Executive Officers

Board Chair

Robert M. Ripp, BS, CASAC-T

Vice Chairs

  • Hon. Bruce Kennedy
    Sea Cliff Village Administrator
  • Eric Sherman

Secretary

Candace Dellacona, Esq.
Offit Kurman, Attorneys at Law

Treasurer

Michael J. Danzi
Reliance Motors

Immediate Past Board Chair

Caryn M. Hirshleifer, Esq.
Hirshleifers

Founder

R. Brinkley Smithers

Director Emerita

Adele C. Smithers
(1960-2017)

Executive Director

Steven H. Chassman, LCSW, CASAC

Boardof Directors

  • William Baum
    Baum-Essex Mfg., Inc.
  • Maureen Brennan
  • Michael J. Brennan
  • Jeffery Capazzi
    The Jobin Organization, Inc.
  • Michael Cardello III, J.D..
    Moritt Hock & Hamroff, LLP
  • Brother Thomas Cleary, S.M.
    Chaminade High School
  • Francis C. Galluccio
    SFP Music, Inc.
  • Hon. Joshua Lafazan
    Nassau County Legislator
  • Kevin J. Lyons, MBA
    Opportunity Media
  • Michael Martino
  • John McCutcheon
    Kellenberg Memorial High School 
  • Barbara Posillico, LCSW-R
    Life Center Counseling & Health Services
  • Michael A. Quinland, Ph.D.
    Friends Academy
  • John P. Sheehy, MD
    Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, P.C.
  • Joel Sikowitz
  • Rev. Michael F. Smith
    Shinnecock Presbyterian Church
    S.A.M.P.
  • Dr. Loriann M. Stiuso
    Northwell Health
  • Charles M. Trunz, IV