NJAWBO presents Awards to their outstanding Members. Typically, these are presented at NJAWBO's Annual Conference in the Fall. To qualify for the award, the nominees must satisfy certain criteria (see Awards & Recognitions page).

2011 Business Woman of the Year:


Jamie Rasculinecz
MetroEast Region

Jaime Raskulinecz is the CEO of two companies: Next Generation Trust Services as well as Rainbow Property Management.Next Generation Trust Services is a financial services firm that specializes in the comprehensive, third-party administration of self-directed retirement accounts. As part of Next Generation’s support and guidance it offers current and potential clients, Jaime and her key staff lead educational/informational seminars on various aspects of self direction as a retirement savings strategy, for individuals and their trusted advisers.

Jamie was inspired to start her own firm in 2004 due to her desire to make real estate investments within her retirement accounts, and the fact that she could not find a company to help her make these transactions. As CEO of Entrust Northeast, LLC, which was part of a national network of third-party administrators of self-directed retirement plans, she led the company from start-up to over $150 million in holdings in just five years. She decided to break away from the national network to start her own truly independent firm. In 2011 the company emerged as Next Generation TS, LLC, an independently owned and operated corporation with the same excellence in customer service and a dedicated and growing staff that marked her initial success.



Former Business Women of the Year:
2010, Rebecca Lynn, Mercer Chapter
2009, Sandra Bauman, Bergen Chapter
2008, Sue Fitzpatrick, Monmouth-Ocean Chapter
2007 Kathleen Morolda, Mercer Chapter
2006 Linda Richter, Mercer Chapter
2005 Linda Principe, Mercer Chapter
2004 Lesley Weiner, PH.D. Passaic Chapter
2003 Marlene P. Waldock, Morris Chapter
2002 Alyce Taylor Monmouth, Ocean Chapter
2001 Margery Davidson, Monmouth Chapter
2000 Donna Myers, Monmouth Chapter
1999 Donna Cardillo, Monmouth Chapter
1998 Mary Ann Crouse, Monmouth Chapter
1997 Pat Heller, Union Chapter r
1996 Linda Bremer, Monmouth Chapter
1995 Harriet A. Diamond, Union Chapter
1994 Ann P. Walsh, Essex Chapter
1993 Brenda S. Rhodes, Union Chapter
1991 Ann Matthews, Camden-Gloucester Chapter
1990 Diahann W. Lassus, Union Chapter
1989 Marie Racioppi, Northern Monmouth Chapter
1988 A. Lorraine Jones, Ocean-Monmouth Chapter
1987 Eileen Shrem, Ocean-Monmouth Chapter
1986 Evelyn Kruck, Somerset-Hunterdon Chapter
1985 ElmiraMatcha, Morris Chapter
1984 Adrienne Zobel, Somerset-Hunterdon Chapter



2011 Nancy C. Righter Award Recipient


Judy Defeo
Shore Region

Judy DeFeo, founder and President of JADDE Financial Solutions, is a successful businesswoman with more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry. As an expert in all versions of QuickBooks, Judy works closely with small and mid-sized businesses to provide implementation, training and support in the popular accounting software. Prior to launching JADDE Financial Solutions in 2005, Judy spent 15 years with Goldman Sachs and Co., and eventually served as Vice President in the Global Treasury and Banking Division. She holds both a Bachelor of Science degree, and graduated cum laude with a Master of Science degree, both from CUNY, Queens College of New York.





Previous Nancy C. Righter Honorees:
2010 Jackie Berman
2009 Susan Koval
2008 Sue Fitzpatrick
2007 JoAnne MacBeth
2006 Elsa Reinhardt
2005 Ellen Silverman
2004 Margery Davidson
2003 Susan Guarneri
2002 Kathryn Wright
2001 Donna Myers
2000 Joanne Yard
1999 Marcy Metz
1998 Liz Milio, Lori Talarico, Adrienne Zobel,
1997 A. Lorraine Jones, Eileen Shrem
1996 Sara Breslow, Raylie Dunkel, Marcia Guberman, Brenda Rhodes
1995 Maureen Miller, Betsey Thomason
1994 Sandy Newman
1993 Barbara Baranowski, Diahann Lassus, Loretta Marci, Laurie Provost
1992 Barbara Davis, Anne Hurwitt, Ellen Silverman, Rina Valen