Meet Our Board!

Board Members

Eugene Thomas (Chairman)

Michael Peretz (Executive Vice President)

Mike Peretz is Executive Vice President, Ad Sales Revenue Management & Operations at A+E Networks, where he leads revenue strategy and operations initiatives across the organization. Throughout his career, he has focused on building strong teams, fostering meaningful relationships, and helping individuals achieve their full potential.

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Beth Bernstein (Secretary)

Beth Bernstein has been a board member with I Have a Dream – New Jersey since 2019, currently leading the Governance committee. Beth is an accomplished marketing and advertising executive with over 25 years of experience working with several major media and advertising companies including Grey

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Peter Tyndale (Treasurer)

Peter Tyndale is currently the President of Automated Accounting Solutions, Inc. An accounting firm that provides accounting services to small to midsize businesses. Previously, Mr. Tyndale worked as Budget Director for New York University and was based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

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Miguel Brito

Miguel, a descendant of immigrants from the Cape Verde Islands, learned growing up in the small, sea-side town of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts that with the "...encouragement and support of the larger community I could aspire to and achieve anything that I set out to do.”

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Malik Carey

Christopher Coke

Erika Jungblut

Leonard Mortimore

In 2020, Leonard “Lenny” Mortimore relocated back to the US from a successful international assignment to take on the role of Regional Executive for the Downstate Region in US Corporate Banking.

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Krystle Whitlock-Ude