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NJII's Board of Directors


Chrissy Buteas

President & CEO, HealthCare Institute of New Jersey

Elisa A. Charters

Principal EAC Business International LLC, Founder Juego.Juegos

Robert Cohen, M.S.

President Digital, Robotics, & Enabling Technologies, Stryker

Al De Seta

Partner, Venture Capital/Angel Investing

Atam Dhawan, Ph.D.

Senior Vice Provost for Research, NJIT

Debbie Hart

President & CEO, BioNJ

Teik Lim, Ph.D.

President, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Wesley Mathews

President & CEO, Choose NJ

Dean J. Paranicas

Chairman/Former President & CEO, HealthCare Institute of New Jersey

John Pelesko, Ph.D.

NJIT Provost & SVP of Academic Affairs, NJIT

Jen Rowland, CPA, CMA

CFO, Girls With Impact

Dhiraj Shah

Founder & Executive Chairman, Avaap

David Spicka, CFA

Assistant Vice President and Wealth Management Advisor,
Merrill Wealth Management

Michele Siekerka, Esq.

President & CEO, New Jersey
Business & Industry Association


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