Same as the old boss? No – but Matt Cohen has been a part of the Long Island Association for a decade already, and the LIA has been part of him.
The Long Island Association has a new leader – but the LIA is hardly new to Matthew Cohen, the freshly minted president and CEO who’s already logged 10 years as a leader of Long Island’s largest business and networking organization, primarily as its government relations director.
Matt succeeds former LIA President Kevin Law at a touch-and-go time for the association, with the nation emerging from the COVID pandemic and socioeconomic stakeholders across the region jockeying for position in the so-called “new normal.” He’s uniquely suited to the job: The new head honcho has also directed government relations for the Long Island Power Authority, and he spent years as Sen. Chuck Schumer’s right-hand man on Long Island. And while helping the LIA win billions of state and federal economic-development dollars, he’s become quite familiar to rainmakers from Long Island to Albany and beyond.
In today’s conversation, Matt joins Spark host Gregory Zeller to discuss his plans for the 95-year-old association, including the incorporation of new technologies and greater outreach to Long Island’s small-business community.
