Professor Evan Friss is an associate professor of history at James Madison University in Virginia, and the author of On Bicycles: A 200-Year History of Cycling in New York City The book traces the history of cycling in New York City. …
Dr. Art Hughes Reader, School School of Arts & Humanities Research Institute Irish and Celtic Studies Research Institute Campus Belfast. 2009-2010, Visiting Professor and Senior Fulbright Scholar, Ireland House, at New York University. In 1999, appointed Lecturer in Irish…
Lynne Patton heads Region II of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees New York and New Jersey. One of 10 regional administrators for HUD, with a $48.7 billion budget this year. She previously worked the…
Ambassador Charles Gargano twelve years cleaning up and revitalizing Ground Zero and developing One World Trade Center in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Legendary real estate icon, engineer, and Republican strategist who served in the US government for three…
Steven Bellone County Executive Suffolk County Executive since 2012. Army veteran. Previously served as Babylon Town Supervisor from 2001-2011. Named “Government Official of the Year” by the Association for a Better Long Island. Represents more than 1.5 million residents….
Dr. Charles El Mir, Whiting School of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, John Hopkins University. Funded by NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, developing physics-based computational models that simulate mechanical events across a wide range of timescales. Investigating…
Rabbi Arthur Schneier over 50 years Senior Rabbi of New York City’s Park East Synagogue. Honored Presidential Citizens Medal from President Bill Clinton in 2001 – Holocaust survivor- is an Austrian-American rabbi and international religious freedom and human rights, activist. …
John Jay LaValle, Suffolk County Republican Committee Chairman since 2009. Trump Delegate. At 33 years old – elected in 2001 as the youngest Supervisor in the Brookhaven Town’s history. Prior served five years as a Town Councilman, having first…
Kathryn Wylde is President and CEO of the nonprofit Partnership for New York City – the city’s leading business organization since 2001. Prior Partnership – Wylde was the founding CEO of both the Partnership’s housing and investment fund affiliates….
Sonia Angell, M.D., M.P.H. Deputy Com-missioner overseeing the Division of Prevention and Primary Care. Overseeing a staff of more than 300 and an annual budget exceeding 60 million, her Division builds upon a history of cutting-edge policy and programming…
