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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).

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.

A Certified Financial Planner for over 35 years, Bruce is a founder and managing member of The CFS Group, LLC , a specialist consulting agency representing our nation’s most successful premium finance programs.

A graduate of William Paterson University, Chris has been working as a camera operator and editor since 2005 in the tri-state area, shooting a variety of content - ranging from live events, such as concerts, theatrical performances, and conferences, to commercials, government content, and narrative film. A personal favorite experience was shooting a live event with zoologist and TV personality Jack Hanna aka “Jungle Jack” at the renowned Strand Center for the Arts in Lakewood, NJ.

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.  

JS Media specializes in mainly traditional forms of advertising, including OOH (billboards, transit ads, supermarket ads), TV, radio, print, and online publications. His clientele come from a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, wellness, automotive, home services, accounting, law, food service, real estate/mortgage, retail, politics, education, and many more.

After decades of enterprise software experience, Adam Sroczynski formed eBusiness Technology, LLC in 1998 to help small and medium sized businesses capitalize on Internet technologies to enhance their marketing and operations. Adam took the experience he gained in automating business processes through technology in large companies and, after recruiting a team of experienced professionals, began offering related services that became possible and economical as the World Wide Web evolved. 

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.

Jaime Fuentes is a Commercial Relationship Manager with over 10+ years of experience working within multiple areas of the banking industry. He started his career in retail banking, later transitioning to focus on commercial lending.