May 22, 2012
LIA 2012 Annual Awards Gala Success
At the LIA's Annual Awards Gala guests enjoyed a fabulous cocktail reception before the awards program, dinner and dancing.
Special congratulations to this year's award recipients:
The Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award
for Community Service
Jim D''Addario
Chairman & CEO, D''Addario & Company, Inc.
LIA Lifetime Achievement Award
Commissioner James L. Larocca
New York State Public Service Commission
and former LIA President
Long Island Association Medal of Honor
James H. Simons, Ph.D.
Founder, Renaissance Technologies LLC
TOP ROW (Left to Right) : Kevin S. Law – President & CEO, Long Island Association (LIA); Msgr. Brian J. McNamara, Diocese of Rockville Centre; Kirk Kordeleski, LIA Chairman and President & CEO, Bethpage Federal Credit Union; Frank Crivello, LIA Gala Chairman and Chief Operating & Marketing Officer, Storage Deluxe Realty.
BOTTOM ROW (Left to Right): Sandra C. Chapin, Chairperson of the Board of Long Island Cares; Jim D''Addario, Chairman & CEO, D''Addario & Company, Inc. received The Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award for Community Service; Commissioner James L. Larocca, New York State Public Service Commission and former LIA President received the LIA Lifetime Achievement Award. Accepting Long Island Association Medal of Honor for James H. Simons, Ph.D., Founder, Renaissance Technologies LLC is Samuel L. Stanley, Jr. M.D., President of Stony Brook University.