{"id":40802288996,"date":"2025-05-30T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802288996"},"modified":"2025-06-04T17:20:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T21:20:02","slug":"monmouth-universitys-alison-gilbert-named-to-innovate100-leaders-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/monmouth-universitys-alison-gilbert-named-to-innovate100-leaders-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Monmouth University\u2019s Alison Gilbert Named to Innovate100 Leaders List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alison Gilbert, director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/entrepreneurship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Entrepreneurship at Monmouth University<\/a>, has been named to the <a href=\"https:\/\/njbmagazine.com\/njb-news-now\/njs-innovate100-leaders-to-be-honored-may-13\/?utm_source=New+Jersey+Business+%26+Industry+Association&amp;utm_campaign=9120cae1e9-EMAIL_NJBT_032125&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-9120cae1e9-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Innovate100 Leaders list<\/a> and recognized as a community leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized smaller\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"932\" style=\"object-position: 46.333333333333% 28.381666666667%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Innovate100-Alison-Gilbert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40802289018\" style=\"width:241px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Innovate100-Alison-Gilbert.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Innovate100-Alison-Gilbert-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Innovate100-Alison-Gilbert-106x150.jpg 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual roster highlights individuals making significant contributions to the state\u2019s innovative ecosystem. Honorees represent a range of sectors, including startups, corporations, nonprofits, government, and academia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis recognition reflects the innovation and entrepreneurial activity we&#8217;re cultivating at the Center for Entrepreneurship here at Monmouth. This honor is a testament to our growing community of ambitious students, alumni, dedicated faculty, partners, regional entrepreneurs, and Monmouth leadership\u2014collectively fueling this activity across the university and throughout the region. I am inspired by all the entrepreneurs we&#8217;ve had the opportunity to collaborate with and support, and I am excited to continue helping to grow a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem,\u201d Gilbert said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/innovatenewjersey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Innovate100 initiative<\/a> is a collaboration between New Jersey Business magazine, the state\u2019s longest-standing business publication, and Innovation+, a curated global community of engaged entrepreneurs and innovators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alumna <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/magazine\/2024-alumni-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jenna Guadio \u201909<\/a>, co-president of Vydia, was also named to the list in the technology category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alison Gilbert, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Monmouth University, has been named to the Innovate100 Leaders list and recognized as a community leader. The annual roster highlights individuals making significant contributions to the state\u2019s innovative ecosystem. Honorees represent a range of sectors, including startups, corporations, nonprofits, government, and academia. \u201cThis recognition reflects the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2249,"featured_media":40802289000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[417,257,444],"tags":[5617],"person":[3009,5640],"audience":[17,11,8,29,128,47],"school":[],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802288996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-publications-research","category-center-for-entrepreneurship","category-monmouth-now","tag-center-for-entrepreneurship","person-alison-gilbert","person-jenna-guadio","audience-community-member","audience-current-student","audience-faculty","audience-media","audience-prospective-undergraduate-student","audience-undergraduate-student"],"squareimage":{"id":40802288998,"rendered":"<img width=\"660\" height=\"660\" style=\"object-position: 49.775% 34.615%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Alison-Gilbert-Square.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Alison Gilbert, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Monmouth University\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Alison-Gilbert-Square.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Alison-Gilbert-Square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Alison-Gilbert-Square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Alison-Gilbert-Square-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Alison-Gilbert-Square-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Alison-Gilbert-Square-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>","original":{"url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Alison-Gilbert-Square.jpg","width":660,"height":660}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802288996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802288996"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802288996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802289048,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802288996\/revisions\/40802289048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802289000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802288996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802288996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802288996"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802288996"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802288996"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802288996"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802288996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}