11.19.25

6:00-9:00PM
The Heritage Club at Bethpage
99 Quaker Meeting House Road, Farmingdale NY

INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

Isao “Sammy” Kobayashi
President & CEO, Canon U.S.A.

ACCOUNTING

Jerry P. Ward
Managing Partner, EY Long Island Office

Kirthi Mani
Chief People Officer, CLA

Louis C. Grassi, CPA, CFE
Founder & CEO, Grassi Advisors Group, Inc.

Sheila Kurman
Chief Human Resources Officer, Prager Metis CPAs

ADVERTISING

Benjamin Coggiano
President, Walter F. Cameron Advertising

CONSTRUCTION

Josh Seiden
Owner & President, LMJ Management & Construction

EDUCATION

Edward Bonahue, Ph.D
President, Suffolk County Community College

Maria Conzatti, Ph.D
Chief Administrative Officer, Nassau Community College

Timothy E. Sams, Ph.D.
President, SUNY Old Westbury

Racquel A. Brown
Associate Dean Administrative & Fiscal Affairs, St. John’s University

ELECTRIC

Michael Stewart
Chief Financial Officer, L.E.B. Electric

ENGINEERING

Maqsood Malik, P.E.
Founder, President & CEO, M&J Engineering, D.P.C.

Mohammad Malik
Chief Operating Officer, M&J Engineering, D.P.C.

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION

Billy Haugland II
Chief Executive Officer, Haugland Group

FINANCE

Michael Marrero
SBA Director, BankUnited

HEALTHCARE

Michael N. Rosenblut
President & CEO, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation Center

Sofia Agoritsas, MPA, FACHE
Vice President, Business Development, Cohen Children’s Medical Center

HOSPITALITY

Michael Lessing
Chief Executive Officer, Lessing Hospitality Group

INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE

Laura Bonelli
President, LifeVac LLC

LEGAL

Allan Cohen
Managing Partner, Nixon Peabody, LLP

Patricia Galteri
Managing Attorney, Meyer Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.

Ronald Fatoullah, Esq.
CELA, Chair Elder Law Practice Group and Partner Trusts & Estates Practice Group, Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP

MANUFACTURING & DISTRIBUTION

Frank Palma
President, Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC

MORTGAGE BANKING

Donato (Danny) Nicolo
President/Owner, Meadowbrook Financial Mortgage Bankers Corp.

NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Anne Brigis
President & CEO, YMCA Long Island

Jeffrey L. Reynolds, Ph.D
President & CEO, Family and Children’s Association (FCA)

Katherine Fritz
President & CEO, Long Island Cares

Lonnie Sherman
President, General Needs

Mike Rosen
Chief Marketing Officer, Guide Dog Foundation & America’s VetDogs

Tammy Severino
President & CEO, Girls Scouts of Suffolk County

Theresa Regnante
President & CEO, United Way of Long Island

PRINTING

Noreen Carro
President, LMN Printing of NY, Inc.

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT

Robert M. Gitto
Vice President, The Gitto Group

TAX PROPERTY REDUCTION SERVICES

Sean Acosta
President, Property Tax Reduction Consultants

TECHNOLOGY

Anil Jagtiani
Chief Executive Officer, Naka Technologies

Eugene Sayan
Founder, Chairman, CEO, Softheon

Joe Scioscia
Executive Vice President, Vormittag Associates, Inc. (VAI)

Michael Chambers & Sean Infante
President & Vice President, Central Business Systems

Tom Bianculli
Chief Technology Officer, Zebra Technologies

TOURISM

Mitch Pally
Interim President & CEO, Discover Long Island

Sharon Wyman
Chief Operations Officer, Discover Long Island

TRANSPORTATION

Marlon Taylor
President, New York & Atlantic Railway

Palmina Whelan, CCM, FCMAA, MCIOB, NAC
Founder & Capital Program Director of New Terminal 1 at JFK, Palmina Whelan Strategic Solutions

Robert Free
President, Long Island Rail Road