NJBIZ reveals 2022 Business of the Year award honorees

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For the 2022 Business of the Year Awards, NJBIZ will honor 40 companies that have made significant contributions to help the state’s business community grow and prosper. The annual event will also honor Donna Schempp, president and chief operating officer of SJI Renewable Energy Ventures, as the 2022 Executive of the Year.

A celebration to recognize the finalists and winners will take place at The Palace at Somerset Park on Dec. 13 starting at 8 a.m.

Finalists for the awards – now in its 17th year – were selected in seven categories: Business of the Year (1-50 Employees), Business of the Year (51-100 Employees), Business of the Year (101+ Employees), Non-Profit of the Year (1-100), Non-Profit of the Year (101+), Corporate Citizen of the Year and Emerging Business of the Year.

All finalists are a select group of companies that have achieved notable success and demonstrated strong leadership within their industries and their communities, along with a commitment to professional excellence. Finalists and winners were chosen by an independent panel of judges made up of previous Business of the Year honorees. Winners in each category will be announced during the live event.

Tickets are on sale now through Dec. 2 at www.njbiz.com/events.

The finalists for each of the categories follows:

Business of the Year, 1-50 employees

etherFAX 

Kekoa Foods 

Kimmerle Group / Kimmerle Newman Architects  

MD 3PL 

MouthWatch 

ThinkForm Architects 

Zago Manufacturing Co. Inc. 

Business of the Year, 51-100 employees

Denholtz Properties 

Dobco Inc.  

Vericon Construction Co. 

Vydia

Business of the Year, 101+ employees

CentralReach 

ConnectiveRx 

FirstService Residential 

GEP 

Green Payments  

SJP Properties 

Porzio, Bromberg & Newman PC 

Toorak Capital Partners

Non-Profit of the Year (1-100 employees)

Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation 

Fair Lawn Economic Development Corp. 

Inroads to Opportunities 

Mayo Performing Arts Center 

Morris Habitat for Humanity (MHfH) 

National Association of Social Workers New Jersey 

Students 2 Science 

Non-Profit of the Year (101+ employees) 

Community FoodBank of New Jersey 

Hackensack Meridian Health 

Integrity Inc. 

The Gateway Family YMCA 

Thomas Edison State University 

Corporate Citizen of the Year

GAF 

JPMorgan Chase 

Summit Place Financial Advisors LLC 

Synchronoss 

Techbuyer 

Emerging Business of the Year

Nassau Consulting Group 

Penelope Bourbon 

Riverside Oral Surgery 

The Grateful Gourmet 

Executive of the Year

Donna Schempp, president and chief operating officer
SJI Renewable Energy Ventures