Black Owned Businesses
April & James Ward
April Ward & James Ward , Co-Owners & Founders Meet the Owner – Tell Us About Yourself! James Ward — With over 14 years of experience as the co-owner and founder of Creative Content OnDemand, I lead a team of multimedia professionals who provide turnkey…
Kimberly Reed
Kimberly Reed, Chief Transformational Officer Meet the Owner – Tell Us About Yourself! Kimberly is a true global diversity revolutionary in this space, by creatively revitalizing organizations that are dealing with cultural fatigue and extreme backlash with DEIB strategies/programs as well as the denial of…
Jay Redd
Jay Redd, Managing Principle Meet the Owner – Tell Us About Yourself! James Gee has spent his entire life in service to the public. His work building the Democratic Party to register voters, designing and implementing strategies to reach and proactively engage previously disenfranchised voters…
Suzan Nickelson
Suzan Nickelson, CEO Meet the Owner – Tell Us About Yourself! I am the first miniority woman to own and open a medical and adultuse dispensary. I recently won SJ Magazine Women of Excellence Game Changer along with NJ Cannabis Insider Breakout Business of the…
Malanie Jordan, MPA/MSMHC
Malanie Jordan, MPA/MSMHC Founder, President and CEO Meet the Owner – Tell Us About Yourself! Malanie Jordan is the Founder and CEO of black-owned business, Ladies in Transit Holistic Community Development Corporation (Ladies in Transit Holistic CDC). Founded, November 11, 2010, Ladies in Transit Holistic…
Claire Riggs
Claire Riggs, Managing and Strategic Communication Partner Meet the Owner – Tell Us About Yourself! Hi! I’m Claire Riggs and my husband Steven and I are Managing Partners of Riggs Creative Group LLC, a strategic communication, integrated marketing and design, and relationship management firm here…
Hispanic Heritage Month
Douglas Diaz – Archer & Greiner
Douglas Diaz Partner, Archer & Greiner Tell us about yourself and/or your business I am a labor and employment attorney with Archer & Greiner where I help businesses attempt to navigate the increasing maze of labor and employment laws. How do you and or your…
Jason Jimenez – Gasper Roofing
Jason Jimenez President, Gasper Roofing Tell us about yourself and/or your business We are a Hispanic family-owned business. How do you and or your business celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month? We make sure to embrace the independence of our native country Sept 15th. How have you/can…
Rudy Garcia – MBI
Rudy Garcia President, MBI Tell us about yourself and/or your business Rudy has been in politics of for over 30 years. Rudy is a graduate of Columbia University and received a JD from New York University School of Law. Former Assemblyman in Legislative District 33.…
Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Copy of April Ward
April Ward President Creative Content OnDemand & Fruition Life Media Does your family have any traditions that are especially important to you? If yes, please list a few Family Time is Everything! 1. Celebrate Each Family Members’ Birthday with Dinner, Birthday Cake of the celebrant’s…
Lita M. Abele
Lita M. Abele President/Chief Executive Officer U.S. Lumber Inc. Does your family have any traditions that are especially important to you? If yes, please list a few Respect and Hospitality What is your favorite AAPI cuisine? Pancit and Kilawin How do you celebrate AAPI Month?…
Marya Mazzeo
Marya Mazzeo Marketing & Business Development Specialist Members 1st of NJ Federal Credit Union Does your family have any traditions that are especially important to you? If yes, please list a few A tradition that my family has that’s especially important to me is spending…
#HERStory of Success
Marianne Aleardi from SJ Magazine
Marianne Aleardi What inspired you to join/start your business? I didn’t start SJ Magazine, I acquired it. Being able to tell stories about the community I live in and promote the women who live here – that’s a dream job. What challenges have you faced…
Gina Rullo from The Hammonton Gazette Inc.
Gina Rullo Editor-in-Chief The Hammonton Gazette Inc. What inspired you to join/start your business? In May 1997, I was hired to help start a weekly newspaper in Hammonton, NJ. May 1997 was the end of my junior year at Villanova University. More than two decades…
Amelia Michael from Aikotek, LLC
Amelia Michael What inspired you to join/start your business? I left my business 2010 and was inspired to start this one for three main reasons: (1) I saw a need in the business world that I could address; (2) I was a single parent and…