Eric Smith – Principal
Mr. Smith has an extensive background in the construction industry including two decades of experience in all phases of civil construction.  Mr. Smith entered the industry in the masonry field as a non union laborer.  He then positioned himself to enter into the Laborers Local Union 332.  The next progression of his career branched into civil construction where he excelled to the rank of Operating Engineer in Local 542.  He became a Master Mechanic (or Lead Engineer) for the operators union where his responsibility was to coordinate and supervise activities and responsibilities of all operators on a project and the heavy equipment they operated.  These high profile multi-million dollar construction projects usually required large numbers of heavy construction equipment.  After taking various courses in construction management, advanced blueprint reading and surveying, Mr. Smith parlayed all of his practical experience into a number of successful Superintendent positions. In the year 2000, using the skills developed during his career, Mr. Smith founded Bond Construction LLC (BCLLC). At present he retains overall responsibility for both on-site and corporate management activities for BCLLC.  

Joseph B. Derry, Jr. – Principal
Mr. Derry brings over fifty years of construction and development experience to our organization.  As founder and CEO of Parametric, Inc. and Parametric Development Corporation the company was responsible for design & construction scheduling, cost control and inspection as an associate on the $2.3 billion Northeast Corridor Rail Improvement Project, the $60 million construction of seven buildings for a university, the construction of a $160 million project for the Social Security Administration, the development and construction of a parking garage for an urban shopping center, the $29 million construction of a correctional facility and dozens of similar projects.  His organization employed hundreds of staff in offices throughout the eastern United States and Africa. Mr. Derry is an acknowledged expert in all aspects of field construction, construction management and managing a diverse construction organization.  His experience spans housing, commercial, institutional and heavy highway construction.  He has been responsible for the completion of billions of dollars of construction projects both domestically and internationally.

Ms. Karen D. Jackson – Director of Finance
Ms. Jackson is a certified public accountant with over 20 years of experience in the area of corporate finance and accounting.  She has held positions as a Senior Financial Analyst with Lockheed Martin Corporation, Senior Accountant for Exelon Corporation / PECO Energy Company, Director of Finance for the African American Museum in the Philadelphia as well as several major corporations in the Philadelphia area.  Ms. Jackson will provide overall financial administration for the company.  Her well-rounded corporate accounting and finance background combined with the expertise of our specialized construction accounting firm will allow Bond to set up the most advantageous and comprehensive financial structure for the company. In her roll as director of finance Ms. Jackson will use her expertise to prepare the company’s overall budget and financial forecast for long-range planning, and manage all tax, audit and cost control policies and procedures for the company.  Ms. Jackson will also use her knowledge of non-profit accounting to assist in the set up of the Bond Foundation.

Ms. Renee Ashe – Interim Director of Administration
Ms. Ashe has over 20 years of accounting, administrative and human resources experience in the construction industry.  She has worked for firms such as Belcan Corporation, with annual sales of $500 million, and spent 13 years with Bancroft Construction Company, the top general contractor in Delaware.   Renee has held positions as a Human Resources Administrator, Financial Administrator, as well as a Sr. Business Services Analyst.  In these various positions, Ms. Ashe has gained management expertise in purchasing, contract administration, A/P and A/R, payroll, payment processing and heavy equipment acquisition.  While performing these duties Renee has had to interface with vendors, subcontractors, clients and employees to successfully navigate and improve the above mentioned administrative systems.  Ms. Ashe has been nominated for the DuPont Excellence Award in the areas of productivity and cost savings.  With her knowledge, experience and expertise Ms. Ashe is more than qualified to implement, streamline and manage the policies and procedures for the Bond Group. 

Edward Bond – Director of Human Resources
Mr. Bond has more than 25 years of experience and significant accomplishments as a human resource professional.  While serving as Human Resources Manager at Republic Services Group, Edward was responsible for all human resource functions for over 700 unionized and non-unionized employees in the NY/NJ region.  His duties included negotiating collective bargaining agreements, instituting human resources practices and policies dealing with sensitive issues such as sexual harassment, race and age discrimination, as well as administering programs related to improving employee and labor relations.  As the Human Resources Director for Visual Management Systems Inc, Mr. Bond designed and delivered human resources policies, training, employment, benefits, and compensation strategies for 350 professional and production employees. Additionally, he developed and managed an HRIS system and employee portal that made the communication and dissemination of the aforementioned systems easier.  During his tenure as a District Human Resources Manager with Home Depot, Mr. Bond managed all recruiting, staffing, training, performance management, career development, employment practices and work place initiatives for over 1800 retail employees.  He also directed all recruiting, selection and training of new hires.

Jesse M. Tillman – VP of Construction
Mr. Tillman is responsible for developing all aspects of the vertical construction side of the business including the construction management, planning, scheduling, engineering, and surveying. Mr. Tillman has been in the high-level construction and construction related industries since 1991 and most recently filled the role of Operations Project Manager with an ENR Top 20 construction management firm.  His strengths are program design and development, design management, pre-construction, construction management and staff training/development. In addition, Mr. Tillman’s expert experience in creating systems to manage construction documents, submittals, contracts, computer aided design documents, MEP coordination, scheduling, and start-up development, gives him added value in the industry. As a senior manager his ability to effectively manage and coordinate staff has been a major key to his success.  As a leader, Mr. Tillman understands that providing effective and realistic policies and standards is essential to a positive work environment.  He has achieved this value by providing solid evaluations, feedback, training, and employee development. 

Richard  – Director of Field Operations
Richard has been in the civil construction industry for the past 30 years and has worked as a general superintendent on many substantial projects during his career.  Some of those projects include overseeing approximately 5 miles of road reconstruction, bridge demolition and construction for two bridges including steel cofferdams and dewatering, 6 miles of sanitary sewer, storm drainage and water main including wet taps, line stops and borings.  He also supervised the reconstruction and widening of Rt. 1 in Princeton, New Jersey, which included a one mile by-pass road, new bridge and rehabilitation of two bridges, steel sheeting, sound walls, approximately 600,000 cubic yards of excavation, 40,000 tons of paving, 60,000 square yards of milling and installation of 5 miles of drainage and water pipe.  This NJ DOT project had a completion cost of $18 million.  Richard has also had many successful interactions as a liaison to various city agencies such as the City of Philadelphia, PennDOT, SEPTA and NJDOT.  His additional experience as President of Scarborough/Quill Corp, a real estate site and infrastructure development corporation, and owning a residential development company for nearly a decade makes him well rounded for the position as our Director of Field Operations.

Carlton L. Johnson, Esq. – General Counsel

Mr. Johnson is a Partner at Archer & Greiner, P.C. in the firm’s Litigation Department and co-chairs the firm’s newly-formed Civil Rights and Government Relations practices. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Johnson served as the Chief Deputy City Solicitor of the Civil Rights Unit for the City of Philadelphia. In this position, he handled and oversaw the management of civil rights claims against the City of Philadelphia and its employees. Most of these cases involve representation, primarily in the federal court, of the police department and the prisons in matters alleging deprivation of civil rights where personal injury is involved. Mr. Johnson practiced with the City of Philadelphia’s Law Department from 1984 to 2006. In addition to the above, Mr. Johnson has been the litigator on a host of important litigations. 

Ms. Jacqueline Hill – Director of Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Center
Ms. Hill is the Director of the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Center, a federally funded project of the US Commerce Department and program of The Enterprise Center. The Enterprise Center and the Pennsylvania Minority Business Enterprise Center (MBEC) has been awarded a contract by the Minority Business Development Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce to establish the PA MBEC ARRA Advocacy and Outreach Initiative. MBEC is identifying specific American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded contract opportunities and matching those opportunities with certified minority-owned businesses.  Prior to this position, Ms. Hill was the Membership Director of the African-American Chamber of Commerce of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. Ms. Hill has spent much of her career advancing economic development in minority communities. In her role as Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group (PCRG), she facilitated relationships with 14 financial institutions that ultimately netted over $4 billion of reinvestment dollars into minority and low-income communities across the City of Pittsburgh. Advocating on behalf of minority businesses, Ms. Hill has worked hands on with hundreds of companies to build their businesses, which ultimately has generated hundreds of jobs in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. She has been widely recognized for her accomplishments, has been named "Minority Business Advocate of the Year" by both the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Opportunity Committee, and named a "Woman of Distinction" by the Girl Scouts of America. Both the United Way of Pennsylvania and President George Bush Sr. have acknowledged her for his 1000 points of Light Volunteer Program. 

E. Mitchell Swann, P.E., LEED AP – Consulting Engineer & Partner at MDC Systems, LLC
Mr. Swann has over 20 years of extensive experience on both domestic and international projects in the areas of consulting, design engineering, construction, project and departmental management, forensic engineering and construction claims analysis. Mr. Swann’s career includes the engineering and design of mechanical and control systems across a wide range of industries and building types including commercial buildings, central plants, research facilities, microelectronics, pharmaceutical facilities, broadcasting, computer centers, correctional facilities and shipboard systems. Mr. Swann has served as Chair on several ASHRAE Technical Committees and has co-authored design guidelines for ASHRAE and ISPE. He is also the Vice-Chair of the ABA's Committee on ADR in Construction. Mr. Swann currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Enterprise Center of Philadelphia. Mr. Swann was elected as the 2002 President of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. He is frequently a national and international speaker and lecturer for professional organizations.

Seth A. Shapiro – Principal at the Nauset Group
Mr. Shapiro is the founder and principal of The Nauset Group, a diversified real estate investment and advisory firm located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Seth has over 13 years of experience managing all phases of development and construction in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Florida. During his career, he has managed projects with a combined value of over $1 Billion, and including in excess of 10,000 residential units and over 3 million square feet of retail and commercial space.  He provides strategic business planning consultation to a variety of clients, including the International Laborers Union of North America and multiple private equity real estate funds. Seth serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee member of the Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation (PFMC). PFMC oversees the Philadelphia Gas Works, the largest municipally owned utility in the nation.  He is the Vice President of the board and Chair of the Real Estate Committee for Mt. Airy USA, a community development corporation.  Mt. Airy USA develops mixed use and residential projects with a variety of public funding sources.  Additionally, he serves as the President of the board of Directors of Operation Understanding, a cross-cultural youth leadership organization, and the President of the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District, and $200,000 per year special services district in the City.

James Burnett – Executive Director of the West Philadelphia Financial Services Institution (WPFSI)

Mr. Burnett is the Executive Director of the West Philadelphia Financial Services Institution (WPFSI) and Principal at Mosaic Development Partners. He has worked in the financial services industry for over 20 years, beginning his career with Fidelity Bank 1988. In addition to his professional focus, Mr. Burnett has served diligently on various community and professional boards and is committed to the promotion of financial literacy and education. WPFSI is a ten year old non-profit community lending institution located in the West Philadelphia "Empowerment Zone." WPFSI's mission is to provide capital and technical assistance to businesses and residents who have been underserved by traditional financing sources. Mr. Burnett is responsible for managing a $4,300,000 and growing commercial loan portfolio, a $9,500,000 capital fund and a $500,000 operating budget. Mr. Burnett is also the chairman of WesGold, LLC, a partnership of WPFSI and The Goldenberg Group. On May 31, 2008, WesGold, LLC completed a 341,000 square foot  retail shopping center (Park West Town Center) that created 800 new jobs, visually improved a major commercial corridor and provided inspiration to a challenged community. Mr. Burnett has also served on the national board of the Urban Financial Services Coalition and has served twice as the president of the Philadelphia Chapter. He sits on various other community and professional boards, is a frequent speaker on issues surrounding lending and community economic development and hosted a monthly radio program on WDAS 1480 AM on finance and business development for ten years.

Jairius S. McClendon – Executive Vice President at Ross Associates, Inc.

Mr. McClendon is the Executive Vice President at Ross Associates, Inc in Philadelphia, PA. He is also a member of the Board of the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority (PMBDA). Previous to managing Ross Associates, Mr. McClendon was the Vice President and Relationship Manager within Wachovia's Wealth-Management Private Banking Group. In this role, he worked closely with a team of experienced specialists to offer services such as private banking, financial planning, trust, and estate planning, customized credit solutions, investment management, tax planning, asset management and insurance. Prior to joining Wachovia, he honed his financial management skills through various positions with Bank of America, The Vanguard Group of Investments, PNC Bank, and Jefferson Bank. He has also worked within the not-for-profit sector where he served as a Director of Resource Development for the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, leading a team of professionals responsible for fundraising and corporate donor relationship management.