SJBiz_20over40_0521FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 5 / 19 / 21 3 : 25 PM Page 2 Age : Age : Age : Dan Chris Avani 29 33 33 Kukainis Tait Bharucha Managing Partner , Vice President , Associate Partner , Schwartz Financial Services B . Tait Builders Baratz & Associates , P.A . Bharucha immigrated to America from After obtaining his bachelor’s in eco - Tait started working in his father’s India as a teenager , an experience that nomics and history from Rutgers general contracting business back has influenced her commitment to hard University , Kukainis managed an in 2002 as a part - time employee work . She obtained a bachelor of science AT & T store and was ranked in the while still in high school . He took on degree in accounting from Rutgers Univer - top 5 % of the company’s leadership various roles in the company , from sity and joined Baratz & Associates in her development program . He followed carpenter to project superintendent last year of studies , becoming a full - time that with a role as a financial services and shadowed his father , Brian , along staff accountant in 2009 . Bharucha also representative at a TD Bank branch , the way . He now serves as vice presi - earned both a master’s of business admin - which was also ranked No . 1 in finan - dent and co - owner of the company , istration degree from Widener University cial product and retail deposit sales in which is now a full - time construction and her CPA license in 2013 . In 2017 she the South Jersey region . In his current management firm — a direction enrolled in the Emerging Leader Acad - position at Schwartz Financial Services , largely influenced by Tait — with a na - emy — a three - year program designed to Kukainis is among the top 5 % produc - tionwide reach of partnerships with strengthen the skills needed for partners in tion ranked under Registered Invest - Planet Fitness , Ikea and Aramark , to public accounting firms . Upon completion , ment Advisor out of over 150 financial name a few . Tait is also an accom - Bharucha was named associate partner in advisors . He is an active member of plished professional ATV racer who 2020 — the first woman to hold the posi - the South Jersey Young Professionals has competed across the U.S . and is tion . In her role , she actively takes interest Association and the Jewish Federation married with one son . in hiring , training and mentoring the junior Young Adult Division , and also devotes accountants at the firm . This summer , philanthropic efforts to the Animal Bharucha and her Welfare Association . husband , who is also a CPA at B & A , are expecting their first child . Age : Brian McGroarty VP of Business Development , CoreTitle 39 One of the original five at CoreTitle since 2017 , McGroarty helped build , train and grow the sales team and develop the Core brand . He has cultivated relationships with residential and commercial realtors , investors , builders , loan officers and more , and his extensive network has helped them increase business by hundreds of thousands of dol - lars . He deploys these same talents for the benefit of various nonprofit organizations as well . He played a key role in establishing CoreCares , a division of CoreTitle that supports dozens of organizations , including Homes for Heroes , Make - A - Wish Foundation and Philabundance . In 2020 , McGroarty received an official commendation from Philadelphia Treats For Troops for his “ outstanding support of American troops serv - ing in Iraq , Afghanistan and other dangerous parts of the world along with Wounded Warriors at home , ” in recognition of donating his own commissions ( which were matched by CoreTitle ) to the organization . As the father of a son , McGroarty hopes to pass these philanthropic values to the next generation . SouthJerseyBiz.net | VOLUME 11 ISSUE 5 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | 29