Where: Westminster Hotel, Livingston
When: 5:30 p.m.
Join the New Jersey State Chamber and the African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ as we honor business people, educators and civic leaders that are stepping up to make diversity and inclusion real in the workplace, the classroom and the community.
Come meet them and celebrate their success while enjoying some refreshments and hors d'oeuvres on us.
The evening will be full of opportunities to network with champions of diversity and business people from across the region.
Cocktail Reception
5:30 PM
Networking Reception Begins
Ceremony Honoring Diversity Champions
6:40 PM
Welcome – Sponsor Acknowledgment & The Joint Chamber’s Diversity Initiative
Tom Bracken, President and CEO, NJ Chamber of Commerce
6:44 PM
Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to New Jersey’s Economy
John Harmon, Founder, CEO and President, African American Chamber of NJ
6:48 PM
Recognition of Aisha Taylor Issah & Sistahs in Business
TBD, Prudential
6:53 PM
Recognition of Bernel Hall & Invest Newark
Diane Wasser, Partner-in-Charge, New Jersey, Eisner Amper
6:58 PM
Recognition of Sean Lacon & Blessed Ministries
TBD, Deloitte
7:03 PM
Final Remarks
Tom Bracken, President and CEO, NJ Chamber of Commerce
John Harmon, Founder, President and CEO, African American Chamber of Commerce
Cocktail Reception
7:05 PM
Networking Reception Resumes
8:00 PM
Event Ends
Aisha Taylor Issah
Founder & CEO
Sistahs in Business
Honored for creating the country's only multi-city, small business expo created specifically to celebrate and empower entrepreneurial women of color, one of the largest and fastest growing demographic of entrepreneurs in the nation.
Sean LaCon
Founder & Executive Director
Blessed Ministries
Honored for its highly successful program of transitioning formerly incarcerated individuals and those with substance abuse backgrounds into employment. Based on its performance-based operational and measurement models, retention is high and recidivism to incarceration is low.
Bernel Hall
President & CEO
Invest Newark
Honored for its work as a catalytic economic development organization consistently working to produce and sustain economic growth and wealth for the citizens of Newark.