Meet the Team

Tyrone Young, C.T.C., is a Municipal Tax Collector with over 27 years of successful experience as a tax collector in multiple New Jersey counties where he obtained tenure. Tyrone has a proven system for decreasing and eliminating audit findings, training staff in various roles within the tax collector office and creating step by step procedures to ensure continued accuracy in collection, posting and depositing. Tyrone specializes in P.I.L.O.T. analysis, tax records research and billing reconciliations.

Celeste Banks currently serves as the Director of Government Programs, Retention, and Recruitment for a New Jersey school district. In her more than 13 years within the education industry Celeste has shifted her focus to obtaining federal, state and county dollars to facilitate programs for her school district and other public entities. Through her efforts, Celeste has secured over $7,000,000.00 in grants funds in the last 2 years that have funded the opening of a S.T.E.A.M. Academy, renovations to public parks and the transformation of a swimming facility to serve the residents year-round. Celeste has recently extended her services to municipalities and has secured an additional $1.25 mil in funding, with $5 mil more in pending applications which await approval. Celeste currently manages a grant portfolio of $52 mil.

Musa A. Malik, Esq., QPA, is a Business Administrator of a municipality and has over 14 years of knowledge in various aspects school district and local government operations, compliance, procurement and more. Musa is intimately familiar with the crucial intersection between the laws and the regulations which follow and the realities of implementing these mandates. Prior to his appointment as Business Administrator, Musa worked as an administrator for another public entity, where he handled all personnel actions and matters, including corporate compliance, labor, employment, and collective bargaining negotiations. Formerly a private practice attorney, Musa has also previously worked as a Mediator in the Essex County Superior Court of New Jersey, assisting adversarial parties to resolve disputes, and he served as a Law Clerk for a United States Magistrate Judge. Musa presently attends the Rutgers Center for Government Services where he is completing his Certified Municipal Finance Officer (CMFO) Certification.