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Marjorie Perry, a proud Newark native, is president and Chief Executive Officer of MZM Construction & Management Inc., a full-service construction management and transportation company serving a wide variety of clients including small companies, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, nonprofits, educational institutions, and others. She was inducted into the New Jersey Business Hall of Fame in 2012 and is regularly listed in NJBIZ’s Best 50 Women in Business and Top 25 Entrepreneurs in New Jersey. She was most recently listed in ROI Influencers: Power List 2024 – Real Estate: New
Jersey. Perry recently received an honorary PhD from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and gave the commencement speech to their graduating class of 2024. Perry built a career working for such corporations as 3M, Johnson & Johnson, and United Airlines, before launching her own consulting firm focused on helping entrepreneurs succeed in the marketplace. Impressed by her insight and vision, MZM Construction, which was one of her clients at the time, asked her to join the business as a partner. Eventually Perry became the sole principal and CEO of the company. Under Perry’s guidance, MZM Construction became a multimillion-dollar construction business, which has enjoyed 27 years of profitable performance, including work on such projects as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the former Meadowlands Giants & Jets Sports Arena (now MetLife Stadium). Perry credits her success to four pillars of leadership: patience, education, collaboration and listening.
