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Huntington Township Chamber Of Commerce
Appoints Three Additional Directors
Tom Kehoe, Mark Fogel and Genevieve Sloup Join the Chamber’s Board of Directors



The Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the appointment of three new directors to serve on the organization’s Board. Tom Kehoe, Mark Fogel and Genevieve Sloup have joined the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to support and serve the local Huntington community.
The mission of the Board of Directors is for each member to use his/her dedication and passion for the Huntington community and his/her diverse strengths to create opportunities and promote growth and prosperity for business as well as the local community.  The Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce serves as a business catalyst for making the Huntington community a natural choice in which to work, shop, play and live.  Chamber board members are individuals who volunteer to offer their expertise, knowledge and time to fulfill this vision.
As the Senior Human Resource Officer of Leviton Manufacturing, Inc., Mark Fogel has global oversight of corporate and regional facilities, supporting a population of over 6,500 employees in North America, Central and South America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Additionally, he oversees Public Relations, Safety, and Facilities, and was the company’s internal project manager for its global corporate relocation to Melville in 2009.   Among his many honors, Mark Fogel was named National Human Capital Business Leader of the Year (2007) by The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and received the SHRM’s economic stimulus prize in February 2009 for innovative “best practices” in retaining employees through training and development.  He was most recently honored by Long Island Business News as one of Long Island’s 50 most influential business leaders (50 around 50).

Thomas J. Kehoe is President of Seaflight Logistics,Inc, a freight forwarder specializing in time-sensitive and perishable shipments, both domestically and nationally.  He is also a partner in K & B Seafood, Inc., one of the East Coast’s largest importer, exporter, and distributor of oysters and shellfish.  Kehoe is a 30+ year resident of Northport and Huntington and is serving his second four-year term as an elected Trustee in the Village of Northport where he also serves as Commissioner of Police, Sanitation and Commerce.  Kehoe is a major force within the Huntington community and an integral creator for Long Island’s “Buy Local” campaign which garnered a Fair Media Council “Folio Award” and a Vision Long Island “Smart Growth Award.”  In addition to Kehoe’s involvement in the Huntington community he also is on the Executive Committee of the Theodore Roosevelt Association; President of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association (www.ecsga.org) and recently formed Huntington Harbor Water Quality Committee. He holds two third degree black belts in (San Dan Rank) Chowa Ryu an Okinawan Karate and in Aki Bokken Jutsu, a Japanese sword art.

Genevieve Sloup is Owner/Event Planner of RSVP Events  which specializes in promotion and special event planning.  Her background includes Project Manager for New Launches at Estee Lauder.  She recently began her event planning business concentrating in the Huntington area.  She is a member of the 2010 class of Leadership Huntington, Co-Chair of the Young Professionals Chamber of Commerce 21+ Group, Huntington Station Unity in the Community Committee and a recipient of the Celebrate Long Island’s Young Professionals Award honouring 30 young people under the age of 30 .

“We are excited and honored to add these prestigious individuals to our Board of
Directors,” explained Chamber Chairman Robert Bontempi.  “Their diverse wealth of experience and enthusiasm for our community, the Chamber members and local businesses are sure to be great assets to our dynamic organization,” he continued.

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Business Leaders Graduate from First
Chamber/Adelphi University MBA Program
Huntington Chamber of Commerce Will Continue to Partner with Adelphi University to Offer Innovative MBA Program This Fall

With graduation season upon us, ten of Long Island’s Business Leaders have much to celebrate as they received their own prestigious MBA in Management Degree from Adelphi University which offered the MBA program in partnership with the Huntington Chamber of Commerce. The Huntington Chamber/Adelphi MBA Program is a unique and practical educational opportunity designed for working professionals.  Through the collaborative relationship between the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce and Adelphi University, members can earn their MBA.  The program is offered one evening per week and meets state, regional and national accreditation standards.

Adelphi's MBA is designed to serve middle-level professionals seeking advancement in management careers. To be able to perform with distinction in our global environment, you must be intellectually well-rounded and have the capacity to understand and appreciate the impact of your decisions on society and the role that society plays in forming your decisions.  You must know how to communicate effectively and must possess a thorough understanding of the legal, environmental, technological and social issues that affect an organization's operations.  The required foundation and advance core components integrate contemporary management issues and business fundamentals, thereby enabling you to acquire such knowledge and competencies. There has been documented research by the Bureau of US Labor Statistics that shows that a strong graduate business degree not only prepares a professional for a managerial position within a chosen field but individuals holding an advanced degree receive a higher salary compensation. 

Students are now being accepted for the Fall program.  If you have been waiting for a convenient time to pursue your MBA, act fast. Information sessions will take place at the Chamber offices on Monday, June 28th and Tuesday, July 13th from 5:30pm- 7:00pm.  Please contact the Chamber office at 631-423-6100 to reserve your place or for additional information, please contact Maureen Leslie, Adelphi Assistant Director for Off-Campus Programs at
631-300-4356.



Business Leaders Graduate from First Chamber/Adelphi MBA Program.  Pictured from left to right: James McGowan, Executive Director for Off-Campus Administration, Adelphi University; Jason Barry, Verizon; Patricia-Jo Caruso, Town of Huntington; Maureen Leslie, Assistant Director for Off-Campus Programs, Adelphi University; Sharon Collyer, Henry Schein, Inc.; Mark Brellis, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; Robert Schelhorn, Federal Bureau of Investigation; John McCrystal, Verizon; Ellen O'Brien, Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Executive Director; Linda Mitchell, Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce, Director, Member Services.  Graduates absent from this photo: Paul Hilber, Cablevision; Nicholas Horman, Horman Pickles; Anne Moskoviz, Barnes and Noble:  Wilza Pierre, Overseas Military Sales Corp., Ltd.

Newspaper columnist and CNN commentator Ellis Henican was keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce last week. The membership breakfast was held May 20 at the Marriott in Melville.

Henican talked about Long Island’s future and emphasized that it is imperative to solve the high cost of housing that is driving young professionals away from the area. He noted that Long Island has twice evolved – first as a bedroom suburb of New York City, second as a national center of defense industry contracting – and is now entering a new chapter. The face of that chapter remains undefined and with high property taxes, high energy and housing costs, and difficult transportation issues, the prospects for a glowing future growing dim. However, he added a note of optimism telling the audience of chamber members and businesspeople that it is people such as themselves – people who are involved participants in their communities – that will make Long Island succeed as it grows and evolves.

The annual meeting breakfast event was also an opportunity to give chamber members an overview of the organization’s activities over the past year. Larry Kushnick, vice chairman of the chamber’s board of directors, listed several successful initiatives:

• The Fall Festival at Huntington was another success and brought tens of thousands of visitors to Huntington over a four-day period. Plans for this year’s festival are well under way with Verizon again signing on as the chief sponsor.
• Dine Huntington Restaurant Week, produced in partnership with Long Islander Newspapers last October, sold 30,000 meals and drove $1 million in business to the town’s restaurants.
• The Chamber/Adelphi MBA Program presented diplomas to its first class of graduates at the Annual Meeting, and a new class is forming for fall.
• Increased partnership with Huntington village merchants resulted in meetings with police and public safety officials; the launch of the Huntington Village Passport website www.huntingtonpassport.com; and a seasonal Holiday Stroll promotion with Huntington Village Business Improvement District.
• In addition to being named Best Chamber of Commerce by Long Island Press, there were awards for the “It Starts Here – Buy Locally” campaign, an initiative of the Huntington chamber in cooperation with the Melville, Northport and East Northport chambers. The education and awareness campaign received a Folio Award from the Fair Media Council of Long Island and a 2010 Smart Growth Award from Vision Long Island. Looking ahead, Kushnick announced plans for a gala to celebrate the chamber’s 85th anniversary in November, and expressed optimism for the chamber telling the members “make it happen, Huntington.”

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