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Phillip D. Woolfolk
Chief Operations Officer ESBI Department Phillip D. Woolfolk most recently served as the Managing Principal & Profitability Advisor for Main Street Advisory, LLC. Phillip is a Senior Associate for the new social media App, Grapevyne, and is Co-founder of P & P Real Estate Investment Company, founded in 1989 focused on residential and commercial mixed used real estate. Phillip is a creative thinker and award-winning executive with a background that includes Chief Administrative Officer of a Charter School, Vice President & Fair Lending Manager responsible for fair-lending compliance, compliance training, and management for the seven-state market area of a multi-billion-dollar federal savings bank. He also served as the Community Development Management for low-and moderate-income residential mortgage lending for New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. He has expertise in Small Business, SBA, and commercial real estate lending. Phillip served on New Jersey Governor’s transition team, serving on both the Stronger and Fairer Economy and Encouraging Ownership and Inclusive Growth Sub-Committees. Phillip currently serves on the Boards of the African American Chamber of Commerce of NJ (aaccnj.com); US Patent Innovations, LLC, in Tacoma Park, Maryland. Subsidiaries of US Patent Innovations include US Medical Innovations, LLC, which provides innovative medical devices and products to hospitals and surgical specialist around the world (www.usmedinnovations.com); Canady Biotechnology; Canady Robotics; Plasma Medical Life Sciences; and Jerome Canady Research Institute/Advanced Biological and Technological Sciences (JCRI-ABTS). Phillip’s abbreviated history of community service includes serving as former President of the Business Network International Chapter in Hamilton, NJ; Former Board Chair of South Jersey Behavioral Health Resources, Inc. in Cherry Hill, NJ; Former Board Chair of Granville Charter Schools Consolidated Board of Trustees in Trenton, NJ; and Former Board Member and Treasurer of Ecumenical Ministries in Newark, NJ. |
Dina Gonzales
Community Development Officer ESBI Department Dina is a serial-entrepreneur and the owner of Breaking the Barriers Development Group, where she provides public relations, marketing, branding, and supportive services to her clients. Dina has expertise in contractor development, bond readiness, capacity building, client & company assessments, program development, proposal writing, process engineering, workflow development, business development, customer acquisition, and quality controls. Over the years Dina has served the community as a MOM Volunteer at Ewing US Marine Corps Recruiting Station; Started and Managed a high school internship program to provide employment skills, for Bordentown Regional High School and Hamilton High West. Dina also implemented a scholarship program for Bordentown Regional High School. |
Bydeia Harmon
Community Development Officer
ESBI Department
Born into loving but humble beginnings to Karen and Kenneth Harmon, a native son of North Philadelphia was born in 1982. It would be here that Bydeia S Harmon would grow to make the Harmon family name proud. Excelling athletically in multiple sports, as well as scholastically matriculating with honors within the Philadelphia Public school system. Graduating from Northeast High School Magnet Program in 1999, Bydeia would decide to attend the HBCU Delaware State University in Dover Delaware. Choosing a major of Finance and Banking he cultivated a multitude of relationships while shaping his mindset for success in the professional business arena.
After obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in 2003, Mr. Harmon would begin his professional career in Center City Philadelphia with Bank of America in the year 2004. With an office on Market St. directly across from the Philadelphia Stock Exchange his knowledge of the business world would grow vastly, partnering with numerous local business owners and community ambassadors. Accomplishing many business development goals individually and as a team leader would lead to a role as mortgage loan officer at BOA, as well as management roles with Wells Fargo bank and Santander Bank in Delaware throughout subsequent years.
Currently Bydeia is the president of his own financial consulting business headquartered in the Philadelphia area, where he remains dedicated to his clients, business partners and community which raised him. Coaching basketball at Mastery North Charter School in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, and Team Final / BBA on the national AAU circuit servicing the PA/NJ youth, Bydeia’s sense of service, duty and entrepreneurship is ever present.
Community Development Officer
ESBI Department
Born into loving but humble beginnings to Karen and Kenneth Harmon, a native son of North Philadelphia was born in 1982. It would be here that Bydeia S Harmon would grow to make the Harmon family name proud. Excelling athletically in multiple sports, as well as scholastically matriculating with honors within the Philadelphia Public school system. Graduating from Northeast High School Magnet Program in 1999, Bydeia would decide to attend the HBCU Delaware State University in Dover Delaware. Choosing a major of Finance and Banking he cultivated a multitude of relationships while shaping his mindset for success in the professional business arena.
After obtaining his Bachelor’s Degree in 2003, Mr. Harmon would begin his professional career in Center City Philadelphia with Bank of America in the year 2004. With an office on Market St. directly across from the Philadelphia Stock Exchange his knowledge of the business world would grow vastly, partnering with numerous local business owners and community ambassadors. Accomplishing many business development goals individually and as a team leader would lead to a role as mortgage loan officer at BOA, as well as management roles with Wells Fargo bank and Santander Bank in Delaware throughout subsequent years.
Currently Bydeia is the president of his own financial consulting business headquartered in the Philadelphia area, where he remains dedicated to his clients, business partners and community which raised him. Coaching basketball at Mastery North Charter School in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, and Team Final / BBA on the national AAU circuit servicing the PA/NJ youth, Bydeia’s sense of service, duty and entrepreneurship is ever present.
