2018 Corporate Sponsors

Enthusiasts

ExxonMobil Research & Engineering

ExxonMobil Research and Engineering (EMRE) is Exxon Mobil Corporation’s (NYSE: XOM) global fuels and lubricants research and development team. With locations in 25 countries around the world, the company’s scientists, chemists and engineers are pursuing energy innovations to help improve the quality of life and drive economic growth and advancement throughout the world. In addition to its research and development efforts, EMRE also licenses technologies that provide significant value while improving safety, reliability and energy efficiency. For more information, visit: www.exxonomobil.com.

TWIN Liaison: Ana P. Kaplun, Community Relations Advisor

Wakefern Food Corp.

From a small struggling cooperative with eight members – all owners of their own grocery stores – Wakefern Food Corp. has grown into the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States. Founded in 1946, the cooperative today is made up of 50 members who individually own and operate more than 250 supermarkets under the ShopRite and the Fresh Grocer banners in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Wakefern introduced Price Rite stores in 1995, extending the company’s reach into Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Today, Price Rite operates 56 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maryland and Virginia. As the merchandising and distribution arm of ShopRite, Price Rite and the Fresh Grocer stores, Wakefern, together with its member companies, employs more than 50,000 people and represents one of the largest employers in New Jersey. Wakefern also distributes products to other supermarkets in the northeastern U.S. and Bermuda. Wakefern was named one of the Best Places to Work in New Jersey in 2011 by NJBIZ magazine. For more information, please visit www.wakefern.com.

ALSO SPONSORING: Publicity and Flowers

​TWIN Liaison: Crystal Goodwin, Associate Engagement Coordinator

Benfactors

​Colgate-Palmolive Company

Technology Center: 909 River Road, Piscataway, NJ 08855. Corporate Headquarters: 300 Park Avenue, NY, NY 10022. Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Colgate sells its products in over 200 countries and territories around the world under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Mennen, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Suavitel and Hill’s Science Diet pet food. The Technology Center provides product research, manufacturing/engineering, and information technology that support Colgate worldwide. The company has approximately 38,000 employees worldwide. Its Technology Center has 700 employees.

TWIN Liaison: Theresa Aguilar, Site Administrator | Global Technology Center

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)

PSEG is a diversified energy company with approximately 13,000 employees. The company was established in 1903 and has long had a key role in fueling New Jersey’s economy and supporting the state’s quality of life. PSE&G, which was named the 2015 Utility of the Year by Electric Light & Power magazine, is New Jersey’s largest provider of electric and gas service – serving 2.2 million electric customers and 1.8 million gas customers or nearly three out of every four people in the state. PSEG owns and operates a diverse fleet of power plants with approximately 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity located in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions and has solar energy facilities throughout the United States. PSEG Long Island operates the electric transmission and distribution system of the Long Island Power Authority, with 1.1 million customers. In 2015, the company was named to America’s Best Employers List by Forbes magazine as well as one of the 25 Champions of Good Works by The Commerce and Industry Association of NJ.

ALSO SPONSORING: Photography
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TWIN Liaison: Lucinda Malmo, Sr. Administrative Associate

​GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare

We are a science-led global healthcare company on a mission: we want to help people do more, feel better, live longer. In GSK Consumer Healthcare, we have a heritage that goes back more than 160 years, producing some of the world’s best-loved healthcare brands including: Sensodyne, Theraflu, Flonase and Excedrin.

TWIN Liaison: Paula T. Markert, Regulatory Manager

Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. (JJHCS) sits at the center of one of the world’s largest and most respected health care companies. From managing customer relationships to contract management, e-business, and supply chain, JJHCS directs critical common functions on behalf of the sectors of Johnson & Johnson – Medicines, Nutritionals, Medical Devices and Diagnostics. We make it easy to do business with Johnson & Johnson, giving our customers the access they need to maximize their business opportunities.
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TWIN Liaison: Dolores Kochan, Executive Administrative Assistant

Partner

​Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state’s oldest and largest health insurer, is a tax-paying, not-for-profit health services corporation, providing a wide array of medical, dental, and prescription insurance products and services. Horizon BCB.S.NJ is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, serving more than 3.6 million members with headquarters in Newark and offices in Wall, Mt. Laurel, and West Trenton. Learn more at www.HorizonBlue.com.

ALSO SPONSORING: Honoree Reception

TWIN Liaison: Alison Banks-Moore, Chief Diversity Officer

​Infineum USA L.P.

With manufacturing, R&D, and business center in Linden, New Jersey and headquarters in the U.K., Infineum USA L.P. is a major worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of lubricant additives used primarily in automotive, heavy-duty diesel and marine engines, and additives for gasoline and diesel fuels. The Infineum product line also includes specialty additives for automotive transmission fluids, gear, and industrial oils. Its customers include oil companies and other lubricant and fuel marketers.

​TWIN Liaison: Lois Bass, Community Relations Coordinator

Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies

www.janssen.com/At the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies [of Johnson & Johnson], we are working to create a world without disease. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat and cure disease inspires us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science. We are Janssen. We collaborate with the world for the health of everyone in it. Learn more at www.janssen.com.

​​​TWIN Liaison: Vernette Daniel, HR Leader

Patrons

​DSM – Bright Science. Brighter Living™

Royal DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials. By connecting its unique competences in Life Sciences and Materials Sciences, DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress, and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders. DSM delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect, and improve performance in global markets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, advanced biofuels, and bio-based materials. DSM has approximately 21,000 employees worldwide with annual sales of approximately $10 billion. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext.

DSM firmly believes that a company cannot succeed in a society that fails. DSM recognizes and embraces the concept that corporations can and should use their resources and expertise not only to succeed in business but also to help make the world a better place in which to live. As a leading supplier of nutritional ingredients such as vitamins, caroteniods, enzymes and nutritional lipids, DSM is committed to taking a lead role in improving nutrition throughout the world. DSM is a major global corporate partner of the United Nations World Food Program, Vitamin Angels, Partners in Food Solutions, USAID, GAIN, TechnoServe, Sight and Life, and other organizations that target malnutrition and hunger wherever it is found. Ask a DSM employee what the initials DSM stand for and the most common response will be: Do Something Meaningful.

In North America, DSM is represented by nearly 5,000 employees at more than 40 sites in various business segments. DSM’s presence in New Jersey is significant, with locations in Belvidere and Parsippany, which is the NA headquarters for several DSM entities. This year, our winners represent our Nutritional Products business group. In addition to our continued support to the YWCA Union County, DSM has founded a Women Inspired Network (WIN) that is open to all employees and fosters diversity of thought and style throughout the organization.

ALSO SPONSORING: Event Website
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TWIN Liaison: Marion Witte, Sr. Director, Talent Development

​Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain

Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain encompasses key supply chain organizations across the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, including Strategy & Deployment, Quality & Compliance, Customer & Logistics Services, Engineering/Real Estate/Facilities Management, and Environment Health, Safety & Sustainability.

This model enables strategic supply chain decision-making across our companies, while keeping supply chain organizations embedded in our sectors and connected to our businesses, close to our respective markets and customers. All functions that “plan, source, make and deliver” our products – are part of J&J Supply Chain.

​Approximately 120,000 people work for the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies. Of those, more than 65, 000 work in supply chain roles. Globally, the supply chain network across Johnson & Johnson includes more than 107 internal manufacturing facilities, 332 distribution centers and more than 600 external manufacturers that collectively manufacture and distribute products to customers.

TWIN Liaison: Suzanne Anderson, VP, Supply Chain Data Management

​Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC) – a U.S. affiliate of Basel, Switzerland-based Novartis AG – researches, develops, manufactures and markets innovative medicines aimed at improving patients’ lives. We offer a broad range of medicines for cancer, cardiovascular disease, endocrine disease, inflammatory disease, infectious disease, neurological disease, organ transplantation, psychiatric disease, respiratory disease and skin conditions. Our mission is to discover new ways to improve and extend people’s lives.

​TWIN Liaison: Kathleen Hooper, Support Specialist, HR

​Panasonic Corporation of North America

Newark, NJ-based Panasonic Corporation of North America is a leading technology partner and integrator to businesses, government agencies and consumers across the region. The company is the principal North American subsidiary of Osaka, Japan-based Panasonic Corporation and the hub of Panasonic’s U.S. branding, marketing, sales, service and R&D operations. Panasonic was featured in Fortune Magazine’s 2016 ranking of 50 companies that are changing the world and doing well by doing good. Specifically cited were its smart and sustainable technologies, including its contributions to smart cities and the electric vehicle revolution. Learn more about Panasonic at us.panasonic.com/news.

​TWIN Liaison: Luanne Moreno, Sr. Talent Management Analyst

​Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery

The Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery, located on the New York Harbor in Linden, New Jersey, is one of the largest refineries on the East Coast and a key asset to the region and the state of New Jersey. Built in 1909, the refinery processes a mix of imported, and U.S crude oil. The new rail offloading facility, which began operations in August of 2014, has made possible the receipt of advantaged domestic crude by rail from the Midwest, keeping Bayway Refinery competitive in the global oil economy.

Bayway Refinery earned its nickname as the "gasoline machine" because it is home to one of the world’s largest fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) units, enabling the refinery to produce enough gasoline to meet more than half of New Jersey’s annual demand. Bayway refining units also include hydrodesulphurization units, a naphtha reformer, an alkylation unit, isomerization and other processing equipment. Bayway also has a polypropylene plant that produces 775 million pounds of plastic pellets per year.

Bayway Refinery is recognized for its long history of providing jobs, fuels, and years of contributions to the economy and local communities. The 800 plus employees of Bayway work hard every day to make it a priority that the refinery remains a safe, strong, viable, and successful company that can continue to provide energy and support for communities for years to come. Our high-performing workforce makes it possible for the company to achieve its mission of “Providing Energy and Improving Lives” and they live the Phillips 66 values of Safety, Honor, and Commitment each and every day.

ALSO SPONSORING: Event Program

TWIN Liaison: Mary Phillips, Community Relations Coordinator