Beyond The Glass Ceiling Gala Past Winners
2022
Woman Business Owner
Meggan Ciaccia
Ciaccia CPA
Nonprofit of the Year
Cross County Connection TMA
Women's Advocate of the Year
Cheldin Barlatt Rumer
This is it TV
Company of the Year
New Jersey American Water
Under 40 Business Woman of the Year
Nicole Lannutti
The Craft Room
Made of Paper Design
Diversity and Inclusion Advocate of the Year
Subha Barry
Seramount
Nawbo SJ Chapter Champion
Audrey Wiggins
On The Town Food Tours
Beyond the Glass Ceiling Excellence Award
Marianne Aleardi
SJ Magazine
2020
Woman Business Owner
Sandra Sciacca
Sciacca Upholstery
Hero Award
Brandi Fishman
Zefer Foundation
Women's Advocate of the Year
NAWBO SJ Nova
Oh How Healthy
Non-Profit of the Year
Diversity and Inclusion Advocate of the Year
Rowan University
Company of the Year
Subaru
Nawbo SJ Chapter Champion
Lynda Furnari
Small Business
2019
Community Advocate of the Year
Loretta Winters
Gloucester County NAACP
Company of the Year
Robins’ Nest
Environmental Advocate of the Year
Derry Holland
Oaks Integrated Care
Diversity and Inclusion Advocate of the Year
Jessica Floyd
Mayor of Woodbury
Nawbo SJ Chapter Champion
Dana Romano
Dana Romano Photography
Woman Business Owner of the Year
Betty Maul
FrontEnd Graphics
Women's Advocate of the Year
Amy Smith
Weinberg, Kaplan & Smith, P.A.
NAWBO SJ Nova
Rae Pastore
Golden Sun Artistry
Trailblazer Award
Dr. Brenda Kurnik
Nephrologist
Non-Profit of the Year
Abbie Kasoff
Say it With Clay
2018
Community Advocate of the Year
Suzanne Ghee
Virtua
Company of the Year
Sophia Rigatos
B Positive Plasma
Environmental Advocate of the Year
Jeanne Gural
Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge
Legislator of the Year
Kate Gibbs
Burlington County Freeholder
Nawbo SJ Chapter Champion
Meagan Mackerer
Mackerer Marketing
Trailblazer Award
Lara Price
Philadelphia 76ers
Woman Business Owner of the Year
Trish Baum
Hand ‘N’ Heart
Women's Advocate of the Year
Lynda L. Hinkle
Law Offices of Lynda L. Hinkle
NAWBO SJ Nova
Tara Marcus
Dillon Marcus
2017
Community Advocate of the Year
Ginny Marino
Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey
Company of the Year
Anne Caruso
Networks Plus
Environmental Advocate of the Year
Jacyln Rhoads
Pinelands Preservation Alliance
Hero of the Year
Taylor Kane
Legislator of the Year
Cory Booker
United States Senator, New Jersey
Media Advocate of the Year
Marianne Aleardi
SJ Magazine
Nawbo SJ Chapter Champion
Sharon Dunkel
TNRC Associates LLC
Trailblazer Award
Susan Lehrman
Rohrer College of Business at Rowan University
Woman Business Owner of the Year
Lita Abele
U.S. Lumber
Woman Business Owner/Entrepreneur Under 40
Jimena Florez
Chaak Healthy Snacks
Women's Advocate of the Year
Susan Bass Levin
The Cooper Foundation
2016
Community Advocate of the Year
June Sernak
American Red Cross
Company of the Year
Laura Hart
Atrium Executive Center
Hero of the Year
Susan Rose
The Lauren Rose Albert Foundation
Legislator of the Year
Diane Allen
New Jersey Senator
Nawbo SJ Chapter Champion
Allyson Christoffersen
Rethink Innovations
Nawbo SJ Nova
Ruth Scott
Cupcakes by Ruth
Trailblazer Award
Chancellor Phoebe Haddon
Rutgers University – Camden
Woman Business Owner of the Year
Aldonna Ambler
The Growth Strategist
Woman Business Owner/Entrepreneur Under 40
Women's Advocate of the Year
Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills
U.S. Small Business Administration
Environmental Advocate of the Year
Mary Grasso Shiles
Grasso Girls Farm Market
2015
Community Advocate of the Year
Dr. Donna Pellogrino
The Psychology Group
Company of the Year
Valerie Schlitt
VSA Prospecting
Environmental Advocate of the Year
Melissa Lee
The Green Program
Legislator of the Year
Pamela Lampitt
Assemblywoman, New Jersey Sixth District
Media Advocate of the Year
Jenny Ryan
SNJ Business People
Nawbo SJ Chapter Champion
Fran Davis
The Flavorful Fork
Nawbo SJ Nova
Katie Walsh
Rita’s Water Ice
Trailblazer Award
Donna Cristino
JING AI Cosmetics
Woman Business Owner of the Year
Mindie Barnett
Woman Business Owner/Entrepreneur Under 40
Molly Hayward
Women's Health Advocate of the Year
2014
Community Advocate of the Year
Lori Godorov
Company of the Year
Eileen Unger
Environmental Advocate of the Year
Lori Braunstein
Hero of the Year
Betty Long
Legislator of the Year
Jon Runyan
Media Advocate of the Year
Marilyn Russell
Nawbo SJ Chapter Champion
Judy Sailer, Tracy Shields
Nawbo SJ Nova
Roseann Vanella
Trailblazer Award
CJ DiRoma
Women's Advocate of the Year
Lucienne Beard
Women's Health Advocate of the Year
Stephanie Fendrick
2012
Company Leader of the Year
Brenda Ross-Dulan
Emerging Business Advocate of the Year
Jennifer Young
Hero of the Year
Gisele DiNatale
Media Advocate of the Year
Tobi Schwartz-Cassell, Diane Druss
Nawbo SJ Chapter Champion
Lynn Pechinski
Nawbo SJ Nova
Emily Gottschalk
Small Business of the Year
Vir Tu Spa
Trailblazer Award
Lynn Bardowski
Women's Advocate of the Year
Cathi Rendfrey
2011
Business Advocate of the Year
Heather Simmons
Community Advocate of the Year
Shirley Fayan, Lori Leonard, Pam Machulsky, Janice Milley
Company of the Year
Campbell Soup Company
Environmental Advocate of the Year
Joan Leonard
Hero of the Year
Valerie B. Traore
Media Advocate of the Year
Ingrid Edelman
Nawbo SJ Chapter Champion
Debbie Zimmerman
Nawbo SJ Nova
Kathy McGuire
Shattered the Glass Ceiling Award
Linda M. Rohrer
Trailblazer Award
Ninfa M. Saunders
Women's Advocate of the Year
Judith S. Charny
2010
Business Advocate of the Year
Sarah Piddington
Community Advocate of the Year
Jenny Ryan
Company of the Year
South Jersey Industries
Hero of the Year
Tammy Evans-Colquitt
Legislator of the Year
Carmen Rodriguez
Shattered the Glass Ceiling Award
Mindy Holman
Trailblazer Award
Judith Roman
Women Business Owner of the Year
Pam Boyd
2009
Business Advocate of the Year
Paula Fett
Community Advocate of the Year
Marianne Aleardi
Company of the Year
Mannington Mills, Inc.
Legislator of the Year
Pamela Lampitt
Pioneer of the Year
Angela Snyder
Shattered the Glass Ceiling Award
Marilouise Venditti, MD
Trailblazer Award
Colonel Gina Grosso
Woman Business Owner of the Year
Tina Wells
2008
Business Advocate of the Year
Lyn Kremer
Community Advocate of the Year
Amy Webb
Company of the Year
Flaster Greenberg, Attorneys at Law
Hero of the Year
David Girgenti
Legislator of the Year
Dawn Addiego
Pioneer of the Year
Denise Kassekert
Shattered the Glass Ceiling Award
Lori Herndon
Woman Business Owner of the Year
Michelle Bunting