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.
Nonprofit Boards
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.

Designing the Future of Riverhead
2018-03-09 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Join newly elected Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith for a discussion on the future of the Town of Riverhead. Topics will include invigorating Main Street, attracting new businesses to the area, and protecting farmlands and waterways. Sponsored by Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo LLP. Breakfast: 8:00 A.M. Members: $15 Non-Members: $25

Huntington: A New Boom
2018-03-23 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Join recently elected Supervisor Chad Lupinacci to discuss the future of Huntington. Prior to being elected Supervisor, Lupinacci served in the New York State Assembly from 2013 -2017. He was the Ranking Member on the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, and was a member of the Committees on Election Law, Judiciary, Tourism, Parks, Arts & Sports.
Sponsored by Gold Coast Bank

Thomas DiNapoli - New York State Comptroller
2018-04-06 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Join Thomas DiNapoli, the Comptroller of the state of New York, for a lively discussion about the state’s future and finances. Mr. DiNapoli, a former state assemblyman in New York, was elected by the state legislature as New York State Comptroller on February 7, 2007. He was formerly the Chairman of the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee. He is a resident of the Village of Great Neck Plaza.

Reclaim New York's Michael Watt
2018-04-20 08:00 - 2018-04-28 09:30 (America/New_York)
Reclaim New York is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that empowers New Yorkers, through education and civic engagement, to reclaim ownership of their government. Their transparency project is launching a wave of citizen-driven oversight that is producing more responsive local governments. Their mission is to expose the entrenched and broken governing class so New Yorkers can have a more affordable place to live, work, and raise a family.
Michael Watt has made it his personal mission to ensure Long Island’s vitality. As Reclaim New York’s Long Island director, Watt strives to rectify this by getting more Long Islanders involved in the government process at the school board, village, town, county and state levels in order to increase transparency and accountability. There is no greater deterrent to inefficient (at best) or corrupt (at worst) government than active civic participation.
Thanks to our sponsors TAI and the The Music man Radio Show.

The Basics of Neuromarketing - Joanna Bloomfield, The Marketing Boutique
2018-05-04 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Find out how our conscious ‘thinking’ brain plays second fiddle to our emotional brain, and how that affects our decision making process. Joanne has thirty years as a communications strategist and graphic designer, specializing in direct marketing, branding and neuromarketing. She lectures regularly at prominent universities on both sides of the Atlantic.
This event is sponsored by Creative Plan Designs and Ronald Stair, PhD.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran
2018-05-18 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | NYIT de Seversky Mansion, 1 Northern Boulevard, Old Westbury, NY, 11568-8000, United States
Join Nassau County Executive Laura Curran for a discussion on the critical issues facing Nassau. This event will be held at the DeSeversky Mansion on the NYIT Campus.
Laura Curran was sworn in as the Nassau County Executive in January of 2018. As County Executive, Laura wants to “root out the corruption that has plagued our County and give Nassau the fresh start it so desperately needs.” Laura ran on a pledge to fix the mess in Nassau County by finally ending the decades of nepotism, patronage, and mismanagement that have wasted taxpayer dollars.
Laura was previously a Legislator from the 5th District, representing the communities of South Hempstead, Baldwin, Freeport, Merrick, Oceanside, and Rockville Centre. Her service on the Public Safety; Finance; Minority Affairs; Public Works; Planning, Development & the Environment; and Towns, Villages & Cities committees gave her the opportunity to ensure the communities she represents were more safe, healthy, and resilient.
Throughout her career in government, Laura has lived by a simple tenet: respect taxpayer dollars and make government work for those it serves.

This event is sponsored by Greenman Pedersen Inc.

Marc Alessi - Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe
2018-06-01 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Marc Alessi will give us an update on the progress at the Tesla Center at Wardenclyffe.
The Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, also known as Friends of Science East, Inc., a not-for-profit organization incorporated by the State of New York, was established with the specific purpose of developing a regional science and technology center on eastern Long Island. It is the hope of Friends of Science East, Inc. to be able to establish this center at the site of the former Peerless Photo plant in Shoreham, New York.
The Science and Technology Center and Museum would be a place dedicated to science education and to introducing visitors to the rich scientific opportunities on Long Island. This center and museum would complement the educational efforts of the schools within this region as well as the community outreach activities of other prominent science institutions. It would also look to provide possible space for fledgling companies engaged in scientific research.
The historic significance of the Shoreham site presents a unique opportunity as it contains the only remaining laboratory where Nikola Tesla, the famous inventor of alternating current electricity and neon lighting, conducted research. The building which he used as his laboratory was designed by the renowned architect Stanford White in the Italianate style.

Town of Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter
2018-06-15 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Angie Carpenter is a public servant whose impact resonates well beyond her role as Islip Town Supervisor. Even prior to being in government, Angie was always an extremely active member of the community. When her sons were young she was involved with Little League, Boy Scouts and PTA, of which she is a lifetime member. In the late 1970’s and 1980’s she actively sought options to help “latch key kids.” She and other concerned citizens worked together to come up with solutions leading her to become a founding member of both the YES and ASKUS programs, two programs that provide after school activities and educational opportunities for school children.
In addition to the volunteer work that Angie has done over the years with children, Angie is a member of the Salvation Army Advisory Board, past President of the Board of Our Lady of Consolation, and former chair of the Catholic Health Services Continuing Care Board, and Vanderbilt Board of Trustees. She also served as President of the West Islip Chamber of Commerce for many years, and formed the Town-wide Chamber of Commerce Council, which united Chambers throughout the Town.
Sponsored by Summit Security Services, Inc.

Beyond Maglev - Solving Long Island & USA Concerns into the 22nd Century - Jesse Powell, PhD
2018-06-29 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Dr. Powell is the founder and President of Maglev Strategies. It provides an unbiased analysis of how maglev technologies could benefit various applications. Dr. Powell has worked to develop new technologies in a number of fields, ranging from the deep ocean to terrestrial maglev applications to planetary exploration. His expertise is in critical research analyses, technology assessment, and project planning. He received his PhD in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

LIRR President Phil Eng - Creating the future of rails on Long Island
2018-07-13 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Courtyard Marriott, 5000 Express Drive South, Ronkonkoma, NY, 11779, United States
Mr. Phil Eng has been Chief Operating Officer at Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Inc., since 2017. Mr. Eng oversees major operating initiatives at all MTA agencies including the delivery of new fare payment systems and mobile ticketing apps, advertising contracts, technology integration, overall procurement strategy, oversight of best practices used across all agencies and other key MTA priorities.
Mr. Eng most served as Executive Deputy Commissioner and Chief Engineer of the New York State Department of Transportation, where he oversaw all aspects of engineering, operations and capital planning. Mr. Eng has served the public at DOT for more than 33 years, starting in 1983 as a junior engineer. He has held a number of key positions since then, including construction supervisor, director of operations and as the regional director of the Department’s New York City office. He is a licensed professional engineer in New York State. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and received his Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Cooper Union.
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