Connell Foley LLP is proud to announce that the firm was named a recipient of a Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) "Best Practices Award" at the CIANJ and COMMERCE Magazine 4th Annual Best Practices Conference saluting innovation in the workplace.
More than 150 executives participated in the conference, which featured speeches from Don Sebastian, president of the New Jersey Innovation Institute; Peggy Boyce, president of Ladies of Laughter, Inc.; and Tim Hogan, president of Bayshore Hospital, which is part of the Hackensack Meridian healthcare system.
Best Practices Awards were given to company and business leaders selected by a blue-ribbon panel of judges assembled by CIANJ. The association represents more 900 corporate members and works to advance free market principles.
COMMERCE Magazine Editor Miles Epstein asked business executives to share thoughts on the winning strategies they use to distinguish their businesses in the marketplace. Their comments were compiled into the Best Practices Guide. This year’s edition contained advice from 100 chief-executive-officers, managing partners and business owners. The guide also featured comments from industry leaders who were showcased in earlier issues
Judges included: Dennis Bone, director of the Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship at Montclair State University, Debbie Hart, president of BioNJ, Lori Matheus, senior vice president at New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Dean Paranicas, president and CEO of the Healthcare Institute of New Jersey, our own Anthony Russo, president of CIANJ, Siamack Shojai, dean of the Cotsakos College of Business at William Paterson University and Rob Stramara, chief operating officer at the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
2017 Company Winners
| Atlantic Health System |
| Bank of America |
| Bayshore Family of Companies |
| Berkeley College |
| Boswell Engineering |
| Castle Windows |
| Connell Foley LLP |
| Corporate Ladders |
| Decusoft |
| Delta Dental of New Jersey |
| Dotcom Distribution |
| Garden State Wine Growers Association |
| Grassi & Co. |
| Hackensack Meridian |
| Holy Name Medical Center |
| Inserra Supermarkets |
| Jersey Central Power & Light |
| Lakeland Bank |
| MedWise Insurance Advocacy, MedWise Billing Inc. |
| New Jersey Innovation Institute |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Plast-O-Matic Valves |
| PSEG |
| QualCare |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey |
| Smolin, Lupin & Co., P.A. |
| Saint Peter’s Healthcare System |
| Stockton University |
| SUEZ |
| Terrie O’Connor Realtors |
| The College of New Jersey |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center |
| Valley Health System and The Valley Hospital |
| WithumSmith+Brown, PC |
| XSolutions Consulting Services, LLC |