NJN Foundation Board of Trustees

Maxine Ballen

Maxine Ballen currently serves as President and CEO of the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC), an organization she founded in 1996. The NJTC, the state’s organization for technology companies, offers its membership of over 1100 companies access to the resources, financing, information and an organized technology community. Prior to founding the NJTC, Ms. Ballen founded both the Business Development & Training Center (BDTC) and the Pennsylvania Innovation Network (PIN).

Ms. Ballen has received numerous honors and awards. Most recently she was named to "Top 10 Women to Watch" (9/06) by The Star-Ledger, "Movers & Shakers" by NJBIZ (7/06) and honored by the Borough of Haddonfield during Women's History Month 2006. Other awards include Executive Women of NJ's "Salute to the Policy Makers" in 2004; Fairleigh Dickinson University's Fifth Annual Distinguished Entrepreneurial Lecturer in 2003; and Women’s Fund of New Jersey’s Women Advancing Technology award in 2002. She was also named to “Superstars of the Past 15 Years” and to “Women of Influence” in 2002, both in NJBIZ; and received Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2001 Women of Distinction award.

Ms. Ballen was elected to the NJN Foundation Board of Trustees on August 29, 2006.