New York/NewJersey Business News update
New Jersey’s leading business owners, corporate executives and industry experts will be convening at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ on October 25, 2011 for the African American Chamber of Commerce New Jersey’s annual Business Leadership Conference. This year’s high-profile event will focus on the Energy Sector with an emphasis on Jobs and Growth with industry experts sharing their insight and advice with conference participants. The program agenda also includes ample opportunity for panelist to engage the audience in dialogue.
“This year’s AACCNJ Conference promises to cover it all,” said John E. Harmon, President/CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce. “The Chamber has worked hard to put together a timely and relevant program that will provide employers the information they need to emerge from this fledging economy stronger than ever before.”
The conference agenda includes speakers from the top of their fields who will offer their prospective on issues critical to the economic climate in New Jersey. William Kovacs, Vice President Environmental, Technology and Regulatory Affairs Division of US Chamber of Commerce will offer insight on the cost of over regulations and its adverse impact on job creation. George W. Gower, Solutions Executive at Johnson Controls, Inc., will instruct business owner on how to position themselves to do business with Johnson Controls, Inc.
“This year’s AACCNJ 2011 Business Leadership Conference is an excellent opportunity for employers and business owners from throughout the region to get together and discuss topics that are critical to the future of New Jersey, continued Mr. Harmon. “The industry experts, entrepreneurs and corporate leaders that will participate in the conference have the wherewithal to potentially reshape New Jersey’s economy going forward. Hands down, this is the do-not-miss event for this fall.”
Denise L. Pease was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as Regional Administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration’s Northeast and Caribbean Region, effective September 13, 2010.
As Regional Administrator, Pease oversees the federal government’s real estate portfolio, procurement of goods and services, and information technology for New York, northern New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. GSA's Northeast and Caribbean Region has approximately 700 employees, an annual operating budget of $1.4 billion, and a real estate portfolio that includes 72 government-owned buildings and leased space in 469 commercial buildings. The region is also managing a number of major projects, including the expansion of several border stations along the U.S. border with Canada; the construction of a federal courthouse in Buffalo, New York; the return of federal tenants to the World Trade Center site; and more than $480 million in projects funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Before assuming leadership of the region, Pease served the city of New York as the Assistant Comptroller of Commercial Banking in the Office of the New York Comptroller. In this capacity, she was the Comptroller's senior liaison to New York City's diverse banking community and advised him on banking, consumer, and economic development issues that affected the residents of New York City and the financial services industry. Pease also represented the Comptroller on the New York City Banking Commission. Pease is also a former Deputy Superintendent of Banks for New York state, in charge of the Consumer Services Division.
Pease suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of an automobile accident in 1995 and underwent more than five years of extensive therapy before returning to work. Pease says she realizes she is not alone in living with a disability. To this end, Pease has worked with a number of organizations that advocate for people with disabilities. She is on the board of directors of the Epilepsy Foundation of America and chairperson of its African American Initiative.
Pease is an alumna of Columbia University School of General Studies and holds a Bachelor of Arts in American history and biology. She was also a Charles H. Revson Fellow at Columbia and a National Urban Fellow at the Bernard M. Baruch Graduate School of Public Administration, and has studied executive management at the European Institute of Business Administration, Paris.
DATE: October 25, 2011
TIME: 9:00AM – 3:00PM
LOCATION: Rutgers University
Paul Robeson Campus Center
350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Newark, NJ 07102
REGISTRATION: $65 for Non-members
$50 for Members