LIBDC - Key Persons
Managing Partner, Law Offices of Andrew Presberg, P.C.Andrew's firm places its emphasis on commercial & industrial real estate transactions and specialized real estate financing programs such as SBA, IDA and JDA, business and corporate law transactions, and commercial litigation.
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- Director, Town of Huntington Planning & Environment Department
Anthony J. Aloisio was raised in Westbury, New York where he attended local schools and graduated from high school. He then attended the University of Connecticut and graduated with a degree in Urban Studies/Economics. Mr. Aloisio continued his education at the University of Rhode Island earning a Masters degree in Community Planning and Area Development. Following graduation, Mr. Aloisio worked as a City Planner in Connecticut for ten (10) years before returning to Long Island in 1986 to take a position as Town of Brookhaven Director of Economic Development/Executive Director of the Industrial Development Agency. After nineteen (19) years he left Brookhaven in 2006 for his current position, Director of Planning for the Town of Huntington. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and has received the designation of Economic Development Professional from the National Development Council.
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- Partner at Rivkin Radler
- Partner, Rivkin Radler LLP
A partner at Rivkin Radler, Brian has over 30 years of experience in employment law, labor law, and employment-related litigation in federal and state courts as well as before federal, state, and local agencies. Brian has been named to Best Lawyers in America in Employment and Labor by U.S. News & World Report from 2017-2019. He was also selected as a New York Metro Super Lawyer in 2017 and 2018. Brian was selected as a Top Rated Lawyer in Labor and Employment Law in 2012-2015, 2017 and 2018, and also has been featured in the "Who's Who in Labor Law" in Long Island Business News. In connection with his legal practice, Brian also received a Martindale-Hubbel AV PreeminentTM rating by his peers from 1998-2018.
Brian's clients include healthcare providers, securities firms, manufacturers, technology companies, not-for-profits, universities, associations and small businesses. He regularly advises his clients on employment, labor, corporate, contracts and commercial matters. He provides supervisory training to his clients, counseling with respect to mergers and acquisitions, partnership and shareholder agreements and disputes, successor and joint employer issues. Brian is also frequently called upon to draft and update employment contracts, non-compete clauses, separation agreements, employee handbooks, and company policies to comply with new laws, regulations, court decisions, and workplace issues.
He represents clients in labor arbitrations and grievances, unfair labor practice charges, employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, as well as in wage and hour disputes. He handles matters before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and in proceedings before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). A former law clerk for a U.S. district court judge, Brian also has substantial experience handling non-compete, trade secret, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), partnership, securities, FINRA, and commercial litigations and arbitrations.
Brian is deeply committed to the practice of labor and employment law. In connection with his practice, Brian has received an Award of Recognition from the Suffolk County Bar Association for his service and continued dedication to the development of the Suffolk Academy of Law's continuing legal education program. A former officer of the Suffolk Academy of Law and a former adjunct professor at Hofstra Law School and the New York Institute of Technology, Brian frequently lectures and publishes on critical and emerging legal issues affecting the workplace. Brian previously served as chair of the Labor and Employment Law Committee for the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association and chair of the Labor and Employment Law Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association.
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- Vice President / Commercial
- Vice President Long Island / Queens Middle Market Banking, CHASE
Chad Levy is part of the Chase Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries (MMBSI) Commercial Banking team supporting the Long Island/Queens regions. Chad has spent his entire banking career with Chase and held positions in a number of different areas including Operations, Treasury Services, Business Banking and for the last 5 years Middle Market Banking.
Based in Melville, Chad works with a team of dedicated individual's providing companies in the Long Island/Queens region with holistic solutions across credit, financing, treasury services, risk management, merchant services, international banking and system integration, and providing access to JP Morgan Chase's extended resources including retirement plan administration and private wealth management.
Chad graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University.
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- Client Manager, Advantage Tile
- Member of the Advantage Group
Denise Angiulo has been a member of The Advantage Group for 5 years and is a Client Manager in Business Development. Her focus is on Title Insurance, but does increase our business for our affiliate companies.
Denise's 12 years of experience in this industry and her enormous networking contacts, enables her to help bring Advantage Title to the next level. Denise's clients consists of some of the top Law Firms on Long Island and Manhattan. She is a Board Member of LIBDC (Long Island Business Development Council) a member of AREW (Association of Women in Real Estate, LIBI (Long Island Builders Institute) ABA (American Business Associates) just to name a few.
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- Mirabella Associates - EMERITUS
- President, Mirabella Associates
Ed Mirabella, a 43-year commercial banking veteran, launched Wantagh-based corporate consultancy Mirabella Associates in 2006. During that time he generated an impressive list of contacts in various industries across Long Island including commercial banking, real estate, construction, hospitality, accounting and law, and cultivated relationships with Town and County officials involved with economic development.
He served as an LIBDC Executive Board member for decades, first joining the organization in 1978 as a rookie loan officer for Long Island National Bank in Hicksville. He succeeded former Long Island Business News Publisher and Innovate Long Island founder John Kominicki as co-chairman following Mr. Kominicki's passing in 2017.
He currently serves as Director of Development for Women in the Military, a non-profit organization supporting the needs of active duty and veteran women service members. He is also a past president of the Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice Care of Suffolk County.
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- Principal, Castleton Environmental
After 23 years at the helm of one of the region's most accomplished and diverse environmental consulting firms, Mr. Castellano has founded Castleton Environmental, Inc. to focus on providing high value environmental consulting services specifically geared to the commercial lending and real estate investment/management industries. Leveraging his many years of experience, Mr. Castellano has earned a reputation for developing strategic approaches to the environmental challenges of complex real estate transactions, enabling transactions to proceed to closing while managing the risks of the involved stakeholders.
Frank was awarded his Master of Science in Hydrogeology from Adelphi University in 1993. His undergraduate degree was awarded by the State University of New York at Oneonta, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Water Resources in 1993.
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- Executive Director of the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency
- Executive Director, Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency
A lifelong resident of Wantagh, Fred Parola attended Wantagh Elementary schools and Wantagh High School and graduated from Hartwick College and Albany Law School. He served in the Nassau County District Attorney's Office upon receiving his law degree.
Mr. Parola's legislative experience began as an Assembly counsel on Higher Education and the Committee on Commerce and Industrial Development, as well as a Senate counsel on the Crime and Corrections Committee under Senator Ralph J. Marino. In addition to his Legislative Counsel duties, Mr. Parola had a variety of governmental experience prior to his appointment at the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency. He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1978, serving with distinction until he was elected Nassau County Comptroller, taking office in January 1994. From 1972 to 1980, he was a member of the Nassau County Youth Board and served as a member of the Town of Hempstead Housing Authority from 1974-1979.
In the State Assembly, Mr. Parola focused on eliminating excessive government spending and runaway taxes while proposing to correct abusive public sector practices. While in Albany, Parola was one of the most articulate advocates for education and earned the highest ratings of any legislator on environmental issues.
As the former County Comptroller, Fred was considered a no-nonsense reformer. He was independent of the County Executive and the Administration and the Legislature to ensure that he could objectively investigate and oversee all the county's financial operations. His aggressive investigations have saved Nassau taxpayers millions of dollars and his excellence in financial reporting earned him the Government Finance Officers Award for eight consecutive years.
Mr. Parola became the Executive Director of the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency in January 2002. He is the agency's Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer and liaison to the public.
Hon. Fred Parola and his wife Norene reside in Wantagh with their two children
Retired Commercial Banker (46 years), Bankers Trust, Marine Midland and State Bank of Long Island Financial consultant. Board member of Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center and Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency.
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- Kulka Construction Corp
- President, Kulka Construction Management Corp
For almost 30 years, Jack Kulka has been responsible for the construction of almost 20 million square feet of commercial, institutional, retail, industrial and residential facilities throughout the metropolitan New York area. Having been recently cited by Long Island Business News as one of Long Island's top builders, based on square footage completed, we have provided numerous owners with optimum designed and constructed facilities at substantially reduced costs. Jack Kulka is the originator of and the foremost exponent of the construction management method on Long Island. Jack employs an experienced staff of professionals that foresee and solve problems in a prompt, efficient manner to enable a client to receive the best product as quickly and cost effectively as possible.
Education:
New York University, BS/Electrical Engineering, 1964
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- Senior Vice President and Regional President for Long Island and Metro New York
- Senior Vice President and Regional President for Metro New York and Long Island at Pursuit
James Goldrick is Senior Vice President and Regional President for Metro New York and Long Island at Pursuit. In his role, Jim oversees more than a dozen staff members whose mission is to promote employment and economic development in New York State through long term loans to creditworthy businesses.
James has more than 20 years of banking and finance experience having previously worked for Prudential Securities, Chase Manhattan Bank and M&T Bank. James obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from St. John's University in Jamaica, NY. He received formal credit training at Chase Manhattan Bank.
In addition to his role with Pursuit, James serves as a director of the Long Island Chapter of the Risk Management Association and is an active member of the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society, Long Island Business Development Council, the Richard J. O'Brien Foundation and St. Anthony's Father's Guild. He resides in Syosset, with his wife and three children..
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- Administrative Vice President and Regional Manager, M & T Bank Corporation - Business Banking
John has been Regional Manager for Business Banking at M&T Bank in Melville, NY since 1998. He manages three lending teams located in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the five boroughs.
John is responsible for the expansion of M&T Bank's presence on Long Island and New York City, including the opening of seven de novo Business Banking Centers in key commercial markets on Long Island, Queens and Manhattan. He heads the Business Banking Initiative to develop business with labor unions for M&T Bank and its Wilmington Trust wealth management division.
Prior to joining M&T, John held Middle Market and Business Banking management positions at several other local financial institutions.
John is a graduate of SUNY Fredonia. He joined the Board of Directors of the Long Island Business Development Council in 2013. John serves on the Long Island loan committee of the NYBDC and was named Lender of the Year by the Empire State CDC in 2011. He is an active member of the LIBDC and is a volunteer fund raiser with Outreach House in Brentwood, NY and has served as a volunteer fundraiser for the Huntington Arts Council. He is also a past honoree of both organizations
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- JRS Architect, P.C
- Vice President of Business Development and Marketing at JRS Architect
- Vice President of Business Development and Marketing, JRS Architect, P.C
Kathy Pasquale is vice president of business development and marketing at JRS Architect, P.C., a full-service architectural and interior design firm servicing the New York Metro area.
Kathy's career in business development in various positions relating to the real estate community spans over 22 years. Prior to her business development and marketing career, she was a human resource manager for a national risk management company.
She is the past resident of CoreNet Global, Long Island Chapter (a globally recognized real estate organization), and served on the executive planning board for their Northeast Regional Symposium. She served as the event chair for CoreNet's Annual Charitable Golf Outing benefiting Make-a-Wish Metro N.Y for 12 years.
Kathy is also a member of CIBS (Commercial Industrial Broker's Society), and serves on the Board of Governors at the Babylon Yacht Club in which she has been a member for the past 17 years.
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- Bride Consulting & Business Development Group
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- Director of Economic Development & IDA CEO, Town of Brookhaven
Our mission is to provide encouragement and support to businesses as they start, expand, or relocate in the Town of Brookhaven.
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- National Grid 's Economic Development Representative for Its
Lyle Sclair is National Grid's Economic Development Representative for its downstate territory, including Nassau and Suffolk Counties. He is responsible for overseeing National Grid's eight economic development programs designed to help attract, grow and retain businesses on Long Island. Lyle brings over a decade of experience working with government agencies, not for profits and small businesses to move complex public-private economic development projects along from concept to implementation. He holds a Master's Degree in Urban Planning from New York University and received his undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
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- President, Zere Real Estate Services, Inc
In May of 2006 Marie was elected as an Honorary Member of the International Honor Society in Business Administration through Delta Pi Chapter at Dowling College. In June of 2006 the Nassau Conservancy for Historic Preservation honored Marie at their annual luncheon at Belmont Park a yearly event that recognizes business advocates who work to preserve the environment. In September of 2006 she was inducted into the Long Island Business Development Council Hall of Fame for Business where she is an executive board member. In November of 2006 Marie was the honoree for the Long Island Museum. She has had the distinct privilege of receiving the first award for achievements in the industry over the last quarter century given by the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long Island besides serving as their past president. Marie was on the Board of Governors for the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors, past-president of the Long Island Transportation Management, former Executive Board Member of the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County, past board member of the Long Island Association of Commerce and Industry (LIA), vice-president of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and is a standing member of the Planning Board for the Village of the Branch in Smithtown. She received the Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Business Award by the Town of Islip and the Long Island Distinguished Leadership Award. Annually she supports violence against women and children and delivers food and clothing to the needy during the holidays.
Zere Real Estate specializes in the sales and leasing of commercial, office, industrial, retail, land use and development. National and international corporations have sought Marie Zere's brokerage expertise as a recognized economic development advocate for the region. Her knowledge, integrity and hands-on business style is responsible for a multitude of transactions that have been beneficial to our local communities and have provided thousands of jobs that continually stimulate the economy of Long Island.
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- President of Innovate Long Island
Marlene McDonnell is president of Innovate Long Island, a leading digital news and events company reporting on and promoting the regional innovation economy.
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- Partner in the Banking Department, Concentrates on the
Michael F. O'Shea, a partner in the Banking Department, concentrates on the
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- Senior Vice President & Director of Business Banking New York, Bank United
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- Co - Chair
- CEO, Long Island Builders Institute - Co - Chair
Mitchell Pally serves as co-chair of the Long Island Business Development Council. He was selected as the Chief Executive Officer of the Long Island Builders Institute in December 2010. Since 2005, he has also been the Suffolk County representative to the Board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Prior to his current position, Pally was the partner in charge of government relations for the Weber Law group and served as the Vice-President for Governmental Affairs for the Long Island Association from 1992 to 2006.
Prior to his service with the LIA, Mr. Pally held a number of positions in the New York State Legislature, and served in various capacities to the New York State Senate Committee on Transportation and the Legislative Commission on Critical Transportation Choices. During his service to the Senate, he played a key role in the drafting and passage of such important transportation legislation as the first in the nation seatbelt law, child restraint law, the Transportation Bond Issues of 1983 and 1979, reserved parking spaces for disabled drivers and others.
He has been a member of the board of the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology & Innovation since 2001; is a member of the Suffolk County Electrical Agency since 1988, serving as its chair since 1997; and is the New York State representative to the Central Pine Barrens Credit Clearing House. He has served as a member of many other public policy groups for New York State, Nassau and Suffolk County covering issues of open space and conservation, housing, and traffic management and mitigation, including the MTA Task Force on Fare Policy.
He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Cortland and holds a law degree from the Albany Law School of Union University.
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- Associate at Farrell Fritz
- Associate, Real Estate and Economic Development Practice Groups, Farrell Fritz PC
- Member and Treasurer of the Nassau Community College Foundation Board
Nicholas Terzulli serves as an associate at Farrell Fritz, P.C. in the real estate and economic development practice groups. He advises real estate developers, manufacturing facilities, large and small business, and nonprofit organizations on complex local and state tax exemption programs. Providing legal, policy, and strategic guidance from transaction inception through closing, he has negotiated and secured multi-million dollar incentive packages that stimulated new development and economic impact throughout Long Island.
Prior to joining Farrell Fritz, Nick served as Director of Business Development at the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency where he helped incentivize thousands of businesses to expand, relocate, or remain in Nassau County. This work generated more than 33,000 new jobs and approximately $63 billion in economic impact to Nassau County. While in government service, Nick developed and administered a cutting-edge incentive program that provided direct economic assistance to small businesses and businesses affected by Superstorm Sandy.
From 2014-2018, he served as an adjunct instructor in the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University where he taught a course he designed in economic development.
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- Co - Chair
- President, Sasso Realty - Co - Chair
Theodore P. Sasso, Jr., Sasso Realty -- CO-CHAIR, Long Island Business Development Council
Ted Sasso serves as co-chair of the Long Island Business Development Council. He provides commercial real estate services to his customers , clients and the organizations he participates in. For over 45 years Ted had advised both for-profit as well as not-for-profits on their real estate matters. As director of real estate for 2 Fortune 500 companies, CBS Inc. and MacMillan Inc., Ted advised their various business components nationally as well as internationally. In that role Ted conducted business in 35 US States and 13 foreign counties.
Ted's early experience in real estate was with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey working on what was to become the World Trade Center. As an owner's representative Ted was a member of the leasing team for Rockefeller Center. In 1980 Ted helped establish the Cushman & Wakefield of Long Island as its first manager. Later Ted would be responsible for establishing Sasso & Fitzsimons which became the Edward S. Gordon Company of Long Island and ultimately CB Richard Ellis. Ted was also president of Renaissance Realty and is now president of Sasso Commercial Real Estate Services Ltd.
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- Retired Chairman & CEO, State Bank of Long Island
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- Partner
- Partner, Buck Realty of LI, Inc
Bill Mannix is a partner in Buck Realty of LI, Inc. after serving for more than 40 years in local government, most of those years as Director of Economic Development for the Town of Islip. Buck Realty of LI, Inc. is a multi-faceted realty corporation that provides commercial and industrial brokerage and tax challenge services, and develops and redevelops commercial, industrial and residential properties. Bill heads up the newly created Economic Development Services Division.
Bill served as director of the Town of Islip's Department of Economic Development from 1993 until his retirement in 2020. During his career, he was involved in more than 500 development projects involving the IDA, the New York State Empire Zones Program, and other local, state, and federal economic development initiatives. Together, these projects led to the creation or retention of more than 50,000 jobs and facilitated more than $2.2 billion in private investment. In addition to his economic development duties he also served two separate terms as Islip's Deputy Supervisor.
A Certified Economic Developer, Bill has received many professional honors during his career, including the New York State Economic Developer of the Year, the Paul B. Townsend Spirit of Long Island Award, the John Kominicki Legacy Award and most recently a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Economic Development Council. He is also a past chair and member of the board of NYSEDC, past board member of the International Economic Development Council and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Long Island Business Development Council.