Every other year, EWNJ sponsors its "Salute to the Policy Makers Dinner". This event honors New Jersey women directors and officers of major corporations as well as women leaders of comparable achievement in the public sector.

The next Salute Dinner will take place on May 13, 2010. Please click here to download a fact sheet.  Click here to register.  Registrations must be received by May 6.  Dais attire is Black Tie and Audience Attire is Business Dress.

The event has given some of the State's most prominent organizations and their Chief Executive Officers an opportunity to recognize the achievements of women in their companies and on their boards. The dinner also raises funds for the EWNJ Graduate Scholarship program and other programs that advance women.

2010 Honorees 

Rebecca C. Amoroso, Vice Chairman, Deloitte LLP

Linda Bowden, Regional President, Northern New Jersey, PNC Financial Services Group

Ann Marie Burke, Esq., Vice President, Human Resources, Wakefern Food Corporation

Connie Claman, MBA, CFO and Vice President Resource Administration, Liberty Science Center

Lourdes Cortez, President and CEO, North Jersey Federal Credit Union

Mildred C. Crump, Council President, City of Newark

Roseann DiBrienza, MS, RN, Vice President, Patient Care Services, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Donna M. Griffin, Chief Diversity Officer, Chubb Group of Insurance

Sandra L. Helton, Director, The Principal Financial Group and Covance Inc.

Kerrie R. Heslin, Esq., Partner, Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C.

Laura A. Hills, Vice President, Marketing, CyberShift, Inc.

Anne E. Hoskins, JD, MPA, Senior Vice President - Public Affairs and Sustainability, PSEG Services Corp.

June M. Inderwies, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Gibbons P.C.

Sister Rosemary Jefferies, RSM, Ph.D., President, Georgian Court University

Margaret M. Johnson, R.Ph., Vice President Pharmacy Services, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

Barbara A. Keshishian, President, New Jersey Education Association

Susan Bass Levin, President and CEO, The Cooper Foundation

Rosalie Mandel, Principal, Rothstein KassChristal A. McElroy, CPA, MBA, Partner, Eisner LLP

Elizabeth L. McGinley, CPA, JD, LLM, Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

Louise Mehrotra, Vice President of Investor Relations, Johnson & Johnson

Judith E. O'Grady, RN, MSN, Senior Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance and Clinical Research and Corporate Compliance Officer, Integra LifeSciences Corporation

Sharon M. Pennington, Esq., Chief Operating Officer, SJI Services, LLC

Brenda Ross-Dulan, Community Bank Regional President - Southern New Jersey, Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company

Marguerite M Schaffer, Esq., Chair, Somerset County Democratic Organization and Principal, Shain, Schaffer & Rafanello, P.C.

Maureen Schneider, Ph.D., MSN, MBA, RN, Senior Vice President of Clinical Program Development and Chief Nursing Officer, Somerset Medical Center

Gloria Segal, Executive Vice President Human Resources, Forman Mills, Inc.

Deborah L. Shepherd, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch

Patricia B. Shrader, Senior Vice President, External and Regulatory Affairs, BD

Carolyn B. Smith, Vice President - IT and Corporate Governance, Verizon

Bernadette M. Sohler, Vice President Corporate Affairs, Middlesex Water Company

Margaret S. Stumpp, Ph.D., Chief Investment Officer, Quantitative Investment Associates, A Subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc.

Amie Thornton, MBA, Senior Vice President, Operations, Solaris Health System

Kate S. Tomlinson, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, New Jersey Monthly

Deborah Gray White, Ph.D., Board of Governors Professor of History and Women and Gender Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Nancy Wolff, Ph.D., Professor, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Director, Center for Mental Health Services & Criminal Justice Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Deborah G. Zilai, Vice President, Corporate Services, New Jersey Resources

Top Company for Working Women in NJ To Be Named by EWNJ

The EWNJ Business Honor Roll Award recognizes companies in New Jersey in which employees trust the people they work for, take pride in their work, and appreciate the people they work with.  As an organization focused on senior level women, EWNJ developed its honor roll award in 1998 to recognize companies in the Garden State that have:

1. Made significant gains in the representation of women at the highest levels and ensured that they are actively involved in corporate governance;

2. Have successfully implemented policies that help all employees balance work and family responsibilities.

Past recipients of this award include Children's Specialized Hospital, Lucent, Johnson & Johnson, Schering-Plough, Prudential, Summit Bank, Hoffman-Laroche, and Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey.

The companies we honor have fostered initiatives such as mentoring and coaching as well as flexible scheduling. They have created climates that recognize and encourage diversity, including the hiring, promotion, and retention of talented women. Such practices have a positive impact on both men and women, and are proven to benefit business.