Driving Transactions
Friday, April 19, 2024

Sharenow LANJ President Jason Sharenow of Broadway Elite Worldwide Princeton, N.J. — On January 29, the Limousine Association of New Jersey (LANJ) kicked off the new year with a meeting at NJHA Conference & Event Center. CD President & Publisher Chris Weiss and Business Development Manager Jeff Ranking were among the 70 members and guests who came from all across the country for the luncheon meeting.

LANJ President Jason Sharenow of Broadway Elite Worldwide started off the meeting by welcoming the attendees, and ratifying the 2020 officers and Board of Directors.

President: Jason Sharenow of Broadway Elite Worldwide
First Vice President: Tim Rose of T. Rose Ventures
Second Vice President: Jeff Brodsly of Chosen Payments
Secretary: Karen Gajda of Country Club Transportation
Treasurer: Barry Trabb of Complete Fleet Livery Sales

LANJ L to R: Brett Barenholtz of Above All/Boston Car, CD Publisher Chris Weiss, and Barry Trabb of Complete Fleet Livery Sales

Directors: Anthony Azara of Avalon Chauffeured Services, Shady Azer of Concorde Worldwide, Jeff Brodsly of Chosen Payments, Pete Corelli of Lakeview Custom Coach, Johnny Donohue of the Philadelphia Regional Limousine Association (honorary), Sam Emam of BBZ Limousine & Livery Service, Jay Erlich of Europe Limousine Service, Bill Faeth of Limo University, Karen Gajda of Country Club Transportation, Howard Gogel of My Limousine Service, Joe Gulino of Gem Limousine Worldwide, Mike Marroccoli of The Capacity Group, John Maziarz of Arrive in Style Transportation, Brian O’Neill of Grech Motors, Tim Rose of T. Rose Ventures, David Seelinger of Empire CLS, Jason Sharenow of Broadway Elite Worldwide, Christian Stochholm of New Jersey Limo Finder, Barry Trabb of Complete Fleet Livery Sales, Chris Weiss of Chauffeur Driven, and Jonathan Wilner of A. Harrington Limousine Service.

New Board members include Jay Erlich, Bill Faeth, and Mike Marrocoli, the latter being spontaneously nominated and approved during the meeting.

Rafkin L to R: CD Business Development Manager Jeff Rafkin, Lucy Berrito of Royale Limousine, and Bruce Cirlin of Complete Fleet Livery Sales

After the Board announcement, Sharenow welcomed a series of speakers to the meeting. First, Jessica Maarek of Red Root Marketing and Suzanne Bugge of A Focused Advantage took the stage to speaking about the Be Driven Safely campaign, which is designed to educate consumers and travelers about the risks involved when using ridesharing apps and services. Maarek and Brugge also shared valuable online and social media-driven marketing strategies with the membership. Next, Frank Villares from Options Plus discussed the supplemental health insurance offered by his company, and the benefit to association members who already have primary health care coverage. A client of Options Plus, Sharehow advocated their services and shared how he personally saved a great deal of money with their services. Finally, Weiss was welcomed to the podium to speak about February’s CD/NLA Show in Las Vegas. He touched upon the education and networking options available, as well as the value prop of what’s included with each registration—namely, the extensive food and drink provided to attendees.

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