The 17th annual Strictly Business event featured 75 local businesses and business organizations while welcoming over 600 attendees. A partnership between the library’s Miller Business Center, the Greater Middle Country Chamber of Commerce, and the Brookhaven Chambers of Commerce Coalition, this popular spring event was created to promote local business and encourage economic development in the Town of Brookhaven.
L to R: front row: Lisa Mitnick, library board president; Sophia Serlis-McPhillips, library director; Lenore Paprocky, director of business development, Synergy Wealth Strategies; Barbara Ransome, president, Brookhaven Chambers of Commerce Coalition; Bob Martinez, County Executive Assistant, Intergovernmental Relations; second row: Gina Parisi, librarian, Miller Business Center; Kelley Gould, librarian, Miller Business Center; Maryellen Ferretti, retail market manager, S.V.P., Long Island East Region, TD Bank; third row: Marlene Gonzalez, librarian, Miller Business Center; Elizabeth Malafi, coordinator, Miller Business Center; Brett Sceravino, branch manager, Island Federal Credit Union; Katherine Yamaguchi, director of business development, Times Beacon Record; back row: Sal DiVincenzo, coordinator, digital services; Ryan Gessner, assistant director; and Steven Blody, branch manager, Island Federal Credit Union.