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Meet the New Jersey judges

The success of the program relies on the efforts of our independent panel of judges. The panel comprises past Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award recipients and civic and community leaders who devote significant effort to review and deliberate the merits of each nominee.

Photographic portrait of Donald Chu

Donald Chu
President & CEO 
Tronex International
2021 regional winner

Photographic portrait of Emre Imamoglu

Emre Imamoglu
CEO
Cibo Vita Inc.
2022 regional winner

Photographic portrait of Bryan Jakovcic

Bryan Jakovcic
CEO
Fusion Health
2020 regional winner

Photographic portrait of Ryo Kuroki

Ryo Kuroki
Senior Managing Director, New Listings & Capital Markets
NASDAQ

Photographic portrait of Christine Miller

Christine Miller
President & CEO
Melinta Therapeutics
2023 regional winner

Photographic portrait of Raj Patil

Raj Patil
CEO
Orion Innovation
2022 regional winner

Photographic portrait of Jimmy Placa

Jimmy Placa
CEO
Davion Inc.
2021 regional winner

Photographic portrait of Bharat Rana

Bharat Rana
Co-Founder & Chairman
ProSmile
2022 regional winner

 

Photographic portrait of Apurva Saraf

Apurva Saraf
President & CEO
Cosette Pharma
2023 regional winner

Photographic portrait of Katie Wu

Katie Wu
Director
KKR