SJBiz_Office_Space_0224_Layout 1 2 / 12 / 24 10 : 45 AM Page 2 PRESENTED BY SOUTH JERSEY BIZ OfficeSpace CRUNCHING NUMBERS OntheMove Edited by Madeleine Maccar THIRD THE TOTAL THAT THE AMERICAN WATER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DONATED ACROSS FIVE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THIS PAST DECEMBER to assist in WHERE A NEW STUDY BY DEGREE - Robin A . Walton’s $ 50,000 the effort to fight food insecurity throughout American Water’s service area . CHOICES RANKS NEW JERSEY NA - promotion to chief TIONALLY FOR HIGHEST - EARNING philanthropy officer COLLEGE GRADUATES . The higher - and senior vice presi - 60 YEARS $ 58,711 education research group gath - dent , external affairs , HOWLONG BURLINGTON COUNTY’S OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING ered data on more that 5,500 in - THECUMULATIVE AMOUNT for Inspira Health be - CENTERHAS BEEN EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES . stitutions , finding that Garden BURLINGTONCOUNTY COM - Inaddition to observing a milestone anniversary year , the non - State grads earn an average came official Feb . 1 . MISSIONERSRECENTLY AP - profithas been renamed OTC Services to better reflect the annual salary of $ 58,904 four WALTON PROVEDFORDISTRIBUTION comprehensivesupport and programming it provides . years after leaving college . ACROSSNINE LOCAL ORGANI - It was announced Jan . 23 that Barbara A . ZATIONSto both assist with ABOUT HOW MANY PRODUCTIONS TO DATE HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE STATE’S theiroperations and advance Romanohasbeen promoted to chief in - FILM TAX CREDIT PROGRAM , which offers eligible production companies up to a historic - preservation projects . formation officer for SJI ( South Jersey In - 150 35 % transferabletax credit on certain expenses for filming in New Jersey . dustries ) , making her the first woman to hold the position within the organization . THE COMBINED OFFSHORE WIND CAPACITY THAT THE NEW JERSEY BOARD OF SJI also appointed Timothy Lowryas 3,742 PUBLIC UTILITIES RECENTLY AND UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO AWARD TWO PROJECTS , both senior vice president and general 73 which are estimated to yield $ 6.8 billion in statewide economic benefits and counsel , effective Jan . 8 . provide enough energy to power 1.8 million homes . MW HOWMANYVIRTUA ONLINE LISTINGS FOR THE LIKES OF MichaelLovetthas assumed the role of HOSPITALS , MEDICAL PRAC - Consensus Health’s CEO , according to an 15 MILLION 3 % TICESANDPHYSICIANS GAR - announcementmade late last month . THEESTIMATED NUMBER OF PASSENGERS SERVED IN THE FIRST NEREDTHE HEALTH CARE THEPERCENTAGE BY WHICH TOLLS YEAR OF NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S NEW TER - SYSTEMA PRESTIGIOUS 800 WILLINCREASE on both the turnpike MINAL A , besting initial projections by roughly one million . The AWARDS , recognizing its ex - andthe Garden State Parkway now new terminal has already created about 2,500 direct jobs and ceptional digital presence thatthe 2024 New Jersey Turnpike and customer service . boosted the region’s economy by an additional $ 4.6 billion . Authoritybudget has been approved . Duly Noted BREAKDOWN A statewide study found disparity in how public contracts are awarded to minority - and women - owned business enterprises ( MWBEs ) . LYNN LOMBARDO WHAT HAPPENED : WHAT IT The study’s conclusions pointed to data like how minority - MEANS : owned businesses represented 27.97 % of available con - At the end of January , Commissioned by the Murphy struction businesses during the examined time period but administration in 2020 and Virtua Health an - received 3.69 % of the money for construction contracts conducted by Mason Tillman nounced its newest valued from $ 65,000 to $ 5,710,000 , or that woman - and Associates , the study additions to the Vir - owned enterprises accounted for 37.75 % of service evaluated the participation of tua Health Founda - providers but were awarded 9.91 % of the business in pro - MWBEs in the state’s multi - fessional contracts between $ 40,000 to $ 800,000 . tion board of trustees , billion dollar contracting op - all of whom are South portunities by reviewing SACCOMANNO Jersey residents : Lori The study , according to a Jan . 23 press release issued by statewide procurement data WHAT’S Lombardo , Brian the governor’s office and the New Jersey Department of relating to goods and servic - NEXT : LynnandMichaelSaccomanno . the Treasury , will pave the way for the state to take action es , professional services and in fostering a more equitable statewide business environ - construction over a five - year ment . As one of the study’s functions was determining if span . It ultimately concluded additional programs are warranted , its recent completion there is a statistically signifi - will serve as the foundation for those initiatives , which are cant disparity in the business planned to be a cooperative effort among the administra - awarded to not only MWBEs tion , lawmakers and the business community as they work but also disabled veteran - together to identify responsive , appropriate state action . owned businesses . Continued on page 8 SouthJerseyBiz.net | VOLUME 14 ISSUE 2 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | 7