Long Island Business News Announces 2025 Icon Honors
By Stephanie R
Long Island Business News has selected Gary Bettan, President & CEO of Broadfield Distributing, Inc. as a 2025 Icon Honors recipient.
Icon Honors recognizes Long Island business leaders, over the age of 60, for their notable success and demonstration of strong leadership within and outside their fields. The honorees have moved their businesses and Long Island forward by growing jobs and making a difference in the community.
To be eligible for Icon Honors, honorees must have a long-standing commitment to the Long Island business community. Honorees must also have a sustained dedication to community service and mentoring. They may be in the workforce (or retired) and must hold (or have held) senior management-level positions with significant authority in decision-making for their organization. The winners were selected by the editors of Long Island Business News.
“The 2025 Icon Honors recipients are visionary leaders who make a difference for many of us on Long Island and beyond. Their professional achievements, community awareness and action are outstanding, and they are role models for all of us,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, managing director of BridgeTower Media/Long Island Business News. “They also look to the future by mentoring the next generation of leaders. We at Long Island Business News congratulate this year’s honorees.”
The winners will be honored at a celebration on Thursday, Aug. 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury. Registration and networking begin at 11:30 a.m., followed by the luncheon and awards celebration at Noon. The event hashtag is #LIBNevents.
Attendance is limited. This event will sell out. Winners and sponsors receive priority access. Sponsorship includes a table for guests, logo usage, multimedia marketing opportunities and more, depending on sponsor level. Only sponsors will be guaranteed a table for their guests. If space is available after the sponsorship deadline, a limited number of individual tickets will go on sale. To secure a sponsorship, contact Suzanne Fischer-Huettner at shuettner@bridgetowermedia.com.
Winners will be profiled in a special section that will be inserted into the Aug. 22 issue of Long Island Business News and will be available online at LIBN.com.
For more information and updated sponsorship information about Long Island Business News’ 2025 Icon Honors, visit https://libn.com/event/libn-icon-honors/.
About Long Island Business News
Long Island Business News is the vital business news and advertising source for Long Island’s most influential readers and provides essential, actionable business intelligence across print, advertising and web-based (LIBN.com) platforms. Trusted by the business community for more than 70 years, Long Island Business News is the only publication that delivers local news about the business community in Nassau and Suffolk counties. In addition to being the go-to source for news, Long Island Business News also provides B2B advertising products and events. Long Island Business News facilitates webinars bringing local experts from the business community together to discuss current topics and trends. Long Island Business News is part of BridgeTower Media, the authoritative voice for insights and marketing solutions across 40+ brands in five key sectors across the United States.
2025 Icon Honors Honorees
- Frank Amalfitano, United Veterans Beacon House
- Phil Andrews, Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce/100 Black Men of Eastern New York
- Charles Barragato, BDO USA
- Dr. Anthony Basile, Anthony Basile CPA, P.C./Hofstra University
- Cheryl Benton, The Three Tomatoes
- Gary Bettan, Broadfield Distributing
- Edward Blaskey, Webster Bank
- John Buran, Flushing Financial Corporation
- John D. Cameron Jr., P.E., IMEG
- Angie M. Carpenter, Town of Islip
- Michael J. Deering, Long Island Power Authority
- Greg Demetriou, Lorraine Gregory Communications
- Steven A. Fangmann, P.E., BCEE, D&B Engineers & Architects
- Harlan J. Fischer, Branch Financial Services Inc.
- Jim Flannery, National Grid Ventures
- Patricia Galteri, Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein PC
- Louis Grassi, CPA, CFE, Grassi
- Katherine Heaviside, Epoch 5 Public Relations
- Lawrence Kadish, The Museum of American Armor
- Evan H. Krinick, Rivkin Radler LLP
- Michael Lessing, Lessing’s Hospitality Group
- Joseph Musnicki, Ocean Spray Hot Tubs
- Paule Pachter, Long Island Cares
- Guy Page, R.A., CSI, H2M architects + engineers
- Rev. Francis Pizzarelli, SMM, LCSW-R, ACSW, DCSW, Hope House Ministries
- Hon. Gail Prudenti, Burner Prudenti Law
- Michael P. Puorro, Hanover Bank
- Frank Sorrentino III, ConnectOne Bank
- Marc B. Spector, SPECTOR Companies
- Lidia Szczepanowski, Esq., Law Office of Lidia Szczepanowski, Esq.
- Ellenmorris Tiegerman, Tiegerman Schools
- Frank Vero Sr., Aurora Contractors Inc.
- Lawrence J. Waldman, Long Island Association
- Alan E. Weiner, Alan E. Weiner CPA, JD, LL.M.