Scott Goldstein laughs when he recalls Larry Krompier rattling off demands while he was docking his boat by Baker’s Water Street Bar & Grille in Toms River.
“He really thought he was a pirate,” Goldstein said of his colleague at the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
State Sen. Loretta Weinberg has one piece of advice for any woman thinking about going on the Walk to Washington train trip: Go.
Weinberg (D-Teaneck) is leading the fight to change the toxic culture around Trenton — and the workplace in general — with a working group that is holding public hearings on the issue.
And, while the working group developed following a published report by New Jersey Advance Media that listed the major networking events — such as the Walk to Washington and the annual League of Municipalities convention — as areas where women have been harassed in the past, she is not advocating a boycott of the trip. Far from it.
The president of the state chamber’s foundation will serve as just one of 35 individuals from across the county to participate in a panel focusing on major workforce development and education issues.
N.J. Chamber of Commerce Foundation President Donna Custard was one of 35 nationwide to be named to the 'Elite Cohort' of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Business Leads Fellowship Program. The program, established in 2018, provides in-person training and builds a coalition of business leaders focusing on education and workforce issues. Read more about the program here.
Gov. Phil Murphy’s first State of the State address was met with skepticism from the state’s business community.