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2023 Top Chief Winners

MEET THE 2023 HERALD TOP CHIEF OFFICERS OF LONG ISLAND AWARD WINNERS

ACCOUNTING & BANKING

MATT ARMANINO

Chief Executive Officer
Armanino

LEE J. BRODSKY

Chief Executive Officer
BEB Capital

STEVEN C. BUSH

Chairman, President &
Chief Executive Officer
Apple Bank

BRAD CALHOUN

President &
Chief Executive Officer
Teachers Federal Credit Union

RENU DALESSANDRO

Chief Marketing Officer
Jovia Financial Credit Union

MICHELE DEAN

President &
Chief Executive Officer
Suffolk Credit Union

LOUIS C. GRASSI, CPA, CFE

Managing Partner &
Chief Executive Officer
Grassi Advisors and Accountants

JAMES MARON

Senior Vice President,
Community Banking Leader
Wells Fargo & Company

ROBERT J. MILAS

Long Island Market Executive
Citizens Commercial Bank

MARIANNA MOONEY

Managing Partner
Prager Metis, CPA

REBECCA O’CONNELL

Executive Vice President,
Head of Corporate Banking
Citizens Commercial Bank

MARC J. PEREZ

President
Bank of America Long Island

FRANK VITALE

Executive Director
Citrin Cooperman

KEVIN L. SANTACROCE

Long Island Market President
ConnectOne Bank

MICHAEL SERAO

Executive Vice President &
Chief Administrative Officer
First Central Savings Bank

DIANE L. WALSH

Chief Marketing Officer
Prager Metis, CPA

DEVELOPMENT & REAL ESTATE

TODD BOURGARD

Chief Executive Officer,
L.I., Hamptons & North Fork
Douglas Elliman

MARK STEMPEL

Founding Partner &
Chief Executive Officer
Blue Island Homes

EDUCATION

DONALD R. BOOMGAARDEN, PH.D.

President
St. Joseph’s University

HENRY C. “HANK” FOLEY PH.D.

President
New York Institute of Technology

JAMES LENTINI,
DMA

President
Molloy University

MAURIE D. MCINNIS

President
Stony Brook University

SUSAN POSER PH.D.

President
Hofstra University

 CHRISTINE M. RIORDAN, PH.D

President
Adelphi University

TIMOTHY E. SAMS, PH.D.

President
SUNY Old Westbury

ENTERTAINMENT & HOSPITALITY

TRACEY A. EDWARDS

Senior Vice President &
Corporate Social Responsibility Officer
Sands New York

MICHAEL LESSING

Chief Executive Officer
Lessing’s Hospitality Group

KIM STONE

President
UBS Arena

HEALTH CARE

PRITI JAIN, MD

Chief Executive Officer
Nao Medical

ARTHUR LIH, III

Inventor & Chief Executive Officer
LifeVac

JONATHAN LUJAN

Chief Executive Officer
Sight Growth Partners

ADHI SHARMA,
MD, MHA

President
Mount Sinai South Nassau

 JEFFREY VACIRCA,
MD, FACP

Chief Executive Officer & Chairman
New York Cancer & Blood Specialists

HUMAN RESOURCES

THOMAS FARRELL

Chief Executive Officer
PEO Spectrum

MANUFACTURING

DAN GRINBERG

Founder & President
Elara Brands LLC

RAHAT HOSSAIN

Founder
Pintail Coffee

ZAKI HOSSAIN

Founder
Pintail Coffee

THOMAS A. TEBBENS II

Chief Executive Officer
Tebbens Steel

KELLY TEBBENS

Chief Financial Officer
Tebbens Steel

NOT-FOR-PROFIT

MICHAEL BILLIA

Chief Administrative Officer
Life’s WORC

MATT COHEN

Chief Executive Officer
Long Island Association

RANDI SHUBIN DRESNER

President & Chief Executive Officer
Island Harvest Food Bank

RENEE FLAGLER

Executive Director
Girls Inc. of Long Island

JOHN MILLER

President & Chief Executive Officer
Guide Dog Foundation

NEELA MUKHERJEE LOCKEL, MSW-MPA

President & Chief Executive Officer
EAC Network

PAULE T. PACHTER,
ACSW, LMSW

Chief Executive Officer
Long Island Cares, Inc.

THERESA A. REGNANTE

President & Chief Executive Officer
United Way of Long Island

TECHNOLOGY

MING CHIANG

President & Chief Executive Officer
Biacomm Inc.

BRYAN LEWIS

President & Chief Executive Officer
Intellicheck

TOURISM

KRISTEN REYNOLDS, CDME

President & Chief Executive Officer
Discover Long Island

TRANSPORTATION

JAMES BONNER

President
New York & Atlantic Railway

ROBERT FREE

Acting President
Long Island Rail Road

JACK KHZOUZ

Chief Executive Officer
NICE
Nassau Inter-County Express

UTILITIES

THOMAS FALCONE

Chief Executive Officer
Long Island Power Authority

DAVID C. LYONS

Interim President &
Chief Operating Officer
PSEG Long Island

UNION

JOHN R. DURSO

President
Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW
President
Long Island Federation

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