Biography:
- Founder of Ivy Acres; a major supplier of bedding plants, ground cover and perennials with three state of the art facilities in Long Island and New Jersey
- Serves on the Advisory Committee to Cornell Cooperative Extension including their local Research Forum Member of the Farmingdale University Education Advisory Committee
- Member of many industry groups including the American Nursery and Landscape Association and Bedding Plants International
- Involved with community groups such as the Long Island Farm Bureau, and Aid to the Developmentally Disabled