If you’re looking for someone in your field to model your career after, look no further than the recipients of the 2024 NJBIZ ICON Awards. These leaders – all over the age of 60 – represent industries across New Jersey, such as accounting, architecture, real estate, law, government, hospitality and more.
The individuals listed below are honored for their work throughout their careers — not just in their respective fields, but in the state’s larger business community as well.
Join us to celebrate this year’s honorees from 8-10:30 a.m. Aug. 13 at The Marigold in Somerset. Ticket information is available on the event page. Honorees will also be profiled in a future publication inserted in NJBIZ.
Congratulations to the 2024 NJBIZ ICONs!
Leon Baptiste, president
LB Electric Co. LLC
Anne Marie Berger, managing partner
ForeFront
Jeff Burdick, senior vice president, Procurement
Imperial Dade
Dale Caldwell, president
Centenary University
Frank Cannone, chair, Corporate Group
Gibbons PC
Edward Capozzi, chair, Personal Injury Practice
Brach Eichler Injury Attorneys
Vito Cardinale, president
Cardinale Enterprises
Bill Catuzzi, founder and CEO
Clarity Benefit Solutions
Maj. Krishna Chari, president and CEO
Priamba Soft LLC
Michael Cohan, president
New Vistas Corp.
Meg Columbia-Walsh, managing director M&A; Technology, Healthtech, Women Founders
Oberon Securities LLC
Bill Cowley, co-owner
Cowleys Pest Services
Christopher Curtis, president
CK Control Temp Inc.
Charles DeAngelis, CEO
Vericon Construction Co.
Theodore (Ted) Dudek, member of the firm
Smolin, Lupin & Co. LLC
Linda Flores-Tober, executive director
Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless
Timothy Gearty, editor-in-chief, national lead instructor
Becker Professional Education
Pamela Golden, president
GLA Communications
James Gonzalez, president and CEO
Broadway House for Continuing Care
Jeffrey Greenbaum, chair, Class Action Practice Group
Sills Cummis & Gross PC
James Hardenberg, chief learning officer emeritus
New Jersey Society of CPAs
Don Katz, founder
Audible
Patricia Levitt, chairwoman
Michael J and Patricia Levitt Family Charitable Foundation Inc.
Donna Miller, founder and owner
C3Workplace
John Montoro, president/architect
The Montoro Architectural Group PC
David Moore, CEO
Vitalief
Vincent Myers, president, co-founder/principal-in-charge of Senior Living Studio
DIGroup Architecture
Dana Nalbantian, principal and studio director
Gensler
Ira Neaman, president
Vantage Apparel
Nicholas Netta, president and CEO
Netta Architects
Mary Lou Panzano, board president
Morris Habitat for Humanity
William Pesce, trustee
William Paterson University of New Jersey
Kirk Tice, president & CEO
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway
Robert Traphagen, managing partner
Traphagen CPAs & Wealth Advisors
Gretchen Wilcox, president
G.S. Wilcox & Co.
Brian Zucker, partner and managing member
RRBB
Alan Zuckerman, shareholder
Flaster Greenberg PC
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 2:08 p.m. ET July 30 to include Patricia Levitt’s most recent role.