Those that call Long Island home include everyone from Fortune 500 company leaders to the top policymakers in New York State. It is a hotbed of innovation and scientific research. And it’s launched the careers of countless leaders in education, real estate, nonprofit, law and healthcare — not to mention media moguls.

Now in its 17th year, the annual Long Island Press Power List, honors Long Island’s 2019 most influential leaders in business and the impact and influence they have made on our Island existence over the past year.

Keynote Speaker: Michael Dowling CEO of Northwell Health

DATE: Thursday, February 27, 2020

TIME: 6PM-9PM

LOCATION: The Carltun, Eisenhower Park, NY

SCHEDULE:

6:00PM: Cocktail Party

7:00PM: Welcoming Remarks

7:15PM: Dinner

9:00PM: Event Concludes

For tickets and journal information, please contact Tara Downing at 718-260-4561 or tdowning@schnepsmedia.com.

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THE CLASS OF 2019 POWER LIST

2020 HALL OF FAMERS

Robert Coughlan and James Coughlan, Co-founders, Tritec Real Estate Company

Doon Gibbs, Laboratory Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory

THE RAINMAKERS

Lynda Armyn, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Bethpage Federal Credit Union

John Buran, CEO, Flushing Bank

Joanne DeFino, Partner, KPMG

Daniel Eichhorn, President and Chief Operating Officer, PSEG-Long Island

Joe Ficalora, CEO, NY Community Bank

Lou Grassi, CEO, Managing Partner, Grassi & Co.

Wayne N. Grossé, President and CEO, Bethpage Federal Credit Union

Robert A. Isaksen, Long Island Market President, Bank of America

Carolyn Mazzenga, Office Managing Partner, Marcum

James Metzger, CEO and Chairman, The Whitmore Group

Kevin O’Connor, President and CEO, BNB Bank

Michael Puorro, Chairman, President, and CEO, Hanover Bank

Robert Rosenthal, Chairman, CEO, and CIO, First Long Island Investors

Harry Singh, CEO, Bolla Oil

David Sterling, CEO, SterlingRisk Insurance

Juliana Terian, CEO, Rallye Motors

Cathy Verrelli, Office Managing Partner, Ernst & Young

Fred Wilpon, Chairman, Senior Partner, Sterling Equities

THE DEALMAKERS

Ann Conroy, CEO, Long Island Division, Douglas Elliman

Michael Dubb, Founder and CEO, The Beechwood Organization

Christina Mathieson, CEO, Keller Williams Realty Greater Nassau

Anthony Manetta, Managing Director, Cedar Communities

Deirdre O’Connell, CEO, Daniel Gale Sotheby ’s International Realty

Scott Rechler, Chairman and CEO, RXR Realty

THE INNOVATORS

Stanley Bergman, Chairman and CEO, Henry Schein, Inc.

John Cameron, Founder and Managing Partner, Cameron Engineering

Erik Gershwind, CEO, MSC Industrial Supply

Peter Goldsmith, Chairman, LISTnet

Anil Kapoor, CEO, SVAM

Seymour Liebman, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, Canon U.S.A. Inc.

Gregory Penza, CEO , ULC Robotics

Bob Sanders, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Zebra Technologies

THE LEGAL EAGLES

Michael Faltischek, Partner, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek

Howard Fensterman, Managing Partner, Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, LLP

Steve Schlesinger, Managing Partner, Jaspan Schlesinger LLP

Robert Wild, Chairman, Garfunkel Wild, P.C.

THE MEDIA MOGULS

Steve Cohen, Owner, New York Mets

Michael Corn, Senior Executive Producer, Good Morning America

Katherine Heaviside, CEO, Epoch 5 Public Relations

Jon Ledecky, Co-owner, New York Islanders

Gary Lewi, Managing Director, Rubenstein Associates

Todd Shapiro, President, Todd Shapiro Associates

Lloyd Singer, Senior Vice President, Epoch 5 Public Relations

THE SPECIALISTS

Michael Dowling, President and CEO, Northwell Health

Barry Weiner, President, Enzo Biochem

George Tsunis, Chairman and CEO of Chartwell Hotels, ex-chairman of the board of Nassau Health Care Corp.

Dr. Margaret M. McGovern, Physician-in-Chief, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital

THE CHANGE MAKERS

Terri Alessi-Miceli, President and CEO, Hauppauge Industrial Association

Fred Brewington, civil rights attorney

Randell (Rande) Marie Bynum, CEO, Girl Scouts of Nassau County

Alfonse D’Amato, CEO, Park Strategies

Isma Chaudhry, President, Islamic Center of Long Island

Tracey Edwards, Commissioner for NY Public Service Commission

Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment

Yvonne Grant, CEO, Girl Scouts of Suffolk County

Elaine Gross, Founder and President, Erase Racism

Kevin Law, President and CEO, Long Island Association

Rick Lewis, CEO, Mid-Island Y JCC

Neela Lockel, CEO, The American Red Cross of Long Island

Gwen O’Shea, President and CEO, the Community Development Corporation of Long Island

Paule Pachter, CEO, Long Island Cares and The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank

Mitchell Pally, CEO of the Long Island Builders Institute

Nancy Rauch Douzinas, President, Rauch Foundation

Theresa Regnante, President and CEO, United Way of Long Island

Jeffrey Reynolds, President and CEO, Family and Children’s Association

Theresa Sanders, President and CEO, the Urban League of Long Island

Randi Shubin Dresner, President, Island Harvest

Mohinder Singh Taneja, President, American Diversity Forum

THE MIND SHAPERS

Kimberly Cline, President, Long Island University

Hank Foley, President, New York Institute of Technology

Stuart Rabinowitz, President, Hofstra University

Christine Riordan, President, Adelphi University

Bruce Stillman, President, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

UNION LEADERS

Noel DiGerolamo, President, Suffolk PBA

John Durso, President, Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW & LI Federation of Labor

John Guadagno, President, IBEW Local 25

Nicholas LaMorte, President, CSEA, Long Island Region, Local 1000 AFSCME

James McDermott, President Nassau County PBA

THE POLICY SHAPERS

ALBANY

Eric Gertler, Chairman, Empire State Development Corp.

Thomas DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller

John Flanagan, New York State Senate Republican Minority Leader

Patrick Foye, President, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Jay Jacobs, New York State Democratic Committee Chairman

Todd Kaminsky, New York State Senator

NASSAU

Kevan Abrahams, Nassau County Legislature’s Democratic Minority Leader

Joseph Cairo, Chairman, Nassau County Republican Committee

Don Clavin, Hempstead Town Supervisor

Laura Curran, Nassau County Executive

Richard Kessel, Chairman, Nassau Industrial Development Agency

Richard Nicolello, Presiding Officer, Nassau County Legislature

SUFFOLK

Yvette Aguiar, Riverhead Town Supervisor

Steve Bellone, Suffolk County Executive

Thomas Cilmi, Minority Leader, Suffolk County Legislature’s Republican Caucus

Jesse Garcia, Suffolk County Republican Committee Chairman

DuWayne Gregory, Ex-Presiding Officer, Suffolk County Legislature

Richard Schaffer, Suffolk County Democratic Committee Chairman, Babylon Town Supervisor

PROSECUTORS AND TOP COPS

Richard Donoghue, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York

Geraldine Hart, Commissioner, Suffolk County Police Department

Patrick Ryder, Commissioner, Nassau County Police Department

Madeline Singas, Nassau County District Attorney

Timothy Sini, Suffolk County District Attorney