N.J. Chamber of Commerce Foundation President Donna Custard was one of 35 nationwide to be named to the 'Elite Cohort' of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Business Leads Fellowship Program. The program, established in 2018, provides in-person training and builds a coalition of business leaders focusing on education and workforce issues. Read more about the program here.
As president and CEO of NJ Transit, Kevin S. Corbett is in the line of fire for the bus and rail agency’s well-documented on-time and reliability issues. “We get beat up and rightly so at times,” Corbett said.
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Cornerstone members heard an exclusive breakfast presentation on November 1 by three members of New Jersey's Congressional delegation - Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-7), Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-3) and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11).
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce members exchanged business cards and discussed the latest Chamber programs, events and ways to grow their businesses at a networking event October 30 at FirstEnergy Park, home of the BlueClaws, in Lakewood.
United Airlines is in the process of adding a sixth flight from Newark Liberty International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport (in March 2020); more flights to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. (there will be 13 daily in a shuttle-type service); and more business-class seat opportunities on flights to San Francisco and Los Angeles (also next summer).
In a somber ceremony at the State House, New Jersey lawmaker Anthony Bucco took over the state Senate seat his namesake father had held for more than 20 years until his death last month from a heart attack.
When Assemblyman Anthony Bucco walked to the podium to accept a Legislator of the Year award from the N.J. Chamber of Commerce, his late father - Sen. Tony Bucco - was on top of his mind.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce announced that four state legislators – two Democrats and two Republicans – will receive the Chamber’s biannual Legislator of the Year Awards. The State Chamber further announced that Dennis Wilson, President and CEO of Delta Dental of New Jersey, has been named its Business Advocate of the Year.
Gov. Phil Murphy has made reforming New Jersey Transit a big priority.
He is high on making New Jersey a major player in wind energy.
And his administration is working on a new set of business incentives to lure and retain companies and new jobs to the Garden State.
The Murphy administration will be sensitive to increases on the cost of energy as it takes steps to meet its clean energy goals, said Joseph L. Fiordaliso president of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.