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Mike Best is a Property & Casualty agent specializing in commercial insurance for small businesses in NJ and NY. As a self-proclaimed “insurance geek”, Mike holds several industry designations including a Commercial Lines Coverage Specialist and Construction Risk Insurance Specialist, while he is currently pursuing a Management Liability certification.

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.

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.

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.

A lifelong artist, in 2015 Jim Mendrinos relocated from NYC to Fair Lawn, NJ. In the process, he took his 3 companies, Mendrinos Images, New Media Comedy Worldwide, and Comedy Therapy with him. He is a 35 year veteran in the arts, having written for television and film, and his book, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing" published by Alpha Press is considered to be one of the best books on comedy writing available. As a stand up comic Jim has appeared on Comedy Central, Axis TV, and his special "Not Dead Yet" is available through Amazon Direct Video.

William Pompeo, owner of Annabella’s at 246 Hackensack St., credits his success to his passion for food. “No one makes mozz like we do,” Pompeo said. “It’s all in how we prepare it. It’s all a matter of love.”

Russ Zukowski owns and operates ATR Cleanouts. ATR Cleanouts caters to all residential and commercial jobs from the smallest to the largest job, ATR CLEANOUT & DISPOSAL, LLC will take it on! We are NJDEP Certified, A-901 License, and fully insured!

Licensed in New York and New Jersey with 30 years of experience. As an attorney, general practice with a focus on real estate. As a CPA, I offer individual and small business tax preparation, bookkeeping and advisory services.

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.