Newsday’s Joye Brown, who was the keynote presenter at the morning session. Joye led the portion of the morning in which the audience used interactive keypads to share their ideas about what they’d like Long Island to be like in the year 2030. You can take the same survey on our website.

Jenna Kern-Rugile, Sustainable Long Island Communications Manager, and Debbie-Ann Chang, Community Planner, welcome attendees to the morning plenary session

Joye Brown, Newsday Columnist, moderating the morning session. Ms. Brown writes frequently about issues important to all Long Islanders, giving voice to many in the communities that have often been ignored. Here, she discusses the results of an interactive survey taken just moments before with the audience.

Jon Kaiman, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor; May Newburger, Director, Nassau County Planning Federation and former Supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead; Amy Hagedorn, President of Sustainable Long Island’s Board of Directors; Patrick Duggan, Nassau County Executive for Economic Development and Sustainable Long Island’s first Executive Director; and Richard Guardino, Vice President for Business Development, Hofstra University.

Julia E. Lynch, Green Project Manager at Full Spectrum NY, who participated in the workshop on “Creating Sustainable Communities: Business and Government and Working Together.” Ms. Lynch overseas the sustainable design efforts at Full Spectrum, a community sustainability development organization specializing in urban Brownfield redevelopments.

Wayne Tomac, Sustainable Long Island Community Planner, and Russell Albanese, President of Albanese Organization Inc., who served as moderator of the workshop “Going Green: Sustainable Design.” Mr. Albanese said, “Designing and building energy efficient, sustainable buildings isn’t just smart business, it’s critical to the future of our region and our country. Sustainable Long Island’s conference is giving business owners and all Long Islanders the essential information they need about why and how they can bring these state-of-the-art building technologies into their office and residences. I’m proud to be part of the green building movement, and of Sustainable Long Island’s event.”

Roz Goldmacher, President and CEO of Long Island Development Corp., participated in the workshop “Creating Sustainable Communities: Business and Government Working Together.”

Elaine Gross, President of ERASE Racism and member of Sustainable Long Island’s Board of Directors, and Jeff Kraut, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Marketing, Long Island Jewish Health System. Ms. Gross spoke at the afternoon session, interviewing both County Executives. Mr. Kraut participated in the panel “Creating Sustainable Communities: Business and Government Working Together.”

Chris Jones, Vice President of Research, Regional Plan Association, addressing the audience at the opening session. Mr. Jones, who is responsible for directing RPA’s economic, housing, transportation and urban development research, discussed strategies for how Long Island can accommodate growth in a manner that simultaneously achieves economic, environmental and social equity goals.
The full PowerPoint presentation is available on our website, click here.

Ann Golob, Director of the Long Island Index, shares results from the group’s study of Long Island.

Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, Sustainable Long Island Executive Director Sarah Lansdale, ERASE Racism President Elaine Gross, Long Island Association President Matthew Crosson, and Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy. At the conference, Ms. Gross and Mr. Crosson questioned both County Executives regarding their vision of how to create a sustainable future for Long Island—one that balances the needs for development with environmental concerns and includes all Long Islanders, including people who have traditionally been left behind.

Robert Scott, Adelphi University President; Russell Albanese, President of Albanese Organization Inc.; and Wayne Tomac, Sustainable Long Island Community Planner. Dr. Scott spoke about Adelphi’s green building initiatives at the workshop moderated by Mr. Albanese.

Michelle DiBenedetto, a Citibank Vice President, and Lori Andrade, Sustainable Long Island Director of Development and Communications. Ms. DiBenedetto is a member of Sustainable Long Island’s Board of Directors.

Jeffrey Morosoff, Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations at New York Institute of Technology, and Deidra Parrish Williams, Community Affairs Manager at Newsday. Mr. Morosoff, a member of Sustainable Long Island’s Communications Advisory Team, arranged for NYIT film students to videotape the conference. Ms. Parrish Williams moderated the panel called Sustainable Business Is Smart Business.

Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, President of Stony Brook University, with Sarah Lansdale, Sustainable Long Island Executive Director. Dr. Kenny welcomed the audience at the morning plenary session.

Gordian Raacke, Founder and Executive Director of Renewable Energy Long Island. Mr. Raacke, who moderated the panel on Renewable Energy, was one of a small number of people chosen by former Vice President Al gore to train as a “Climate Change Messenger” in January 2007, an effort to educate and challenge citizens, and governments into action against the growing crisis of global warming.

David Woods, Commissioner of the Department of Planning, Environment and Land Management for the Town of Brookhaven; Ann Golob, Director of the Long Island Index; Sarah Lansdale, Executive Director, Sustainable Long Island; and Chris Jones, Vice President of Research, Regional Plan Association.