MCRCC’s first round of it’s new breakfast series – Education, Entrepreneurship and Innovation – was marked with success on Tuesday, Oct. 8, as attendees enjoyed a delicious breakfast and engaging lecture.
The event featured keynote speaker, Dr. Christopher J. Molloy, chancellor of Rutgers University – New Brunswick, who focused his remarks on the growth of Rutgers over the last seven years and the university’s economic contribution to New Jersey.
Rutgers supports more than 25,000 jobs in New Brunswick and is the third-largest non-governmental employer in New Jersey, Chancellor Molloy said.
The second portion of this event included the 7th-Annual New Jersey Immigrant Entrepreneur Awards ceremony, in which four entrepreneurs were honored for their work by Einstein’s Alley, a non-profit economic development initiative.
Congratulations to the winners: Anabelle Radcliffe-Trenner, Founder and Principal of Historic Building Architects for winning the Nicholas Marcalus Award for Sustainability; Dr. Wei Wang, President & CEO of PE UrbanTech Consulting Engineering for winning the Albert Einstein Award for Innovation; Sandeep Agarwal, President & CEO of Pure Indian Foods for winning the Wistar Award for Growth; and Veronique Cardon, President & CEO of the CogniDiet Program for winning the Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2019.
The awards were created to highlight the social and economic contributions of New Jersey’s immigrants to communities throughout the state and to celebrate the important role of immigrants in today’s economy.
The next part of MCRCC’s breakfast series will take place in the spring. Stay tuned here for more details.
