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Sarah David is the Director of the PATH Transition Program at REED Autism Services. Sarah earned her B.A. in English from Rutgers University and her M.A. in Educational Leadership with a concentration in Higher Education from Montclair State University. Her career has focused on working with individuals with disabilities in various settings including educational, residential, and through community outreach.

John has spent over 35 years compounding customized medication for patients. His peers across the country and the physicians he works with consider him a top expert in the compounding industry.

Kimone James is the Founder and CEO of The Amazing Help, a non-profit organization, and serves as its Board of Directors. She is also the CEO of Biz Start Up LLC that provides small business/non-profit formation, document preparations, career coaching, and notarization to Title and Mortgage companies. Before starting The Amazing Help and Biz Start-Up, she remotely operated a child care and preschool center in her home country Jamaica as the Founder and Executive Director, she also served on its board of directors and was responsible for the bookkeeping and human resource. Kimone studied with Penn Foster and Passaic County Community College.

Chad Chamides is the founder and CEO of Titanium IT, a leading provider of managed services, cybersecurity, and phone system solutions. He has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, having worked as a software engineer, project manager, and consultant for various businesses from the SMB market to a few well-known fortune 100 companies.

Jared Wexler was born and raised in Bergen County, spending most of his life in Hackensack. Jared has spent his professional career as a teacher at his alma mater, Hackensack High School and has now decided to apply his love for travel and travel planning into Love LV Travel.

Kevin Roman is the Walk Manager for the Alzheimer’s Association: Greater New Jersey Chapter, and covers northern NJ. Their signature event, the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, brings awareness and fundraising to support their vision - a world without Alzheimer’s.

Kurt Steinbruch has been working in the digital marketing space for 14+ years. Kurt is president of ISN Websites a full service website design and digital marketing firm. He is also co-founder of NJ Networking Events and a Bergen County Chamber of Commerce board member. Kurt specializes in the development & implementation of creative digital marketing strategies that are designed to optimize ad spend while reaching his client's target audience.

Gada Elkenani has more than 30 years of experience in commercial banking for middle market and institutional clients. Ms. Elkenani was most recently served in executives’ roles for a few very reputable institutions as Senior Managing Director/Team Leader of the Middle Market Group with a focus on growing commercial & industrial portfolio. She has been successful in creating new vertical areas of opportunity for the lenders for whom she has worked including the creation of a specialty commercial lending portfolio of over $1.0 billion in assets for Commerce Bank (now TD Bank).

Scott Scarpelli has been in the mortgage business for over 25 years. He has a multitude of mortgage programs that can help everyone from a first-time home buyer to a seasoned investor. Scott specializes in alternative financing programs.

Dean Pastras, ACSW, LCSW is the Chief Executive Officer of Bergen’s Promise, the Care Management Organization for Bergen County as part of the NJ Children’s System of Care. Bergen’s Promise is a rapidly growing, mission driven, private non-profit social service organization. They provide in home, integrated Wraparound support to youth up to age 21 who experience behavioral, emotional, substance use challenges and/or live with developmental/intellectual disabilities.