| Mitch is president of Unionwear, a company he started in 1992 with six sewers and a contract to make baseball hats for Ralph Lauren. Unionwear is now one of the largest private employers of Newark residents, with contracts to manufacture accessories for every branch of the armed services, every Democratic candidate for president and brands, such as Vineyard Vines and Supreme. In 2016, Mitch won the New Jersey Manufacturing Lifetime Achievement Award from NJBIA and was named to NJBIZ magazine's 50 most powerful people in New Jersey Manufacturing. He is on the board of Newark Regional Business Partnership, NJ Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Newark Workforce Development Board, where he has served as chairman. |