Mr. Matthew J. Paladino
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Matthew J. Paladino has been the Business Administrator/Board Secretary for the Belleville Board of Education since 2017. Prior to joining the Belleville team, he worked in various Board of Education Business Office’s since 2001 performing all roles associated with the business office and becoming Business Administrator/Board Secretary in 2011. Mr. Paladino each year has continued to build up the district’s reserves and keep the district in great financial shape. 2019- 2020 and 2022-2023 QSAC reviews saw the Belleville Public Schools earn 100% in Finance under the direction of Mr. Paladino and his staff. Mr. Paladino presently oversees a budget of $120 million for the taxpayers and community of the Belleville Board of Education.
Mr. Paladino is also the current Treasurer for the Essex County Association of School Business Officials (ECASBO) since 2021 and is also the current Treasurer of School Monies for the Garfield Board of Education since 2020.
Mr. Paladino earned his bachelor's degree in accounting from Seton Hall University and his master's degree in management from the College of Saint Elizabeth.