CONTENTS
ACCOUNTING
Spotlight on … Sax LLP Managing Partner Joseph Damiano , CPA .................. 8
ENVIRONMENTAL , ENGINEERING AND TRANSPORTATION
Remediating the Lower Hackensack River .................................... 10 New Jersey ’ s Clean Energy Future ........................................... 10 Clean Tech Seed Grants for Startups ......................................... 14 Investing in Water Infrastructure ........................................... 14 NJ TRANSIT ’ s Zero-Emissions Bus Fleet ....................................... 18
BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Nine Ways to Prepare for Hurricanes ........................................ 22 More AI Means New Risks for Firms ......................................... 26
BANKING
Mergers & Acquisitions and New Administrative Offices for Banks ............... 28
COVER STORY
Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month : CBRE Exec Gil Medina Opines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
LAW
Protecting Your New Jersey Business from Love , Marriage and Divorce ........... 38
FROM NEW JERSEY WITH LOVE
Most Effective Online Dating Photos ........................................ 40 Advances in Reproductive Medicine ......................................... 42
PHARMACEUTICALS
Phage Display-Based Gene Delivery ......................................... 44 CDI Pursues New , Novel TB Vaccine ......................................... 46 HINJ Honors NJMEP with STEM Award ...................................... 48
HEALTHCARE
Advances in Ovarian / Prostate Cancer Care at New Jersey ’ s Top Hospitals .......... 50
COLUMNS
Advertisers ’ Directory ...................................................... 2 CIANJ Officers & Board of Directors .......................................... 4 President ’ s View .......................................................... 6 Business & Lifestyle ....................................................... 56
■ Advertisers ’ Directory
200 Club of Bergen County .... 23 AmeriHealth New Jersey ............. 7 Atlantic Health System ............ IFC AWT Environmental
Services , Inc ......................... 11 Bayshore Family of Companies ...................... BC CATSHOT Group ........................ 1 Caucus New Jersey .................. 19 Clean Vapor ............................ 20 Clear Tunnels ........................... 21 Concrete Washout
Systems ............................... 13 Connell Foley LLP ..................... 14 County College of Morris ........ 37 CPES ........................................ 18 Delta Dental ............................... 5 EAI , Inc .................................... 15 FEMA ...................................... 24 Goldstein Lieberman &
Company LLC ......................... 2 GZA ......................................... 12 Hackensack Meridian Health ... 53 Holy Name Medical Center ...... 55
ICA Risk Management Consultants ......................... 27
Integrated Business
Systems ( IBS )........................ 16 KEV Security ............................ 31 Lessons in Leadership .............. 33 Levine Jacobs & Co . LLC .......... 32 Nanina ’ s in the Park ................. 41 Never Fly Solo .......................... 25 NJCPA ..................................... 30 NJCU .......................................... 9 NJMEP ..................................... 49 Norris McLaughlin , P . A ................ 3 NPZ Law Group . P . C ................ 39 Orbis ....................................... 43 Posillico ................................... 17 ProCure Proton
Therapy Center .................... 51 PSE & G ..................................... 35 RWJBarnabas Health ............... 45 Spencer Savings Bank .............. 29 Stand & Deliver ........................ 33 Triangle Manufacturing ........... 47 Valley Health System .............. IBC
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