Leadership Gatherings To Help Accelerate Investment – Collaboration + Build Awareness & Momentum
for NEWARK’s Leading Projects, Programs & Initiatives
organized, envisioned developed produced
A Yearly Opportunity To Gather Regional Leaders Across Sectors & Specialties
All Aligned with & for NEWARK + Tri-State Growth
dream develop accelerate
A Regional Sweet Spot
Corporate, Innovation, Human Capital & Cultural Sweet Spot
Newark Artist Collaborative – GERALUZ & WERC – Mural: Rt 280 Overpass Facade – Dreaming (2024)
SUMMIT SPEAKERS
National Thought-Leaders, Innovators & Disruptors
Evan Weiss
President & CEO
NJEDA
Lata Reddy
Chair, The Prudential Foundation
SVP, Inclusive Solutions – Prudential Financial
Ras Baraka
Mayor
City of Newark
Angelo Genova, Esq.
Co-Founder & Chairman
Genova Burns LLC
Scott Shnay
Principal
SK Development
Wasseem Boraie
Managing Principal
Boraie Development
Gabriel Lopez
Managing Principal
J&L Companies
Murat Mutlu
Founder & Principal
INOA Architecture
Samer Hanini
Founder & Managing Partner
Hanini Group
Drew Fletcher
President
Greystone Capital Advisors
Greystone Construction Capital
Jennifer Carillo-Perez
Partner
Connell Foley
Andrea Kaufman
Head of Sustainable Investing
PGIM
Jocelyn Grahame
Managing Partner, New Jersey
McKinsey & Company
Kerri Berson Levine
Principal
The Fidelco Group
John Schreiber
President & CEO
NJPAC
Aisha Glover
Global Head of Urban Innovation
Audible
Shane Harris
President
Prudential Foundation
Calvin Ledford
President
PSEG Foundation
Allison Ladd
Deputy Mayor
City of Newark
Teik Lim
President
NJIT
Tonya Smith-Jackson, Ph.D., CPE
Chancellor
Rutgers University-Newark
Ron Beit
CEO
RBH Group
Elnardo Webster
Partner
Connell Foley
Elias Millstein
Principal
The STRO Companies
Alex Cocoziello
Principal & Chief Investment Officer
Advance Realty Investors
Marcus Randolph
CEO
Invest Newark
Juan Rodriguez
Associate Principal
MHS Architecture
Jeff Blau
Founder & President
Giga Holdings
Matthew Kertz
Partner
Genova Burns LLC
Aaron Price
President & CEO
TechUnited / propelify
John Saraceno
Co-Founder & Managing Principal
Onyx Equities
Duncan Turner
General Partner & Global Managing Director
SOSV – HAX
Petra Conte
Executive VP
Arch Street Capital
Aaron Stauber
President
Rugby Realty Co.
April Mason
Founder & President
Violet PR
Rebecca P. Jampol
Founder & Co-Director
Project for Empty Space (PES)
Talia Young
President & CEO
Newark Symphony Hall
Ashley Mays
CMO, Newark Alliance
President, Newark Happening
Marcy S. DePina
Executive Director
Newark City Parks Foundation
Lauren LeBaux Craig
Executive Director
Newark Arts
Jon Crowley
Executive Director
New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission
Courtney Mulligan
SVP, Marketing & Communications
Russo Development
Jonathan Schultz
Co-Founder & Managing Principal
Onyx Equities
Emily Manz
Chief Business
Development Officer
Invest Newark
Lisa John-Basta
Chair –
Redevelopment, Land Use & Zoning
CSG Law
Timothy Lizura
EVP, Real Estate & Capital Projects
NJPAC
Louis D. March
President
March Construction
Sam Chapin
Managing Director
LMXD
L+M Development
Melba Wilson
Founder & Chef
Melba’s Restaurant
Adenah Bayoh
Founder & Principal
Adenah Bayoh & Companies
Foya Development
Senate Majority Leader
State Senator
Teresa Ruiz
C. Lawrence Crump
Council President
City of Newark
Andrew Cavaluzzi
Partner & Co-Founder
Hudson Valley Property Group
Melanie Walter
Executive Director
New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA)
Jeff Monge
Founder
& Managing Partner
Monge Capital
Sunny Gao
Impact Investment
Portfolio Management
PGIM
Bernel Hall
President
& CEO
New Jersey Community Capital
Brian Murray
Founder & CEO
Shift Capital
David Wolfe
Managing Partner
Skoloff & Wolfe
Jose Cruz
Senior Managing Director
JLL
Jorge Santos
Chief Real Estate and Investment Officer
Newark Alliance
Pedro Gomes
CEO
The Gomes Group
Frank E. Ferruggia
Partner
McCarter & English, LLP
Ferlanda Nixon
President & CEO
Newark Regional Business Partnership
NRBP
Shaun Fine
Senior Director
Clean Energy
PSEG
Roger León
Superintendent
Newark Board Of Education
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Marc Berson
Chairman
The Fidelco Group
Frank Giantomasi
Chiesa Shahinian &
Giantomasi PC
Our 2nd Annual Summit
Our 2026 Co-Chairs
Our 2026 Venue Partner
Host Sponsor
Our 2026 Presenting Sponsor
Our 2026 Media Partners
The Industry's Most Respected Source & Resource
Our 2026 Sponsors
Partners & Advisors to the Industries Leading Players & Projects
- PROVISIONS SPONSOR -
- KOSHER PROVISIONS SPONSOR -
Our 2026 Supporting Organizations
Think-Tanks, Partners & Collaborators to Leadership
Role Purpose Goal
- BUILDING OFF THE SUCCESS OUR SISTER SUMMIT -
The 3rd Annual Summit
on Real Estate, Economic Development & Placemaking
FOR INQUIRIES
REGARDING
ATTENDANCE
& REGISTRATION
FOR SPEAKING NOMINATIONS - PARTNERSHIP & SPONSORSHIP ROLES
Sherif Abouzied
Founder & Managing Principal
The Newark Summit
The Jersey City Summit
roundtable&advisory
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