Cathleen Allen, Partner
Pierson Ferdinand
Kris Amato-Aliani, SVP and Senior Relationship Manager
BankUnited
Autumn Behm
Jodi Bloom-Piccione, Partner
EisnerAmper
Giovana Bracchi, Executive Director
La Fuerza Community Development Corporation
Gina Coletti, Broker/Owner, Residential & Commercial Real Estate
GC Advisory Group, Inc.
Meaghan Coughlan Treat, Development Manager
TRITEC
Molly Deegan, Founder
Branch Real Estate Group
Kathleen Deegan-Dickson, Partner
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP
Karen Dowd, Partner
Dowd & Dowd
Liz Elsesser
Catherine Fee, President
Empire Government Strategies
Jael Ferguson, ADM – Development
Georgica Green Ventures, LLC
Jaime Franchi, Director of Communications and Government
Relations
Long Island Contractors’ Association
Founder, FOREWomen LI
Heidi Goldstein, Partner
Tom James Company
Donna M. Haynes, Director of Corporate & Community Partnerships
Adelphi University
Diane G. Holland, Partner
Balfe Holland PC
April Intrabartola
Eastman Cooke Construction
Diane Johnston, Senior Vice President – Wealth Management
UBS
Lauren Kanter-Lawrence, Vice President
Campolo, Middleton & McCormick,LLP
Julia Lee, Associate
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP
Jennifer Lewis, Vice President
P.W. Grosser Consulting, Inc.
Laura Matute, Real Estate Associate Broker
Alexander Madison Realty
Nina McCann, Business Development & Marketing Manager
Harris Beach Murtha
Michelle McQueen, Facilities and Operations Directorate Chief Operating Officer
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Carrie Meek Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer
LIPA
Frances S. Mingoia, Director of Career and Professional Development
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Anissa D. Moore, Deputy County Executive of Health and Human Services
Nassau County
Erin A. O’Brien, Partner
Suris and Associates, P.C.
Rosemary Olsen, Executive Director
Town of North Hempstead Community Development Agency
Eva Pearson, Associate Director, External Affairs
New York Institute of Technology
Jaclyn Peranteau, PE, President
Key Civil Engineering, P.C.
Kennetha Pettus, Managing Director
Nassau County Office of Housing & Community Development
Elaine Phillips, Comptroller
Nassau County
Michele A. Pincus, Real Estate Market Specialist
H2M architects + engineers
Jane Reed, Senior VP & Commercial Lending Officer
ConnectOne Bank
Yolanda Robano-Gross, CEO
Options for Community Living
Claudia Rodriguez Deras, Corporate Events & Marketing Executive
Herald Community Newspapers
Tammy Severino, President & CEO
Girl Scouts of Suffolk County
Randi Shubin Dresner, President & CEO
Island Harvest
Heather Simek, Business Development Officer, VP
First Central Savings Bank
Martha Stansbury
Stansbury Consulting
Debra R. Thompson, Chief Underwriting Counsel/Executive Vice President
Advantage Title Group Agency, LLC
Gia Vigliotti-Barone, President
Long Island Compost
Rose Ward, CEO and Founder
NFocus Management Group
Vice President
Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce
Judith R. White, President
CJ2 Communication Strategies
Michelle Zarifis, External Affairs Manager
National Grid
Carmela Zino, Managing Associate
TPG Architecture, LLP
Last updated: May 2026
