Middlesex County gathers community experts to discuss COVID-19 recovery at fourth-annual Business Summit, Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway, PhD, to serve as Keynote Speaker

Event to be held virtually

Thursday, October 8 at 9 am

WHAT:            This year’s Business Summit, Leading Together for a Better Tomorrow, will bring together leading experts across a broad continuum serving New Jersey and the County as the community navigates through COVID-19 recovery. As the County and the community lead together, each panelist will examine what their organizations have learned and offer insights and recommendations on how best to move forward in this “new normal.” A question and answer session will be included. This free event is open to the public and media.

Additionally the Summit serves to illustrate how Middlesex County continues to serve as the thought leader and broker at the intersection between research, policy and implementation, as well as the broker between government; private sector entities; partners such as Rutgers; and the County’s businesses, residents, and workers. Hosted since 2017, this summit is part of a larger strategic planning initiative across the County which culminates in the creation of the Destination 2040 Comprehensive Master Plan. Destination 2040 will shape how the County will grow and change in the future through input from those who live, work, and learn here. The plan will help guide the municipalities within the County with programs and policies to help achieve goals to improve the quality of life for all residents.

WHEN:            Thursday, October 8, 9 – 10:30 am

WHERE:            Event to be held virtually. Registration can be found here: MiddlesexCountyNJ.gov/BusinessSummit2020

WHO:              The event will be moderated by Tom Bergeron, editor and chief content officer of ROI NJ, and hosted by Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders Director Ronald G. Rios and Deputy Director Kenneth Armwood.

                        The Keynote Speaker will be Jonathan Holloway, PhD, president of Rutgers University

Event panelists include:

                        Luis De La Hoz, chairman of the board of directors for the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of NJ and SVP director of community­ lending at Valley National Bank

                        Christiana Foglio, founder and CEO of Community­ Investment Strategies

                        Debbie Hart, MS, CAE, APR, president and CEO of BioNJ

                        Jose Lazano, president and CEO of Choose New Jersey

                        William Rodgers, III, PhD, professor of public policy and chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers Universit­y

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