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David Chewey, CLA
Garden Associates Landscape Architecture, Inc.
After starting his first landscape company at the age of 15, David Chewey earned a degree in Landscape Architecture in 1988 from Cook College and has since become a NJ certified Landscape Architect.
He founded Garden Associates Landscape Architecture in 1990, quickly building a loyal client base of residential and commercial clients. Garden Associates has experienced steady growth through both difficult economic times and cyclical downturns. With the vision and knowledge to predict economic trends and shifts in the industry, Chewey has been able to take advantage of opportunities for business growth. The company has maintained its position ahead of the competition, continuing company growth and preserving jobs.
In 2006, Chewey divested a portion of the installation operations of the business while focusing mainly on the design and project management, allowing Garden Associates to distinguish itself from the pack of landscape contractors and emerge as an industry leader in Landscape Architecture. At the same time, Chewey coached and mentored former employees to enable them to establish their own businesses, many of which are contracted for services with Garden Associates. He continues to provide guidance and support to ensure the highest possible quality of service while enabling young landscape contractors to realize their own dreams of building strong, viable businesses.
In 2007, as Garden Associates’ involvement in the community increased, David created “The Garden Beautiful,” the charitable arm of Garden Associates. Through this charity, Garden Associates has donated service and resources to numerous Eagle projects for Boy Scouts of America, renovations for local parks, therapeutic gardens for schools for children with disabilities, recreation areas for adult living facilities, and New Jersey adopt-a-highway program, to name a few.
Chewey has been a Cub Master for Cub Scout Pack 108 of Franklin Township in Hunterdon County since 2003, a choir member of St. Catherine of Sienna since 2002, and has been teaching a quarterly course at Hunterdon Central High School on Entrepreneurship since 2004. He is also on the Board of Trustees of Helyar House at Rutgers University. He is member of the prestigious Entrepreneurial Organization (EO), a member of the American Institute of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Community Builders Association of New Jersey (CBA), and the US Green Building Council, and the Somerset Business Partnership and the Hunterdon Country Chamber of Commerce.
Michael Maddaluna 
Somerset County Vocational-Technical Schools
Mike Maddaluna has served as Superintendent of the Somerset County Vocational and Technical Schools since August of 2003. His tenure has been noted for the numerous innovative changes within the school district, all successfully improving the quality of education for a diversified group of students.
In 2005, Mr. Maddaluna introduced the Academy for Health and Medical Sciences in partnership with Raritan Valley Community College, The program allows exceptional students in grades 9 to 12 who meet specific criteria to earn a high school diploma and an Associate’s Degree from Raritan Valley in General Science.
Mr. Maddaluna spearheaded a $6 million addition to the school for additional classrooms for the arts programs and the addition of a state-of-the-art technology center, initiated a $400,0-00 upgrade for the Culinary Arts program including new kitchen equipment, additional classroom space, and am in-house restaurant run by the students. Also seeing a major upgrade were vocational/technical programs including new equipment of the Print Shop and development of a new Graphic Communications program.
Mr. Maddaluna earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Seton Hall University. He has 39 years of experience in education including12 as Superintendent of the Monmouth County School District and Coordinating County Superintendent for the Central Region. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Somerset County Business Partnership and the Business & Education Alliance.
Caitlin Carey 
Out of the Silence
(Young Entrepreneur)
Emerging from years of mental illness, 16-year-old Caitlin Carey applied her life experience and desire to help others into the development of “Out of the Silence,” a youth mental health advocacy organization (www.stepoutofthesilence.org).
A registered non-profit organization funded exclusively by private donation, Out of the Silence is dedicated shattering the stigma surrounding mental illness and to raising awareness of issues of mental health in youth.
Caitlin has lectured local and national conferences on the subject of youth mental health. Though a one-person operation, Caitlin has formed a Board of Directors to whom she often seeks consult on business issues. Future plans include an online counseling hotline, and offering scholarships to students with mental illness.
In addition to her work on Out of the Silence, Caitlin has spent the past three summers working with the Columbia University TeenScreen Program helping to identify teens at risk of suicide.
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