John Kennedy- Suffolk CountyComptroller
2016-09-30 00:00 (America/New_York)
Mr Kennedy will discuss the latest moves that the county needs to make. More details to come.
Meeting sponsor is Gold Coast Bank

Meeting will be held at the Clarion Hotel 3845 Veterans Memorial Highway Ronkonkoma NY 11779
Meeting room opens for registration at 8AM. Program at 8:30 to 9:30
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631 757-1698 $15 members, $25 non-members

Proffessor Karl Grossman
2016-10-14 00:00 (America/New_York)
Karl Grossman is an investigative reporter and a professor of journalism at Suny Westbury. He has deep experience reporting on the nuclear power industry.
Topic; Coumo s $7.6 Billion Bail-out
Meeting will be held at the Clarion Hotel3845 Veeterans Memorial Highway

Meeting Sponsor Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council
Meeting will be held at the Clarion Hotel 3845 Veterans Memorial Highway Ronkonkoma NY 11779
Meeting room opens for registration at 8AM. Program at 8:30 to 9:30
Register https://limba.net/breakfastform.php
631 757-1698 $15 members, $25 non-members
631 757-1698 $15 members, $25 non-members

Mark Allessi -Tesla Museum
2016-10-28 00:00 (America/New_York)
Marc Alessi has been asked to lead the development of the museum that was the laboratory of the great inventor, Nicola Tesla
Nicola Tesla was the father of modern electricity. The inventor of alternating current that we now call AC. His inventions and theories laid the groundwork of many of our electronic devices that we take for granted.
Tesla did much of his research at Wardenclyff in Shoreham. Mr Alessi will be speaking about the museum Meeting will be held at the Clarion Hotel 3845 Veterans Memorial Highway Ronkonkoma NY 11779
Meeting room opens for registration at 8AM. Program at 8:30 to 9:30
Register https://limba.net/breakfastform.php
631 757-1698 $15 members, $25 non-members

Joe Saladino NY State Assembly
2016-11-18 00:00 (America/New_York)

Joe Saladino - New York State Assembly
2016-11-18 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 3845 E Veterans Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Joe Saladino has 23 years of government experience, including the last nine as a New York State Assemblyman. In Albany, he has long teamed with Senators Owen Johnson and Chuck Fuschillo, and stands for reform, reducing taxes and restoring efficiency to State government. He opposes unfunded mandates to make our communities more affordable. He successfully fought for significant increases in state aid to our schools and for Long Island’s fair share.
His cornerstone has been protecting children from predators. He helped to sponsor and pass the current civil confinement law, keeping dangerous criminals off of our streets, and fought for a new, stronger “Megan’s Law.” As a veteran in the Assembly, he is the Assembly Minority Conference’s Program Chairman. He sits on the Assembly’s Governmental Employees, Education, Labor, and Environmental Conservation Committees and has co-chaired task forces on High Tax Relief, Small Business Development, and Safe Communities. He recently created a Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Relief Task Force to protect our youth. Assemblyman Saladino was also a main sponsor and advocate for I-STOP (Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing) legislation – a new system designed to track dangerous medicines and prescriptions in real-time, greatly reducing drug seekers’ ability to “doctor shop” and stock-pile pills for abuse or resale. As a lifelong boater and fisherman, he advocates for our rights, including ending the fee for saltwater fishing licenses in New York.
Joe Saladino began his career in broadcast journalism as a news anchor and reporter with Long Island’s largest television and radio stations including WALK, WLIW CH21 and NEWS 12 Long Island. He broadcasted the morning news and hosted a talk show on WNYG on Route 109 in West Babylon. He also worked with a Long Island civil engineering firm immersed in civil construction and environmental engineering projects. He sponsors green technology legislation, including creating solar energy development zones and the Long Island Green Jobs Act.
A lifelong community volunteer, he is a 24-year member and past Kiwanis Club President where he received the distinguished “Kiwanian of the Year” award. He is also a member of the Sons of Italy-Columbus Lodge and a former Trustee of the Historical Society. He has volunteered helping veterans at the Northport VA Hospital and is an American Legion SOL member and an honorary member of the Marine Corps League. He has worked with non-profit organizations helping breast cancer survivors, supporting the American Heart Association, the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind and the United Way, among many others. Volunteering for youth causes, he has coached youth ice hockey and continues to lead efforts with Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting. Assemblyman Saladino is an outdoorsman and mountain climber. He has climbed some of the world’s most famous mountains, carrying the Kiwanis International Flag to the top of Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the United States outside of Alaska, and Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe. In Italy, he climbed Mt. Etna and Mt. Stromboli, the world’s most active volcano. In New York, he went to the top of Mount Marcy, the Empire State’s highest peak, with an American flag to raise funds for the Kiwanis 9/11 Foundation.
Assemblyman Saladino has spent his life on the Great South Bay on the southern border of the Assembly District. He is an avid clammer, fisherman and boater who has studied our marine resources and has brought this background to the Assembly protecting our waterways, providing for our fishery and clean and plentiful drinking water. Assemblyman Saladino has presented conservation lectures providing video programs, radio talk shows and newspaper articles about Long Island’s aquifer and has taken a lead role in protecting it. He hosts a Marine and Outdoor Recreation Expo every year. He was recently inducted into the Massapequa High School Hall of Fame, where he graduated from Massapequa High School. Assemblyman Saladino attended Tulane University and holds a Master’s Degree from the New York Institute of Technology.

2016 Holiday Celebration
2016-12-09 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Windows on the Lake, 235 Lake Shore Road, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
LIMBA is proud to present violinist extraordinaire, James Graseck. The wonderfully talented lead violinist from the United Nations Orchestra will play for the LIMBA audience again. Jim has been a friend of LIMBA since 2002 when he first entertained on Christmas of that year. We will celebrate at Windows on the Lake, 235 Lake Shore Rd, Lake Ronkonkoma.
Members & guests $35 (includes a full breakfast)
Register online www.limba.net or call (631) 757-1698
Sponsored by PSEG-LI & RB Bender Group

Arthur "Jerry" Kremer
2017-02-03 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 3845 E Veterans Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Arthur “Jerry” Kremer is a partner and chair of the Municipal and Regulatory Affairs Department at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek P.C., and is President of Empire Government Strategies, a successful lobbying group.
He has enjoyed a long and distinguished career not only in law, but also in government. His career in government began with his appointment as corporation counsel of Long Beach, NY. Jerry was elected to 13 terms in the New York State Assembly and was the only Long Island legislator to ever head the prestigious Ways and Means Committee. He has served by appointment of the governor to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Capital Review Board and the Public Authorities Control Board.
Jerry has represented a large number of Fortune 500 companies in complex matters and provided strategic corporate advice to many of them. He has served as government relations counsel to Canon USA, Public Service Electric & Gas, Hostelworld, New York State Bowling Proprietor’s Association, Bus Association of New York State, Town of North Hempstead, the New York State Power Authority and various medical groups, technology groups and prominent energy companies. City and State magazine has designated him as one of the most powerful lobbyists in Albany and he is a member of the Hall of Fame of Long Island Business News.
He maintains an active role in many key Long Island organizations. He is a Trustee of Hofstra University; a member of the Board of Overseers of the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Association. Jerry is also Chair Emeritus of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City, a 600-member youth chorus. Currently, he is the newly elected chairman of the Council of Independent College and Universities Governing Board, which makes him the spokesman for 8,100 college trustees who served on 131 college boards. He is a past president of the Brooklyn Law School Alumni Association. In addition, Jerry is a colonel (ret.) in the New York State Guard. He is chair of the New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance, a 200-member group, which advocates positions on key energy issues. He is currently serving as special counsel to the Mayor of Mt. Vernon.
As an extension of his professional life, he has served for 16 years on the Committee on Professionalism in the Law by appointment of the chief judge of the Court of Appeals.
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The news media have consistently sought Jerry’s commentary and analysis of the events of the day. He has been the News12 political analyst for over twenty years and has appeared regularly on the Fox network and ABC television. He provides commentary on political topics for The Huffington Post and Politico. He authors a syndicated column for The Herald Newspaper chain, which reaches 800,000 people weekly. He is the author of a new book, Winning Albany – Untold Stories About the Famous and Not So Famous.

Ed Romaine - Brookhaven Town Supervisor
2017-02-17 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 3845 E Veterans Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Ed Romaine is Brookhaven Town’s 70th Supervisor, having been elected to that office during a special election in 2012, and re-elected with a 63 percent plurality in 2013 for a full two-year term.
As Supervisor, Romaine has championed environmental and quality of life issues in Brookhaven Town, while strengthening Town finances. During his first year in office as Supervisor, Ed Romaine spearheaded legislation that will forever protect the Carmans River, which was unanimously approved by the Town Board and embraced by residents, environmentalists and the building community. He introduced a package of legislation that has strengthened the Town’s housing codes, and aggressively prosecuted problem landlords that have impacted neighborhoods throughout the Town. Ed Romaine also proposed Vacant Home Registry legislation to make the owners of abandoned homes more accountable, and will be bringing single-stream recycling to Brookhaven in 2014 – making the Town the leader in this technology on Long Island. In addition, Ed Romaine has reduced millions of dollars in pipeline debt and maintained the Town’s strong credit rating, while also holding the line on total Town property taxes in his 2014 budget.
Ed began his career in public service as a history teacher in the Hauppauge School District, where he taught for ten years. In 1980, he entered public service as the Town of Brookhaven’s first Commissioner of Housing and Community Development and was later appointed Director of Economic Development.
Ed was a member of the Suffolk County Legislature serving from 1986 through 1989, where he was known as a fiscal conservative, sponsoring such cost-saving measures as the Suffolk County Tax Cap. Additionally, he established a record as a fighter for the environment by authoring Suffolk’s first Clean Water Act. In 1989, he was elected Suffolk County Clerk and served for 16 years, taking an active role in increasing productivity and improving access to official records. Ed is recognized as a pioneer in government use of technology and was chosen “2001 New York State County Clerk of the Year.”
In 2005, Ed Romaine was again elected to the County Legislature, representing the First Legislative District and re-elected in 2007, 2009, and 2011. As a county legislator, Ed preserved countless acres of open space across eastern Brookhaven, the North Fork and Shelter Island. He sponsored numerous pieces of landmark legislation including “Michael’s Law,” which banned explosive fuel gels; the state’s first local law to regulate helicopter traffic; and established the LIPA Oversight Commission. In addition, Ed reduced the tax burden on residents by promoting smart government initiatives and real tax reform.
Ed Romaine earned a B.A. in History from Adelphi University and a Masters in History from Long Island University. He resides in Center Moriches with his wife, Diane.

Congressman Lee Zeldin
2017-03-03 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Please join LIMBA and Campolo, Middleton & McCormick on Friday, March 3, 2017 for a unique Q&A breakfast event featuring U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin.
What’s it really like to serve in Congress? Get an inside look by joining LIMBA and Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP for a unique Q&A breakfast event featuring U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin. Joe Campolo, Managing Partner of Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, will interview the Congressman about his personal experiences growing up on Long Island, serving overseas, practicing law, serving in state government, and ultimately being elected and re-elected to the House of Representatives. Take a break from partisan politics and get to know Congressman Zeldin on a personal level. This event is sponsored by Gold coast Bank and Greenman Pedersen.

Congressman Lee Zeldin grew up in Suffolk County, New York, where he graduated from William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach. Congressman Zeldin graduated from the State University of New York at Albany (SUNY) and then Albany Law School, becoming New York’s youngest attorney at the time at the age of 23.
After completing the Army ROTC program, Congressman Zeldin served on Active Duty. Throughout those four years in the U.S. Army, he served in different capacities, including as a Military Intelligence Officer, Prosecutor and Military Magistrate. While assigned to the Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division, in the summer of 2006, Congressman Zeldin was deployed to Iraq with an infantry battalion of fellow paratroopers in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Following his service on active duty, in 2007, Congressman Zeldin transitioned from Active Duty to the Army Reserves, where he continues to serve today with the rank of Major.
In 2008, Lee Zeldin opened a successful law practice in Smithtown, New York, which he operated full time until being elected to the New York State Senate in 2010, representing New York’s 3rd Senate District. As a State Senator, Lee Zeldin led the successful effort to repeal of the MTA Payroll Tax for 80 percent of employers, a job killing tax that was hurting New York’s small businesses. He also created the PFC Joseph Dwyer Program, a peer to peer counseling program for veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); the program started in Suffolk County and quickly expanded across the state. Lee also successfully fought to repeal the Saltwater Fishing License Fee; a victory for tens of thousands of fishermen on Long Island.
Then in 2014, following four years in the State Senate, Congressman Zeldin was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (NY-1).
Immediately after taking office in 2015, Congressman Zeldin quickly became a leading voice in America on the need for a stronger, more consistent foreign policy; outspoken on the need to defeat ISIS and other terrorist threats, secure our homeland, and correct a deeply flawed Iran nuclear agreement.
During his first term in office, Congressman Zeldin secured important victories for his district. Working with both sides of the aisle, Congressman Zeldin got several of his proposals passed in the House, some of which include: three bills for our veterans, two proposals to save Plum Island, and his counter-terrorism legislation. Congressman Zeldin helped pass a five year, fully funded transportation bill that included his Safe Bridges Act proposal, which was signed into law, and also got his common core amendment passed and signed into law. He also secured a new veterans health care clinic on the East End of Long Island and permanently reauthorized the Zadroga Act for our 9/11 first responders. Additionally, Congressman Zeldin helped make permanent 20 different tax relief provisions to help Long Island businesses and families. His office also successfully closed over 4,750 cases in favor of NY-1 constituents.
In 2016, Congressman Zeldin was re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (NY-1).
Congressman Zeldin’s top priorities in Congress include protecting America’s security at home and abroad, helping grow our economy and create more good paying jobs, supporting our veterans and first responders, improving the quality of education, repairing our nation’s infrastructure, improving healthcare in America and safeguarding our environment.
Congressman Zeldin serves on three Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives: Foreign Affairs, Veterans’ Affairs and Transportation and Infrastructure. It is a rare opportunity for a freshman to be selected for service on three House Committees. Representative Zeldin also serves on seven House subcommittees, including the Subcommittee on Aviation, which he currently serves as Vice Chairman. Congressman Zeldin, the only Jewish Republican in Congress, also serves as co-chairman of the House Republican Israel Caucus, which has over 100 members.
Congressman Zeldin resides in his hometown of Shirley with his wife, Diana, and their twin daughters, Mikayla and Arianna.

The Hazards of Drones - Dr. Michael Canders, Aviation Professor, Farmingdale University
2017-03-17 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 3845 E Veterans Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
A decorated combat veteran, Dr. Canders combines a degree from the U.S. Naval Academy, 7½ years as a Naval Officer and helicopter rescue pilot and another 8 ½ years in Air Force service after 9/11, with both an MBA and PhD (in Applied Management and Decision Sciences) and more than 20 years as a business leader in senior leadership positions in high-technology corporations on Long Island.
Shortly after the September 11 attacks, Dr. Canders left a position as a vice president at global electronics manufacturer Telephonics to return to full-time service in the U.S. military, first as Wing Commander of the 106th Rescue Wing of the NY Air National Guard in Westhampton, NY, and then as Base Commander and top leader of U.S. Air Force 447th Expeditionary Group in Baghdad, Iraq.
Before his return to full-time military service, Dr. Canders spent 17 years in senior leadership positions in electronics manufacturing on Long Island. After his return to civilian life, Dr. Canders returned to Telephonics before leaving for teaching positions, first at St. Joseph’s College and now at Farmingdale. Among other achievements, he served as a technical consultant and flew in the film, “The Perfect Storm.”
Dr. Canders is an FAA-certified commercial airplane and helicopter pilot, former military instructor pilot and flight examiner, with 47 lives saved as a rescue pilot. He has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Air Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal and 19 other decorations. He is on the Board of Directors of the School Business Partnership of Long Island and serves on a Military and Veterans Advisory Board for JP Morgan Chase.

Ken Daly - Building Long Island's Natural Gas Network
2017-03-31 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 3845 E Veterans Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Kenneth Daly is the president of the New York business of National Grid, which serves 4 million customers and provides electricity and natural gas to customers in Upstate New York and natural gas to customers in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, and on Long Island.
Mr. Daly joined National Grid’s predecessor, Brooklyn Union, which later became KeySpan, in 1988 as a management trainee in the Customer Relations Department. Mr. Daly was recently based in London, serving for two years as group financial controller, and has held numerous positions in finance, human resources, and customer relations throughout his 25-year career.
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Mr. Daly is a member of the St. Francis College (SFC) Board of Trustees and has been an adjunct professor at SFC, teaching human resource, business, and finance courses for 20 years. He has been the director of the St. John’s University Executive-in-Residence Program since 1992. He is the past chairman of the Kingsborough Community College Board of Directors and a former member of Junior Achievement Board of Directors and co-chair of the United Way Campaign. Mr. Daly is also a member of the David Rockefeller Fellows Program, the Long Island Energeia Partnership, the British American Business Council Board, and Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center Board (AERTC).
Education
Mr. Daly graduated from St. Francis College in New York with a bachelor’s degree in English and earned both a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from St. John’s University and a master’s degree in human resource management from New York University. He also achieved the distinguished Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2002.

The State of the Long Island Real Estate Market
2017-04-28 08:00 - 09:00 UTC | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 3845 E Veterans Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Joe Moshé – Broker/Owner, Charles Rutenberg Realty, Inc.

Founded by Joe Moshé in 2006, Charles Rutenberg Realty is one of the nation’s fastest-growing,
most progressive real estate agencies with over 1,000 associated real estate professionals. Mr.
Moshé will talk about how he has been able to grow his business over the years — even during
difficult economic times — and where he sees the Long Island real estate market heading in the
coming months.

Michael Dowling - President of Northwell Health
2017-05-12 08:00 - 09:30 UTC | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Michael J. Dowling is president and chief executive officer of Northwell Health, which delivers world-class clinical care throughout the New York metropolitan area. Northwell Health is the largest integrated health care system in New York State with a total workforce of more than 62,000 employees — the state’s largest private employer. With 21 hospitals, 6,675 hospital and long-term care beds, more than 550 outpatient physician practices and a full complement of long-term care services, Northwell is one of the nation’s largest health systems, with $11 billion in annual revenue.
Prior to becoming president and CEO in 2002, Mr. Dowling was the health system’s executive vice president and chief operating officer. Before joining Northwell Health in 1995, he was a senior vice president at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
Mr. Dowling served in New York State government for 12 years, including seven years as state director of Health, Education and Human Services and deputy secretary to the governor. He was also commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services.
Before his public service career, Mr. Dowling was a professor of social policy and assistant dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services, and director of the Fordham campus in Westchester County.
Mr. Dowling has been honored with many awards over the years. They include: the 2012 B’nai B’rith National Healthcare Award, the 2011 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award from the National Center for Healthcare Leadership, the 2011 CEO Information Technology Award from Modern Healthcare magazine and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, the National Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award from the State University of New York’s Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, an Outstanding Public Service Award from the Mental Health Association of New York State, an Outstanding Public Service Award from the Mental Health Association of Nassau County, the Alfred E. Smith Award from the American Society for Public Administration, and the Gold Medal from the American Irish Historical Society. For 10 consecutive years, Modern Healthcare has ranked Mr. Dowling on its annual list of the “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare.” In March 2016, Mr. Dowling was also listed No. 1 on Long Island Press’ 2015 “Power List” recognizing the 50 most-influential Long Islanders.
Mr. Dowling is chair of the Healthcare Institute. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences and the North American Board of the Smurfit School of Business at University College, Dublin, Ireland. He also serves as a board member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the Long Island Association. He is past chair and a current board member of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL), the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) and the League of Voluntary Hospitals of New York. Mr. Dowling was an instructor at the Center for Continuing Professional Education at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Mr. Dowling grew up in Limerick, Ireland. He earned his undergraduate degree from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, and his master’s degree from Fordham University. He also has honorary doctorates from University College Dublin, Hofstra University and Dowling College.
Interview to be conducted by Joseph N. Campolo, Managing Partner at Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP.
This event is sponsored by the Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council and Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP.

Farmingdale State College, SUNY - John S. Nader, PhD
2017-06-02 08:00 - 09:30 UTC | Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 3845 E Veterans Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
John S. Nader, PhD became the 9th President of Farmingdale State College today and pledged to lead the thriving, 8,700-student campus to new areas of achievement and distinction.
“Farmingdale is indisputably a jewel in the State University of New York system,” Dr. Nader said. “With robust enrollment, highly qualified students, exemplary academic programs with outstanding outcomes, and new construction, we are poised to make even more progress and elevate our importance to the region’s students, businesses, and communities. It is imperative that Long Islanders learn more about our college’s success in preparing students who can help the region thrive.”
Dr. Nader said particular areas of focus will be shepherding the introduction of the College’s first Master’s degree program, enhancing the research enterprise, and ensuring an environment which allows students and faculty to flourish.
He plans a 360 Degree Tour to engage the campus, state and federal legislators, industry and community leaders, donors, and alumni in conversations about making Farmingdale an even greater college.
Farmingdale has the second-largest undergraduate enrollment among four-year institutions on Long Island (behind Stony Brook University) and is among the most selective colleges in the region. It has been nationally ranked in various surveys on campus safety and least student debt, and is a pioneer in green technology, including a model Smart Energy House, a solar-powered carport, and alternative-energy research. In addition, Farmingdale provides solid employment opportunities for graduates who are a force for economic growth.
Dr. Nader had served as Provost at SUNY Delhi since 2009, directly supervising all academic programs, as well as the library and learning center, career and business services, grants and sponsored programs, and partnerships with the community colleges and local high schools. From 2012-2013, he was presider of the SUNY Chief Academic Officers organization.
Instrumental in developing Delhi’s strategic plan, he monitored implementation of its smart growth strategy. Dr. Nader focused on expanding selected academic majors, enhancing online capacity, and building partnerships with community colleges. He led the College’s program development and academic review process.
He also spearheaded the effort to obtaining approval for many new academic programs and was deeply involved in developing a fully online RN to BSN degree at Delhi, which has received national recognition. The success of that program has led to the creation of other online degrees and the introduction of Delhi’s first graduate degree.
Previously, Dr. Nader was the College’s Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, overseeing the introduction of new degree programs in Environmental Studies and Criminal Justice. As both provost and dean, Dr. Nader focused on promoting student success through improving advisement, expanding scholarship support, and promoting community engagement and service learning opportunities for students.
He also served as Mayor of the City of Oneonta from 2006-10, where he worked to successfully revitalize a long-dormant downtown property and guided the creation of a veterans’ memorial walkway. He recently chaired the City’s Charter Revision Committee. He also served a dozen years as an Otsego County legislator and as Chair of the Opportunities for Otsego Board, where he worked to establish a homeless shelter.
Dr. Nader is an avid sports fan whose family formerly owned a minor league baseball team affiliated with the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers.
He possesses a BA in Politics from Ithaca College and an MA and a PhD in Economics from the New School for Social Research.

Suffolk Police Commissioner Timothy Sini
2017-06-23 08:00 - 09:30 UTC | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
At 36, Timothy Sini is the youngest commissioner in the Suffolk County Police Department’s history. The former Federal Prosecutor has never been a cop, but longtime officers in the 2,499-member department are praising Sini for his initiatives and his willingness to listen and learn.

Against the corruption backdrop of his predecessor, restoring the sense of steady and ethical leadership at the top of the organization was a priority for Sini, and was at the heart of one of his first tasks as commissioner: interviewing dozens of the department’s brass.
Sini’s signature mark has been his ease interacting with the community, said Noel DiGerolamo, president of the powerful Police Benevolent Association. By his staff’s count, Sini has been to more than 150 community meetings in his short tenure. He started a series of new initiatives in his first year, from creating a team of officers to take illegal guns off the streets, resulting in a record 507 seizures in 2016, to starting a narcotics tip line to allow residents to alert police to drug activity in their neighborhoods.
Sini also made reforms to the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau, giving it a stronger oversight structure, adding staff and ensuring cases are closed within six months. In addition, Sini has helped modernize the department, Giacalone said — bringing in programs such as the SCPD Shield, an information-sharing platform that Nassau police and the NYPD have had for more than a decade. Sini also re-established partnerships with the FBI, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies.
Sini attended American University in Washington, graduating magna cum laude in 2002. He then got a law degree from Brooklyn Law School, finishing eighth in his class of 492 students. In 2006, Sini married Amanda, a midwife whom he had dated on and off since he was a teenager. The couple has three children.
Sini worked for a pair of corporate law firms in Manhattan and clerked for two federal judges before getting a federal prosecutor’s job in the Southern District of New York in March 2010, working for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. There, he spent 4 1⁄2 years prosecuting gang-related killings and what he said was the first federal prosecution of people selling bath salts, a designer drug.

LIMBA Transportation Panel
2017-07-14 08:00 - 09:30 UTC | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Discussion on what infrastructure we need to benefit Long Island’s economic and environmental future. Panelists will include Mitch Pally (MTA), James Bonner (NY & Atlantic Railroad) and Jesse Powell (Maglev 2000).
Sponsored by SFS Company.

Town Of Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter - Enterprise Park at Calverton
2017-07-28 08:00 - 21:30 UTC | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Sean Walter attended college at Sullivan County Community College where he graduated in 1986 with an Associates of Science Degree. Sean transferred to the State University of New York at Binghamton where he earned a Bachelors degree in Environmental Science in 1988.
After graduation Sean took a job with the Town of Brookhaven Department of Waste Management where he helped the Town of Brookhaven implement their solid waste recycling program and was responsible for sampling and monitoring the groundwater in and around the Town’s Landfill.
In 1992, Sean was hired as the Environmental Manager for the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard located in Westhampton Beach. Sean’s primary duties were to establish a comprehensive environmental program for all aspects of the Air Guard Base. This included a multi-million dollar environmental cleanup program and the construction of a sewage treatment plant at Gabreski Airport.
In 1996, Sean took a leave of absence from the Air National Guard Base to attend St. John’s Law School. He graduated St. John’s Law School cum laude in 1999. In 2000 Sean was hired as a Deputy Town Attorney by Town Supervisor Robert F. Kozakiewicz to assist the Town Attorney in all phases of Town litigation.
During his tenure as a Deputy Town Attorney Sean was appointed to be the Farmland and Open Space Manager for the Town. This was a very successful farmland preservation period during the Town’s history. Under Sean’s leadership the Town purchased almost 1,000 acres of farmland and preserved several critical wetland areas.
Sean left the Town Attorney’s office in January of 2006 and started a law practice in Wading River. The primary concentration of his practice involves land use as well as real estate, estates and litigation.
Sean married his high school “sweetheart” Cathleen in 1990. He and his wife Cathleen settled in Wading River in 1992 in Wading River. Over the past 17 years his family has grown. They now have three children Zachary 15, Timothy 11 and Gregory 7. Sean has always been active in the community. He is an active member of Riverhead Rotary, the Knights of Columbus and is part of the children’s liturgy team at St. John the Baptist in Wading River.

MacArthur Airport Commissioner, Shelly LaRose Discusses Hopeful Future of Airport
2017-08-11 08:00 - 09:30 UTC | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
LaRose-Arken has been a manager and employee of the aviation industry for over 24 years, including tenure as assistant airport manager at Republic Airport from 1999-2006 and as airport manager of Republic since 2006. She has also held positions in noise abatement at Cincinnati/North Kentucky International Airport and Westchester County Airport. She began her first day with Islip on Tuesday.
“We’re in a wonderful position,” said LaRose-Arken, who is also a licensed pilot. “With congestion at neighboring airports, MacArthur is in a logical place where growth is certainly possible.”
The airport will soon be offering access to brand new destinations that have never been serviced from Long Island MacArthur Airport. National Airlines will offer non-stop service to Puerto Rico and Elite Airways will offer service to several vacation destinations along the East Coast, including Portland/Bar Harbor, Me., and Myrtle Beach.

Water Quality Panel with Carrie Meek Gallagher, Peter Scully and John Tanacredi
2017-08-25 08:00 UTC | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Carrie Meek Gallagher is head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Long Island regional office
Peter Scully is Suffolk County Deputy County Executive for Administration, in charge of the largest water infrastructure initiatives in 40 years
John Tanctredi is Professor of Earth & Environmental Studies, Executive Director of CERCOM (Center for Environmental Research and Coastal Oceans Monitoring)

David Manning - Long Island's Role in the Future of Science Education
2017-09-15 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
David Manning is the Director, Stakeholder Relations/External Affairs at Brookhaven National Labs.
In his role at BNL, David Manning is responsible for strategic internal and external communication plans to advance the scientific mission. This includes developing and implementing government and stakeholder relations programs and overseeing science education programs to fulfill the Lab’s and DOE’s diverse educational goals. During the meeting he will discuss Long Island’s impact on the future of science education. Hosted by Ernie Fazio and Bill Miller. Sponsored by Forcelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo and Terrana, LLP.

Dan Eichhorn - President and COO of PSEG-LI
2017-10-06 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Eichhorn joined PSEG Long Island in October 2013, charged with improving the utilities’ customer satisfaction and overseeing the development of the new customer services organization. He also directs marketing and marketing strategy, customer contact, meter-to-cash functions, and solar and energy efficiency programs.
Prior to this position, Eichhorn spent 25 years with PSE&G in New Jersey and has a broad background in electric and gas operations, customer operations and the appliance service business. His responsibilities included assessing and implementing new customer technology, oversight of all call center operations and oversight of the company’s 16 customer service centers. Eichhorn received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Drexel University.
Sponsored by PSEG-LI & and Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana, LLP.

Hank Foley - President New York Institute of Technology
2017-10-20 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Henry C. “Hank” Foley, Ph.D., is the fourth president of New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). He joined the university in June 2017 after serving as interim chancellor of the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU). A seasoned administrator and an accomplished research scientist and teacher, Foley brings to NYIT decades of high-level experience in strategic planning, economic development and advanced research collaborations, program development, and enhanced funding in higher education.
As NYIT president, he is committed to expanding the university’s reputation as well as elevating its resource management and global outreach by ensuring that the university’s assets are synergistic and support its mission; instilling a leadership culture conducive to setting strategies that build excitement and passion for NYIT’s future; and building and sustaining financial resources, enrollment, and NYIT’s relationships and stature within its various communities.
As MU’s interim chancellor, Foley directed the university’s research mission as well as led the quality and effectiveness of all academic programs. He joined the University of Missouri System in 2013 as executive vice president for academic affairs, where he was tasked with growing its academic and research expertise before being appointed interim chancellor in November 2015. Foley has also served as vice president for research and dean of the graduate school at The Pennsylvania State University. In addition, he has held faculty appointments at MU, Penn State, and the University of Delaware.
Foley earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Providence College, a master’s degree in chemistry from Purdue University, and doctorate in physical and inorganic chemistry from Penn State. An accomplished researcher who has dedicated more than 30 years to advancing the study of nanotechnology, he holds 16 patents, has written more than 150 articles and a textbook, and has mentored nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate thesis students. Foley has been recognized as a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Academy of Inventors.
In addition, he holds numerous memberships in professional and honor societies, including the Computing Research Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda and Sigma Pi Sigma. In 2015, Foley was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by Providence College and in 2017 earned the Distinguished Science Alumni Award from Purdue University.
Foley is married to Karin, his wife of 38 years. They will reside in Plandome, N.Y., and have two daughters.

LIPA CEO Tom Falcone
2017-11-03 08:00 - 09:30 UTC | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Thomas Falcone was appointed LIPA’s Chief Executive Officer in March 2016 and is responsible for achieving the mission and values and managing the affairs and stakeholder relationships of the authority, the third largest not-for-profit, publicly owned electric utility in the United States. Mr. Falcone also serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Utility Debt Securitization Authority. Mr. Falcone joined LIPA in January 2014 and previously served in the roles of Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff. Prior to joining LIPA, Mr. Falcone was an investment banker and advisor to publicly owned utilities and state and local governments. In that role, Mr. Falcone worked with many of the largest public utilities in the United States and raised more than $25 billion for infrastructure investments across the country. Mr. Falcone is a board member of the Large Public Power Council and the Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center at Stony Brook University. Mr. Falcone received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

November 17th - Banking Panel
2017-11-17 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
The panel will be discussing the benefits and Challenges of Community Banks. Participants will include Doug Mandich from Empire Bank, Chris Hilton from First National of Long Island and Jim Johnis from Gold Coast Bank.

December 01 - Fire Island National Seashore Founder Irving Like
2017-12-01 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Irving Like is an attorney who, along with conservationist developer Maurice Barbash, went to Congress and created the Fire Island National Seashore. He is now advocating that the Fire Island National Seashore be designated as a World Heritage Site, in order to address the imminent existential threats of rising sea levels & climate change.
Sponsored by CERCOM – Molloy College.
Irving Like was born on November 20, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York and admitted to the Bar in 1950 in New York. Education: graduate of the City College of New York, University of Wisconsin, and Columbia Law School. Mr. Like is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was Special Counsel to the County of Suffolk on environmental, nuclear power, offshore oil and utility rate and energy matters and was a member of the Suffolk County Charter Review Commission, Chairman of Law Committee of Agent Orange Law Firms representing Vietnam War Veterans, resulting in $180M settlement; served as co-counsel in action challenging Nassau County tax assessment structure resulting in settlement providing for countywide reassessment; recognition in Newsday as one of the 100 Most Influential Long Islanders of the 20th Century. As a partner of Reilly and Like, he acted as General Counsel to the Suffolk County Federal Savings & Loan Association and The Bank of Long Island. He is a past member of the Long Island Power Authority, the LIPA Oversight Committee and a variety of professional, non-profit and charitable organizations. He has written various articles focusing on environmental and tax certiorari issues. He engages primarily in complex litigation, specifically in the environmental, zoning, land use, commercial, condemnation, tax certiorari and real estate areas.

December 8th - 2017 Holiday Party
2017-12-08 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Join us for our Annual Holiday Gathering filled with friendship, fun and as always, great music. Sponsored by Brookhaven National Labs.

January 5th - County Executive Steve Bellone
2018-01-05 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone will join us to Discuss present projects and aspirations for Suffolk’s future.
Sponsored by – Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo, LLP/

January 19th-Brian Wasson, Executive Director of Social Media at St Joseph's College
2018-01-19 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Brian Wasson, Executive Director of Social Media at St Joseph’s College will be discussing “Strategic Use of Social Media”. Sponsored by St. Joseph’s College.

Feb 2nd - Robert Zimmerman - The Balance Between Government & Capitalism: Restoring Confidence in Both
2018-02-02 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Robert Zimmerman is the Founder & Co-President of Zimmerman/Edelson Inc., a marketing, public relations & advertising firm in its 30th year on Long Island.
Rober Zimmerman has extensive experience in media relations, branding, crisis management, and public service. He was nominated by President Obama to serve on the National Council on the Humanities and appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo to the New York SAGE Commission, charged with the most extensive restructuring on the government since the 1920s. A Democratic National Committeeman, he appears regularly as a political commentator on FOX, CNN and MSNBC.

The Value, Benefits and Challenges of Community Banks
2018-02-23 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Join our panelists fr a lively discussion about local banks. Panelists include Doug Mandich, Chairman and CEO
of Empire National Bank, Chris Hilton, Senior Vice President and Commercial Banking Division Executive
at First National Bank of Long Island, and Jim Johnis, President and COO of Gold Coast Bank.
