Presently an Executive Director of Common Sense Strategies, co-publisher of the new newspaper, LI Life and Politics, and candidate for Governor of New York State, Steve served as County Executive of Suffolk County from 2004 to 2011. As CEO of New York State’s largest suburban county—with a population of 1.5 million, a workforce of over…

Dave Calone is an entrepreneur and investor as well as a former federal prosecutor. He is running for Suffolk County Executive in 2023 when Steve Bellone will leave office due to term limits. Dave has helped start and build technology companies located throughout the United States. He is a co-inventor on 19 U.S. patents. One…

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Marc Alessi is an attorney/lobbyist, as well as a serial startup tech entrepreneur. As an attorney and lobbyist Marc has provided outside counsel services to a number of technology companies like Extenet Systems, Inc. the nation's largest installer of small cell distributed wireless infrastructure the topic of our LIMBA presentation. In addition to his consulting…

Prior to joining New York and Atlantic Railway as Director of Sales and Marketing John Gleeson had been working on the customer side of the rail business for nearly 20 years. In the early part of his career he managed a tank car fleet for chemical and automotive shipper Old World Industries in Northbrook, IL.…

Paul Pontieri has served the Village of Patchogue for 30 years. He was elected Mayor in March 2004 after eleven years as a Village Trustee. During his tenure as Mayor, the Village of Patchogue experienced a revitalization spurred on by over $850 million in public and private investments. He has established Patchogue as a successful model…

Patrick serves as the Executive Director of IgniteLI, the Manufacturing Consortium of Long Island, which supports and advocates for the regions manufacturing sectors. In this role he acts as the voice for industry and collaborates with other non-profits across the region to bring benefits, business, and opportunity to Long Island’s industrial sectors. Patrick comes from…

Kristen Reynolds has been at the helm of Discover Long Island, the official regional organization charged with furthering Long Island’s $6.3 billion tourism economy, for seven years. A transplant from Arizona, her experience as a destination leader spans more than 25 years in roles at the state tourism level, in corporate and luxury resorts and…

Brian A. Cohen, DTM PR/Media Specialist and Announcer for Race Track Not Street Team Member of Long Island Needs a Dragstrip Board Member of ECNY Foundation (www.careermapli.org) Founder of Strategies of Success (www.briansos.com) Brian Cohen was introduced to Long Island Needs a Dragstrip in 2019. What began as a panel discussion on JVC Broadcasting’s LI…

Mitch Pally was the CEO of the Long Island Builders Institute and served as a board member with the Metropolitan Transit Authority. He was also the partner in charge of government relations for the Weber Law Group in Melville, New York. From 1975 to 1983, he served in various capacities with the New York State…