Debbie Hart

Debbie Hart worked alongside NJ’s biotechnology industry leaders to establish BioNJ in 1994 and has been dedicated to building NJ’s life sciences ecosystem ever since. Debbie was named by Governor Murphy to the New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology where she serves as Vice Chair, as co-chair of the New Jersey Higher Education Strategic Plan Research, Innovation and Talent Working Group; and the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and Business Partnership. Debbie served as chair of the bipartisan, bicameral New Jersey Biotechnology Task Force which was charged with making recommendations to the Legislature for fostering the growth of the biotechnology industry in New Jersey. Debbie was named one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Biotechnology by Scientific American Worldview; to ROI-NJ’s 2019 Influencers Power List; to PharmaVOICE‘s 2019 100 Most Inspiring People list; to the NJBIZ Health Care Power 50 for the third year in 2020, to the NJBIZ Manufacturing 50 for the second year in 2020; one of New Jersey’s top CEOs by COMMERCE Magazine and for the eighth time in 2020 to the NJBIZ Power 100, a listing of the 100 most influential people in New Jersey business.