Mariel Giletto (center) poses with two attorneys from her firm after joining the board of the Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Business attorney and lifelong Mount Laurel resident Mariel Giletto will be recognized by county officials as an outstanding woman in business leadership at the Burlington County Women of the Year awards on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at Cinnaminson’s Riverton Country Club.
The women of the year awards will recognize 10 outstanding county recipients for their leadership, achievements, elevation of other women and service to the community. Some have acted as mentors, role models or advocates for other females. The honors have been presented for more than two decades by county commissioners and the county’s Women’s Advisory Council.
Giletto attended Fleetwood Elementary and Harrington Middle, then graduated from Lenape High School. She studied finance at Rutgers and has more then 15 years of experience representing and advising various South Jersey companies – including local, family-owned businesses – through all aspects of the business life cycle.
“It ranges from large to smaller start-up companies and nonprofits, to multi-national publicly traded companies,” Giletto explained. “I was in the gaming industry for about nine years when I started. So the clients that I represented came from all over the world because they were the manufactures of gaming equipment and devices.”
Aside from her legal work for the Flaster Greenberg law firm, Giletto is chair of the firm’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee; serves on the board of directors for the Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce; and is chair of the nonprofit Rancocas Woods Business Association, where she has played a key role in revitalizing the Woods shopping district on Creek Road.
“It’s very important to me,” Giletto explained of her community service work. “My grandparents had started a business in Mount Laurel in 1969, which my parents eventually took over. I enjoy staying active in the community.”
Giletto credits an ability to adapt to different industries and circumstances as key to her success.
“(The strategy) has to be different,” she noted. ‘I have to be constantly evolving, changing and pivoting for the needs of my client, as well as dependent on their industry and company culture.”
Giletto emphasized her appreciation for the business leadership award.
“(Getting notified of the win) was definitely a welcome surprise,” she recalled. “It’s really nice to be able to get this accolade and receive this recognition. It’s a great feeling to know that people within the community are recognizing the work I’m putting in to making our home a better place.”
