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 [...]
Anthony Lolli is a Brooklyn native who owns the fastest growing real estate and franchise company in New York City. Lolli’s company, Rapid Realty, started in Park Slope South Brooklyn and has now branched out to all 5 boroughs, Long Island and Jersey City. Rapid Realty grew from 1 office to 51 offices in 26 [...]
John Koufakis was born in the Chelsea area of Manhattan and worked for his father as a furrier at the tender age of 12 years old. From humble beginnings, Koufakis now owns and runs the Star Auto Group in Queens – one of the largest and most successful privately owned cardealerships in the metropolitan area [...]
Frank Korzekwinski is currently Executive Vice President, Chief of Real Estate Lending at Flushing Bank. Frank joinedFlushingin 1993 as Assistant Vice President. Over the years his role was expanded to include the supervision of the Bank’s Real Estate Lending Division. The primary business activities under his direction include Multi-Family Lending, Commercial Real Estate Lending, Mixed [...]
Giorgio Kolaj represents passion, hard-work, and success in a variety of ways. As the youngest of five, Giorgio and his brothers spent their humble beginnings finding work early in their youth to support the family. Working in kitchens, to managing restaurants, they quickly learned the value of discipline, teamwork and perseverance – qualities that would [...]
Bill Huisman is the Executive Director of the Aviation Development Council. Bill has over 35 years of aviation experience, which includes a 26-year career with Delta Air Lines, here in the New York City area. During his Delta career, he served in staff and management positions within airport operations, airline reservations, consumer marketing, corporate sales, [...]
Jeffrey Halperin received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) in1979 and completed a Post-doctoral Fellowship in Psychopharmacology at Schering – Plough Pharmaceutical Corporation in 1980. After serving as a Research Associate at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Columbia University College of Physicians [...]
