Office Staff
Dr. Jackeline Mejias-Fuertes
Regional Director
Details To Come
Maggie Osmulski
Assistant Director
Details To Come
Ernestine Keith
Associate
Barbara Boyington
Professor (Retired), Consultant Business Plans
As a SBDC Consultant, Professor Boyington uses her years of experience and expertise to assist individuals who are planning to start and grow a business or desire to pivot their existing business with new products/services and markets. She works one-on-one with small business owners, conducts presentations, coordinates with partner association to assist clients with connections for financing endeavors, serves as a member of the Monmouth/Ocean NJSBDC Capital Infusion Team, contributes to the writing of guides to assist individuals in developing Business Plans that support their efforts in designing sustainable structures in the pursuit of financing. Ms. Boyington is also a past recipient of the Small Business Administration of New Jersey Advocate of the Year award.
Expertise:
- Business Plan development
- Editorial review
- Feasibility Studies
- Mentoring
- Planning and Organizational Strategy
- SWOT Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Higher Education Program and Course development and Accreditation Consultant
- Training: Business, Industry, Entrepreneurship, Communication, Leadership, Motivation and Team Building. Customized Seminars
Our Consultants
Lisa Kanda
Social Media
Expertise – Social Media, Marketing Strategy and Implementation
Joseph L. Kapuscinski
Financing
Julius Lodato
CPA
Roland Reinhart
Website Management and Digital Marketing
Roland has been a business counselor and instructor with the New Jersey Small Business Development Center since 2009. He educates small business owners on digital marketing topics including: website development, WordPress, SEO, Google Ads, Bing Ads, online advertising, e-commerce, email marketing, video content creation, Google Analytics, and more.
Paul Rinaldi
Business Management
Susan Wilcox
Social Media
Mary Adelman
Business Strategist
As a business strategist, Mary provides entrepreneur clients, representing a broad range of industries, with insightful guidance that supports sustained growth in every aspect of their business. Clients and peers cite Mary as a “deep well of knowledge” with “keen intuition” for bringing together the right alliances and partnerships that spark mutual interest while spurring economic growth. Whether a business is in concept, start-up or a growth phase, Mary’s business acumen training -from marketing, finance, and operations to technology, and capital acquisition – drives entrepreneurial confidence.
In April, 2021 Mary was named “Regional Partner” from the Washington Business Improvement District during their Lets Flamingle event. Because of her boundless support of business owners that consistently yield outstanding results, the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce twice honored Mary as Business Leader of the Year.
Ryan Silvestre
Senior Business Consultant
Mr. Silvestre has almost 20 years of corporate finance experience covering a broad range of transaction types in different industries, including but not limited to, debt / equity raises, recapitalizations, and valuation modeling. He has worked on several middle market merger & acquisition and leveraged buyout deals. In the past 13 years with the SBDC, he has helped hundreds of small businesses raise over $50MM in working capital, equipment, start-up, and commercial real estate loans using both conventional and SBA products.
Prior to joining the SBDC, Mr. Silvestre was an Investment Banker and Business Development Officer with a boutique commercial finance firm owned by Morgan Stanley on Wall Street. He was responsible for establishing new national relationships, using their AR Facilities, ABL, and equity services. He also worked closely with senior C-level executives in his firm to create analytical research reports and contribute to the development of the marketing plan for the company.
Outside of the SBDC, Mr. Silvestre currently owns and operates his own businesses, allowing him to stay updated, as an entrepreneur himself.
During his college years and after his graduation, he worked with a small business broker where he was responsible for debt and equity placement with a focus on real estate and working capital loans. He also provided basic forensic accounting services to help develop greater efficiencies in the operations of small businesses allowing them to become more bankable. Lastly, he was also responsible for training and managing new sales hires.