Bonamici, Colletti, P.C., the Spotswood certified public accounting firm, will sponsor the Middlesex County Fair’s charity challenge event this year, for the fourth consecutive year. The fair will be held Aug. 2-8 at the fairgrounds, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick.
To be eligible to take part in the event, a charity must have a federal tax exemption and operate in Middlesex County. Each participating charity will receive a water jug with its name on it (and information, if desired), which will be placed in the challenge arena. During fair week, visitors are encouraged to donate to the jugs, and the charity with the highest amount will receive an additional $500 donation from Bonamici, Colletti.
The New Jersey State Bar Foundation has announced William G. Brigiani, South Brunswick, has been reappointed as a trustee. A partner with the East Brunswick law firm of Brigiani, Cohen & Schneider, is the ex-president of the Middlesex County Bar Association and Foundation, as well as host of Middlesex County’s "Law on the Line" series.
Brigiani is also active with the bar foundation’s mock trial programs, and is a member of its program development committee and court-night sub-committee. His awards include the Lawyer of the Year Award and David Pavlovski Service Award from the Middlesex County Bar Association, New Jersey Police Benevolent Association Silver Life Membership Award, and Police Honor Legion Citizen of the Month.
Brigiani is a graduate of Dartmouth (N.H.) College, and received his law degree at Rutgers Law School, Newark. He also served with the reserves in the U.S. Navy for 10 years, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander.
Arun Shah recently joined Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, a division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and a well-known provider of residential mortgages, as a home mortgage consultant in the firm’s East Brunswick office.
Shah has more than 15 years of financial and industry experience. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, he served as a senior loan officer at Provident Bank.
A member of the Middlesex County of Association of Realtors, Shah also received a diploma in accounting from Bombay (India) University.
Barton Skurbe is branch manager of the Wells Fargo Home Mortgage East Brunswick office.
George S. Elghossain recently joined the Weichert, Realtors’ East Brunswick office as a sales associate.
Licensed in 1978, Elghossain earned a broker’s license in 1986 and is an instructor with Weichert Real Estate School in East Brunswick.
A longtime resident of North Brunswick, he received a bachelor’s degree in business finance from Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore.
Several sales associates in the Weichert, Realtors’ East Brunswick office recently were recognized for achieving goals in the month of June.
Berkha Kishnani, Lisa Muranelli, Hector Burak, Kirsten Gordanier, Colleen Avalone, Benet Castro, Joan Golden, Karen Ruffner, Raymond Mule, Reina Laffont, Jean Henry and Chen Hwa Yang earned membership to the 500 Club for reaching a minimum of $500,000 in sales in the month.
Milagros Padron, Manuela Linares, Keri Zoumas, Faye Mory, Tunde Toth Gelber, Hyeon Kim, Mary Merullo and Cristina Lacerda earned membership in the Elite Club for reaching a minimum of $1 million in sales for the month.
Joseph A. Marascio and Donna Warters earned membership in the Top Producer’s Club for reaching a minimum of $2 million in sales in the month.
Two sales associates in the Weichert, Realtors’ East Brunswick office were recognized with regional awards in the month of May.
The region is made up of 19 offices throughout Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties.
Donna Warters led the region in the categories of resale listings, resale marketed listings, resale revenue units and resale dollar volume. A member of Weichert’s Sales Club and Marketed Club, Warters qualified for the New Jersey Association of Realtors 2003 Circle of Excellence Sales Club at the platinum level. In addition, she earned membership in Weichert’s President’s Club, recognizing her in the top 1 percent of the company’s 11,000 sales associates.
Cristina Lacerda led the region in resales. A member of Weichert’s Sales Club, Lacerda qualified for the New Jersey Association of Realtors 2003 Circle of Excellence Sales Club at the gold level. In addition, she earned membership in Weichert’s President’s Club, recognizing her in the top 2 percent of the company’s 11,000 sales associates.
The East Brunswick office led the region in the categories of resale listings, resales, resale marketed listings, resale revenue units and resale dollar volume.