Council of Advisors

Frederick C. Braun, III, Chair

Jose Rivera Alers
Senior Community Development Officer
Wells Fargo SRG – New York

Peter Appello
Executive Vice President
Capital One, N.A.

Robert Coughlan Sr., Chairman
TRITEC Real Estate Co., Inc.

Jeffery Daniels
Managing Diretor
AIG Global Real Estate

Bonnie Dougherty
First Vice President
Valley National Bank

John Durso
President
Local 338, LI Federation of Labor

Pat Edwards
Vice President Community Relations
Citibank

George Gatta, Jr.
Executive Vice President
Suffolk County Community College

Elaine Gross
President
Erase Racism

Kirk Kordeleski
President & CEO
Bethpage Federal Credit Union

Jay Korth
Director of Housing and Leagal Affairs
Catholic Charities

Steven Krieger
Co-Founder/Principal
The Engel Burman Group

Lawrence Levy                       
Executive Director                       
National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra

Joseph Mottola
Chief Executive Officer
Long Island Board of Realtors

Mitchell Pally
Chief Executive Officer
Long Island Builders Institute

Denise D. Pursley
Partner
Nixon Peabody

Gordian Raacke   
Executive Director
Renewable Energy Long Island

Robert Scheiner
Senior Vice President
H2M Labs, Inc.

Michael Watt
President
Long Island Inc.