Joseph Sciame is currently the Vice-President for Community Relations at St. John’s University, the largest Catholic university in America with five campuses: Jamaica, Queens; Staten Island; Eastern Long Island, Oakdale; Manhattan and Rome, Italy. He has been at St. John’s since 1958, initially as a student and, since 1962, as a full time administrator with [...]
Cruz Russell is the Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. OSI promotes the advancement of Port Authority initiatives critical to the region’s interest, troubleshoots project implementation and helps develop broad based regional transportation initiatives. Cruz is a veteran senior executive of the Port [...]
George Russo was born at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage Alaska to his mom Francis and dad Frank, while his dad was serving in the United State Armed Forces. He was raised in the Ozone Park section of Queens, attending Nativity B.V.M. grammar school and then Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School. He completed his [...]
“In the last few years the Board of Directors of North Shore Towers has accomplished incredible economic achievements even in this financial environment. They have had no increase in maintenance the past two years, have raised their reserves from $6,000,000 to almost $20,000,000 and conducted a capital improvement initiative that continues to not only maintain [...]
Tony Raouf relocated to America over 25 years ago, with only his good health and ambition. He immediately was drawn to real estate and brokered several large mixed used transactions in Queens. He then made the shift to principal, acquiring numerous residential and retail properties. It was during a visit to an industrial section of [...]
Jay Parker has helped run Ben’s Best, a delicatessen that has been in his family since it was founded in 1945,for the past 31 years. Growing up in Queens,Parker attended Francis Lewis High School. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from SUNY Binghamton University and his M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Parker spent [...]
As CEO of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, J. R. Peter Nelson, Ph.D. grew the center from a $3 million business with one site in 1997, to the six site $27 million business it is today. In 2005, Nelson raised $8.5 million from donors to build a new 22,000 square foot state-of-the-art health [...]
Mr. Mattone is an attorney and the Chief Financial Officer of Mattone Group, LLC, a real estate development, investment and management company headquartered in College Point, NY. The company’s portfolio includes a variety of real estate projects which include mixed-use, retail, office, multi-family and single-family home developments. Mr. Mattone graduated from theUniversityofPennsylvaniawith a B.A. in [...]
Stephen A. Martin is a father of three beautiful, delightful and energetic young ladies – Meghan, Laura and Pamela who keep him busy. He is married to Susan, an understanding and loving wife who has kept him on the straight and narrow for 30+ years. Stephen also shares his home with two loving puppies. Stephen [...]
A former Queens State Senator, he was elected for 10 terms and served for 20 years from 1988 to 2008. Born in Corona, Queens, he grew up on Manhattan’s lower East Side and graduated from PS. 63, JHS 64 and Stuyvesant H.S., where he is an Alumni Executive Board Member. After his Korean War military [...]
