While the first Best of SJ party was in 2003, we didn’t really dive in to hosting events until 2012.
That’s when we held our first Women’s Roundtable, which turned into the smashingly successful Women’s Empowerment Series (our first event to sell out…and that popularity just never stopped). In 2016, we hosted the first Women of Excellence Awards, where a packed house joined us to celebrate our first ever honorees. We learned quickly that the people of South Jersey will show up to support their peers.
In the years that followed, we hosted one-on-one interviews between SJ Mag’s Marianne Aleardi and Olympic Gold Medalist Carli Lloyd (three times!), Eagles Head Coach Doug Pederson (right after he won the Super Bowl) and Eagles Head Coach Nick Sirianni (right after he didn’t win the Super Bowl).
Every interview was in front of a sold-out crowd excited to be there – we were too.