NJAWBO AWARD RECIPIENTS 

NJAWBO presents Awards to their outstanding Members. These are presented at NJAWBO's Annual Conference in the Fall.  To qualify for the award, the nominees must satisfy certain criteria.   

2010 Business Woman of the Year:

Sandra Bauman, Bergen Chapter
Sandra Bauman started her business in 2002 with a strong desire to build a research practice centered on high-quality research conducted with ethics and integrity. The secret to her success was building a comprehensive network of other senior level professionals whose expertise allowed her to have a “deep bench” without the overhead. Over the last seven years, she has built a network that includes top branding, positioning, marketing and strategy experts, many who are partners and data collection partners world-wide. Exceeding her business growth goals from year one, she achieved the $1 million revenue mark in her 5th year.

A large part of her business strategy has been to partner with other small firms. Most of these partnerships have been with other women-owned businesses which some of whom are NJAWBO members. She credits NJAWBO with playing a big role in her business education. She also used the products and services of numerous NJAWBO members, referred others to NJAWBO member businesses, and been a conduit for women she believes could ollaborate for more overall success.

 Former Business Women of the Year:

    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


2009 Nancy C. Righter Award Recipient 

Susan Koval
Monmouth-Ocean Chapter
Susan Koval lives by this vision, “To teach, inspire, and assist people to experience enjoyment, fulfillment, and personal growth in their work while contributing to the success of themselves and their employers.” This has carried over to her work in NJAWBO where she has been a member since 2004. Over the years she has provided free seminars on business strategy to assist small business owners and has coached and provided guidance to many of these women by educating and inspiring them to pursue, non-traditional careers. 

As Newsletter Chair and Editor for her chapter, she has increased the quality and quantity of submissions to her chapter newsletter, providing a high quality and informative publications that chapter members look forward to receiving.  Her commitment to NJAWBO and current presence on her Chapter Board has given her a variety of opportunities to offer initiatives that have improved their board meeting processes, newsletter, activities and events and to contribute her talents and expertise to other State chapters.

Previous Nancy C. Righter Honorees:

2008 Sue Fitzpatrick
2007 JoAnne MacBeth
2006 Elsa Reinhardt
2005 Ellen Silverman
2004 Margery Davidson
2003 Susan Guarneri
2002 Kathryn Wright