Reception South—Sep. 23
- Overview
- Agenda
- Honorees
Where: Crowne Plaza, Cherry Hill
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 & Introduction
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 Cape May Center for Community Arts & Marga Matheny
Robert Curley, South Jersey Market President, TD Bank
6:53 PM
Recognition of Joseph Jingoli & Son & Joe Jingoli
John Harmon, Founder, CEO and President, African American Chamber of NJ
6:58 PM
Recognition of Angel Santiago
Merodie Hancock, President, Thomas Edison State University
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
Joe Jingoli
CEO
Joseph Jingoli & Son
Honored for the firm’s signature “Competitive Edge” program as worked at the Hard Rock Café in Atlantic City. The firm reaches out within the community and utilizes service, education and mentorship programs to provide job opportunities to community members.
Angel Santiago
Fifth Grade Teacher
Loring Flemming Elementary School
Honored for being named the New Jersey State Board of Education 2020-2021 State Teacher of the Year and for facilitating the Young People of Character (YPOC) program. Its mission is to bring together fourth and fifth grade students from all walks of life to serve their communities (e.g. writing letters to veterans for Veterans Day, cleaning up the school grounds for Earth Day, and volunteering during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service). He is a fifth grade teacher at the Loring Flemming School in Camden County.
Marga Matheny (pictured), Emily Dempsey, Judy Austermiller & David Mackenzie
Center for Community Arts
Honored for utilizing the arts to promote and teach the rich black community history of Cape May County. Center for Community Arts (CCA) is dedicated to discovering, preserving and presenting the African American history of Cape May County. The Program creates annual exhibits including an Underground Railroad trolley tour and the Franklin Street School (an elementary school for Cape May’s African American children in the 1920’s). The program also created panel discussions, presents African American Heritage Walking Tours, and administers the growing John T. and Janet D. Nash Archives of African American History. CCA was founded in 1995 by 12 women artists and community activists – (6 African American and 6 white) who met around a kitchen table over a six-month period.