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Nassau BOCES Education Partner Awards
Eighteen honorees to be awarded for their outstanding contributions to education
This spring, Nassau BOCES will honor 16 individuals and two organizations that have had profound effects on public education in Nassau County. The Nassau BOCES Education Partner Awards program pays tribute to outstanding educational leaders, organizations, school administrators and staff, students, teachers, Nassau BOCES employees, and other champions of education.
The 2026 Education Partner Awards honorees are:
- Maisyn Cardinale, Student, Great Neck South High School, Great Neck UFSD
- Angelina Castro-Boutin, Long Island High School for the Arts, (LIHSA), Westbury UFSD
- Olivia Lawrence, GC Tech, Massapequa UFSD, Christian Maguire, Career Preparatory High School, (CPHS), Port Washington UFSD, and Lidia Velasquez, Barry Tech, Hempstead UFSD; Nassau BOCES Ex-Officio Student Board of Education Members
- Gina Marie DaRocha, Principal, Nassau BOCES Carman Road School/Nassau BOCES Pre-School-Programs
- Dr. Gabriella Franza, Assistant Director of Instructional Programs, Baldwin UFSD
- Dr. Marc Isseks, Assistant Principal, Sewanhaka High School, Sewanhaka CHSD
- The Manhasset School Community Association (SCA), Co-Presidents, Dr. Anita Gauld and Tania Kapoor
- Matthew McElwee, Special Education Teacher, Nassau BOCES Rosemary Kennedy School
- Rachel Morin M.S. Ed., Curriculum Coordinator and Learning Center Teacher, Nassau BOCES Seaman Neck Middle School
- Lisa Paolucci, Principal, Nassau BOCES Iris Wolfson High School
- Dr. Susan Poser, President, Hofstra University
- Ramona’s Gift to Music Foundation, Co-Founders, Micheal Cuellar and John Mangione
- Elizabeth Roemer, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Island Trees UFSD
- Patrick J. Ryder, Commissioner of Police, Nassau County Police Department
- Meryl Waxman Ben-Levy, President, Roslyn UFSD Board of Education
- Michael Weinick, Vice President, Nassau BOCES Board of Education
Honorees will be recognized on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at the nineteenth Nassau BOCES Education Partner Awards Gala, hosted by the Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation. The Foundation is an independent, non-profit, school community-based organization, dedicated to enriching the lives and learning opportunities of all Nassau BOCES students. Its goal is to secure and allocate funding that supports programs and staff, encourages creative ideas and enhances educational experiences.
During the past 19 years, over 240 individuals and organizations have been honored with the Nassau BOCES Education Partner Award. A strategic education partner with local school districts since 1967, Nassau BOCES created the award to pay tribute to those who share in its commitment to enabling students of all ages and abilities to achieve their maximum potential.
Past Honorees
2025
(click to learn more about each honoree)
![Renee J. Blumstein, Ph.D.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/mer8voxl1t40pgxtvb9k/2025_Renee_Blumstein.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/mer8voxl1t40pgxtvb9k/2025_Renee_Blumstein.jpg","width":270}])
President
Informed Decision Services, LLC
![Mindy Davidson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/eboyqip0q4uvn4fysf3p/2025_Mindy_Davidson.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/eboyqip0q4uvn4fysf3p/2025_Mindy_Davidson.jpg","width":270}])
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
Nassau BOCES Rosemary Kennedy School
![Charmise P. Desiré]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111619/nassaubocesorg/qeaix7bwxn5b71znfp2j/2025_Charmise_P_Desire.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111619/nassaubocesorg/qeaix7bwxn5b71znfp2j/2025_Charmise_P_Desire.jpg","width":270}])
School Board Trustee
Uniondale UFSD
![Thomas P. Dolan, Ed.D.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/fondvcjdrbgytcihtevh/2025_Tom_Dolan.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/fondvcjdrbgytcihtevh/2025_Tom_Dolan.jpg","width":417}])
Retired Superintendent
Great Neck UFSD
![John Fretz]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/bhofujc1gn4qcsfuw0eq/2025_John_Fretz.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/bhofujc1gn4qcsfuw0eq/2025_John_Fretz.jpg","width":270}])
Virtual Teacher
Nassau BOCES Center for Online Learning and Mineola UFSD
![Ashlee Fucarino]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111619/nassaubocesorg/xy7ogghhggnafzj9hkmx/2025_Ashlee_Fucarino.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111619/nassaubocesorg/xy7ogghhggnafzj9hkmx/2025_Ashlee_Fucarino.jpg","width":270}])
Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts
Wantagh UFSD
![Hangout One Happy Place]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/erzo1rekhbx50tshl61a/2025_Hangout_One_Happy_Place.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/erzo1rekhbx50tshl61a/2025_Hangout_One_Happy_Place.jpg","width":270}])
Angela Lucas
Founder, President
![The Joel Foundation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/naowgmsxlvpwrfsnfr7f/2025_The_Joel_Foundation.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/naowgmsxlvpwrfsnfr7f/2025_The_Joel_Foundation.jpg","width":417}])
Alexis Joel
Co-Founder
![Christine Kavanagh]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111619/nassaubocesorg/dga6xvwnkuy7ows135c6/2025_Christine_Kavanagh.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111619/nassaubocesorg/dga6xvwnkuy7ows135c6/2025_Christine_Kavanagh.jpg","width":270}])
Teacher Aide
Nassau BOCES Jerusalem Avenue School
![The Long Island Association]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/uqs0bfdpimpbyzlahq85/2025_LIA.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/uqs0bfdpimpbyzlahq85/2025_LIA.jpg","width":270}])
Matthew Cohen
President, CEO
![Robert MacKay]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/gdw77xhvrln9qz41gowq/2025_Robert_MacKay.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/gdw77xhvrln9qz41gowq/2025_Robert_MacKay.jpg","width":270}])
Instructor
Nassau BOCES GC Tech
![Joanna Malament]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/apvmbw1tz4ruel6oernb/2025_Joanne_Malament.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/apvmbw1tz4ruel6oernb/2025_Joanne_Malament.jpg","width":270}])
Associate Director
Nassau BOCES Department of Special Education
![William Monahan]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/rwlq7ohw5dgzuvltfgsi/2025_William_Monahan.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111618/nassaubocesorg/rwlq7ohw5dgzuvltfgsi/2025_William_Monahan.jpg","width":270}])
Program Developer
Nassau BOCES Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology
![Diane Provvido]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/ueox5wtnncyji3sahsac/2025_Diane_Provvido.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/ueox5wtnncyji3sahsac/2025_Diane_Provvido.jpg","width":270}])
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Technology
Oceanside UFSD
![Lawrence F. Zaino Jr.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/fpp2rrfdeu49mx8ofuo0/2025_Larry_Zaino.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746111617/nassaubocesorg/fpp2rrfdeu49mx8ofuo0/2025_Larry_Zaino.jpg","width":270}])
School Board President
Carle Place UFSD
2024
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![Michelle Pineda-Rodgers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718740608/nassaubocesorg/mrosg1nmjdx3qgievz6p/2024_Pineda-Rodgers.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718740608/nassaubocesorg/mrosg1nmjdx3qgievz6p/2024_Pineda-Rodgers.jpg","width":270}])
Director of Bilingual Education & World Languages
Hempstead UFSD
![The late Gina Rose Pellettiere]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718740499/nassaubocesorg/knvh1oiyaiu22e7qk0we/2024_Pellettiere.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718740499/nassaubocesorg/knvh1oiyaiu22e7qk0we/2024_Pellettiere.jpg","width":270}])
Former High School Band Director
Farmingdale UFSD
![Jerry Nobile]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718740259/nassaubocesorg/kede22jz0fcodhxqjqto/2024_Nobile.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718740259/nassaubocesorg/kede22jz0fcodhxqjqto/2024_Nobile.jpg","width":270}])
Student Support Services/Admissions/Educator
Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts
![The Museum of American Armor]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718740201/nassaubocesorg/rvt7rd4u5cvfkylfsaty/2024_MOAA.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718740201/nassaubocesorg/rvt7rd4u5cvfkylfsaty/2024_MOAA.jpg","width":270}])
Gary Lewi
Board Member
![Herstory Writers Network]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718740125/nassaubocesorg/ulx4env07wq9kwko12ud/2024_Herstory.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718740125/nassaubocesorg/ulx4env07wq9kwko12ud/2024_Herstory.jpg","width":270}])
Erika Duncan
Founder, Executive Artistic Director
![Dawn Haskell-Carbone]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718740042/nassaubocesorg/ypxncw18mzjjmfvybmfy/2024_Haskell-Carbone.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718740042/nassaubocesorg/ypxncw18mzjjmfvybmfy/2024_Haskell-Carbone.jpg","width":270}])
Curriculum Coordinator
Nassau BOCES Vision Program
![For the Love of Pete’s Pantry]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718739937/nassaubocesorg/yuik1spjni3wzaqe6imu/2024_PetesPantry.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718739937/nassaubocesorg/yuik1spjni3wzaqe6imu/2024_PetesPantry.jpg","width":270}])
Beth Escobar, Claudia Brunie, Co-Founders
Nic Escobar, Chief Financial Officer
![Dr. Vera Feuer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718739779/nassaubocesorg/uvzo0sm1c18f35n2qz9u/2024_Feuer.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718739779/nassaubocesorg/uvzo0sm1c18f35n2qz9u/2024_Feuer.jpg","width":270}])
Director, Pediatric Emergency Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Urgent Care, Cohen Children’s Medical Center; Associate Vice President, School Mental Health, Behavioral Health Service Line
![Lt. Robert L. Connolly]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718739691/nassaubocesorg/m0bd0cueiotcwo3vh0hc/2024_Connolly.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718739691/nassaubocesorg/m0bd0cueiotcwo3vh0hc/2024_Connolly.jpg","width":270}])
Commanding Officer of Homeland Security
Nassau County Police Department
![Laura V. Bagdziunas]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718738713/nassaubocesorg/l0oleiz5qe497dqxqabj/2024_Bagdziunas.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718738713/nassaubocesorg/l0oleiz5qe497dqxqabj/2024_Bagdziunas.jpg","width":270}])
Dance Teacher
Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts
![Stephanie Ralton]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718108365/nassaubocesorg/hoceddhlodwhedwaztv3/2024_Ralton.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718108365/nassaubocesorg/hoceddhlodwhedwaztv3/2024_Ralton.jpg","width":270}])
School Counselor, H.B. Mattlin Middle School
Plainview-Old Behpage CSD
![Alexia Vitsos]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718108228/nassaubocesorg/csmvxxaisw1uhngtcnfw/2024_Vitsos.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718108228/nassaubocesorg/csmvxxaisw1uhngtcnfw/2024_Vitsos.jpg","width":270}])
Student
Nassau BOCES Twilight Program, Bellmore-Merrick CHSD
![Dr. Danielle N. Williams]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718107815/nassaubocesorg/d8vhgjk234aadfrtm8d2/2024_Williams.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718107815/nassaubocesorg/d8vhgjk234aadfrtm8d2/2024_Williams.jpg","width":270}])
District Director of Alternative Programs
Valley Stream CHSD
![Tiffany Wong]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718107200/nassaubocesorg/cedvzi7wsnvzehn4zdrq/2024_Wong.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718107200/nassaubocesorg/cedvzi7wsnvzehn4zdrq/2024_Wong.jpg","width":270}])
Student
Elmont Memorial High School, Sewanhaka CHSD
2023
(click to learn more about each honoree)
![American Ballet Theatre (ABT)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718740892/nassaubocesorg/wshmshyiqfdbkxh1fvyv/2023_ABT.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718740892/nassaubocesorg/wshmshyiqfdbkxh1fvyv/2023_ABT.jpg","width":270}])
Richard Toda
Artistic Manager, ABT Engagement
![Chris Reinertsen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718742923/nassaubocesorg/iwixxknvmxcphe26h2r2/2023_Reinertsen.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718742923/nassaubocesorg/iwixxknvmxcphe26h2r2/2023_Reinertsen.jpg","width":270}])
Associate Director
Nassau BOCES Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Technology
![Cradle of Aviation Museum]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718742267/nassaubocesorg/yovgypfnj4p2etm6y6ck/2023_Cradle_of_Aviation.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718742267/nassaubocesorg/yovgypfnj4p2etm6y6ck/2023_Cradle_of_Aviation.jpg","width":270}])
Andrew Parton, President
![Dr. J. Bret Bennington]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718740958/nassaubocesorg/lisrc0befsdabw2rjhay/2023_Bennington.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718740958/nassaubocesorg/lisrc0befsdabw2rjhay/2023_Bennington.jpg","width":270}])
Hofstra University Professor and Chair
Department of Geology, Environment and Sustainability
![Erik Chocianowski]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718742139/nassaubocesorg/dxh5e7j0lkmk0qfchjjd/2023_Chocianowski.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718742139/nassaubocesorg/dxh5e7j0lkmk0qfchjjd/2023_Chocianowski.jpg","width":270}])
Teacher
Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts
![Karen Brohm]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718742086/nassaubocesorg/e89a0j9dmrradtksgodw/2023_Brohm.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718742086/nassaubocesorg/e89a0j9dmrradtksgodw/2023_Brohm.jpg","width":270}])
President, Board of Education
West Hempstead UFSD
![Lisa Estrada]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718742548/nassaubocesorg/t6rwdhef3qvi4ybmxxmw/2023_Estrada.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718742548/nassaubocesorg/t6rwdhef3qvi4ybmxxmw/2023_Estrada.jpg","width":270}])
Former Supervisor of World Languages and English as a Second Language
Hicksville UFSD
![Luis Angel Trejo-Juarez]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718977294/nassaubocesorg/ixibn456wlwcwvc4npea/2023_Trejo-Juarez.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718977294/nassaubocesorg/ixibn456wlwcwvc4npea/2023_Trejo-Juarez.jpg","width":270}])
Student
Nassau BOCES Adult Education
![Markella Kiriakes]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718742808/nassaubocesorg/ax7s6tco74vhyze6czsj/2023_Kiriakes.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718742808/nassaubocesorg/ax7s6tco74vhyze6czsj/2023_Kiriakes.jpg","width":270}])
Student
Mineola High School, Mineola UFSD
![Michael Goldberg]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718742731/nassaubocesorg/gmukceoxtolfmhakxvrl/2023_Goldberg.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718742731/nassaubocesorg/gmukceoxtolfmhakxvrl/2023_Goldberg.jpg","width":270}])
Trustee, Past President
Board of Education, Farmingdale UFSD
![Michael K. Pappas]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718742855/nassaubocesorg/s6lwi9egd05qkupepuzd/2023_Pappas.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718742855/nassaubocesorg/s6lwi9egd05qkupepuzd/2023_Pappas.jpg","width":270}])
Michael K. Pappas, Trustee
Board of Education, Levittown UFSD
![Robert “B.A.” Schoen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718742984/nassaubocesorg/zfznbrua013kan4jfmos/2023_Schoen.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718742984/nassaubocesorg/zfznbrua013kan4jfmos/2023_Schoen.jpg","width":270}])
Trustee, Nassau BOCES
![Smile Farms]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718743089/nassaubocesorg/qtf0cynssjg3giuaohug/2023_Smile_Farms.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718743089/nassaubocesorg/qtf0cynssjg3giuaohug/2023_Smile_Farms.jpg","width":270}])
Diana Martin, Managing Director
![Special Sweets, A Special Place for Me]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718977209/nassaubocesorg/vo39pnnxtlw3eqg4p02y/2023_Special_Sweets.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718977209/nassaubocesorg/vo39pnnxtlw3eqg4p02y/2023_Special_Sweets.jpg","width":270}])
Delia Patricia Castrogiovanni, Co-Founder
![The Ed. Foundation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718742404/nassaubocesorg/taastde5fr0lteggde4d/2023_Ed_Foundation.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718742404/nassaubocesorg/taastde5fr0lteggde4d/2023_Ed_Foundation.jpg","width":270}])
Suzanne Hershkowitz, President
2022
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![Anthony Fierro]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978151/nassaubocesorg/hrpkff9niusmjcxjzwsp/2022_Fierro.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978151/nassaubocesorg/hrpkff9niusmjcxjzwsp/2022_Fierro.jpg","width":270}])
Executive Director, Department of Facilities Services
Nassau BOCES
![Barbara Longo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978805/nassaubocesorg/oqwflvsaknbpdtz8ifvn/2022_Longo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978805/nassaubocesorg/oqwflvsaknbpdtz8ifvn/2022_Longo.jpg","width":270}])
Retired
Assistant Director, Nassau BOCES Special Education Department
![Dr. Albert Inserra]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978583/nassaubocesorg/a0wjqqnsqembhwcfjail/2022_Inserra_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978583/nassaubocesorg/a0wjqqnsqembhwcfjail/2022_Inserra_1.jpg","width":270}])
Retired, Superintendent,
College Professor, Dean and President
![Dr. Robert Manley]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978951/nassaubocesorg/ofqky3bcqqqlongesg4p/2022_Manley.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978951/nassaubocesorg/ofqky3bcqqqlongesg4p/2022_Manley.jpg","width":270}])
Editor in Chief, Journal for Leadership and Instruction
SCOPE
![Dr. Robert R. Dillon]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978019/nassaubocesorg/wdzquvxgra3hngcx3swt/2022_Dillon.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978019/nassaubocesorg/wdzquvxgra3hngcx3swt/2022_Dillon.jpg","width":270}])
District Superintendent
Nassau BOCES
![Freeport Educational Foundation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978276/nassaubocesorg/hj6ibcssd8sgwqppxjtg/2022_FreeportEducationalFoundation.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978276/nassaubocesorg/hj6ibcssd8sgwqppxjtg/2022_FreeportEducationalFoundation.jpg","width":270}])
Butch Yamali, President
![Gwyeth Smith]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718979807/nassaubocesorg/apxvocbstxqx63jzqgan/2022_Smith.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718979807/nassaubocesorg/apxvocbstxqx63jzqgan/2022_Smith.jpg","width":270}])
Founder, President
College Quest Inc.
![James Hughes]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978319/nassaubocesorg/sd2vggwccclcvodrzrvz/2022_Hughes.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978319/nassaubocesorg/sd2vggwccclcvodrzrvz/2022_Hughes.jpg","width":270}])
Teacher, Advanced Placement U.S. History
Farmingdale High School, Farmingdale UFSD
![Long Island Regional Technical Assistance Center]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978690/nassaubocesorg/pm2r7xghvy6c4kcnkfqo/2022_LIRTAC.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978690/nassaubocesorg/pm2r7xghvy6c4kcnkfqo/2022_LIRTAC.jpg","width":270}])
Jacob Dixon, Center Coordinator and CEO, Choice for All
![Maria Jordan-Awalom]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978633/nassaubocesorg/axi4od8zdjz6xxiymhkj/2022_Jordan-Awalom.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978633/nassaubocesorg/axi4od8zdjz6xxiymhkj/2022_Jordan-Awalom.jpg","width":270}])
President, Freeport Board of Education, Freeport UFSD
![Massapequa Kiwanas Club]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718979002/nassaubocesorg/heyerkohjym8phwybze1/2022_Massapequa_Kiwanis_Club.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718979002/nassaubocesorg/heyerkohjym8phwybze1/2022_Massapequa_Kiwanis_Club.jpg","width":270}])
Michael Mazzola, President
![Nicholas Hydo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978413/nassaubocesorg/tojsjfwxto2ghemmeutz/2022_Hydo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978413/nassaubocesorg/tojsjfwxto2ghemmeutz/2022_Hydo.jpg","width":270}])
Nassau BOCES Barry Tech Alumus
Technical Director, MSG Network
![Rebecca Sanin]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718979759/nassaubocesorg/gxf3plddpjig1ue0kqjy/2022_Sanin.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718979759/nassaubocesorg/gxf3plddpjig1ue0kqjy/2022_Sanin.jpg","width":270}])
President, CEO
Health and Welfare Council of Long Island
![Sunita Manjrekar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718978847/nassaubocesorg/vt7o2hfytxaliozjnoxt/2022_Manjrekar.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718978847/nassaubocesorg/vt7o2hfytxaliozjnoxt/2022_Manjrekar.jpg","width":270}])
Secretary, Hicksville Board of Education
Deputy Commissioner, Nassau County Department of Social Services
![Workforce Career Readiness]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718979855/nassaubocesorg/idt6mzojl7nadgzzgrly/2022_Workforce_Career_Readiness.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718979855/nassaubocesorg/idt6mzojl7nadgzzgrly/2022_Workforce_Career_Readiness.jpg","width":270}])
Dr. Corinthia Price
Founder, CEO, Workforce Career Readiness
2020
(click to learn more about each honoree)
![Arnold Goldstein]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718981827/nassaubocesorg/rj4jotp5ydh8h9fmo6ea/2020_Goldstein.jpg","width":250}])
Board Member
Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation
![Andrea Mortillaro]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718982051/nassaubocesorg/pgbfhckb8mn3ouokgioz/2020_Mortillaro.jpg","width":250}])
Special Education Teacher
Wisdom Lane Middle School, Levittown UFSD
![Daniel M. Christoffel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718979933/nassaubocesorg/mjufzgstu88elfwanysn/2020_Christoffel.jpg","width":250}])
Retired Art Educator, Bellmore-Merrick CHSD
Professor of Fine Arts, Long Island University
![Dr. Christopher Korolczuk]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718981866/nassaubocesorg/rnu7qxesnbtcvz3zjwww/2020_Korolczuk.jpg","width":250}])
Principal
Nassau BOCES Center for Community Adjustment
![Dr. Dominick Palma]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718982106/nassaubocesorg/rnclo5olvr9qqrpxpfgy/2020_Palma.jpg","width":250}])
Superintendent
Merrick UFSD
![Dr. Eustace Thompson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718982460/nassaubocesorg/onhfnwlevtv8ftzr6oio/2020_Thompson.jpg","width":250}])
Professor of Specialized Programs in Education
Hofstra University
![Dr. Joseph Famularo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718981720/nassaubocesorg/ky59a6kphf52vj6ruqwa/2020_Famularo.jpg","width":250}])
Superintendent
Bellmore UFSD
![Efthymia Rafaelides]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718982180/nassaubocesorg/gtm94a8e5kiawuamde2d/2020_Rafaelides.jpg","width":250}])
Supervisor of Guidance
Hicksville UFSD
![Eric B. Schultz]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718982305/nassaubocesorg/whqeyzznkijgizowfps5/2020_Schultz.jpg","width":250}])
Immediate Past President
Nassau BOCES
![James Widmer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718982521/nassaubocesorg/vvxpbv6czmvmxjtzq4sm/2020_Widmer.jpg","width":250}])
Associate Superintendent for Business Services
Nassau BOCES
![Kassidy Rieder]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718982251/nassaubocesorg/her01e7mxfigbcmbnhiv/2020_Rieder.jpg","width":250}])
Student
Lindenhurst UFSD
![Keith Gamache]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718981768/nassaubocesorg/j43mqoe4d110vwog9n6q/2020_Gamache.jpg","width":250}])
President
East Rockaway Board of Education
![Long Island Children’s Museum (LICM)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718981999/nassaubocesorg/iltcm9xd2o466fx3gp5g/2020_LICM.jpg","width":250}])
Suzanne LeBlanc
President
![Patrick A. Silvestri]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718982389/nassaubocesorg/np3wglmtpefitf88lvqf/2020_Silvestri.jpg","width":250}])
Assistant Principal
Nassau BOCES Adult Learning Center
![Paul Defendini]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718980975/nassaubocesorg/ozwjzlhv360zmhgt5kaw/2020_Defendini.jpg","width":250}])
Superintendent
Farmingdale UFSD
![Vilma Lancaster]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718981961/nassaubocesorg/dtwo2qzocgypvoabhzs2/2020_Lancaster.jpg","width":250}])
Vice President
Freeport Board of Education
2019
(click to learn more about each honoree)
![Barbara Golemme]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718983885/nassaubocesorg/a8ix3tw37gucdsji1uiz/2019_Golemme.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718983885/nassaubocesorg/a8ix3tw37gucdsji1uiz/2019_Golemme.jpg","width":270}])
Internal Auditor
Nassau BOCES
![Dr. Carl Bonuso]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718983517/nassaubocesorg/lnwq5mv7y0aqza0qhqq8/2019_Bonuso.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718983517/nassaubocesorg/lnwq5mv7y0aqza0qhqq8/2019_Bonuso.jpg","width":270}])
Retired Superintendent
Hicksville UFSD
![Dr. Michael Nagler]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718984425/nassaubocesorg/wthebblqunj2xa9pxi8e/2019_Nagler.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718984425/nassaubocesorg/wthebblqunj2xa9pxi8e/2019_Nagler.jpg","width":270}])
Superintendent
Mineola UFSD
![Dr. Ranier W. Melucci]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718984040/nassaubocesorg/kzvxsfn5afvva0xpnexj/2019_Melucci.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718984040/nassaubocesorg/kzvxsfn5afvva0xpnexj/2019_Melucci.jpg","width":270}])
Retired Superintendent
Merrick UFSD
![Dr. Ronald Smith]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718984586/nassaubocesorg/dy0uyqioxibmtoqckopm/2019_Smith.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718984586/nassaubocesorg/dy0uyqioxibmtoqckopm/2019_Smith.jpg","width":270}])
Retired Superintendent, Merrick UFSD
Psychologist, Nassau County Psychological Association
![Dr. Shari L. Camhi]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718983570/nassaubocesorg/hgf746mywjggvvdanivp/2019_Camhi.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718983570/nassaubocesorg/hgf746mywjggvvdanivp/2019_Camhi.jpg","width":270}])
Superintendent
Baldwin UFSD
![Jervey D. Edwards]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718983686/nassaubocesorg/twf5yd5llgcnhqj6keqk/2019_Edwards.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718983686/nassaubocesorg/twf5yd5llgcnhqj6keqk/2019_Edwards.jpg","width":270}])
Principal
Nassau BOCES Career Preparatory High School
![Joshua A. Lafazan]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718983931/nassaubocesorg/xxxl5fywalkqujut0ncj/2019_Lafazan.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718983931/nassaubocesorg/xxxl5fywalkqujut0ncj/2019_Lafazan.jpg","width":270}])
Nassau County Legislator
District 18
![Lauren Pearson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718984533/nassaubocesorg/m0lalnxn8hknaipf4szh/2019_Pearson.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718984533/nassaubocesorg/m0lalnxn8hknaipf4szh/2019_Pearson.jpg","width":270}])
R.N., Manager, Workforce Readiness
Northwell Health
![Lindsay DeLucca]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718983629/nassaubocesorg/fijfpsfyyvulyufgcvtz/2019_DeLucca.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718983629/nassaubocesorg/fijfpsfyyvulyufgcvtz/2019_DeLucca.jpg","width":270}])
Business Teacher/DECA Advisor JFK Plainview-Old Bethpage High School
Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD
![Long Island Arts Council at Freeport]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718983983/nassaubocesorg/i2akivoqf0dzr7cn5krx/2019_LI_Arts_Council.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718983983/nassaubocesorg/i2akivoqf0dzr7cn5krx/2019_LI_Arts_Council.jpg","width":270}])
Laurence Dresner
Executive Director
![Maureen Mullé]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718984088/nassaubocesorg/vnzwpau229lyxlsou6zg/2019_Mulle.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718984088/nassaubocesorg/vnzwpau229lyxlsou6zg/2019_Mulle.jpg","width":270}])
Certification Specialist
Nassau BOCES
![Susan Ellinghaus]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718983815/nassaubocesorg/aw8mmxvtwtu70bbcn2bj/2019_Ellinghaus.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718983815/nassaubocesorg/aw8mmxvtwtu70bbcn2bj/2019_Ellinghaus.jpg","width":270}])
Principal
Meadowbrook Alternative Program
Bellmore-Merrick CHSD
2018
(click to learn more about each honoree)
![Dr. Mara Bollettieri]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719610962/nassaubocesorg/gbqdnvmw3z45ycbzdmvt/2018_Bollettieri.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719610962/nassaubocesorg/gbqdnvmw3z45ycbzdmvt/2018_Bollettieri.jpg","width":270}])
Deputy Superintendent
Bellmore-Merrick CHSD
![Christine Napolitano]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844109/nassaubocesorg/hzolglcefsxrp4pbxmtl/2018_Napolitano.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844109/nassaubocesorg/hzolglcefsxrp4pbxmtl/2018_Napolitano.jpg","width":270}])
Executive Director
Littig House Community Center
![Dr. Ralph P. Ferrie]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719842874/nassaubocesorg/fgamjlinkvfpur282sfe/2018_Ferrie.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719842874/nassaubocesorg/fgamjlinkvfpur282sfe/2018_Ferrie.jpg","width":270}])
Superintendent
Sewanhaka CHSD
![Dr. Tonie McDonald]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844061/nassaubocesorg/ra0favawgjj7zjxvtjkt/2018_McDonald.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844061/nassaubocesorg/ra0favawgjj7zjxvtjkt/2018_McDonald.jpg","width":270}])
Superintendent
Levittown UFSD
![Edward Stella]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844344/nassaubocesorg/pydwrwkbavqv9apwhzat/2018_Stella.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844344/nassaubocesorg/pydwrwkbavqv9apwhzat/2018_Stella.jpg","width":270}])
Automotive Teacher
Nassau BOCES Barry Tech
![John E. Brooks]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719842793/nassaubocesorg/l551yeulkoeyfn5x1ex7/2018_Brooks.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719842793/nassaubocesorg/l551yeulkoeyfn5x1ex7/2018_Brooks.jpg","width":270}])
New York State Senate
District 8
![Kevin Dougherty]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719842850/nassaubocesorg/mrtjasqvpmjhhaguqgqb/2018_Dougherty.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719842850/nassaubocesorg/mrtjasqvpmjhhaguqgqb/2018_Dougherty.jpg","width":270}])
Principal, Elmont Memorial High School
Sewanhaka CHSD
![Lisa J. Ruiz]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844200/nassaubocesorg/lmfjw65vpneibmqve4fg/2018_Ruiz.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844200/nassaubocesorg/lmfjw65vpneibmqve4fg/2018_Ruiz.jpg","width":270}])
Superintendent
East Rockaway UFSD
![Lucinda P. Hurley]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719843909/nassaubocesorg/j25k2vovmvq11olawyuf/2018_Hurley.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719843909/nassaubocesorg/j25k2vovmvq11olawyuf/2018_Hurley.jpg","width":270}])
Executive Director (Retired)
Nassau BOCES
Department of Strategic Initiatives
![Marianne Litzman]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719843956/nassaubocesorg/qmoykevnouqxdko32rqg/2018_Litzman.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719843956/nassaubocesorg/qmoykevnouqxdko32rqg/2018_Litzman.jpg","width":270}])
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
Hicksville UFSD
![Michael Pomerico]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844158/nassaubocesorg/wklaew5qmmlsb0pyd1de/2018_Pomerico.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844158/nassaubocesorg/wklaew5qmmlsb0pyd1de/2018_Pomerico.jpg","width":270}])
President
Freeport Board of Education
Freeport UFSD
![Peggy Marenghi]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844016/nassaubocesorg/rladirjngtkshsog8hvm/2018_Marenghi.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844016/nassaubocesorg/rladirjngtkshsog8hvm/2018_Marenghi.jpg","width":270}])
President
Levittown Board of Education
Levittown UFSD
![Ronald Vitiello]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844870/nassaubocesorg/gmeomkrzyevokuppvooc/2018_Vitiello.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844870/nassaubocesorg/gmeomkrzyevokuppvooc/2018_Vitiello.jpg","width":270}])
Project Lead Maintainer
Nassau BOCES Department of Facilities Services
![Surf for All Corp.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844391/nassaubocesorg/rrirhyvfwvbf9toygjae/2018_SurfForAll.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844391/nassaubocesorg/rrirhyvfwvbf9toygjae/2018_SurfForAll.jpg","width":270}])
Cliff Skudin
Co-founder
Surf for All Corp.
![Teresa Scaturro]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844243/nassaubocesorg/kf5ceefzh7z4dj1uau4s/2018_Scaturro.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844243/nassaubocesorg/kf5ceefzh7z4dj1uau4s/2018_Scaturro.jpg","width":270}])
Executive Assistant and
Board Secretary, Nassau BOCES
Board Member, Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation
2017
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![Judith A. Hynes]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845184/nassaubocesorg/qz4twbbjnsxgwu2c4g6j/2017_Hynes.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845184/nassaubocesorg/qz4twbbjnsxgwu2c4g6j/2017_Hynes.jpg","width":270}])
Principal, Nassau BOCES Specialized Schools
![Amy Bass]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844915/nassaubocesorg/hxlstieesmulivt0k8mk/2017_Bass.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844915/nassaubocesorg/hxlstieesmulivt0k8mk/2017_Bass.jpg","width":270}])
President Emerita and Founder The Ed. Foundation (Port Washington)
President, Friends of Port Washington Library
![Annamaria Zisimatos]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845494/nassaubocesorg/g8gp0nuirif3d9ylqftm/2017_Zisimatos.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845494/nassaubocesorg/g8gp0nuirif3d9ylqftm/2017_Zisimatos.jpg","width":270}])
Hicksville High School, Hicksville UFSD
Charity Board Member, Children’s Hope India 3 (CH3)
![Dr. James H. Hunderfund]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845145/nassaubocesorg/zwvddu76ejznwvu5hxf7/2017_Hunderfund.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845145/nassaubocesorg/zwvddu76ejznwvu5hxf7/2017_Hunderfund.jpg","width":270}])
Superintendent, Malverne UFSD
![Elizabeth Biscotti-Sacco]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845004/nassaubocesorg/xyb3nlarmd3miiikgrhs/2017_Biscotti.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845004/nassaubocesorg/xyb3nlarmd3miiikgrhs/2017_Biscotti.jpg","width":270}])
Social Worker, Archer Street School, Freeport UFSD
![Faiz Kapadwala]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845281/nassaubocesorg/nj6uushk2817zeemkd8o/2017_Kapadwala.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845281/nassaubocesorg/nj6uushk2817zeemkd8o/2017_Kapadwala.jpg","width":270}])
Alumni, Nassau BOCES Barry Tech Project Manager
Telecommunication: Emergent Wireless Solutions
![Francis M. Ferrara]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845106/nassaubocesorg/rswgauteqrqgrfwmlnb8/2017_Ferrara.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845106/nassaubocesorg/rswgauteqrqgrfwmlnb8/2017_Ferrara.jpg","width":270}])
Special Education Teacher, Career Preparatory High School
![John D. Cameron Jr., P.E.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845053/nassaubocesorg/ywclrkto8jgrhxskdyeu/2017_Cameron.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845053/nassaubocesorg/ywclrkto8jgrhxskdyeu/2017_Cameron.jpg","width":270}])
Cameron Engineering & Associates, LLP
![Lynette Batts]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719844956/nassaubocesorg/rbiddrio6b7emzqq1fgk/2017_Batts.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719844956/nassaubocesorg/rbiddrio6b7emzqq1fgk/2017_Batts.jpg","width":270}])
Executive Director
Littig House Community Center
![Mark Schlobohm]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845398/nassaubocesorg/cubiulzigvujqxztg9vt/2017_Schlobohm.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845398/nassaubocesorg/cubiulzigvujqxztg9vt/2017_Schlobohm.jpg","width":270}])
Parts and Service Director, Honda City
![New Ground Inc.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845354/nassaubocesorg/ivqjibbg4io7hoqr0hhj/2017_NewGround.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845354/nassaubocesorg/ivqjibbg4io7hoqr0hhj/2017_NewGround.jpg","width":270}])
Shannon Boyle, Executive Director
Evol Sweeney, Associate Program Director
![Robert Lombardi]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845321/nassaubocesorg/ob43atjfyd6pe1zgbvtp/2017_Lombardi.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845321/nassaubocesorg/ob43atjfyd6pe1zgbvtp/2017_Lombardi.jpg","width":270}])
Principal, Willet Avenue Middle School
![Steven E. Vasquez]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845442/nassaubocesorg/dfttyff7mt54qxbh613y/2017_Vasquez.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845442/nassaubocesorg/dfttyff7mt54qxbh613y/2017_Vasquez.jpg","width":270}])
Hicksville High School, Hicksville UFSD
![The Late Honorable Judy Jacobs]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1719845236/nassaubocesorg/kvl6qbunhgfujvw8b78r/2017_Jacobs.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719845236/nassaubocesorg/kvl6qbunhgfujvw8b78r/2017_Jacobs.jpg","width":270}])
Legislator, Nassau County
2016
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![Amanda Aronoff]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868065/nassaubocesorg/rhgk2osqjfmmnsl6fxsp/blankheadshot1.jpg","width":120}])
Senior, John F. Kennedy High School
Bellmore-Merrick CHSD
![April C. Francis]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868204/nassaubocesorg/pv2cbw20yhbu5759uygx/Francis_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Lead Social Studies Teacher
Lawrence Road Middle School
Uniondale UFSD
![Casimir J. Rappa]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868599/nassaubocesorg/xg7alkm47ur53y6dm6x3/Rappa_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Retired Teacher
Nassau BOCES Adult Education
![Charles Osgood]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868348/nassaubocesorg/lzpuvzrvatsysxs5lvvn/Osgood_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Host
CBS Sunday Morning News and The Osgood Files
![David S. Feller]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868159/nassaubocesorg/khqpb6zsa1gago290ug4/Feller_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
North Merrick UFSD
![Deborah Coates]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868109/nassaubocesorg/xsbnmmljybgb1edkja7h/Coates_2016.jpg","width":120}])
District Clerk
Nassau BOCES
![Donna Raphael]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868532/nassaubocesorg/abtnzrbzw6qobyd8ym4e/Raphael_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Director of Youth Services and Community Relations
Family & Children's Association
![Dr. John Gangemi]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868252/nassaubocesorg/ajwtmgaqxws8jndqdseh/Gangemi_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Founder
Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation
![Dr. Phyllis S. Harrington]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868297/nassaubocesorg/c6qtds7vlvjn2oqvialb/Harrington_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Oceanside UFSD
![Eric Scott]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868639/nassaubocesorg/rluo46yfrvwtqffutivc/Scott_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Groundskeeper
Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD
![Honorable Catherine S. Pucciarelli]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868483/nassaubocesorg/pwewakfuujotggubrbg2/Pucciarelli_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Chairperson
Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation
![Plaza Theatrical Productions Inc.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868392/nassaubocesorg/ac0lcwqgwhtdqz3u7llr/Plaza_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Kevin Harrington
President/Producer
![Steven E. Skrynecki]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719868688/nassaubocesorg/t0vqmauo7ikutjv3z70r/Skrynecki_2016.jpg","width":120}])
Chief of Department
Nassau County Police Department
2015
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![Alan Javan Culbreath]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719869526/nassaubocesorg/j42u22xpkodnazqtdlig/Culbreath_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Senior
Nassau BOCES Rosemary Kennedy School
Hempstead UFSD
![Amy Goldstein]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719869580/nassaubocesorg/ikiep323qf47sss62woa/Goldstein_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
Nassau BOCES Children's Readiness Center
![Barbara Riess]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719870271/nassaubocesorg/w4hp0ygmgwvemlqpauzg/Riess_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Academy Coordinator/Physics Teacher
Baldwin Senior High School, Baldwin UFSD
![Bridget Lively]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719869731/nassaubocesorg/vne0ygyvaqyxe2je8cvw/Lively_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Senior, Island Trees High School
Island Trees UFSD
![Dr. Carol Burris]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719869429/nassaubocesorg/rdujex9ny82s0477nx9a/Burris_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
South Side High School, Rockville Centre UFSD
![Dr. Lorna R. Lewis]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719869677/nassaubocesorg/qwlljwugxgrmej6kplmg/Lewis_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Plainview-Old Bethpage UFSD
![Frank Barrett]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719869360/nassaubocesorg/cy1gizyiidgj0ewzdtcz/Barrett_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Assistant Principal
Nassau BOCES Center for Community Adjustment
![Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719869622/nassaubocesorg/t0vogr3kvvbjsdxixij2/HolocaustMemorialCenter_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Hicksville High School, Hicksville UFSD
Charity Board Member, Children’s Hope India 3 (CH3)
![Jenna Turato]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719870358/nassaubocesorg/bequ1ufawz6xx2o0vrvk/Turato_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Senior, H. Frank Carey High School
Sewanhaka CHSD
![Jill Rooney]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719870313/nassaubocesorg/tpwvdxjoru6camlgdkho/Rooney_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Director
Harbor Child Care Inc.
![Joseph Villani]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719870396/nassaubocesorg/yxgnyaiao0tlgvtzwg9f/Villani_2015.jpg","width":120}])
TASC Preparation Instructor
Hempstead Adult and Community Education
![Long Island Cares Inc./The Harry Chapin Food Bank]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719870231/nassaubocesorg/dibpdg9v9zdle0mdtztk/LongIslandCares_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Joseph W. Brown, President
Sandy Chapin, Chairperson
Paule Pachter, Executive Director
![Terrence Clark]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719869480/nassaubocesorg/ppbvqnqeqcd2lzgkva0f/Clark_2015.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Bethpage UFSD
2014
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![Angela M. Zimmerman, M.P.A.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928932/nassaubocesorg/beyks0lq9zxjcsuhcqu1/Zimmerman_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Coordinator, Family Support LI
Molloy College
![Anindya Bhattacharyya]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719870784/nassaubocesorg/dtfhmjp4n5iniopt2hpn/Bhattacharyya_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Coordinator, National Outreach Adaptive Technology Training
Helen Keller National Center
![Carrie Siff]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928794/nassaubocesorg/qx2tjdqrsxumuwnyrcal/Siff_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Adapted Physical Education Teacher
Nassau BOCES Carman Road School
![Chan Lian]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928423/nassaubocesorg/uvnrrh87o2n6scqeqt5e/Lian_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Senior
Sanford H. Calhoun High School
Bellmore-Merrick CHSD
![Dr. Jonathan T. Hughes]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928152/nassaubocesorg/u6eqyypkhjxw3vxos8jk/Hughes_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Professor and Director
Center for Educational Leadership and Accountability
St. John's University, Oakdale Campus
![Ellen Kessler Dubinsky]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928239/nassaubocesorg/wlhgyvjfqs8gutl7sddx/Dubinsky_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Mathematics Teacher
Nassau BOCES Barry Tech and the Doshi STEM Program
![Family & Children's Association]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928040/nassaubocesorg/bfh4wwvpsl61cuvrxiyq/FamilyChildrensAssociation_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Philip M. Mickulas
President and Chief Executive Officer
![Gary D. Bixhorn]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719870841/nassaubocesorg/xs6jze60sotltnb01wn2/Bixhorn_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Retired, Chief Operating Officer
Eastern Suffolk BOCES
![Ginger Lieberman]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928523/nassaubocesorg/rdvobuob0asp0napk8ml/Lieberman_2014.jpg","width":120}])
President
Plainview-Old Bethpage
Board of Education
![Joseph C. Dragone]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719927851/nassaubocesorg/xzdvrmkyzezpw3svqydx/Dragone_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Assistant Superintendent for Business
Roslyn Public Schools
![Long Island Crisis Center Inc.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928585/nassaubocesorg/joaiettcbggdap9bc0qm/LongIslandCrisisCenter_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Linda Leonard
Executive Director
![Maryanne Lehrer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928312/nassaubocesorg/g7gtqmasf86ubcpnp3gr/Lehrer_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Board Member
Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association
![Patricia Banhazl]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719870731/nassaubocesorg/r22ncxxbfqec7wbnhziq/Banhazl_2014.jpg","width":120}])
School-to-Career Consultant
Baldwin UFSD
![Rachael Martines]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928729/nassaubocesorg/nfvgzhlulfp9yxxlrxsq/Martines_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Senior Class President
Carle Place High School
Carle Place UFSD
![The Children's Learning Center at United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County Inc.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719870940/nassaubocesorg/uzv6tyicu6005imuztdb/ChildrensLearningCenter_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Diane Berger, Ed.D.
Principal
![Town of Hempstead ANCHOR Program]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719928848/nassaubocesorg/d6l4cgwo2hnyyplr1nnk/HempsteadANCHOR_2014.jpg","width":120}])
Joseph Lentini
Director
2013
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![Andrew F. Corrado]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719929763/nassaubocesorg/ko2ke8gcq9dbqmwbpfwx/Corrado_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Long Island Market President,
Capital One Bank
![Brittany Wilson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719930402/nassaubocesorg/ozo0a8cislb2waadzqlw/Wilson_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Senior
Island Trees High School
Island Trees UFSD
![Christina Blanc]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719929571/nassaubocesorg/b1i0wama8sslpnxbs2wo/Blanc_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Social Studies Teacher
Floral Park Memorial High School
Sewanhaka CHSD
![Dr. Kishore Kuncham]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719929948/nassaubocesorg/hvepq0tpjifwe47n0bg5/Kuncham_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Freeport Public Schools
![Dr. Peter Osroff]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719930097/nassaubocesorg/qbinrvwg0rxy7zuiw7v6/Osroff_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
Garden City Middle School
Garden City UFSD
![Duncan Quarless, Ph.D.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719930154/nassaubocesorg/wjfjbssy9valzttrmxhj/Quarless_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Director, Science and Technology Entry Program
State University of New York College at Old Westbury
![Habitat for Humanity in Nassau County, NY, Inc.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719929819/nassaubocesorg/gscv7npn4efxldafnpkj/HabitatforHumanity_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Madeline Sgueglia, President
![Heart of America Foundation]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719929872/nassaubocesorg/vb5x0r6evsjn75zozmyq/HeartofAmerica_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Angie Halamandaris, President and Co-Founder
![John Capozzi]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719929627/nassaubocesorg/jfdi2aooyalp0xjnygcy/Capozzi_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
Elmont Memorial High School
Sewanhaka CHSD
![Lois Cornibert]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719929709/nassaubocesorg/r6kbvlmrayyouajbumcf/Cornibert_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Vice President, Banking Division
Astoria Federal Savings
![Mary Jo O’Hagan]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719930052/nassaubocesorg/gjpsqhtrivkm12ollfwo/OHagan_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Trustee
Baldwin Board of Education
Baldwin UFSD
![Nassau BOCES Rosemary Kennedy School PTA]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719929995/nassaubocesorg/saeyb6n5pumrptl6p1cj/RosemaryKennedySchool_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Laura A. Triandafilos, President
![Renee Tarzia]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719930355/nassaubocesorg/eyqnoe2zwgp93goijba3/Tarzia_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Special Education Teacher
Nassau BOCES Career Preparatory High School
![The Honorable Kathleen M. Rice]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719930297/nassaubocesorg/s9ikxbb3lf9odwjomyj6/Rice_2013.jpg","width":120}])
Nassau County District Attorney
2012
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![Brian Mannix]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720446741/nassaubocesorg/xf3tthtiojglsdsxrtxe/Mannix_2012.jpg","width":120}])
Teacher and Technology Staff Developer
Great Neck South Middle School
Great Neck UFSD
![Brian O'Flaherty]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720446845/nassaubocesorg/nqtqor126reay7dgz6lm/OFlaherty_2012.jpg","width":120}])
Board Trustee
East Meadow UFSD
![Dana E. Friedman, Ed. D.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719933380/nassaubocesorg/czxyvhtb8eodngcldwks/Friedman_2012.jpg","width":120}])
President
The Early Years Institute
![Francis A. De Mita]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719933278/nassaubocesorg/kb4ygdrpawhi0y15uiiu/Mita_2012.jpg","width":120}])
Chairman Emeritus, Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union (NEFCU),
Retired Mathematics Department Chairman, Valley Stream Central High School, and
Retired Assistant Professor, CUNY
![Joe Satriano]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720446936/nassaubocesorg/lytnz0wtdnkwhqssohxa/Satriano_2012.jpg","width":120}])
Trustee/Author
Susan Satriano Foundation/"In Sickness and in Health: A Memoir of Love"
![John Theissen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720446987/nassaubocesorg/xcjod3xrw3fyfmtlb41p/Theissen_2012.jpg","width":120}])
John Theissen Children's Foundation
Executive Director
![Katie Haug]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719933584/nassaubocesorg/ujbakgltp4yqt1syt81f/Haug_2012.jpg","width":120}])
Teacher, Seaford Manor School
Seaford UFSD
![Patricia A. Chow]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719933217/nassaubocesorg/zbj97qqwskva2v8ajaxc/Chow_2012.jpg","width":120}])
Vice-Chairperson
Chinese Center on Long Island Inc.
![Patricia Lally]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719934312/nassaubocesorg/rozcmrxjy7delya4ufxw/Lally_2012.jpg","width":120}])
Teacher Aide
George W. Hewlett High School
Hewlett-Woodmere UFSD
![Valerie Angelillo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1719933129/nassaubocesorg/e4gjmhdnsca7lalwptql/Angelillo_2012.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
H. Frank Carey High School
Sewanhaka CHSD
![Vicki Payne]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720446890/nassaubocesorg/ijuz6xy9yivpcsvotng9/Payne_2012.jpg","width":120}])
Manager, Corporate Citizenship
Northrop-Grumman Corporation,
Military Aircraft Systems
2011
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![Amy M. Rumelt]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720448224/nassaubocesorg/frgqwz1jdl8gm5muy0tn/Rumelt_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
Carman Road School
Nassau BOCES
![Anne Crowley]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720447689/nassaubocesorg/x6gcr4kbj7rqnexhrsno/Crowley_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Senior Work Environment Manager
Marriott International
![Catherine R. Beasley]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720447574/nassaubocesorg/qhzijbdxyiqml80plri0/Beasley_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Math, Science and Technology Specialist
Roosevelt UFSD
![Dr. Anael Alston]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720447437/nassaubocesorg/c58gmborimedqqdcrhf0/Alston_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
Robert M. Finley Middle School
Glen Cove City SD
![Fred M. Podolski]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720448179/nassaubocesorg/kqantgem01whnkikqbag/Podolski_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Former Executive Director
Curriculum, Instruction and Technology, Nassau BOCES
![Henry L. Grishman]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720447897/nassaubocesorg/bwcyml3dkcquv70dejj6/Grishman_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Jericho UFSD
![Jonathan Zimmerman]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720448259/nassaubocesorg/fyjcjueon0m9knmrsrjk/Zimmerman_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Teacher
Great Neck UFSD
Founder, Comp4Kids
![Laura Lee Lustbader, Ph.D.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720448129/nassaubocesorg/scb91cfmomtxqackd2su/Lustbader_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Supervisor
Programs for Youth and Family Literacy, Nassau BOCES
![Paul D. Failla]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720447774/nassaubocesorg/azxjc21dtwaeljfhx4lp/Failla_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Educational Consultant
![Peter J. Gibbons]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720447814/nassaubocesorg/z6r8cdmkqvjrnouoscj6/Gibbons_2011.jpg","width":120}])
District Director
Fine and Performing Arts
Island Trees UFSD
![Robert G. Allen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720447359/nassaubocesorg/n8hfpv1if481q7qfkvid/Allen_2011.jpg","width":120}])
President and CEO
Teachers Federal Credit Union
![Ronald Ellerbe]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720447729/nassaubocesorg/flemovb5s0yxyq8w8pnk/Ellerbe_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Board Trustee
Freeport UFSD and Nassau BOCES
![Sean, Ryan and Kyle Haber]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720447937/nassaubocesorg/x3syppyuzconbfiz6yit/Haber_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Youth Co-Founders and Co-Chairmen
Ascent Youth Alliance to Battle Autism and 4Boyz Autographs to Battle Autism
![Susan Bergtraum]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720447624/nassaubocesorg/rjxk0v7uori1bp3vlxjg/Bergtraum_2011.jpg","width":120}])
Board Trustee and District Clerk
Nassau BOCES
2010
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![Bruce Castellano]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720448926/nassaubocesorg/e29qialiqzv3gzbrgkvs/Castellano_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Creator and Director
Increase the Peace
![Cheryl Davidson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720449019/nassaubocesorg/ewxsr1hfobdpmqb80zp3/Davidson_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Director
Long Island Works Coalition
![Daniel Yuengling]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720449463/nassaubocesorg/zqfqkggntxaqkej4eryi/Yuengling_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Volunteer
Plainedge UFSD
![Donna J. Donahue]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720449106/nassaubocesorg/qf3mfnbd3t3lnqyhoano/Donahue_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Secretary
Fine and Performing Arts Department, Island Trees UFSD
![Dr. Herb R. Brown]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720448848/nassaubocesorg/v6ddxvjhwqybkbendmdo/Brown_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Oceanside UFSD
![Gerard W. Dempsey Jr.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720449064/nassaubocesorg/eorwtntkallfo3mt6bih/Dempsey_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD
![Jean Kelly]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720449223/nassaubocesorg/zng1etcsqkkto3daupxo/Kelly_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Director
The INN (Interfaith Nutrition Network)
![Kathleen Sottile]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720449419/nassaubocesorg/johdodgd7fjd69r7ehrf/Sottile_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
Floral Park Memorial High School
Sewanhaka CHSD
![Linda M. Lopez, Ph.D.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720449374/nassaubocesorg/hwysqoeawogrujdwgqgz/Lopez_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Psychologist
Nassau BOCES
![Lisa A. Gatti]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720449151/nassaubocesorg/ert91aoeysb65wxhvm2a/Gatti_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Founder and Executive Director
Pal-O-Mine Equestrian Inc.
![Patrick Boyle]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720448803/nassaubocesorg/qler0j3axtjguucwy2pq/Boyle_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Director
Gateway Youth Outreach Inc.
![Paula R. Lein]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720449338/nassaubocesorg/s2t6iqqckmdrec2mghff/Lein_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
Archer Street School
Freeport UFSD
![Zefy Christopoulos]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720448976/nassaubocesorg/fykmehtiejpzzvvo5pdq/Christopoulos_2010.jpg","width":120}])
Press Secretary
Nassau County Legislature
2009
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![Alisty Joy Keneth]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450425/nassaubocesorg/y5divosq3li6rvu0rwyq/Keneth_2009.jpg","width":120}])
President
AJK Diversified
![Dr. Jack Bierwirth]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720449510/nassaubocesorg/wak64qruxvxhqssyavlw/Bierwirth_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Herricks Public Schools
![Dr. Kevin N. McGuire]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450510/nassaubocesorg/fzmlpfcu5pmy9fikv8j9/McGuire_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Professor
Center for Leadership and Accountability, St. John’s University
![Dr. Richard S. Marsh]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450466/nassaubocesorg/msxhxchvu0tbdjacdlwj/Marsh_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Bethpage Public Schools
![Dr. Robert P. Dell’Amore]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450165/nassaubocesorg/npocw4j6n6cqwwhv4reo/DellAmore_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Founder, Owner
The Healthy Kitchen, Inc., Life Skills for Healthy Eating and Cooking
![Dr. Ronald L. Friedman]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450213/nassaubocesorg/p5a8ha6lqwqomtoqtdxq/Friedman_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Great Neck Public Schools
![Emmanuel Giusto]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450284/nassaubocesorg/pj01fycumki2zhrva2xr/Giusto_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Volunteer
Fulton Avenue School #8, Oceanside Public Schools
![George Keckler]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450376/nassaubocesorg/tl4krjsumxxotavbxz9v/Keckler_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Nassau BOCES
![James W. Reed]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450599/nassaubocesorg/bwcwsm1zq1powykcsaof/Reed_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Deputy Commissioner
Nassau County Office of Consumer Affairs
![Jean Lahage Cohen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450127/nassaubocesorg/mbffdy4hwetxxsewbo1d/Cohen_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Director
Mentoring Partnerships of Long Island and New York
![Jennifer J. Bumford]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450071/nassaubocesorg/lcur8aby1yiczptn4fvr/Bumford_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
California Avenue School, Uniondale Public Schools
![John C. McNeur]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450559/nassaubocesorg/idszyairkz6nixke8mo2/McNeur_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Director and Founder
Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York
![Roger Tilles]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450662/nassaubocesorg/eetbzil5mmi8nxxxo5ww/Tilles.jpg","width":120}])
Member
New York State Board of Regents
![Stephen B. Witt]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450708/nassaubocesorg/ojovhpkrojv4xhoitrzn/witt.jpg","width":120}])
Board Member
Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools
![William H. Johnson, Ed.D.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720450324/nassaubocesorg/e3dpktxe8xm6q2shcwcy/Johnson_2009.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Rockville Centre Public Schools
2008
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![Dr. Laurence W. Aronstein]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720451711/nassaubocesorg/vcoui6bsuipipbulgdap/Aronstein.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Glen Cove School District
![Alice F. Willett]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452127/nassaubocesorg/ea715oqradjxizjnfbgt/Willet.jpg","width":120}])
Former Executive Director
Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association
![Anne DuPrey]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720451792/nassaubocesorg/tecrais61mgelpeinpom/duprey.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Director, retired Literacy Nassau
![Ava M. Favara]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720451882/nassaubocesorg/jvxtpzhku2wbnz4yg7lr/favara.jpg","width":120}])
Principal
Nassau BOCES Long Island High School for the Arts
![Barbara Meskill]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452081/nassaubocesorg/hb6zafmyg7hmxbg7i5pf/meskill.jpg","width":120}])
Regional Certification Officer,
Nassau BOCES
![Danielle Campbell]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720451753/nassaubocesorg/ppedxpaebubypwnvi4pc/campbell.jpg","width":120}])
Anchor
News 12 Long Island
![Marsha Wilsker Iverson]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452003/nassaubocesorg/egkxf9blpmepl3wgpphp/iverson.jpg","width":120}])
Associate Professor Hofstra University
![Patrick Halpin]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720451966/nassaubocesorg/h5q2qg1v4ssacgvgafex/halpin.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Vice President for External Affairs
Institute for Student Achievement
![Robert E. Lupinskie]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452042/nassaubocesorg/oyhsmiqudlwm6skviw7f/lupinskie.jpg","width":120}])
Board Member
Glen Cove School District and Nassau BOCES
![Stephen Gassman, Esq.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720451928/nassaubocesorg/cvm1mhths76onhhfddtq/Gassman.jpg","width":120}])
Managing Director Gassman, Baiamonte, Betts & Tannenbaum, P.C.
![Wendy J. Eisner, Ph.D.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720451837/nassaubocesorg/dydwr8cc6oqze2fjyfvo/Eisner.jpg","width":120}])
Project Coordinator
The Achilles Project Nassau Community College
2007
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![Andrew Joseph Koslosky]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452684/nassaubocesorg/jslodpv5z0xikrqo816q/koslosky.jpg","width":120}])
Founder, The Josephine Foundation
![Dr. Henry Teoh]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452751/nassaubocesorg/ypagtxajxtqnbjijffpu/Teoh.jpg","width":120}])
Distinguished Service Professor
State University of New York-College at Old Westbury
![Gloria Virgile]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452830/nassaubocesorg/uye7qku6oubsm4lufnrj/Virgile.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Director
What Color Is Love Inc.
![Dr. Charles W. Fowler]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452569/nassaubocesorg/ni3zosmrdiyymexzezoc/fowler.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Vice President for External Affairs
Institute for Student Achievement
![Dr. Constance R. Clark]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452302/nassaubocesorg/vcusa4z6bu1aiuwordmx/Clark.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent
Westbury Union Free School District
![Dr. Mary Ellen Freeley]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452606/nassaubocesorg/mheyql8p0vqhaquko7ek/freeley.jpg","width":120}])
Superintendent, Malverne Union Free School District
![Frederick W. Breithut]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452251/nassaubocesorg/husiru5mi3pricavdtvc/breithut.jpg","width":120}])
Founder and President
School-Business Partnerships of Long Island
![George Farber]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452388/nassaubocesorg/nz8a375ym5djhcrywpzf/Farber.jpg","width":120}])
President, Board of Cooperative Educational Services of Nassau County
![John G. Waffenschmidt]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452882/nassaubocesorg/ykrwixeukaqluu4s2ply/Waffenschmidt_1.jpg","width":120}])
Vice President, Business Development
Covanta Energy Corporation
![Lorraine Deller]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452343/nassaubocesorg/orqqhexdwtg8fg6t1wiq/deller.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Director
Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Assocation
![Mairead M. Barrett, OSU]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452207/nassaubocesorg/w2unczpky6tggsdrtwtj/barrett.jpg","width":120}])
Founder and Board Member
New Ground
![Michael Keany]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452642/nassaubocesorg/akn4fazipiqdfsnrpiyd/keany.jpg","width":120}])
Co-founder and Director
Long Island School Leadership Center
![Thomas W. Alfano]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452167/nassaubocesorg/p3ua9uig6i3u29kzfm3n/alfano.jpg","width":120}])
New York State Assembyman
21st District
![Vincent J. La Sala]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720452719/nassaubocesorg/pn4fxkeny0ophtslkiv7/LaSala.jpg","width":120}])
Executive Administrator retired, Nassau BOCES