Letter from the President
August 13, 2026
Dear Estate Planning Colleague:
The Officers and Trustees of the Greater Middlesex/Somerset Estate Planning Council welcome you to the 2026-2027 membership year. We are looking forward to a year filled with meeting new colleagues, providing terrific speakers and topics, and enjoying some meaningful networking events.
As the Council’s President, my hope is that you enjoy our meetings. We are planning an excellent line-up of speakers and topics for the upcoming year. The Officers and Trustees are working hard to prepare broad educational programs and networking opportunities.
Our first meeting will be a dinner held on Thursday, September 17, 2026, at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club, featuring Jerry S. D’Aniello, Esq., of Sarno da Costa D’Aniello Maceri Webb LLC, who will be presenting on Family Law for Estate Planning Professionals. The meeting begins at 5:30 P.M. and includes time to network before the presentation.
Our Council is a qualified Sponsor of continuing education for our members, so our programs qualify for NJCLE, CTFA, CFP, and CPA credits for those in attendance.
In addition to continuing education credits, membership in the Council offers you an array of benefits including networking opportunities with a diverse group of professionals and access to seminars providing timely, valuable information integral to your practice so you are up to date with all that is going on in your field and those adjacent to your line of work.
Our 2026 – 2027 program schedule will include five (5) meetings:hree (3) dinner meetings and two (2) breakfast meetings.
Breakfast meetings begin at 7:45 A.M., followed by the speaker presentation at 8:15 A.M. Dinner meetings begin at 5:30 P.M. with a cocktail hour that runs until 6:15 P.M. Dinner will be served at 6:15 P.M. and the main program will begin.
We are looking forward to seeing all our members and their guests at our September 17th meeting. For this meeting ONLY we are inviting all guests to join our meeting at no cost!
The following is our program lineup for 2026:
Thursday, September 17, 2026 – Dinner Meeting 5:30 P.M. held at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club o Speaker: Jerry S. D’Aniello, Esq. o Topic: Family Law for Estate Planning Professionals •
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 – Breakfast Meeting 7:45 A.M. held at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club o Speaker: Ash Ahluwalia, CFP, MBA, NSSA o Topic: The Top 25 Social Security Myths Debunked
We are actively working on scheduling our programs for 2027 and expect to have dinner meetings in January and May 2027 and a breakfast meeting in March 2027. As soon as we have additional details about the dates, we will share them. Please keep an eye out for updates!
Before each meeting you will receive an email with more details about the upcoming program and you will be asked to RSVP to confirm your attendance. In addition, we respectfully request that if your plans change after you have RSVPed for a program that you let us know so that we have an accurate headcount to provide Fiddler’s Elbow.
Our 2026-2027 dues structure for the year is as follows:
(A) Individual Members will pay $395.00 for the entire year, which includes the annual membership dues and meal charges for all five (5) meetings.
(B) Corporate Members will pay $795.00 for the entire year, which includes the annual membership dues for all members of that organization, plus meal charges for up to three (3) persons belonging to that organization who wish to attend each of the five (5) meetings. Additional people employed by the same organization are welcome to attend all of our five meetings at a guest rate of $85.00 per person per meeting. (
C) Non-member/guest attendance rates are $85.00 per meeting.
You may apply for membership either on our website or by using the attached Membership Application for 2026 - 2027. Please return the completed application along with your business card so we have your correct title and designations. Payments should be forwarded to our Secretary, Jayne C. Kredatus, at 16 Stapleton Court, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807 via regular mail or by paying online using PayPal.
We look forward to having you join us and participate in the meetings and assisting us in expanding our membership as we believe there are many people that can benefit from the educationally rich and enjoyable presentations that our speakers will undoubtedly provide.
Please visit our website – www.gmscepc.org for all our information and updates.
All attendees are required to “sign in” at every meeting. An attendance sheet will be made available for this purpose. This is required of all attendees, regardless of whether or not professional credits are sought for a particular meeting.
Additionally, our Council is a guest at Fiddler’s Elbow County Club and we ask all of our members to adhere to the Fiddler’s Elbow dress code. As such, we ask that our members wear business casual attire and specifically refrain from wearing denim. The Fiddler’s Elbow dress code can be found on their website at: https://www.fiddlerselbow.com/about/guests.
Finally, we welcome Sponsorships. This year all sponsors are being asked to contribute $1,500. In exchange they will be permitted to attend the meeting they are sponsoring and bring two representatives to provide an overview of their services for 5-10 minutes. Please contact any of the Council’s Officers or Trustees to discuss sponsorship opportunities.
It is an honor and a privilege to serve as your Board President. I look forward to working with all of you to make our Council a meaningful group to be a member of. On behalf of our Board, we look forward to seeing old and new friends at our meetings throughout the year. Thank you for your continued support of the Council and most importantly, stay safe and healthy.
Very truly yours,
Abbey M. Horwitz, Esq., LL.M Board President 2026 - 2028
