By GREGORY ZELLER //
Plenty of names you know will round out the Long Island Association’s beefed-up Board of Directors.
The Melville-based networking and business-development organization has elected seven new board members – a who’s-who of executive leaders representing various nonprofit organizations and commercial sectors.
Northwell Health Senior Vice President John Flanagan, PSEG Long Island Vice President Chris Hahn, Haugland Group Co-president Billy Haugland and EAC Network Chief Executive Officer Neela Lockel all earned board seats at the LIA’s March 4 meeting.
Also joining the board were Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty CEO Deirdre O’Connell, Family and Children’s Association President and CEO Jeffrey Reynolds and Interim Long Island Rail Road President Catherine Rinaldi.
Lawrence Waldman: Fresh perspective.
The seven new directors take their seats alongside board members Joseph Greco, senior vice president of NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island, and Marc Perez, Long Island president for Bank of America, both of whom joined the board in January.
The nine newcomers join a board that already boasts dozens of major-league Long Island rainmakers, ranging from Fortunoff Fine Jewelry President Esther Fortunoff and Ruskin Moscou Faltischek Senior Partner Michael Faltsichek to Epoch 5 Public Relations President Katherine Heaviside and Doon Gibbs, outgoing director of Brookhaven National Laboratory.
And each brings long experience and valuable viewpoints to the already-esteemed board, according to Long Island Association Chairman Lawrence Waldman.
“The Long Island Association is honored to have the new appointees join the organization’s Board of Directors,” Waldman said Wednesday. “Their perspectives will be valuable as we collaborate to continue to create a positive business climate for Long Island.”
Long Island Association President Matt Cohen, who in May will mark one year at the helm of the influential economic-development group, agreed the board – and the LIA’s constituents – would be well-served by the influx of fresh blood.
“The Long Island Association’s Board of Directors represents diverse industries and institutions, and the experience of the new board members will enhance the LIA’s deep bench of expertise, contributing toward our efforts to strengthen our region’s economy,” Cohen said in a statement.
