Member Monday

Lisa is the cofounder of VR Dog located at 75 Route 4 East, River Edge NJ.  VR Dog is the new age of entertainment and interactivity that provides various immersive 3D experiences and games that will transport you to another place and time while stimulating your senses. Strap on your VR headset and be transported to another world!

Scott Scarpelli leverages more than two decades of experience in the mortgage industry to excel at finding the best products for each client. A graduate of Montclair State College, he has held positions at GMAC Mortgage, Chase, Republic Bank, and Symmetry Lending before joining FGMC as a Wholesale Account Executive.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

Mary K. Blanusa leads the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) as Executive Director and brings with her extensive experience in organizational management, collective impact, strategic planning, and program development & implementation in philanthropy and nonprofit fields. NNJCF, based in Hackensack, is a non-profit organization working to improve local communities through philanthropy and programs in arts, environment, education, civic engagement, and public health.

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.