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2024 Top Chief Winners

MEET THE 2024 HERALD TOP CHIEF OFFICERS OF LONG ISLAND AWARD WINNERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER & TRAILBLAZER AWARD

MICHAEL J. DOWLING

President &
Chief Executive Officer
Northwell Health

ACCOUNTING

JOHN FITZGERALD

Managing Partner
Citrin Cooperman

GURJIT SINGH

Chief Information Officer
Prager Metis CPAs

STEVEN C. BUSH

Chief Marketing Officer
Prager Metis CPAs

BANKING & FINANCE

JOHN BURKE

Managing Director
Global Head of Business &
Professional Services
Citi Commercial Bank

MICHELE DEAN

Chief Executive Officer
Suffolk Credit Union

STUART H. LUBOW

President & Chief Executive Officer
Dime Community Bank

DAVID A. PERLMUTTER

Managing Partner
Forest Hills Financial Group

MARK SANCHIONI

Senior Vice President &
Chief Banking Officer
Ridgewood Savings Bank

JOSEPH TEDESCO

President & Chief Executive Officer
Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union

BIOPHARMA

PATRICIA ECKERT, CPA

Chief Financial Officer
Enzo Biochem, Inc.

COMMUNICATIONS

ANDREW RAINONE

Senior Vice President, Business Sales
Optimum Business

EDUCATION

MARIA CONZATTI
Ed.D.

Chief Administrative Officer
Nassau Community College

CHRISTINE M. RIORDAN, Ph.D.

President
Adelphi University

TIMOTHY E. SAMS
Ph.D.

President
SUNY Old Westbury

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION

LOUIS BEKOFSKY

Principal, Managing Partner
VHB

WILLIAM MAXWELL

Vice President
The Whiting-Turner
Contracting Company

BILLY HAUGLAND II

Chief Executive Officer
Haugland Group LLC

ANDREW J. SOLANO

Managing Partner
Emtec Consulting Engineers

GAS/UTILITIES

CHRISTINE ARMENTANO

Chief Operating Officer &
Executive Vice President
Paraco

JOHN RHODES

Chief Executive Officer
Long Island Power Authority
(LIPA)

ROSS TURRINI

Chief Operating Officer
New York Gas
National Grid

ENERGY

JIM FLANNERY

Chief Operating Officer
National Grid Ventures, US Northeast

HEALTHCARE

MICHAEL GITMAN, MD

President
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

STACEY C.
JACKSON-HARLEY
RN, MA, BSN

Chief Operating Officer
Harmony Healthcare Long Island

ANDREW MINTZ

Chief Executive Officer
The Smilist

MICHAEL N. ROSENBLUT

President & Chief Executive Officer
Parker Jewish Institute
For Healthcare & Rehabilitation

AMY SILVA-MAGALHAES

Chief Operating Officer
The Bristal Assisted Living

JON SENDACH, FACHE

President
North Shore University Hospital

AMIT SHAH, MD

Partner & Vascular Surgeon
PRINE Health

JOSEPH VERDIRAME

Chief Executive Officer
Alliance Homecare

HOSPITALITY

MICHAEL LESSING

Chief Executive Officer
Lessing’s Hospitality Group

LEGAL

NICOLE W. JOSEPH, MSc

Chief Operating Officer &
Finance Director
CM Law PLLC

JULIE WYETZNER

Executive Director &
Chief Operating Officer
Cona Elder Law PLLC

MICHAEL H. SAHN

Managing Partner
Sahn Ward Braff
Coschignano PLLC

HOWARD M. STEIN

Managing Partner &
Co-Chair of the
Real Estate Practice Group
Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP

NOT-FOR-PROFIT

PHIL ANDREWS

President
Long Island African American
Chamber of Commerce

LISA BURHC, MPH

President &
Chief Executive Officer
EPIC Long Island, Inc.

RANDELL M. BYNUM

Chief Executive Officer
Girl Scouts of
Nassau County

MATTHEW COHEN

President & Chief Executive Officer
Long Island Association, Inc.

ERIKA FLORESKA

President
Long Island Children’s Museum

JEFFREY FRIEDMAN

Chief Executive Officer
CN Guidance and Counseling Services

DAN LLOYD

Chief Executive Officer &
Founder
Minority Millennials, Inc.

DIANE MANDERS

Interim Chief Executive Officer
& Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity

JOHN McGUIGAN

Chief Executive Officer
AHRC
Suffolk

JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS
Ph.D.

President &
Chief Executive Officer
Family and Children’s Association

LUIS VAZQUEZ

President &
Chief Executive Officer
Long Island Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce

REAL ESTATE

JOSEPH A. FARKAS

Chief Executive Officer &
Founder
Metropolitan Realty Associates LLC

RETAIL

ROBERT KAY

Chief Executive Officer
Lifetime Brands, Inc.

SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CHRIS R. VACCARO

President &
Executive Officer
Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame

TECHNOLOGY

AMY E. NEWMAN

Senior Vice President, Administration
Canon U.S.A, Inc.

TRANSPORTATION

ROBERT FREE

Acting President
Long Island Rail Road

MARLON TAYLOR

President
New York & Atlantic Railway

COREY J. MUIRHEAD

Executive Vice President
Guardian Bus Company

MICHAEL D. TORNABE

Chief Operating Officer
Guardian Bus Company

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