100 Dan Robles (NR) Forget Christie's senior staff; you want to know his body man. Robles is "always with the governor," and cabinet members know a call to Robles can be the easiest path to Christie. "Often the governor is relaying info through Dan," says one insider. "Everybody in the cabinet knows Dan. I bet you 50 people on this list know Dan."

90 Hetty Rosenstein (NR) “A pebble in the shoe,” the CWA leader is credited with helping scuttle Christie's Supreme Court picks. “She gave Democrats air cover to blow up the (Philip) Kwon and (Bruce) Harris nominations.” Bob Master may be the boss, but Rosenstein is “the quarterback … the intellectual nerve center of the progressive Democrats,” says one insider.

80 Kurt Conti (NR) There will be a lot of work for construction companies, post-Sandy, and the Conti Group is likely to get a piece of the action. Its president and CEO, who was on Christie's transition team, is well connected, and the company already has a federal services division that could give it a leg up on bidding.

70 Robert L. Boughner (78) Last year, in advance of Revel's opening, we wrote, "For Boughner, the honeymoon ends Memorial Day." Boy, were we wrong. In less than a year, Revel has proved looks and luxe aren't always enough, while Borgata continues to be among the city's most successful casinos.

60 Ken Kobylowski (NR) The capable DOBI chief is fighting two battles: one on behalf of bankers, who are terrified of Dodd-Frank and Basel III compliance issues, and another with insurers who fear costs and changes associated with disastrous storms like Sandy. Kobylowski offers a reassuring voice and is respected in those industries.

50 Joseph Colalillo (32) He's done nothing spectacular over the past year, just quietly continued to go about the business of running one of the state's largest private employers in Wakefern. Given the difficulties in succeeding in grocery stores, that's suitably impressive in its own right.

40 Alex Gorsky (NR) J&J's chief executive gets on the list by virtue of turning around the tidal wave of recalls the company was flooded with under predecessor Bill Weldon. Now the New Brunswick giant's McNeil subsidiary is making money selling off some of those brands, like Rolaids, to Sanofi.

30 Kim Guadagno (19) Close watchers of the administration say there's friction between Christie and Guadagno, though she'll be on the ticket again this year. But she does serve as a comforting voice to executives, as she's willing to visit the corporate front lines to see how Trenton can improve its business reputation.

20 Kenneth C. Frazier (10) On top of Merck enjoying another outstanding year, Frazier won praise for how he handled the Penn State nightmare, as the university trustee helped investigate the sex abuse charges that rocked the school. “Very few people thought Penn State would get off the mat so quickly,” a source says.

10 Ralph Izzo (NR) Well, once again, a major storm devastated New Jersey, and PSE&G was spared horrid headlines and screaming customers, when its chief competitor, JCP&L, was not. PSEG is expanding beyond New Jersey's borders with the Long Island Power Authority contract. Izzo went through “hand-to-hand combat,” to push through the Rutgers merger, which at one point, “was headed for a Chernobyl,” a source says. “The way it turned out was peace on earth.”

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