Events

The Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT) has been a strong advocate and facilitator for the benefit of technology driven companies on Long Island. There are many services available to these tech companies under the guidance of LIFT professionals. Join us at LIMBA and hear from President Morelly of LIFT, and learn more. Ernie Fazio

Our invited speaker this morning was Terrel Cass, the president and General Manager of WLIW channel 21. He is a dyed-in-the-wool television executive with a long and deep backround in Public Television. In his stewardship role at WLIW he has presided over a remarkable change in technology and production capabilities. WLIW is the third most watched public…

This morning we had the distinct pleasure of greeting the new Commissioner of Long Island MacArthur Airport (LIMA), Teresa Rizzuto. Her disarmingly modest and self-deprecating manner temporarily masks the display of a deep knowledge of the airline industry, garnered through over two decades of experience. That experience started with slinging eighty pound bags as a…

Suffolk County legislator, Ed Romaine was our speaker this morning. Mr. Romaine is adamant that the need for sewers must be recognized and addressed. There are issues where the the county executive and him differ, but this is not one of them. Ed gave us some back-round on why county government has been gun shy about going…

This morning we had a panel discussion on real estate led by Marie Zere of Zere Real Estate. The other participants were Ted Sasso president of Renaissance Real Estate Service and Don Gallagher president of Gallagher Associates Sasso began by telling us there is more office & commercial space on Long Island than in all…

This morning our speaker was Nassau County District Attorney, Kathleen Rice. Kathleen has all the youthful enthusiasm we get from newly elected officials. She told us that she never remembers having political ambitions growing up, and her ambition today is to serve two terms and leave. That's a promise often made and rarely kept.  In…

Scott Passeser, Director of Industrial Outreach for Stony Brook University’s Economic Development programs, spoke at LIMBA this morning              Scott was able to provide some interesting stats on the needed workforce. While we are lamenting the existence of high paid manufacturing jobs there is no shortage of high tech jobs. There is, in fact, a…

LIMBA will be holding its second Karaoke Networking evening. We will be holding it again at Dave & Busters in Islandia. We have asked the fabulous Anita Bloom to run the Karaoke and perform. She was great the last time and will be again.

This past Friday our speaker was Gary Bessemer. Mr Bessemer represents a group called Long Islanders for Educational Reform.  Mr Bessemer's message pointed out some problems that are costing the taxpayers a lot more than our educational system should. His contention is that good stewardship has not been practiced. This was borne out by some…