“I want to thank you for naming me number seven on the power list that included elected officials. I plan to work my way up to an even lower number during the next year. So be prepared!” said Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg.
“New Jersey has a vast number of smart and dynamic women who have achieved power and influence. I am glad to see more women on PolitickerNJ’s Power List this year, with 15 women out of 100, up from 11 in 2013. I want to congratulate all of the women named by PolitickerNJ in 2014. However, the list still fails to recognize many women who are getting things done in Trenton and across the state. In addition, the first woman does not show up until #23. Last year, there were four women in the top 10. The women who are making things happen in New Jersey deserve recognition, so I am again submitting to you a list of “Power Women” in our great state. Here is my list of 71 women in alphabetical order,” said Weinberg.
Senate Majority Leader Weinberg’s 2014 “Power List”
Mishael Azam New Jersey Medical Society
Susan Bass Levin The Cooper Foundation
Jennifer Borg North Jersey Media Group
Andrea “Andy” Bowen Garden State Equality
Laurel Brennan AFL-CIO
Julie Busby Philadelphia Inquirer
Nancy Cantor Rutgers
Annette Catino QualCare
Susan Cole Montclair State University
Maria Comella Office of the Governor
Jackie Cornell-Bechelli US Department of Health and Human Services
Michelle Coryell Office of Senate President Sweeney
Sonia Das Office of the Senate Majority Leader
Nicole Davidman Republican Fundraiser
Michellene Davis Barnabas Health
Beth Defalco U.S. Senator Cory Booker’s office
Sonia Delgado Princeton Public Affairs
Angela Delli Santi AFL-CIO
Tracie DeSarno Public Strategies Impact
Barbara DeMarco Porzio Government Affairs
Rosi Efthim Blue Jersey
Karin Elkis Democratic Operative
Zulima Farber Lowenstein Sandler
Debbie Francica Office of the Senate Majority Leader
Janice Fuller Office of Congressman Pallone
Gail Gordon Republican Fundraiser
Barbara Gitenstein The College of New Jersey
Trish Graber Senate Majority Office
Deborah Gramiccioni PANYNJ
Heather Haddon Wall Street Journal
Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim NJ Transit
Melissa Hayes The Bergen Record
Lynn Haynes AMG
Jeanette Hoffman Capital Impact Group
Deborah Howlett ACLU of New Jersey
Michelle Jaker Amerigroup
Lisa Kaado Brilliantli LLC and Rutgers
Carol Katz Katz Government Affairs
Karen Kominsky Wolff & Sampson
Kay LiCausi Hoboken Strategies
Susan K. Livio NJ Advance Media
Sarah Lechner New Jersey Hospital Association
Samantha Maltzman Democratic Fundraiser
Ruth Mandel Eagleton Institute of Politics
Marcia Marley Blue Wave
Patti McGuire Princeton Public Affairs
Laurie McCabe Office of Senator Vitale
Bernadette McPherson Millenium Strategies
Mary Messenger Assembly Speaker’s Office
Audrey Meyers The Valley Hospital
Kelly Mooij New Jersey Audubon Society
Mary Noonan Office of Congressman Chris Smith
Mary O’Dowd Department of Health
Mary Kay Roberts Riker Danzig
Julie Roginsky Democratic Party Operative
Betsy Ryan New Jersey Hospital Association
Peg Schaffer Somerset County Democratic Organization
Stacy Schuster TCNJ
Marsha Shapiro and Louise Walpin Marriage Equality Activists
Christine Shipley NJ Senate Republican office
Babs Siperstein Garden State Equality
Candy Straight Republican Fundraiser
Grace Strom Power Eckert Seamans
Jennifer Taylor Assembly Democratic Office
Patricia Teffenhart The New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Myra Terry EMERGE
Jennifer Velez Department of Human Services
Mary Wachter Genentech
Debbie Walsh Center for Women and Politics
Catherine Yaxley Holy Name Hospital
Kate Zernike New York Times
Named on PolitickerNJ’s 2014 List
Michele Brown New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Mary Pat Christie First Lady of New Jersey
Tai Cooper Policy Director for Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
Lizette Delgado New Jersey Democratic State Committee
Jennifer Holdsworth Democratic State Political Director
Jeannine LaRue Kaufman Zita Group
Analilia Mejia NJ Working Families
Maggie Moran M Public Affairs
Tricia Mueller Cammarano, Layton & Bombardieri Partners LLC
Liz Muoio Mercer County Democratic Chair
Hetty Rosenstein CWA
Idida Rodriguez 1868 Public Affairs
Milly Silva SEIU 1199
Ann Twomey HPAE
Trish Zita Kaufman Zita Group
