William Joseph “B.J.” Breish, has only worked for Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County since 2014, but according to Florence Kawoczka, a manager at Habitat who nominated B.J., he “quickly earned the respect of his staff by sharing his vision for the ReStore operations while showing his general interest in their personal development.”

“He has continued to make adjustments to our daily operations and develop partnerships with a keen eye to making our ReStores a source of sustainable funding,” she added.

Breish has served as the Director of ReStore Operations since 2015, managing the operations of their two ReStore locations. His first ReStore netted $200,000 recently which supports construction of a home for one of the needy families.

Breish feels that Habitat for Humanity of Bucks County is doing amazing things by changing the world for the better. He wishes more people got to experience what he sees every day, because it “puts things in a new and important perspective.”

The ReStore Association of Habitat International considers Reish a trendsetter in illustrating best practices.

Before he joined Habitat for Humanity, Breish worked for Samuel Adams and Impact Thrift. The job at Impact came about because, as a customer, he got to know Paul Baur, the CEO and Founder of Impact Thrift.

He found an interest in what Impact was doing and eventually convinced Paul to give him a job.

Breish says his father, “Inspired me by modeling hard work, dedication and strong values.”

He believes to be, “A GREAT leader, is to genuinely lead to serve and develop others.”

“It also requires a understanding that being a leader doesn’t always equal being right, and making the right decisions,”  he added.

He’s learned a lot from exceptional leaders, and also learned “what not to do” from others.

He said he is motivated every day, by his staff as well as volunteers who continue to grow and inspire him with their sheer will and determination to fulfill their mission and support their community. Another thing that motivates him is his ability to help develop others and support them on a daily basis in many different (and growing) ways.

The Lansdale resident, who has been married to Brianna for the past three years, was a volunteer firefighter for a number of years, but recently has taken a break from that with the birth of his daughter Addison over a year ago.

When asked if he’s liked to give a “shout out” to anyone, B.J. said, “If I know you or have known you, you have inspired me.”

Michael Pecci, 40, is the owner of WeVeel LLC, based in Morrisville. The Millstone, New Jersey resident has four children with wife Elizabeth. They are Collin, 20, Nolan, 16, Mara, 12 and Liam, 6. Collin is currently interning at WeVeel.

Mike holds a B.S. from Rutgers University.

Jake Snyder said of Michael Pecci in his nomination letter, “Mike is a natural born leader and has all of the characteristics and qualities that would make someone as such.”

He would have to be when you consider that he only started WeVeel a little over 8 years ago.

In that time, Mike has traveled the world building his business. He was always fascinated with learning, travel and startups and after working in sales and marketing for RJ Reynolds as well as business development for Crayola he decided to start his own venture.

Mike explained that he was influenced by his assistant high school wrestling coaches and many mentors at various companies he has worked along the way. These experiences helped him in his professional development and gave him confidence and knowledge needed to challenge the status quo in every stage of his career. His family has also played a role. Mike said, “My family has always encouraged me to take educated risks and trusted me on each step my never-ending journey.”

When asked what is takes to be a leader, Mike responded, “Today’s leaders need to have vision, be transparent, solution focused and open to diversity of people, perspectives and individual skills. Good leaders should not only be open to change, but should be pioneering new paths and pursing what is next.”

“Where we are is never where we want to be and it is the leadership’s job to stay on track (and) celebrate milestones daily while proactively looking where to go next,” he added.

He is motivated every day by some of the most creative and energetic people he has ever had the pleasure to work with. He describes the work environment as “an environment where sustained innovation can exist.” Mike has a “close and supportive family which motivates me to always do better.”

They recently renovated his historic office building, known as Old Bucks County Contributionship Ins. Building. There are now 24 people in the building and they recently participated in Morrisville Night Out with community members. He said the Morrisville Borough officials have been great to work with and that the downtown district is continuing to be restored and expanded.

“Morrisville is a great town and I now have more invested in the town than my own home because we see this as a great community with awesome history and good people.”