Honorees

Suzanne Clark, President
Latricia Brown, VP, Equal Opportunity Agenda
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Honored for taking a national leadership position on diversity and inclusion initiatives on behalf of the American business community, and codifying the actions and goals of this initiative in the Equal Opportunity Agenda.

Darrell Edmonds
Executive Director
Friday is Tie Day

Honored for founding Friday is Tie Day, a non-profit that mentors African American youth by imbuing the with the knowledge and skills needed to improve their life outcomes – both personally and professionally. Friday Is Tie Day is geared towards young men in grades 8-12. The program encourages the young men to wear ties to school on Friday and make a deliberate effort to dress and act like gentlemen.

John Harmon
President, Founder and CEO
African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ

Honored for a lifetime of leadership and advocacy in the cause of equality for black business executives and black businesses in New Jersey. The honor will include presentation of $10K check to the African American Chamber.

Honoree TBD
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation JAG Program