Committees:

Communications Committee
Membership Committee
Programs Committee
Sponsorship Committee
Golf Committee
Canstruction Committee

Interested in taking your membership to the next level? Get involved with a chapter committee! It's a great opportunity to get to know your industry peers, advance your personal development and contribute your expertise for the betterment of the chapter.

Communications Committee

This committee is responsible for: preparation of the annual mailing each August, monthly event flyers, materials for distribution at monthly meetings (this includes graphic design, printing production, mailing); update of this website; preparation of monthly e-mails; preparation of meeting sponsor boards; preparation of monthly program handouts; preparation of quarterly newsletter; and preparation of materials for other committees, as needed. Contact Director of Communications, Rebecca Lipscomb, at (516) 248-1010.

Committee Members:

Rebecca Lipscomb - Director
Marketing Director
Hirani Engineering & Land Surveying, P.C.

Mary-Ellen Cocchi
Marketing Director
Lizardos Engineering, P.C.

David Wester
Proposal Manager/Marketing Coordinator
Environmental Planning & Managment, Inc. 

Membership Committee

This committee is responsible for: maintaining the current membership roster, as well as cultivating new members; identify/track prospective members; follow-up with prospective member inquiries; send welcome packages to new members; help introduce new members at monthly meetings; and sponsor at least one membership drive to recruit new members each year. Contact Director of Membership, Jodi Wladyka, at (631) 981-3990 ext. 231.

Committee Members:

Jodi Wladyka - Director
Business Development and Marketing Manager
Emtec Consulting Engineers
             
Charlie Bartha, P.E.
Associate Partner
Sidney B. Bowne and Son, LLP
             
Manny Beigelmacher, P.E.
Senior Vice President
Munoz Engineering, P.C.

Harvey Bienstock, P.E.
Director of Marketing
James, LaSala & Associates, LLP

Gerry Cuomo, P.E.
Senior Vice President
Gedeon GRC Consulting
             
Peter Heretakis
Marketing Director / V.P.
HiRise Engineering, P.C. 

Deborah Herman
Publisher
Building Long Island Magazine
             
Elizabeth O'Rourke Kupcha
Marketing Manager
Cameron Engineering & Associates
             
Brenda Linguiti
Marketing Manager
Baldassano Architecture 

Leslie Mitchel
Director of Community Relations
Sidney B. Bowne and Son, LLP

Deborah Raw
Marketing & Client Relations Manager
R. Wade Johnson Design P.C.

Ellen Talley
Contract Specialist
The New Patcraft and Designweave

Andrew J. Weinberg, CPSM
Senior Marketing & Business Development Manager
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
 

Programs Committee

This committee is responsible for: identifying speakers; arranging meeting times/location/menus; gathering information for use in meeting flyers, program handouts; handle pre-event registration; prepare name tags prior to events; handle event registration on day of event. Contact Mary-Ellen Cocchi.

Committee Members:

Ann Middleman
Principal
ADM Marketing & Research Consulting
             
Tracy Lobdell
Marketing Consultant

Jacqueline Cardone - Germano
Director of Business Development
Deskco Contract Furniture
             
Jane Felsen Gertler, CPSM
Director of Business Development
VJ Associates
             
Ellen Talley
Territory Manager
The New Patcraft and Designweave

Andrew J. Weinberg, CPSM
Senior Marketing & Business Development Manager
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services

Mary-Ellen Cocchi
Lizardos

Anthony Musumeci
Emtec Engineering

Jodi Wladyka
Emtec Engineering

Diana M. Soldano, CPSM
Associate
Eschbacher VHB Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture, P.C.
           

Sponsorship Committee

This committee is responsible for: marketing the chapter as the perfect venue for firms, corporations and vendors to spend their marketing dollars. It is a great way to build your network and maintain the financial viability of the chapter. Contact Ellen Talley, 800.713.6997 x5188.

Golf Committee

Our annual golf outing has become one of our most anticipated events of the year! Take part in this fun and energized group in planning all the details...everything from celebrity hosts and golfers, to venue and schedule, to awards and raffle prizes, to coordination with our adopted charity, The Sarah Grace Foundation for Children with Cancer. Planning this event has proved almost as fun as the event itself! Contact Golf Chair, Tracy Lobdell, at (631) 923-0300.

Committee Members:

Tracy Lobdell - Chair, Special Events Director
Marketing Consultant
917-838-4249

Tom Yacopino - Co-Chair
Vice President - COO
J.A. Lee Construction
             
Sharon Dickinson
Regional Marketing Manager
Nixon Peabody, LLP
         
Dan Malone
Kleinfelder

Frank Rudilosso
Associate
Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc.

Rich Safrath
Board of Directors
The Sarah Grace Foundation for Children with Cancer, Inc.
             
Diana M. Soldano, CPSM
Associate
Eschbacher VHB Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture, P.C.

Ellen Talley
Territory Manager
The New Patcraft and Designweave

Andrew J. Weinberg, CPSM
Senior Marketing & Business Development Manager
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services

Jason Weingarten

Matthew Weippert
The Sarah Grace Foundation for Children with Cancer, Inc.

Michael Gianchetta
Vice President
GIANCO Environmental Services

Nate Green
Account Development Representative
Humanscale

Canstruction Steering Committee

The Canstruction Steering Committee is responsible for planning the Annual CANstruction Competition that puts design team against engineer against contractor to build visually amazing structures created from canned foods.  Committee responsibilities include graphic design, sponsorship solicitation, team communication, juror invitation and gala planning to successfully complete one of Long Island Cares' most important food drives. Contact Special Events Chair, Tracy Lobdell at (631) 923-0300.

Committee Members:

Tracy Lobdell - Special Events Chair, Canstruction Co-Chair/Juror Liason
Marketing Consultant
917-838-4249
             
Jane Felsen Gertler, CPSM - Canstruction Co-Chair/Sponsorship
Director of Business Development
JV Associates

Laura Sikorski
Origin Press

Robin Goldberg
Special Events Manager
Long Island Cares, Inc. The Harry Chapin Food Bank

Keith Gurnick AIA
Director of Retail Design
Urbitran

Andrea Gurnick
Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Jan Murray
Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.

Eric Schlameuss
Architectural Project Manager
RexCorp Construction & Development LLC

Ellen Talley
Territory Manager
The New Patcraft and Designweave

Andrew J. Weinberg, CPSM
Senior Marketing & Business Development Manager
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services

Joshua Murray
Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.

Tina Beck-King
Wolf Gordon, Inc.

Mission

The mission of the Long Island Chapter of The Society for Marketing Professional Services is to be the premier forum for education and networking that creates community, facilitates business, and inspires professionals marketing for the built environment.

Benefactors: