In her current role, Carrie and her team oversee LIPA and PSEG LI, ensuring fair electric rates while safeguarding reliable and sustainable utility services, including system updates.

Mr. Wehrheim has over 40 years of government experience. He started working at the town’s Department of Parks, Buildings and Grounds in 1972. In 1989, he was appointed Director of the department and remained in that position until his retirement in 2003. During his tenure, he saw Smithtown’s recreational facilities labeled as some of the…

In 1993, Ms. Carpenter was elected to the County Legislature. She served on almost every legislative committee, where her leadership generated countywide initiatives in public safety, education, economic development, consumer protection and cultural affairs. She was elected unanimously to serve as the Legislature’s Deputy Presiding Officer for two consecutive years. Ms. Carpenter’s experience as a…

EVENT SPONSORED BY: Ms. Murphy has been the Executive Director/CEO of the Suffolk IDA since June 2024 and as Acting Executive Director from June 2023 to June 2024. She previously served as the Deputy Executive Director of the Suffolk IDA since January 2015. Prior to her role at the SCIDA, Ms. Murphy held positions including…

EVENT SPONSORED BY: Peter Rooney – Vice President, Project Management & Construction, New York Transco Peter joined New York Transco in 2024, bringing decades of experience in energy and infrastructure. Before this, he was Vice President of Project Management and Execution at Eversource Energy, where he led major wind generation projects in New York and…

EVENT SPONSORED BY: Michael E. White is a consultant on special projects with Winters Bros. Waste Systems of Long Island, LLC. He is also President and Owner of LI Strategies, Inc., an environmental planning consulting firm, and an attorney with a law practice focused on environmental law, solid waste, municipal law, land use, natural resources,…

Dr. Ed Bonahue was appointed President of Suffolk County Community College in April 2021 and assumed leadership in June 2021. He is the seventh president of the college, the largest community college in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Under Dr. Bonahue’s leadership, SUNY Suffolk has recommitted itself to a mission of open…

Mr. Halpin, a lifelong Long Islander, began his public service at 26 as a Suffolk County Legislator (1979–82) and later became the first Democrat in over a century to represent his Assembly district (1982–87), where he chaired the Ethics Committee and the Subcommittee on Long Island Marine Resources. In 1987, at 34, he was elected…

Steve Levy is also co-publisher of Long Island Life & Politics and President of the Center for Cost Effective Government. He served as Suffolk County Executive from 2004 to 2011, leading New York’s largest suburban county, with a population of 1.5 million, a workforce of over 10,000, and a $2.7 billion budget. Renowned as one…