There are networking organizations, lobbying groups and tradeshows … and then there’s the HIA-LI.
With its forward-looking committees, 1,300-plus member companies, trendsetting tradeshows and 11-square-mile industrial park – packed daily with more than 55,000 employees – the HIA-LI (formerly the Hauppauge Industrial Association of Long Island) ranks among Long Island’s most powerful economic engines.
As its face, voice and guiding hand, President and CEO Terri Alessi-Miceli occupies a prominent spot in the Long Island zeitgeist and plays a critical role in the Island’s ever-evolving quest for economic progress. Pulling the HIA-LI’s strings since 2004, Terri has led the government-lobbying group and regional networking organization during an era of significant change, headfirst into the digital age and straight through the teeth of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In today’s conversation, the major-league regional rainmaker joins Spark host Gregory Zeller to discuss the past, present and post-pandemic future of the HIA-LI, where COVID has forever altered the playing field – but not the goal, which has remained unchanged over the organization’s 42-year history: socioeconomic greatness for all of Long Island.
