Our Consultants

George Bank

Irwin Brand

Paul B. Goodstat

Claire Jargiello (Executive Committee)

Ellie Kazuk ( Executive Committee)

Irv Mednick

Ernie Reshew

Dr. Ned Rosen

Guithele Ruiz-Nicolas

Gilberto Rustice

Sherwin Rosenstein (Executive Committee)

Joel Telles

John Vetter (Executive Committee)


George Bank
George Bank has 46 years of experiences as a plant operations manager for the manufacturing of electronic equipment, power supplies, wellhead valves, brick and masonry. Mr. Bank’s responsibilities included daily operations, design and construction of manufacturing facilities, negotiating contracts with vendors, and budget development. In recent years, Mr. Bank has bought and sold business and been a consultant for manufacturing, distribution and service industries.

Irwin Brand (AKA Winn)
Irwin Brand is a marketing and education professional with experience across diversified institutions, industries and companies. He has held positions at Lever Brothers, B & W Tobacco, Schering/Plough and Anda Pharmaceutical. Irwin was a Marketing Research Director at a So Florida Advertising Agency as well as a TV Producer/Salesman for a Media Organization. In addition, Irwin was professor at several South Florida universities (eg. FIU, FAU, UOP, BCC). He is President/Owner of a small Marketing and Marketing Research Consulting company in South Florida and also provides Tutoring Services. Irwin was educated at Pace University in New York where he received his MBA.

Paul B. Goodstat
Paul B. Goodstat is a management consultant with 40 years experience in the field of information technology. Prior to his retirement from Price Waterhouse in June 1998, Mr. Goodstat was a senior partner in the firm’s Management Consulting Practice. Mr. Goodstat’s experience ranges across the areas of business and strategic planning, strategic systems planning, systems development and implementation in the private and public sectors. Mr. Goodstat’s professional affiliations included the Institute of Management Consultants, Board Member of the NYU Center for Research on Information Systems and the Baruch College Graduate School of Business Board of Advisors.

Claire Jargiello (Executive Committee)
Claire Jargiello recently retired after over 30 years as a manager and director in the telecommunications industry. Ms. Jargiello led teams of 1600 associates, 30 managers, and 25 retail centers, and successfully managed a $125 million operating budget. Ms. Jargiello developed strengths in strategic planning, organizational analysis, training and development, team building, communications, and marketing in management positions with AT&T, Bell Atlantic, and Verizon Communications. Ms. Jargiello’s achievements include designing a signature inbound call center that became a national model that won industry wide awards.

Ellie Kazuk ( Executive Committee)
Ellie Kazk has over 30 years experience in nonprofit management as a director, program developer and grants writer/manager. Recently she retired as executive director of a statewide, nonprofit organization in Florida, building it in 15 years from 1 to over 30 employees in 10 offices with a $2M budget. She holds an MA in Education from University of Michigan and an MBA in Organizational Development from University of Colorado and has been an adjunct instructor or associate faculty member at several universities as well as with Florida Association of Nonprofit Organizations. She was featured as a Philanthropy Trendsetter by Florida Trends Magazine in June, 2005.

Irv Mednick
Irv Mednick has over 30 years of experience in IT management. Until just recently, Mr. Mednick served as Director of IT at MSC Cruises USA, and was responsible for building a new Data Center with a global communications network. Prior to joining MSC, Irv served as VP of IT at Silversea and Celebrity cruise lines. Some key professional skills include: ability to align and leverage technology for the advantage of the enterprise, demonstrated leadership ability, expertise in understanding technology and setting direction based upon the business needs and industry trends.

Ernie Reshew
Ernie Reshew retired in 1994 after 30 years in human resources management. Mr. Reshew’s experience includes Chief of Human Resources Training with the District of Columbia, Coordinator of Rehabilitation with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and as the Equal Opportunity Manager with the US Navy at the Stennis Space Center. Upon retirement Mr. Reshew served with AmeriCorps/VISTA developing programs to benefit the disabled in Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Reshew has also served on the Boards of Directors or Advisory Boards of numerous nonprofits organizations.

Dr. Ned Rosen
Dr. Ned Rosen is a retired consultant and former Cornell University professor (Organizational Behavior). He has over 40 years of combined business and academic experience in the field of psychology applied to a wide range of work related issues in numerous public and private organizations. He is known as a “hands-on” coach who uses several methodologies to support his organizational diagnostic and team development work. His approach is designed to help clients look at their organizations in new ways, and to develop their capacity to help themselves. Aside from his 20 year affiliation with Cornell University he has since had in-depth relations with several major clients, including Dun and Bradstreet, The World Bank, and GTE among others. He is an elected Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and of the American Psychological Association.

Guithele Ruiz-Nicolas
Guithele Ruiz-Nicolas has more than 20 years of experience in the private, public and non-profit sectors. She has held numerous executive positions, including Vice President of Human Resources for Minority Development & Empowerment, Inc., Director of Human Resources for the City of Pembroke Pines and the City of Lauderdale Lakes, and Director of Human Relations for the City of Hollywood. Her most recent position was with Broward Partnership for the Homeless, Inc. as their lead human resource professional. She has won many awards for her. They include the U.S. Department of Labor Award of Excellence, Broward County Disability Award, the President “C” Flag” Award for Community Relations and Corporate Volunteerism, the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency Director Award, and the Broward County Minority Business Advocate of the Year.

Gilberto Rustice
Gilberto Rustice was most recently President of Ford Credit Latin America, a regional arm of Ford Motor Credit Company providing wholesale and retail financing to Ford dealers and their customers. His organization included 1200 employees in six countries, where he managed $5 billion in assets, with the highest return-on-equity within Ford Credit globally. His career has been distinguished by the ability to identify dealers and consumer needs, create strategic vision, develop and coach teams with extraordinary leadership, and routinely build and execute significant Shareholder Valued Added under extremely volatile operating environments.

Sherwin Rosenstein (Executive Committee)
Sherwin Rosenstein has 40 years of experience as an executive director of nonprofit social service organizations. In this capacity Mr. Rosenstein honed skills in board development, fund development, fiscal management, designing programs and services to meet changing needs, information systems management, and community relations. Mr. Rosenstein has also held leadership positions with numerous nonprofit boards of directors and professional organizations. Mr. Rosenstein received a Master of Social Work from the University of Connecticut and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Florida.

Joel Telles
Joel Telles has many years of managerial experience in the arts, textile industry and non-profit areas. Coming to Broward County over 30 years ago, he served as Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Ft. Lauderdale, Executive Director of the Soref Jewish Community Center and Interim Campaign Director of the Jewish Federations in Tampa, Orlando and Nashville and most recently he served as a fund raiser for the United Way of Broward County. Mr. Telles offers skills in marketing, budgeting and human resources, fund raising and planning development.

John Vetter (Executive Committee)
John Vetter has had extensive experience with Fortune 500 companies in the areas of corporate development, finance, economic evaluations, strategic planning, financial planning and forecasting. Mr. Vetter has held executive positions with Eastern Airlines, Coca Cola, AMOCO and FPL. Mr. Vetter was responsible for FPL’s long-term strategic plan when FPL won the Deming Prize for Quality and has substantial training in Total Quality Management. Mr. Vetter is a published writer and speaker on strategic planning processes and is a recognized pioneer in the scenario approach to planning and forecasting. Mr. Vetter holds a BA in Business Administration and an MA in Economics from the University of Miami.