An accomplished business executive, Ted Suhl currently heads Watersprings Development, LLC as Chief Executive Officer. Applying nearly two decades of professional experience toward his position, Ted Suhl leads a team of investment professionals in identifying suitable projects in which to invest. Holding an interest in a diverse array of industries, Ted Suhl has funded companies and real estate projects around the country, sometimes up to $75 million. Within the last 10 years alone, Ted Suhl has driven growth by 25% each year.
Holding a Masterâs degree in Business Administration, Ted Suhl has consistently demonstrated a combination of tenacity, leadership, and ambition throughout his academic and professional career. While in pursuit of his degree, Ted Suhl established his first successful company, while maintaining top grades. He eventually sold the company for a handsome profit.
Passionate about helping others, Ted Suhl regularly contributes to numerous charitable organizations, particularly those that provide much-needed provisions for inhabitants of underdeveloped countries. Ted Suhl supports orphanages in Mexico and the Philippines, in addition to taking an active role in fundraising events.
Outside of work, Ted Suhl enjoys playing golf. Mr. Suhl also takes pleasure in team sports such as baseball and football. Ted Suhl currently resides in Orlando, Florida.
Plaza College provides flexible class schedules offering day, afternoon, evening, and weekend classes. The campus’ central location is Jackson Heights, New York, in the center of a transportation hub, only 15 minutes from midtown Manhattan and accessible via subway, bus, or car! Plaza College offers both Associate and Bachelor's degrees in Business and Medical fields. For students whose existing financial responsibilities stand in the way of completing a degree, the Plaza College Financial Aid Services department strives to help them locate loans, grants, or scholarships to pay for all or part of the required tuition. Plaza College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA). What does that mean to a student? That is the “gold standard” in higher education and makes it more convenient for the transfer of credits. If you were at another college and now want to attend Plaza, we will accept most credits so students may start where they left off and apply their earned credits towards a degree from Plaza College.
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The Freedom Village Continuing Care Retirement Community provides friendly accommodations in southern Orange County for both independent and assisted living. Located in Lake Forest, Freedom Village is situated one hour from both San Diego and Los Angeles in a suburban community known for year-round fair weather and a safe, friendly environment. The crime rate in Lake Forest is so low that it has recently been recognized by a private research firm as the 15th safest city in the entire country. Moreover, True North Research’s 2010 findings state that 96 percent of Lake Forest residents rate their quality of life as excellent or good.
Freedom Village is surrounded by a number of inviting cities with an emphasis on community and the family, including Mission Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita. Southern Orange County is home to a number of prestigious schools and top-ranked hospitals and health care. For those who give high priority to an active lifestyle, Lake Forest is the perfect place to enjoy retirement, as it has many local attractions, including beaches within 10 miles, golf courses, parks, and, of course, shopping. Many of these attractive features are within walking distance of the retirement community. Freedom Village also offers a driving service for those who would like to accomplish their daily goals conveniently.
For those who are considering either independent or assisted living, Freedom Village offers the finest services and amenities available. In addition to maintaining professional nurses on-site, Freedom Village has a 24-hour emergency response team and a 7-day-a-week maintenance crew. A skilled security team guards Freedom Village and also watches over a gated parking area for complete resident safety.
Never overlooking any details, Freedom Village takes the time to ensure that its residents enjoy a high quality of life at all times. In addition to taking meals in a beautiful dining room, residents can eat in the coffee shop and the relaxing outdoor Garden Cafe. Freedom Village also offers many friendly services, including a barber shop/salon and manicure services, as well as a spa, swimming pool, putting green, and fitness center. For those who like to participate in social events, Freedom Village provides a pavilion and multiple game rooms. More information about Freedom Village is available online at www.freedomvillage.org. Visitors to the site will find information about apartment floor plans, the Freedom Village Health Care Center, and a very helpful Moving Assistance Program.
Efrem Dryer is an accomplished parallel entrepreneur, author, investor and business developer with a long record of building and capitalizing on brand, intellectual, talent and hard assets to drive revenue growth in domestic and emerging markets. He is founder and Director of ENVCA, a firm where he focuses on the general practice of business development. The company specializes in creating, growing and maintaining various entrepreneurial ventures in North and South America. Mr. Dryer has spent over 7 years living in and doing business in Brazil where he has established strong governmental, non-governmental, business, and personal relationships. Furthermore, he has become extremely proficient in written and spoken Portuguese while developing an uncanny understanding of Brazilian social and business culture. Since launching ENVCA in late 2000, Efrem has successfully navigated the “proof of concept” phase of various types of ventures and managed over $5M in capital before the age of 30. The company’s current portfolio includes various projects, clients, and companies in development. Concurrent with establishing companies and brands, Efrem has been managing and partnering with recording artists and music producers all of his life. He developed social and cultural programs to create inter-cultural interaction and the creation of multi-market/multi- language music recordings. To date music has been recorded with multi-platinum and extremely influential artists from the US, UK and Brazil. He is expanding that endeavor to include artist from the African continent. This experience has helped him to develop an uncanny ability to bring about direct cultural influence within developing markets which can prove valuable to companies and investors considering emerging markets as future places to do business. Though Mr. Dryer has no fraternal ties he is a member of the world trade organization where he has hosted seminars with other prominent business leaders. As an individual, as well as through one or more of his own companies he has served clients such as Author Kayona Brown, Gaelle Addison, Pras Michel of the Fugees, filmmaker Jonathan Zilli of MTV Films Europe, rapper/actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, music artist SWAY Dasafo, technology company Motorola, comedian Katt Williams, Sudanese icon and child soldier Emmanuel Jal, music artist Howard “Chingy” Bailey, production powerhouse Basement Beats, urban Brazilian blog Rapevolusom, Genesis Landscaping Company, American Fitness Company, Brazilian Carnival samba queen Elizangela Aranha and many more over the last 10 years. Mr. Dryer’s experience in launching companies, raising capital, expanding consumer bases and increasing revenue streams has been a valuable asset across different market types. Highlights of Mr. Dryer’s work include several UK based shows and tours for Ludacris, the successful product placement of the Motorola Accompli 009 device with Jay Z of Rocafella Records in 2001, and the current expansion of entertainment and urban consumer brands worldwide. While the US was experiencing economic downturn, overall business and access to consumer credit in emerging markets such as Brazil has been on a steady rise. He recognized this trend and became in involved in the growth and development of ventures as a result. Prior to forming ENVCA, Mr. Dryer enjoyed a great deal of success with AmpVille Car Audio Service Centers. Starting at the age of 19 as President of his business he turned a $500 personal loan into $500,000 in gross revenue in 3 years. An entrepreneur at heart, he re-invested his profits and began to do business overseas in the Bahamas where he imported Christmas Trees during the holiday season with his lifelong mentor Alan Albury. At the age of 23 he left the automotive electronics business and began to work within the venture capital environment where he spearheaded raising $1.2M for what later became a faith based content and media company. The years he spent working within the venture capital area brought him IR, IPO, reverse merger and funding experience that would later become very valuable. Earlier in his career, Efrem was a substitute teacher while studying Electronics Engineering at Devry Institute in Atlanta. Efrem left college before graduating with his degree, formed his first company and hired many of the classmates who later graduated with the degree he never got. With former classmates now working for his business, CEE Inc. grew to 12 employees, 4 company-owned stores, a warehouse facility, a corporate office and 14 affiliate stores nationwide. Mr. Dryer was recognized in the book Breaking the Code of Silence as a prominent business leader who acquired most of his business acumen through trial and error, failure and self-development. In more recent times while living in southern Brazil he finished his first book Précis of Acumen, Volume One. He decided to self publish and release this book as an online PDF in 2009. Mr. Dryer thereafter continued to work on two additional books which have yet to be released. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Efrem was raised between a small area of the city called Thunderbolt and the beautiful city of Nassau, Bahamas. He currently resides in Atlanta Georgia and Sao Jose dos Campos Brazil, but travels in other parts of the world often. A true global business executive, Mr. Dryer transitions seamlessly across diverse business environments and cultures. He is multilingual in English & Portuguese and developing skills in Spanish & German.
AtHomeNet boasts a wide range of clients from around the world, in 6 countries and all 50 U.S. states. AtHomeNet provides services to communities ranging from 8,500-home associations to several-unit condominiums. The day-to-day operation of AtHomeNet is the responsibility of 50 employees filling roles in support, programming, sales, and graphic arts, all dedicated to the best possible experience for their clients. AtHomeNet was originally founded by Jeff and Susan Sanders, who divided the technical and marketing duties of the new company between them, having previously gained experience in the programming and sales fields of the financial industry.
Founded in 1998, AtHomeNet, Inc., sold 10% of the company to investors in 2000 in order to raise funds for an expanded marketing and brand-building campaign. These elements were critical in the company's success, as the growing popularity of the Internet meant that advertising to a worldwide audience was more important than ever. Targeting home association managers, community volunteers, and board presidents, among others, AtHomeNet demonstrated that the services offered by the company could enable communities and organizations to be handled in a more efficient manner.
Over time, AtHomeNet grew to provide services for 2 million homes around the world through its website creations. The way that AtHomeNet does business with its clients is also progressive. By facilitating careful communication with homeowners associations and association management companies, AtHomeNet can develop websites and solutions that fit the unique needs of each client.
Stephen Robert co-founded Source of Hope to promote educational, occupational, and health initiatives to those in need of aid. With a global outreach, the organization works directly or in partnership with other charities to foster opportunities in the United States and abroad. With a mission statement of helping those in “desperate need,” Source of Hope provides necessary funds and develops programs such as the construction of aquifers, clinics, and educational facilities. The organization was established by Stephen Robert and his wife Pilar Crespi Robert and focuses on projects that advance the future of the communities it serves.
A graduate of Brown University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Stephen Robert continues to work on behalf of the school. In recognition of his history of service, the Corporation of Brown University in 1988 elected him to the position of Chancellor. The position, which he held for nearly a decade, required him to oversee many of the university’s planning and development plans. He remains active in its activities as a member of the Board of Overseers of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.
A former Director of Xerox and the NAC Reinsurance Corporation, Stephen Robert currently serves on the Board of Directors of the NEXAR Capital Group. Prior to his retirement in 2008, he held the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance Institutional Management LLC, an investment firm that advises high net-worth and institutional investment clients.
For nearly 30 years, Stephen Robert worked at Oppenheimer and Company. He rose through the firm’s ranks from the position of Portfolio Manager of the Oppenheimer Fund to that of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In 1986, he participated in a management buyout that made him the principal owner of the 105-year-old Oppenheimer & Company. He stepped down from the post of Chairman and CEO in 1997 after selling the firm to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Throughout his 20-year career, Darin Pastor has developed a strong reputation for his exceptional leadership skills. Currently, he is Managing Director of the Prudential Insurance Company of America. From 2006 to 2010, Darin Pastor served as a Senior Vice President and Senior Investment Manager at JPMorgan Chase. In this position, he supervised 12 managers overseeing a team of 229 financial advisors throughout Southern California. In 2007 and 2008, Darin Pastor was recognized as the top investment manager in the country based on his record of yearly sales growth. In 2009, his group generated more than $36 million in gross revenue, making it the top team in the country for sales and assets under management. His team sold more proprietary products than any other market in the country, with an average of 39.55 financial plans per financial advisor.
Darin Pastor's work history also includes extensive experience as an entrepreneur. From 1989 to 1996, he was a Division Manager and owner at Pepsi-Cola Buffalo Bottling Corp. He was the owner of American Mortgage Affiliates from 1996 to 2004, opening seven retail financial center locations throughout New York before selling the company to his partner.
Darin Pastor is currently completing his Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. He has completed several certificate programs from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, including the Wharton Certificate in Strategic Persuasion; Wharton Certificate in Leading the Effective Sales Force; Wharton Certificate in Mergers & Acquisitions; Wharton Fellows Certificate Master Class, Innovation & Creativity; and Wharton Certificate in Negotiation, Bargaining for Advantage. Darin Pastor's current professional licenses include FINRA Series 6, 7, 24, 51, 63, and 66 licenses, as well as a life and health insurance license and a property and casualty insurance license.
The law firm of Allan S. Lolly & Associates, APC, is entirely devoted to family-based immigration, with more than 20 years of experience. Managing attorney Allan S. Lolly joined the firm in the year 2000 and renamed it. Since that time, Allan S. Lolly & Associates has obtained more than 11,000 visas and green cards for family members, including K1 fiancé visas, CR/K3 spousal visas, permanent resident green cards, and waivers for those barred from obtaining immigration benefits.
Allan Lolly graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. He continued his education at Santa Clara University in Law. While studying for his Juris Doctor, Mr. Lolly was the only Associate Lecturer on Legal Research and Writing who was also a student. Further distinguishing himself during his education, he was the only student to assist faculty orienting incoming law school students. Additionally, Mr. Lolly maintained a top ranking among his peers in law school while raising two children.
Before becoming Partner at Allan S. Lolly & Associates, Allan Lolly had been a federal immigration prosecutor working on immigration fraud throughout Pacific Rim countries. Mr. Lolly served as Assistant Attorney General in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, gaining a different view of immigration concerns. Mr. Lolly holds license to practice federal immigration law in all 50 states. He earned admission to the California Bar Association (presently The State Bar of California), and he practices before the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Allan S. Lolly & Associates proudly notes that Mr. Lolly is a Contributing Lecturer with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the main organization for U.S. immigration attorneys. His area of focus is visa refusals at consulate posts.
