NJIT's President Makes ROI-NJ's Super 60 Power List for 2023

New Jersey Institute of Technology President Teik C. Lim is among three Highlanders on ROI-NJ’s Super 60 Power List of business influencers for 2023.

Lim seeks to accelerate NJIT’s progress in becoming a leading polytechnic in the U.S. that helps diverse students achieve upward economic mobility through the study of STEM.

The other Highlanders on the Power List are Luis De La Hoz, a member of NJIT's Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council, and Michele Siekerka, who serves on the Board of Directors of NJIT’s New Jersey Innovation Institute.

Siekerka is president of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association and De La Hoz is a first vice president and regional director of community lending at Valley Bank.

ROI-NJ also recognized other directors, trustees, alumni and an overseer in unnumbered category lists. Here's a breakdown by category:

• Associations and Organizations - Alumna and trustee Elisa Charters, who's president of Latina Surge; NJII Director Debbie Hart, who's president and CEO of BioNJ; NJII Director Dean Paranicas, who's president and CEO of the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey; and alumnus Anthony Russo, who's president of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey and publisher and CEO of its magazine, Commerce 
• Consultants - Alumnus LeRoy Jones, who's a partner at 1868 Public Affairs 
• Economic Development - NJII Director Jose Lozano, who's senior vice president for strategic business partnerships at Hackensack Meridian Health
• Elected and Appointed Government Officials - Alumnus Paul Sarlo, who's deputy majority leader of the New Jersey Senate and mayor of Wood-Ridge.
• Executives: National and Global Companies - Trustee Gary Dahms, who's CEO and chairman of T&M Associates 
• Executives: New Jersey Companies - Alumna and overseer Marjorie Perry, who’s president and CEO of MZM Construction
• Health Care and Life Sciences - Alumnus and Board of Trustees Chair Robert Cohen, who’s president of digital robotics and enabling technologies at Stryker
• Real Estate - Alumnus Jeff Milanaik, who's a partner for the Northeast Region of Bridge Industrial

The annual lists celebrate innovators in the Garden State across 15 sectors. ROI-NJ publishes real-time news and features about New Jersey’s diverse business community while creating engagements among influencers.