From left: NJ Buildings and Construction Trades President Bill Mullen; Paulsboro Refining Company General Manager Michael Capone; Stuti Jha, Rowan University economist and lead study author; Congressman Donald Norcross; Rowan University Chancellor Tony Lowman; Randi Licciardello, Paulsboro Refining Company Lead Community and Government Relations Advisor; PBF Energy President and CEO Matthew Lucey; state Senator John Burzichelli; Gloucester County Administrator Steve Sweeney, and state Assemblyman David Bailey, Jr. – Rowan University
The Greater Paulsboro Energy Companies (GPEC) generate nearly $814 million in total economic output and support 2,855 jobs, making it a major driver of economic activity in Gloucester County, according to a new study by the Steve Sweeney Center for Public Policy at Rowan University.
Stuti Jha and Kul Kapri, associate professors of economics, conducted the economic analysis, working with the GPEC member companies and the leaders of the Sweeney Center and the interdisciplinary Rowan Energy Collaborative (ROWEC) on the data-driven study…