Charge
Advisory Committees at Suffolk County Community College are crucial to the ongoing
advancement of our professional and technical programs. The advisory committees provide
an opportunity for the college to partner with local industry to ensure that that
we receive feedback on curriculum, program needs, applied learning opportunities for
our students and the job market for our graduates. The advisory committee members
represent a diverse cross-section of county and regional employers who freely provide
their expertise and guidance in order to support our students.
Members
A full list of the college’s advisory committees appears below. By clicking on the name of the committee, you will see the full list of the committee members. By clicking the committee chair’s name, you will be able to communicate with the chair via email.
| Joe Hernandez | Advisory Board Chair, Stoic Artisans LLC |
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| Nicholas J. Bosco | Professor of Business and Accounting, Ammerman Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| John Capurso | Instructor of Accounting, Ammerman and Michael J. Grant Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Kristin Conway | Assistant Adjunct Professor, Instructor of Business, Accounting and Retail, Ammerman Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Stephen DiLieto | Director of Program Management, Teachers Federal Credit Union |
| Nancy Ellis, Esq. | Associate Professor, Grant Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Diane Fabian | Academic Chair, Health and Sciences, Eastern Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Ronald Feinberg, Esq. | Academic Chair, Business, Accounting and Paralegal Studies, Ammerman Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Gregory Garritano, CPA | CPA, Garritano and Associates, CPA's |
| Dr. Christopher Gherardi | College Associate Dean of Faculty/Academic Chair of Business, Professional Programs and Technology, SUNY Suffolk |
| Edward Haran | Director, Human Resources and Administration, HealthCare Chaplaincy |
| Nick Hoffmann | Professor, Ammerman Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Adela Johnson | Assistant Professor, Eastern Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Allison Keibel | Assistant Director, Career Services, SUNY Suffolk |
| Tim McHeffey | Associate Professor, Eastern Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Robert Letwins | Executive Vice President, Pension Fund Evaluations |
| Eric Lundquist | President, Airweld Inc. |
| Kevin McNamara | Associate Professor, Business and Accounting, Ammerman Campus, SUNYSuffolk |
| Robert McNamara | Vice President and Controller, Interaudi Bank |
| Jeanine Perritt | Bridge Capital |
| Maria Rahaman | Deputy CFO, NYC Health & Hospitals |
| Steve Saltzman | Professor, Business, Ammerman Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Rachel Schmidt, Esq. | Assistant Chair, Criminal Justice, Ammerman Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| George Starkie | President, Starkie Bros. Garden Center |
| Alex That | Founder, Caffeine Culture Inc. |
| Eric Weinstein | Professor, Grant Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Elana Zolfo | Retired, Berkeley College, Dean of Business |
| Kathleen A. Ayers-Lanzillotta, MPA, CASAC | Advisory Board Chair, Academic Chair for Allied Health Sciences, Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor of Addiction Studies, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Cari Faith Besserman, MS, CRC | Master CASAC – Director, Suffolk County Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services |
| Delores Bocklet, LCSW | Master CASAC, SAP – EAP Coordinator, Town of Babylon Personnel Department |
| Richard Buckman, LCSW-R, CEAP, SAP | CASAC – Director of EAP Services, Labor Education Community Services Agency |
| Catherine DeSalvo, CRC, LMHC | Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, NYS Office of ACCES-VR |
| Mark Epley | Director, Seafield Center |
| Kathleen Flynn, MA, MCHES | Title IX Coordinator, EAP Coordinator, SUNY Farmingdale; Adjunct Assistant Professor, SUNY Suffolk |
| Kristie Golden, PhD, LMHC, CRC | Executive Administrator/Assoc. Director of Operations, Neurosciences/Psychiatry, Stony Brook Medicine |
| William Rule, MS, CASAC | Executive Director, Institute for Learning and Development; Adjunct Assistant Professor, SUNY Suffolk |
| Kibasa Samuel, LMSW | Emergency Housing Manager, Community Housing Innovations |
| Nieves Alonso-Almagro | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Mattew Birn | Assistant Director of Human Resources (and former student of the ASL program), SUNY Suffolk |
| Katie Kerzner | Principal, Cleary School for the Deaf |
| Christopher Woodfill | Associate Executive Director, Helen Keller National Center for DeafBlind Youths and Adults |
| Meredith Eskridge | Teacher of the Deaf, Eastern Suffolk BOCES |
| Diana Pelchuck | Director, Sorenson Communications |
| Michael Smith | ASL Teacher, East Meadow School District |
| David Macholz | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Chris Martino | OPUS IVS |
| Elton Alvarez | Competition Infinity |
| Chris Barcelo | Competition Subaru |
| Andrew Jones | Smithtown Nissan |
| Justin Kidd | ATS Automotive Solutions |
| Dan Matuza | Smithaven Dodge |
| Rich Milano | Assistant Professor, SUNY Suffolk |
| John Reagan | Sewanhaka CHSD |
| Michael Rentz | MOPAR CAP Program |
| John Rogers | JWR Automotive Diagnostics |
| Mark Russo | Subaru Distributors Corp |
| Steve Young | Mecedes Benz of Huntington |
| Pete Maritato | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Ximena Giraldo | Smiros & Smiros Architects |
| Lesley Kelly | Design Consultant |
| Rya Kesner | Ryan Kesner Architect, P.C. |
| Stephen Normandin | PE, NV5 |
| Jason Pontieri | PE, JPCE Consulting Engineers |
| Joseph Rettig | BBS Landscape Architects, Engineers |
| Pablo Rodriquez | PE, Cavalry Engineering, P.C. |
| Diane Fabian | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Rich Amster | Chef, Faculty, SUNY Suffolk |
| Peter Barraud | Co-Owner, North Fork Brewing Company |
| Christina DeLustro | Chef, Faculty, SUNY Suffolk |
| Andrea Glick | Chef, Faculty, SUNY Suffolk |
| Jill Hamill | Chief Instructor, Special Career Education and Food Preparation/Service, Eastern Suffolk BOCES |
| Monica Harbes | Owner, Harbes Farm Vineyard |
| Amanda Jaenicke | Pastry Chef, Preston House |
| Sam Keymel | Executive Chef, The Shed |
| Jerri Montillo | Chef/Owner, The Bakery and Confections, Inc. |
| Tom Mulzoff | Executive Chef, St. Charles Hospital |
| Joseph Realmuto | Executive Chef, Honest Man Restaurant Group |
| Kelsey Roden | Pastry Chef, Honest Man Restaurant Group |
| Vincent Winn | Chef/Faculty, SUNY Suffolk |
| Peter Maritato | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Laurin Buchanan | Secure Decisions |
| Michele De Philips | Brookhaven National Lab |
| Vinnie McGee | Northwell Hospitals |
| Emma McGrattan | Avalanche Data Warehouse |
| Brianne Obrien | Secure Decisions |
| Robert Packer | Converged Technology |
| Diane Fabian | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Joseph Aliano, N.D.T.R. | Food Service Director, Mather Memorial Hospital; Alumna |
| Melek Baba, N.D.T.R, C.L.C. | Bilingual Nutritionist-Turkish, Nutrition, Health & Obesity Prevention, Cornell University Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Alumna |
| Marta Blanco, M.S., N.D.T.R., C.L.C. | Senior Bilingual Nutritionist, Long Island Region Nutrition Health and Obesity Prevention Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Alumna |
| Terri Brown, N.D.T.R. | Professional Assistant II, Dietetic Technician Program, SUNY Suffolk; Alumna |
| Allison Charny, M.S.E.d., R.D.N., C.D.E.S., C.D.N. | Director of Dietetic Internship, Queens College, CUNY |
| Adrienne Colona, M.S., R.D.N. | Clinical Dietitian, Independent Group Home Living, East Moriches, NY |
| Diane Fabian | Academic Chair, Professional Programs and Health Careers, Professor of Health Information Technology, Eastern Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Laura Feldman, M.S., R.D.N., C.D.N., C.D.E. | Director, Food, Nutrition and Wellness; Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics; Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Long Island University, Post Campus |
| Jessica Goldman, M.S., R.D.N., C.N.S.C. | Clinical Dietitian at Huntington Hospital, NY; Adjunct Instructor, LIU Post; Alumna |
| Jodi Levine, M.S, R.D.N., C.D.N. | Director, Professor Dietetic Technician Program, Secure Decision |
| Aimee Mattiolo, M.S., R.D.N., C.D.N. | Assistant Professor of Dietetic Technician Program, SUNY Suffolk |
| Sharon Oliver-Murthy, M.P.A., M.S.C., R.D.N., C.D.N | Director of Nutrition, Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Suffolk County WIC |
| Annemarie Owen, M.S., R.D.N., C.D.C.E.S., C.D.N. | Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center |
| Charlene Quinn, N.D.T.R. | Adjunct Professional Assistant I, Dietetic Technician Program, SUNY Suffolk; Alumna |
| Ann Silver, M.S., R.D.N., C.D.N., C.D.E. | Private Practice Dietitian |
| Suzann Sullivan, M.S., R.D.N. | Director of Nutrition and Food Service, Northport VA Medical Center |
| Sara Turnasella, R.D.N | Retail Dietitian, Janson Supermarkets II L.L.C, Alumna |
| Kathleen Koster | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Matthew Zukosky | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
| Jena Canavan RN, MSN, EMT-P | Paramedic Director/Nursing Adjunct/Stony Brook Hospital RN, SUNY Suffolk |
| Dr. Daniel Crough, FAAEM | Medical Director, Attending ER Physician, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital |
| Daniel Foisset | Southampton Village EMS; Paramedic Program Adjunct Professional Assistant |
| Jennifer Friedrich | Attorney, IRS |
| Brian Letourneau | Graduate/Preceptor |
| Paul Marra | Chief of Operations, SCEMS |
| Joe Tusa | Certified Instructor Coordinator Suffolk County EMS Preceptor |
| Joel Vetter | Chief of Suffolk County Fire Rescue and Emergency Services |
| Lindsey Walsh | Suffolk Paramedic Program & Sayville Community Ambulance |
| Matt Zukosky, MA | NRP, Assistant Academic Chair Health Science and Physical Education, SUNY Suffolk |
| Pete Maritato | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Damian Calliste | Tesla |
| Karl Clarke | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Timothy Grevstad | GE Aviation |
| Ray Irizarry | D'Addario |
| Michael McCabe | Zebra |
| Gregory A. Santi | BAE Systems |
| Sharon Stehlik | BAE Systems |
| Randy Stever | Narda Miteq |
| Mike Vaccaro | BAE Systems |
| Fred Vaupel | PSEG |
| Kenneth White | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Curtiss Wright | BAE Systems |
| Matthew Zukosky | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Jamie Atkinson | Sayville Community Ambulance, SCFRES |
| Scott Davonski | Captain, Brookhaven National Laboratory Fire Department |
| Mark Gregory | Captain, Fire Department of New York, Adjunct Faculty SUNY Suffolk |
| Steven L. Idtensohn | Fire Fighter, Fire Department of New York, SUNY Suffolk Fire Protection Technology Graduate |
| Courtney L. Idtensohn | Fire Marshal I, Southampton Town Fire Marshal's Office, SUNY Suffolk Fire Protection Technology Graduate |
| Christopher J. Mehrman | Chief Fire Marshal, Emergency Management Coordinator, Town of Brookhaven Division of Fire Prevention |
| James Romagnoli | Vice President (retired), Chief Security / Emergency Management Officer at Northwell Health System |
| David Sterne | District Manager, Setauket Fire District |
| Rudy Sunderman | Deputy Chief, Suffolk County Fire Academy |
| Joel Vetter | Chief, Suffolk County Department of Fire and Rescue Services |
| Lawrence Zacarese, J.D. | Vice President for Enterprise Risk Management and Chief Security Officer |
| Chris Gherardi | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Gary Wood | Advisory Board Chair, Associate Professor of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Program, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Michael Bonawandt | President, Crest Hospitality Group, Port Jefferson, NY Danfords Hotel & Marina, Port Jefferson; Staybridge Suites, Orlando; Water’s Edge, Centerport; The Waterview, Port Jefferson |
| Diane Fabian | Interim Academic Chair for Culinary Arts and Hospitality Program, SUNY Suffolk |
| Tina Ferro | Department Chair, HRIM Program at St. Joseph’s College (+ 2 HRM articulation agreement); Former Adjunct Professor SUNY Suffolk Hospitality Program |
| Fred Hansley | 2012 Graduate of Hotel/Resort Program General Manager; Homewood Suites by Hilton Princeton, NJ |
| Courtney L. Idtensohn | Fire Marshal I, Southampton Town Fire Marshal's Office, SUNY Suffolk Fire Protection Technology Graduate |
| Mark Irgang | General Manager: Hilton Hotel, JFK Airport Adjunct Professor, SUNY Suffolk Hotel/Resort Program Past President, Long Island Hospitality Association |
| Jamie Meyer | Hampton Bays High School Hospitality Program faculty |
| Megan Pauze | General Manager: Home 2 Suites by Hilton Brookhaven, NY; 2015 Graduate Hotel/Resort Program |
| Steve Shauger | General Manager: Hyatt Place East End Hotel, Riverhead, NY |
| Bruce Spivak | Instructor of Business and Hospitality Management Program at Western Suffolk BOCES |
| Lina Videdal | 2020 Graduate of Hotel/Resort Program; Student, St. Joseph’s College HRIM Program |
| Jim Leopard | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| TBD | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Trudy Christ | Advisory Board Chair, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Jennifer Augusta | Jennifer Augusta Design LLC |
| Michele Burton | Owner, Michele Burton Interiors |
| Rachel Caliman | Architectural Account Representative |
| Salvatore Campitiello | Owner, East End Interiors |
| Mary Farina | Owner, Main Street Kitchens and Baths; SUNY Suffolk Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Toni Germie | Architectural and Design Representative, Benjamin Moore |
| Wolf Gordon | Architectural and Design Representative, Benjamin Moore |
| Renee Lisowy | Owner, Wallace Home Design Center |
| Nicholas Vero | Owner of Nicholas Vero Architects and SUNY Suffolk Adjunct Instructor |
| John Lombardo and Laura Galletta | Advisory Board Co-Chairs, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Michael Cinque | Curtiss Wright |
| Daienna Edmonds | Precipart |
| Timothy Grevstad | GE Aviation, US |
| Raymond Irizarry | D’Addario & Company |
| Robert Kufner | Designatronics |
| Ron Loveland | Summit Safety Pro |
| Greg Santi | Curtiss Wright |
| Paul Siller | Westhampton Architectural Glass |
| Joe Spinosa | East/West Industries |
| Sharon Stehlik | BAE Systems |
| Paul Zherebtsov | Schivo Medical |
| Lisa Hubbs | Advisory Board Chair; OTA Program Coordinator; Assistant Professor, SUNY Suffolk |
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| Laura Banks | Horizon HealthCare Staffing |
| Mary Cinquemani | COTA/L – OTA Alumni |
| Melissa Farina | MPT – Director of Rehabilitation, St. Catherine of Siena Nursing Home |
| Debi Gaines | MBA, LCSW, LNHA – Director of Rehabilitation, Brookhaven Health Care Facility |
| Michele Gentile | MSOTR/L – Fieldwork Coordinator, OTA Program, SUNY Suffolk |
| Barbara Heim | OTR/L – Complete Rehab Consultants |
| Michele Hyland | MS, PT – Director of Rehabilitation/OT & PT, Long Island State Veterans Home |
| Thomas Kubat | OTA Alumni |
| Stephanie Ladd | COTA/L – OTA Alumni, Certified Autism Specialist |
| Cynthia Iafriate | OTR/L – Tender Touch Rehabilitation |
| Joseph (Jay) McGovern | MA OTR/L, CAPS – MedCare Therapy Services |
| Valerie Miele | OTR/L – Preferred Therapy Solutions |
| Stephanie Murphy | MA – Clinical Services Administrator, ACLD |
| Ralu Onubogu | OTR/L |
| Danielle Strafford Mobarak | COTA/L – OTA Alumni |
| Carrie Yonker | OTR/L – Long Island State Veterans Home |
| John Ammerman, Esq. | Advisory Board Chair |
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| Len Badia, Esq. | Suffok County District Court Chief Clerk |
| Kimberly Ball, Esq. | Hanshe Law |
| Patrica Blake, Esq. | Attorney |
| Danielle M. DiMauro-Brooks Marshall | Marshall, Dennehy, Warner; Professor at SUNY Suffolk |
| Stephen Dilieto | Director, Program Management, Teachers Federal Credit Union |
| Nancy Ellis, Esq. | Faculty, Grant Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Dr. Ronald A. Feinberg, Esq. | Professor, Administrator, SUNY Suffolk |
| Robert Ferrara, Esq. | Migrate Realty LLC |
| Regina Ferraro | Davis & Prager PC |
| Scott Giaccone, Esq. | Faculty, Ammerman Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Nicolle Heagney, Esq. | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
| Maria Kay | Law office of David Okrent |
| Allison Keibel | Assistant Director, Career Services, SUNY Suffolk |
| Chandra Lall | Schondebare & Grayson, P.C. |
| Judith W. Lespinasse | Touro Law Center |
| Sandra Liccardi | NY Supreme Court |
| Agatha Louis | United Medical Monitoring IONM |
| Michele Mascolo | Eisenberg, Margolis and Maldonado PLLC |
| Erica L. Nicholson | Davidow, Davidow, Siegel and Stern LLP |
| Dennis O'Doherty, Esq. | O'Doherty & Cataldo; Faculty, SUNY Suffolk |
| Lori Pack, Esq. | NYS Attorney General |
| Bruce Seger, Esq. | SUNYSuffolk Law Librarian |
| Catherine Taylor, Esq. | Citrin Cooperman |
| Pamella Vegna | Marshall, Dennehy, Warner |
| Ja'Neen West | Suffolk County Human Rights Commission |
| John Cyr | Advisory Board Chair |
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| Terrie Alfieri | Wedding and Portrait Photographer, Terrie Alfieri Photography and Design |
| Tom P. Ashe | Academic Chair of MPS Digital Photography, School of Visual Arts |
| Brandon Chin | Technical Specialist, Canon U.S.A. |
| Ralph Masullo | Assistant Professor of Photography, Eastern Campus, SUNY Suffolk |
| Brad Paris | Assistant Academic Chair of Photography Program, Fashion Institute of Technology |
| Rob Raeihle | Lead Art Teacher, Department of Fine Arts, Commack High School |
| Gayle Sheridan | Assistant Academic Chair and Professor of Radio and Television Production, SUNY Suffolk |
| Chris Cosenza | Advisory Board Chair |
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| Chris Carden, PT, DPT | Assistant Director of Rehabilitation, Long Island State Veterans Home |
| Susan Miale, PT, DPT | Board Certified Pediatric Physical Therapist; Clinical Associate Professor, Stony Brook University |
| Dr. Keith T. Perrucci, Board Certified Orthopedic Physical Therapist | Program Director, Physical Therapist Assistant Program, SUNY Suffolk; Chapter Director, Long Island District, New York Physical Therapy Association |
| Gina Pipia, PTA | Senior Physical Therapist Assistant, Northwell Health, Southside Hospital |
| Kevin Roden, Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist | Executive Director, Island Sports Physical Therapy |
| Denis Wurtz, PTA | Clinical Coordinator of Clinical Education, Speonk Physical Therapy |
| Gail Sheridan | Advisory Board Chair |
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| Carl Coulanges | |
| Danna Prather Davis | |
| Tianna Gratta | |
| Dave Haralambou | |
| Charlie Lombardo | |
| Rob Miller | |
| Kathy Newberger | |
| Jake Piacenti | |
| Patrick Shea | |
| Michelle Tannenbaum |
| Dr. Marlene Kellner | Advisory Board Chair |
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| Patricia Butera | Director of Clinical Services, Catholic Health Services, St. Catherine of Siena Hospital |
| Brigit Durkin | Director Patient Services, Caring Hands Home Care |
| Emily Emma | Director of Professional Practice, Stony Brook Medicine |
| Nedra Love | Chief Nursing Officer, Stony Brook Medicine, Eastern LI Hospital |
| Laraine Rasmussen | Director of Nursing Education, Catholic Health Services, St. Catherine of Siena Hospital |
| Jill Thornton | Professor, Nursing, SUNY Suffolk |
| Melissa Weinstein | Director of Nursing Education, Catholic Health Services, St. Charles Hospital |
| William Phelps, MS, DVM | Advisory Committee Chair, VST Program Coordinator, Associate Professor |
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| Miriam Deitsch, PhD. | Distinguished Teaching Professor, SUNY Farmingdale; Director of the Center for Social Science Research; Academic Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology |
| Susan Fowler, BS | Senior Technical Sales Specialist, BAYER Healthcare, LLC |
| Thomas Heckel, LVT | The Animal Medical Center; New York State Association of Veterinary Technicians |
| Richard Jacobson, DVM | Proprietor, Farmingville Animal Hospital |
| Brian McKenna, LVT | Assistant Hospital Administrator, Long Island Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island |
