About Ray Desiderio

The Man Behind Edge Impact

40 Years of Business.
35 Years of Ministry.
25+ Countries.

Ray Desiderio has spent more than 40 years running a successful contracting and landscape business in Bernardsville, NJ — and more than 35 of those years doing something else simultaneously: mentoring teenagers and young adults who needed someone to see them clearly and challenge them to grow.

He has led missions in more than 25 countries. He has walked into communities that most people fly over and stayed long enough to understand them. He has seen what happens when a motivated young person steps out of their comfort zone and into real service — thousands of times.

Edge Impact is not a program Ray started because it sounded good. It is something he built because he believes it works — because he has watched it work, year after year, in the lives of young people across New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and beyond.

Ray's faith was shaped by his mother, Geraldine — a woman whose quiet example planted something that grew into a calling. He studied at Cairn University, Rutgers University, and Somerset Christian College, where he earned an Associate degree in Biblical Studies. He has studied abroad in Italy, Israel, and Egypt.

He is available to speak at churches and youth groups. If your community needs someone who can speak honestly about faith, service, and what it actually looks like to build a life around purpose — Ray is that person.

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