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FMC Connection Day 2009 Faculty

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  • Fair Media Council Connection Day faculty includes the best and the brightest news professionals, scholars, social media experts, public relations and communication professionals and community leaders from the New York metropolitan area.  FMC Connection Day 2009 Faculty included:

  • Stewart Ain, Staff Writer, New York Jewish Week

  • Eric Alexander, Executive Director, Vision Long Island

  • Carlos Austin, Director of Community Affairs, WPIX

  • Dan Beck, Managing Partner, Big Honcho Media, LLC

  • Joseph P. Benty, Director, Marketing Communications & Business Development, Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.

  • Betty Ellen Berlamino, President & General Manager, WPIX

  • Jeffrey Bessen, Editor, Suffolk County News/Islip Bulletin

  • Bruce A. Blakeman, Partner, Abrams Fensterman Fensterman Eisman Greenberg Formato & Einiger, LLP

  • John Bonomo, Director, Media Relations, Verizon

  • NJ Burkett, Correspondent, WABC

  • Jim Cameron, President, Cameron Communications, Inc.

  • Greg Cergol, Reporter, WNBC-TV

  • Robert Clinton, Senior Vice President, Marketing, CA, Inc.

  • Chris Collora, News Assistant, NY1

  • Joe Connolly, Business Reporter, Wall Street Journal/WCBS News Radio

  • Melissa A. Connolly, Vice President, University Relations, Hofstra University

  • Phil Corsentino, News Director, RNN-TV

  • Matthew Crosson, President, Long Island Association, Inc.

  • Michael B. DeLuise, Vice President, Dowling College

  • Gurmeet Dhaliwal, Vice President, Internet Marketing, CA, Inc.

  • Dianne Doctor, Vice President & News Director, FOX 5

  • Ethan Dreilinger, Director, CBS News Mobile

  • Jim Driscoll, Vice President & News Director, My9 News

  • Brian Edwards, Senior Vice President, Astoria Federal Savings

  • Frank Eltman, Long Island Correspondent, The Associated Press

  • Jonathan I. Ezor, Assistant Professor of Law and Technology Director, Institute for Business, Law & Technology,  Touro Law Center

  • Stephen Fink, Managing Editor of wcbstv.com

  • Jody Fisher, Senior Vice President, Rubenstein Communications, Inc.

  • Richard French, General Manager, RNN-TV

  • Adina Genn, Business Writer, Entrepreneur.com and Author, “Everything I Know About Business I Learned at McDonald’s,” “So, You Want to Franchise Your Business” and “The Everything Guide to Fundraising”

  • Arthur Germain, CEO, Communication Strategy Group

  • George Giokas, President, StaffWriters, Inc.

  • Kathleen Gobos, Associate Publisher, Long Island Business News

  • Peter Goldsmith, President, Listnet/Member, Fair Media Council Board of Directors

  • Liz Gonzalez, Reporter, WNJU

  • Robert Gordon, Vice President, Public Relations, CA, Inc./Member, Fair Media Council Board of Directors

  • Mel Granick, Director of Public Relations & Marketing, Mercy Medical Center

  • Lee Grossman, Executive Producer/Production Manager, Creative Services, WCBS-TV

  • Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, Associate Editor, Long Island Parent Magazine; Frequent Op-ed Contributor, Newsday

  • Edward Guiliano, Ph.D., President, NYIT/Member, Fair Media Council Board of Directors

  • Noah D. Gurock, Web & Enterprise Manager, WWOR-TV, My9 News

  • Patrick G. Halpin, Executive Vice President for External Affairs, Institute for Student Achievement

  • Steve Haweeli, President, WordHampton Public Relations Inc.

  • Andrew Hazen, Founder & CEO, Prime Visibility

  • William M. Heberer, Partner, Moritt Hock Hamroff & Horowitz LLP/Member, Fair Media Council Board of Directors

  • Deborah K. Herman, Editor & Founder, Building Long Island Magazine

  • S. Elizabeth A. Hill, CSJ, President, St. Joseph’s College

  • Rob Hoell, Reporter, WPIX

  • Michael Horowicz, Senior Content Manager, WNBC-TV

  • Andrew Jacobs, Executive Vice President, Linx Communications Corp.

  • Lindsay Jaffe, Emerging Media Specialist, WordHampton Public Relations Inc.

  • W. Hubert Keen, President, Farmingdale State College

  • Richard M. Kessel, President & CEO, New York Power Authority/Member, Fair Media Council Board of Directors

  • Michael Kinane, Assistant to the President for University Advancement, SUNY-Old Westbury

  • James N. Kinney, CPA, Partner, Weiser LLP/Chair, Fair Media Council Board of Directors

  • Adam Kornblum, Cofounder, Ark’s Mind LLC

  • Arthur “Jerry” Kremer, Esq., Partner, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C./Member, Fair Media Council Board of Directors

  • Wendy Ladd, Senior Media Representative, National Grid

  • Charles Lane, Reporter, WSHU/NPR

  • John Lee, President, John Lee Media

  • Lew Leone, Vice President & General Manager, WNYW/FOX 5 & WWOR/my9

  • Jessica L. Levin, Chief Connector, Seven Degrees Communications

  • Terry Lynam, Vice President, Public Relations, North Shore-LIJ Health System/Member, Fair Media Council Board of Directors

  • Hon. Edward Mangano, Counselor, Rivkin Radler LLP

  • Michael Martino, Content Director, Morey Publishing

  • David Mathison, Author, Be The Media

  • Steve Matteo, Publicity Manager, Barron’s/Music Editor, Long Island Pulse

  • Jennifer McLogan, Reporter, CBS 2 News

  • Ben Mevorach, News Director, 1010 WINS

  • Dominick Miserandino, CEO, TheCelebrityCafe.com

  • John Murcott, Cofounder, karma411.com

  • David North, News Reporter, WALK Radio

  • Thomas O’Brien, President & General Manager, WNBC-TV

  • Liz O’Rourke Kupcha, Marketing Director, Cameron Engineering & Associates

  • Sharon Persaud, Public Affairs Manager, WCBS-TV

  • Norm Prusslin, Director, Media Arts Minor, Stony Brook University

  • David Reich-Hale, Editor, Long Island Business News

  • Arrate Reich, Senior Producer, WNJU

  • Francis Rizzo, Director of Design & Interactive Media, Hofstra University

  • George Santiago, Jr., Ph.D., President, Briarcliffe College/Member, Fair Media Council Board of Directors

  • Debra Scala-Giokas, Director of Marketing, Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP

  • Tim Scheld, News Director, CBS News Radio 880

  • Ernest  J. Schimizzi, President & General Manager, WVVH-TV, Hamptons Television

  • Gregory F. Schimizzi, Chairman, WVVH-TV, Hamptons Television

  • Victoria Schneps-Yunis, Publisher, Queens Courier

  • Mary Scott, President, Make Believe TV

  • Claire Serant, Professor of Journalism, St. John’s University and  former reporter, New York Daily News

  • John Servidio, Acting  General Manager, WLIW/WNET

  • Neven Soric, Account Executive, eBusiness Web Development & Search Engine Marketing, mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc.

  • Naomi Starobin, News Director, WSHU/NPR

  • Dennis Swanson, President, Station Operations, FOX Television Stations, Inc.

  • Barbara Nevins Taylor, Reporter,  WWOR/my 9 News

  • Gordon Tepper, Marketing Director, Gettry Marcus Stern & Lehrer, CPA, PC

  • Saundra Thomas, Vice President of Community Affairs, WABC-TV

  • Saskia Thomson, Marketing Director, Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP

  • Hilary Topper, President/CEO, HJMT Communications, LLC & Author, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Social Networking But Were Afraid to Ask…”

  • Michael E. White, Executive Director, Long Island Regional Planning Council

  • David Winzelberg, Real Estate Writer, Long Island Business News

  • John Zeigler, Director, Marketing & Creative Services, WPIX

  • Jerry Zezima, Humorist/Columnist (Stamford Advocate)/Public Nuisance