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Growing the Garden State
MELTING POT
LOCAL FIRMS ARE DIVERSE

New Jersey awarded for economic development
DiversityInc released its 15th annual
Tlist of the 50 most diverse companies

he State of New Jersey received an Excellence in Economic Development award from and it includes seven irms based
the Site Selectors Guild, a professional association made up of some of the world’s in New Jersey. A total of 1,215

most respected site selection consultants. The award recognizes communities and
companies participated in the survey.
individuals for outstanding performance and professionalism in economic development.

It was presented to Tracye McDaniel, president and CEO of Choose New Jersey,
THE DIVERSITYINC TOP 10
during the Site Selector’s Guild annual conference in Denver, Colo. Choose New Jersey MOST DIVERSE COMPANIES:

board member Vince Maione, president of Atlantic City Electric, accepted the award on
behalf of the state.
1. Novartis Pharmaceuticals
2. Sodexo
“The Choose New Jersey organization exhibited outstanding eforts to create and
pilot one of the very irst, privately funded, statewide economic development 3.EY

organizations, and to have set new job creation and retention records since its 4. Kaiser Permanente
founding,” says Jerry Szatan, president of the Site Selectors Guild.
5. PricewaterhouseCoopers

Founded in 2010 by Gov. Chris Christie, Choose New Jersey is a non-proit 6. MasterCard Worldwide
corporation and one of four elements of the New Jersey Partnership for Action, 7. Procter & Gamble

including the New Jersey Business Action Center, the New Jersey Economic 8. Prudential Financial

Development Authority, and the Commission on Higher Education. The 9. Johnson & Johnson
Partnership for Action has generated the potential for more than 70,000 jobs 10. AT&T

and $11 billion in public and private investment into the Garden State from
corporations including Forbes Media, Amazon, Panasonic, Destination Mater- Click on DiversityInc.com for the full list.

nity, Ferring Pharmaceutical, Bayer Healthcare, Lockheed Martin and more.

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