Annmarie Baisley

Education
B.A. - Western Connecticut State University
M.B.A. - Western Connecticut State University
M.S.A. Program - Fordham University

Business Experience
Over thirty years in individual, corporate and governmental accounting. Elementary school teacher and graduate school educator. School board trustee for six years and Supervisor of the Town of Kent for six years. Knowledge of new construction and re-construction of buildings and permitting process.

Albert J. Bevacqua

Education
BA Degree NYU 1952
ECCE Emeritus Certified Cost Engineer AACE Inc.
AACE Inc Fellow

Business Experience
Has extensive experience in various aspects of project and construction management control systems, with special emphasis on cost control. Experience included management positions in major engineering, construction firms.

Jim Eppinger

Education
ABA - Nichols Jr. College
BBA - University of Michigan
MSWT -(Wood Technology) - University of Michigan

Business Experience
Self employed in the office furniture industry as a manufacturer’s representative. Started as a local representative, then regional and finally national. Developed the lateral file and created a filing systems business. Started a manufacturing business of specialty executive office furniture geared toward the “Fortune 100 Corporations”. Assisted in product development but concentrated on sales and marketing while managing four nationally dispersed showrooms and a national sales staff of 48. Has extensive background working with architects and interior designers.

Gene Glaser

Education
Graduated from Egg Harbor High School, Egg Harbor, N.J.
Radio Engineering Vocational School and three months at Temple University
Course work in Television Broadcasting, School of Radio Technique (Held a license for five years to operate a radio and television transmitter.
Real Estate, Bronx Community College

Business Experience
40 years in beer brewing industry: Brewer, Laboratory Technician, Management
Real Estate Broker - Sales and Appraising
Small business experience, particularly in bakery business

John Grassia

Education
B.A. in Social Studies/Education - St. Francis College
M.S. in Guidance and Counseling - Hunter College

Business Experience
Pan American Airways - Accounting, Data Processing, Credit and Collections
St. Thomas Apostle Elementary School - 8th Grade Science teacher
Lakeland High School - Work Experience/Career Coordinator, Guidance Counselor
BOCES Adult Education - Adult Career Counselor
Photographer - Wedding stills and video. Also served photo and video stores transferring 8mm and 16mm home movies to video tape.

John Handy

Education
B.A. in Economics & Business Administration - Alfred University

Business Experience
Travelers Insurance Company - Claims Adjuster/Investigator
Handy Realty - Realtor, Appraiser, Consultant
MetLife- Sales Rep, Financial Services, Special Agent, Broker
Camarda Realty Investments - Real Estate Investment, Acquisitions
Licensed Insurance Broker & Licensed Real Estate Broker

Steve Harr

Education
B. S. in Industrial Management - Carnegie Mellon University
M.B.A. - University of Pittsburgh

Business Experience
Worked for IBM in systems engineering and as a sales representative in the 60’s. Joined Pfizer in 1970 and held positions in information systems, marketing, sales and business unit management. Spent final half of his career in strategic planning with various units of the company retiring in 2001 as divisional vice president of strategic planning. Has worked for SCORE since shortly after his retirement. He is also involved with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Westchester and various other volunteer activities.

Ben Hertzberg

Education
B.A. in Economics - Hunter College, City University of New York

Business Experience
41 years with General Foods (now Kraft Foods) working in New York State and Delaware in various marketing, accounting and operations functions. One of the 14 different jobs held was as Development Manager for small business customers of General Foods.

Burt B. Houseworth

Education
Labor Relations - Penn State University

Business Experience
16 years in sales and marketing at Procter & Gamble Company followed by 6 years as VP of a large New England food broker. 18 years as partner and COO of The Keystone Company, New York HBA and Health Care Products after which there was 5 more years as a consultant to OTC Product research Physicians.

George Joiner

Education
A.B in Economics - Fordham
M.B.A. - Univ. of PA (Wharton)

Business Experience
40 years in sales, marketing, systems design and management. Experience with both large (IBM, DEC, Nextel) and small (OpIT.Com, National Academy of Continuing Professional Education) companies.
10 years part time teaching (Adjunct Prof) in business departments of Mercy College, St. Francis College and Interboro Institute.
6 yrs on Ossining School Board, 2 as President; 4 yrs as Trustee, Village of Ossining.

Cliff Kaplan

Education
B.A. in Economics - Hobart
M.B.A, - Harvard

Business Experience
20 years corporate including Equitable Bag Co., St. Regis Paper Co. and Foster Grant.
Started KHL Paper Co. in one car garage in 1964 and merged as equal partner into Mt. Ellis Paper Co. in 1967
Mt. Ellis had sales in excess of $30 million with 70 employees and 14 trucks when we sold to Perkins Paper Co. in 2003

Michael Levy

Education
BME (Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering) - College of the City of New York
Attended Various Seminars in Business Accounting/Finance/Money Management

Business Experience
45 years in the construction industry in New York City with experience in engineering design, project management, sales, marketing, insurance, finance, and money management. For the last 25 years of my career I owned and operated several mid sized HVAC contracting firms.

Herbert Weiss

Education
Oxford & Cambridge School Certificate - Kent College, Canterbury
Matriculation Exemption - London University

Business Experience
Over 40 years in Europe and North America in all aspects of the non-ferrous (base metals), precious metal, and secondary metals smelting, refining and mining industries.

Wally Wood

Education
B.A.- School of General Studies, Columbia University
M.A.- City College of New York

Business Experience
A professional writer who has worked closely with senior executives to develop business books for nearly 20 years. His books have covered internet marketing, selling, sales compensation, business relationships, market research, direct marketing, advertising, management, and advertising. He has been the editor-in-chief of an international marketing newsletter and of two specialized business magazines, one for appliance/TV retailers and one for magazine advertisers.