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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.

Mike Best is a Property & Casualty agent specializing in commercial insurance for small businesses in NJ and NY. Mike holds industry respected designations as a Commercial Lines Coverage Specialist, a Construction Risk Insurance Specialist, and as a Management Liability Insurance Specialist.

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.

Robert has been a life-long Bergen County resident and been in the Real Estate industry since 1983. His experience includes developments, investments and both residential and commercial transactions. Robert is the Broker/Owner of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Abbott Realtors, which is celebrating 30 years of being open in New Jersey.

Mr. Coldon has more than 20 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry. His knowledge of fuel related Underground Storage tanks is extensive. He was one of the founders of Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. and is a Registered Environmental Assessor (REA) in the state of California. His company Tank One Environmental has extensive experience in Tank Removals, Site Remediation, including but not limited to sub-surface testing, tank integrity testing, soil, gas, and groundwater assessments in the context of Real Estate transactions, as well as under the supervision of state and federal regulators. His background in environmental science, in addition to his knowledge of current environmental regulation and the real estate industry, allows him to offer comprehensive environmental consulting services for Real Estate transactions for both Residential and Commercially. Mr. Coldon has extensive experience managing all aspects of due diligence – environmental, engineering, asbestos, lead based paint and radon surveys for nationwide and local clients such as developers, brokers, private equity funds and lenders including SBA, HUD, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, portfolio and insurance lenders.

Desmond Haye is the CEO for Haye Insurance Agency, LLC. His agency specializes in Property & Casualty, commercial insurance for small and large businesses, malpractice, umbrella, and life Insurance. He has licenses in NJ, NY, MD and GA.

Mr. D’Angeli is a State and Federally licensed bat educator and exhibitor. Since his emergence back in 1992 he has appeared at THOUSANDS of schools, libraries, zoos, nature centers, science centers and The Iconic American Museum of Natural History. His beautiful bats have also appeared in numerous TV shows and periodicals- including the NY TIMES, BERGEN RECORD, STAR LEDGER, REGIS AND KATHY LEE, HISTORY CHANNEL’S “MONSTERQUEST”, SCIENCE Channel’s “ODDITIES”, Discovery Channel’s Expedition X and most recently, Mr. D’Angeli and The Center that he founded were featured in the CNN Documentary “Bats-and The Mystery Behind Covid-19” with Anderson Cooper.  

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.

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Jon is the CEO of Roth Automation in Paramus.  Roth Automation provides Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) services and solutions. For a great portion of the work force, the majority of their day is spent performing repetitive, mundane tasks.  Using software, Roth Automation frees up valuable employee time to be spent on higher value functions.