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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).

Kurt Steinbruch has been working in the digital marketing space for 11+ 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.

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.

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.

Pat Saporito is a SCORE mentor and chair of the outreach committee for the Northeast Chapter of SCORE, which services Bergen & Passaic counties. She works with business and community partners including chambers of commerce, libraries and economic development organizations helping small businesses start up or grow their businesses. 

Caryn Starr-Gates is a professional copywriter working in advertising, marketing and public relations. She writes for all media—print, broadcast, and digital—for a broad range of clients across many industries, for consumer and B2B accounts.

Justin Cloud is an Engineering and Technology Leader with over 20 years of experience within the Department of Defense (DoD) and defense article industries. He has served in many capacities including Engineering Project Manager, Deputy General Manager, and Director of Strategy and Technology to name a few.

Bruce Heyman is the President of Metropolitan Window Fashions, with locations in Paramus, Green Brook, Livingston, Lebanon and Green Brook. Serving both the retail customer and the design trade, Metropolitan offers Free in-home decorating services for custom draperies, motorized shades, blinds, shutters and reupholstery.

Originally from Puerto Rico, Kevin Aguiar has established roots in Garfield, New Jersey after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Stockton University. Originally from Puerto Rico, Kevin Aguiar has established roots in Garfield, New Jersey after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Stockton University. Due to his experiences from being in the New Jersey Air National Guard and as a Mortgage Loan Originator Kevin sees things that other industry professionals may overlook, allowing him to help many homeowners purchase and sell their homes.