James M. Berardi

James Berardi graduated the Electrical Trades from Middlesex County (NJ) Vocational & Technical High School in 1967. He joined the United States Navy in September of 1967 during the Viet Nam Conflict, where he served his country overseas. In 1971, while serving in the Navy, James took his test and became a Licensed Electrical Contractor (#4693) in the State of New Jersey.

Reentering the Navy during Desert Storm and Operation Hope, he served his second and third tour of duty as a Construction Electrician First Class (CE1) Petty Officer with the US Sea-Bee's Construction Battalion. He served the US Military for 12 years earning three Honorable Discharges.

During his earlier years, James was a Volunteer Firefighter with the Hopelawn Engine Company #1, where he served as Fire Chief in 1978 and also as Fire Commissioner for 2 terms. In 1981, while still contracting in New Jersey, he started work with General Motors in Linden N.J. As a third shift Electrician, he advanced his career with training in Robotics, Programmable Logic Controls (PLC), Numerical Controls (CNC), and Computer Programming, along with Environmental and Safety Skills. James participated as a GM employee in a number of training and certification schools and participated in numerous "Buy Off's" of equipment for the plant. He worked as a troubleshooter and would install, debug and assist in design changes to Robots, Computers and Communication equipment for areas in the Paint Department, Glass Area and Body Drop. His innovative ideas earned him many awards from GM.

As an entrepreneur, James started investing in properties as earily as 1975. Since then he has purchased three additional properties for Commercial and Residential use and has profitably and successfully managed all properties. Currently he is selling and reinvesting one of his properties with The Global Group out of Brooklyn N.Y. As partners, they are in the process of purchasing part of a city block in Perth Amboy in order to erect a 22-story building. This building will be an icon for the City of Perth Amboy when complete. He has joined the Energy Freedom Pioneers Group with enthusiasm. He will direct the Development and Infrastructure Department, using state of the art technology for the future advancement of EFP and the Alternative Energy Industrial Park. As Jim would say, "the Sky is the Limit"!