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, for which she serves on the Board of Directors. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Ling-Ling received her law degree from Washington and Lee University’s School of Law.

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LYNLEY NOVIELLO A 21-year Cisco veteran, Lynley Noviello has held a variety of sales leadership roles in Cisco’s Enterprise, Commercial, Service Provider and Services Segments before being named Area Vice President for Sales. With in-depth market experience, she has led sales teams responsible for billion dollar plus revenues and double-digit product and services revenue growth across diverse customer verticals. Lynley is passionate about developing talent, mentoring next gen leaders, and driving a culture of inclusion and diversity. She serves as an executive sponsor for diversity and leadership initiatives along with being an active advocate for many charitable organizations.

NICOLE PLATH Nicole Plath is the CEO of Fortune Title where she is responsible for long-term and short-term strategies, contract negotiation, and business development. She is a member of the New Jersey Land Title Association (NJLTA), Pennsylvania Land Title Agency (PLTA), and the American Land Title Association (ALTA). She serves as Chair of the Agency Section within NJLTA and Secretary of the Agents & Abstractors Executive Committee within ALTA. Nicole is a graduate of Villanova University where she received a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. She has her master’s in Management of Information Systems from Stevens Institute of Technology.

KRISHNA POWELL Krishna Powell is Founder & CEO of HR 4 Your Small Biz, LLC, a boutique style human resources consulting and talent development firm. Krishna possesses an ability to connect with the next generation of leaders; providing them with practical applications for success in life and the workplace. Krishna also facilitates workshops on effectively leading millennials, Gen Z, and mutigenerational workforces, as well as a host of other customized workshops on improving employee morale, team building, communication, diversity and change management.

SANDRA POWELL-ELLIOTT Sandra Powell-Elliott, MBA, is the Vice President for Life Sciences and Innovation at Hackensack Meridian Health. Her role is to not only foster the internal development of an innovative culture, but to bring innovative and transformative solutions from outside of the organization to the forefront of strategic planning efforts. Sandra received the 2018 NJBIZ Vanguard Award and speaks at national conferences.

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Sandra has also published many articles about developing opportunities for growing business in publications such as Trustee magazine, Journal of Healthcare Financial Management, futureAge, Hospitals and Health Networks, and the Health Strategist.

SHERISE D. RITTER Sherise Ritter, CPA, CGFM, CGMA, PSA, is a managing director of The Mercadien Group and co-chair of its Nonprofit & Human Services practice. She serves nonprofit clients, as well as individuals and businesses, providing accounting, audit, tax, compliance, strategic and executive consulting, and board training services. Sherise is a frequent author and presenter on key issues affecting nonprofits, an active affiliated member of numerous nonprofit associations, the recipient of numerous awards and serves on the boards of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, Rider University and the MIDJersey Chamber of Commerce.

BRENDA ROSS-DULAN Brenda Ross-Dulan is Principal at The Ross Dulan Group, LLC, a strategy consulting firm designed for CEOs and executives to help them make better quality decisions and convert those decisions into actions resulting in long-term success. Brenda leverages her 25-year career in the ever-changing financial services industry to help leaders successfully navigate through periods of challenge and change or to simply move beyond “status quo” to realize strong, immediate and sustained results. Brenda has been ranked as one of the nation’s most powerful women in corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine and has received dozens of accolades as a leading executive. Brenda holds a bachelor’s in Business Administration from Howard University in Washington, D.C. and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.

MICHELE N. SIEKERKA Michele N. Siekerka, Esq. serves as the President and CEO of NJBIA, the nation’s largest, most influential employer organization, advocating on behalf of New Jersey’s large and small businesses for policies that will make this state more affordable and regionally competitive. Michele has expanded NJBIA’s voice on critical policy issues impacting businesses, and led efforts to build more effective workforce development alliances between academia, business and government. Her leadership has been recognized through her inclusion in Power and Policymaker list rankings by Insider NJ, Politicker NJ and NJBIZ. Michele earned her law degree from Temple University and her bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University.

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GRACE SIMON Grace Simon, Business Process Manager - Packaging at ABIn-Bev. After earning a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Missouri, she accepted a role at ABIn-Bev in St. Louis, MO. Working in various roles within the company, including innovations, energy & water, and packaging, Grace relocated to the Anheuser-Busch Newark, N.J. brewery. After meeting the small number of women working at the brewery, she, alongside these woman, decided to develop the Women In Beer (WIB) for Supply group. WIB strives to strengthen the company and empower employees by finding ways to showcase the value and need for diversity.

ALICIA SUNDBERG Alicia Sundberg is Head of Fidelity Real Estate Company (FREC), a unit of Fidelity Investments, a diversified financial services firm that makes financial expertise broadly accessible to people investing their life savings, businesses managing their employee benefits, and advisors investing their clients’ money. Alicia leads the organization responsible for providing the full range of corporate real estate strategy and services to Fidelity’s business units both nationally and internationally. She oversees daily infrastructure operations, data center operations, relationship management, project design and delivery, the art curator, finance, vendor/risk management, strategic planning, and program management. Alicia holds an MBA in International Finance from Hofstra University and earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University, with a double major in Finance and International Business.

VICKI VAKIENER Vicki Vakiener is the Vice President, Oncology Global Commercial Leader for the Prostate Cancer Disease Area Stronghold (DAS) at Johnson & Johnson (J&J). Vicki is responsible for leading a cross-functional global team to develop and execute the global commercial strategy for J&J’s industry-leading portfolio of both late stage and early pipeline compounds. As part of Vicki’s engagement in the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) as a member of the Global Steering Committee, she has been responsible for leading efforts to ensure women have equal representation at all levels within J&J. She is a graduate of Albright College, Reading, PA, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry.

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BOBBI BROWN

Bobbi Brown is a beauty industry titan, world renowned makeup artist, best-selling author, sought-after speaker, and serial entrepreneur. As a professional makeup artist, Bobbi created 10 simple lipsticks that evolved into a global beauty empire. She has written nine beauty and wellness books, and has launched Beauty Evolution LLC since leaving eponymously named Bobbi Brown Cosmetics last year.

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At a time when stark contours and shiny red lips were in fashion, Brown designed cosmetics to highlight a woman’s natural look, and introduced Bobbi Brown Essentials in 1991. This line of color cosmetics, revolutionized the industry. The original brown-based lipstick shades offered a simple, edited way for all women to embrace and highlight their lips. Other groundbreaking products soon followed. Bobbi’s philosophy is straightforward: “Women want to look and feel like themselves, only prettier and more confident.”

In 1995 Bobbi Brown Cosmetics was acquired by The Estée Lauder Companies, where Bobbi served as Chief Creative Officer, building a billion-dollar brand, until her departure in 2017.

Unwilling to rest on her laurels, Bobbi has returned to her roots as an entrepreneur. In April of 2018, Bobbi launched three new endeavors. EVOLUTION_18, a lifestyle inspired line of ingestible wellness products, justBOBBI.com, an editorial content platform and The George, a 32 room design inspired, boutique hotel, in Montclair, NJ, lovingly reimagined by Bobbi and her husband, Steven Plofker.

Bobbi’s gift for translating trends into real-life applications has made her a sought- after expert on television, in magazines and newspapers, and online. Bobbi’s message resonates with diverse audiences, she is the Beauty & Lifestyle Editor of Elvis Duran and The Morning Show, author to nine books, many of them New York Times bestsellers, and she continues to work editorially, penning columns for Charlotte’s Book, Purewow, and Naturally, Danny Seo.

Born in Chicago and a graduate of Emerson College, Bobbi’s entrepreneurial impact extends beyond fashion and beauty. She has received the Glamour Woman of the Year Award, The Fashion Group International Night of Stars Beauty Award, and The Jackie Robinson Foundation’s ROBIE Humanitarian Award, to name a few. She was appointed by President Obama to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation, and has been inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. She also holds honorary doctorates from Montclair State University, Fashion Institute of Technology, Monmouth University, and Emerson College.

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