Michael Redpath is in to his fourth year serving Downtown Toms River (the Toms River Business Improvement District (TRBID)) as its executive director. He had started with the District on a short-term basis as its interim executive in order to help it transition between directors.

Redpath has been on the New Jersey and Ocean County economic development and tourism scene since being stationed at Navy Lakehurst as a public affairs specialist in the late sixties. After release from the Navy, Redpath formed a consulting company that served organizations as diverse as the Marine Trades Association of New Jersey, New Jersey Amusement Association, New Jersey Offshore Powerboat Racing Association, and the ACORA community service organization in Atlantic City.

Most recently, Redpath served nearly six years as Director of Public Affairs for the Borough of Seaside Heights, where he carried out many of the functions of a BID before being involved in the creation of that town’s BID. He left Seaside Heights in late 2000 to form Redpath and Associates LLC, a firm that consults with communities and community organizations.

The TRBID was established by township ordinance in late 2002 and began functioning formally in July 2003. A business improvement district is a tool for revitalizing a specific business area within a community. Through the municipality, the businesses in that defined area levy an assessment on themselves to support a professional organization to manage the area's economic revitalization and health. The TRBID is bordered by the Toms River, the Garden State Parkway, Hooper Avenue, and the south side of Route 37. TRBID activities include many Downtown Toms River Events, including Cruisin’, a popular chili and salsa festival and the New Jersey Ice Cream Festival. More information regarding the BID and its activities can be obtained by calling 732-341-8738 or visiting the BID’s web site at http://www.downtowntomsriver.com/.

Redpath is on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Monmouth-Ocean Development Council and co-chairs that groups Cultural and Tourism Committee. He is also on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Downtown New Jersey. Redpath has also been a participant and presenter for a number of Downtown New Jersey's Downtown Business Advisory Teams, including the one that surveyed downtown Toms River. He chaired  the Program Committee for the New Jersey Governor's Conference on Tourism in 2003, 2004, and 2005. Redpath has taught the Certificate in Customer Service course in Ocean County College’s Community Education Division for two years.

Michael Redpath,  Chief Inspiration Officer of Redpath and Associates LLC, has more than 30 years of experience managing non-profit organizations and working within communities for the purpose of tourism and economic development. He is known for his intense focus on excellence in customer service.

He has served as chief operating officer of organizations as diverse as the New Jersey Amusement Association, New Jersey Offshore Powerboat Racing Association, Atlantic City's ACORA business organization, and the New Jersey Travel and Resort Association. He served three terms as a member of the Governor of New Jersey's Travel and Tourism Advisory Council and is in his second term as a member of the Ocean County New Jersey Tourist Advisory Council.

Redpath has overseen the production of such major events as the Hennessey and Benihana offshore powerboat races in Point Pleasant Beach; and the Trump Castle World Championships of Offshore Powerboat Racing and Beach Fest in Atlantic City. Redpath's service as a Director of Marketing at the Trump Castle (now Marina) Casino gave him responsibility for significant community involvement coupled with an operation dedicated to a constant focus on customer service excellence.

Redpath's public relations and mass communications expertise includes representing the state's amusement industry following the tragic Great Adventure fire, conducting a successful statewide gaming referendum, and bringing MTV's summer-long broadcast production to Seaside Heights in 1998 and 2002.

He left the position of Director of Public Affairs (marketing) for the Borough of Seaside Heights, after nearly six years in that position, to develop Redpath and Associates. Seaside Heights experienced a major improvement in image and tourism success under Redpath's direction. His work in Seaside Heights was recognized in 1996 with a Quality Award from the Jersey Shore Quality Council and in 1999 with a Monmouth Ocean Development Council Silver Gull Award.

His knowledge and experience has led to his conducting customer service, creative problem solving, and supervision seminars for Ocean County College's corporate clients and teaching the school's certificate programs in customer service, including a specialized certificate program for the tourism industry. He also trains corporate clients such as McGraw Hill, Swiss fragrance and flavor manufacturer Firmenich, and Educational Testing Services in marketing and creative problem solving for Mercer County Community College.